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Nodame Cantabile (TV)

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Alternative title:
Нодамэ Кантабиле (Russian)
のだめカンタービレ (Japanese)
交響情人夢 (Chinese (Taiwan))
노다메 칸타빌레 (Korean)
Genres: comedy, drama, romance
Themes: college, music
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: At a top music academy in Japan, Shinichi Chiaki's arrogance is matched only by his top-notch piano playing. But when Chiaki and the teacher get into a fight, he's demoted to the reject class. Chiaki is left to pursue his dream of being a conductor while surrounded by a bunch of loser musicians and one annoying girl, Noda, who has proclaimed herself Chiaki's girlfriend. It doesn't help that Noda, who insists on being called Nodame, lives right next door to him.
User Ratings: 2799 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 848 votes (sub:758, dub:36, raw:9, ?:3, Eng:1, others:41
30 Spanish subtitled
4 Russian subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Excellent: 984 votes (sub:877, dub:48, raw:9, edit.dub:1, ?:1, others:48
24 Spanish subtitled
5 Russian subtitled
5 Portuguese subtitled
4 Italian subtitled
4 French subtitled
3 Korean subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Spanish edited dub
)
 Very good: 556 votes (sub:498, dub:25, raw:2, ?:2, others:29
14 Spanish subtitled
6 Russian subtitled
3 Spanish dubbed
3 Italian subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Good: 230 votes (sub:199, dub:20, raw:3, ?:2, others:6
5 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Decent: 77 votes (sub:66, dub:4, raw:2, ?:1, others:4
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 So-so: 40 votes (sub:38, dub:1, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 13 votes (sub:11, dub:1, others:1
1 German subtitled
)
 Weak: 19 votes (sub:15, dub:1, others:3
1 Dutch subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Bad: 10 votes (sub:8, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Awful: 7 votes (sub:3, dub:2, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Worst ever: 15 votes (sub:13, dub:1, edit.dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 4379 users, rank: #197 (of 9535)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.643 (Excellent−), std. dev.: 1.5195, rank: #130 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 8.614 (Excellent−), rank: #120 (of 9642) (seen all: 8.70 / seen some: 7.80 / won't finish: 4.97)
Bayesian estimate: 8.608 (Excellent−), rank: #38 (of 7243)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 23
Episode titles: We have 24
Vintage:
2007-01-11 to 2007-06-28
2009-07-25 (Animax Hungary)
2011-02-07 (Animax Portugal)
2011-03-14 (Animax Latin America)
Release dates: We have 8
Opening Theme:
"Allegro Cantabile" by SUEMITSU & THE SUEMITH
Ending Theme:
#1: "Konna ni Chikaku de..." by CRYSTAL KAY (eps 1-12)
#2: "Sagittarius" by SUEMITSU & THE SUEMITH (eps 13-)
#3: "Allegro Cantabile" by SUEMITSU & THE SUEMITH (ep 23)
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 4
News: Show:
Nodame Cantabile on AZN (Nov 20, 2006)
Cafe de Nodame Opens (Oct 11, 2006)
Nodame Cantabile Anime (Aug 10, 2006)
Nodame Cantabile Drama (Aug 10, 2006)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kenichi Kasai
Series Composition: Tomoko Konparu
Script:
Masahiro Yokotani (ep 4)
Miho Maruo (ep 3)
Tomoko Konparu (eps 1-2, 5)
Original creator: Tomoko Ninomiya
Character Design: Shuichi Shimamura
Art Director: Shichirō Kobayashi
Chief Animation Director: Yukako Tsuzuki (15 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 10-11, 13-14, 16-17, 19-20, 22
)

Animation Director:
Fusako Nomura (ep 2)
Koichi Yagami (ep 2)
Mayuko Kato (ep 4)
Mitsuharu Kajitani (ep 3)
Shuichi Shimamura (OP)
Tomohiro Kishi (ep 5)
Yukako Tsukushi (ep 1)
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
Director of Photography: Yoshio Ōkouchi
2D Graphics: Yoshihide Mukai
2nd Key Animation:
Eiichi Tominaga (ep 1)
Hitomi Fujii
Yumi Nakayama
Animation producer: Yuji Matsukura
Assistant Animation Director: Yukako Tsuzuki (ep 6)
Assistant producer: Mitsuhiro Matsuo
CG Modelling Collaboration: Shunichi Nakamura
Color design: Mayumi Tanahashi
Digital Special Effects: Atsushi Satō
Music producer: Hiroaki Sano
Planning: Koji Kaneda (Fuji TV)
Production manager: Yukiko Takase
Setting Production: Akira Kato
Sound Production: Rie Tanaka
Theme Song Arrangement:
Atsushi Suemitsu (OP)
Rhosuke Sakai (ED)
Theme Song Composition:
Atsushi Suemitsu (OP)
Rhosuke Sakai (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics: Atsushi Suemitsu (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
Crystal Kay (ED)
SUEMITSU and THE SUEMITH (OP/ED2)
Video Editing: Akihiro Kanetaka
Ayako Kawasumi as Megumi "Nodame" Noda
Tomokazu Seki as Shinichi Chiaki

Hitomi Nabatame as Saiko Tagaya
Kazuya Nakai as Kouzou Etou
Mamiko Noto as Sakura Saku (eps 6-7, 10)
Sanae Kobayashi as Kiyora Miki
Shinji Kawada as Ryuutarou Mine
Shinji Ogawa as Franz von Stresemann (Milch)
Yoshinori Fujita as Masumi Okuyama

Aki Sasamori as Chiyo Sakata (ep 14)
Akiko Hiramatsu as Kaori Etou (eps 19-23)
Akira Ishida as Takahashi Noriyuki (eps 21-23)
Atsuko Yuya as Youko Noda (eps 22-23)
Atsushi Ono as Kai Dowin (eps 18-20)
Ayumi Fujimura as
Female Student B (ep 16)
Flight attendant (eps 1, 19)
Minako Momodaira (young; ep 8)
Yuki Inoue
Chiyako Shibahara as Kazuo (Puri Gorota; eps 7, 21)
Chō as Tatsumi Mine
Fumi Oda as Female Judge A (eps 20-21)
Fumiko Orikasa as Yuiko Miyoshi (eps 14-15, 19)
Fuyuka Oura as
Female student A (ep 3)
Mika
Yukko (eps 17-18)
Yurie Segawa (Yuuto's mother; eps 21-22)
Haruka Kudō as Gorota (Puri Gorota; ep 7)
Hiroki Tōchi as Yukihisa Matsuda (ep 22)
Hiroki Yasumoto as
Male student A (ep 6)
Oliver (ep 8)
Student C (ep 9)
Hiroshi Kamiya as Tomohito Kimura
Hiroshi Okamoto as Yamamoto (ep 11)
Hiroyuki Yoshino as Toshihiko Miyoshi (eps 14-15, 19)
Hōchū Ohtsuka as Miyoshi Takehiko (eps 14-15)
Jun Oosuka as Male student D (ep 1)
Junichi Suwabe as Tooru Kikuchi
Jūrōta Kosugi as Hidemi Saku (ep 6)
Kan Tanaka as Sotaro Ohkawa (eps 18, 22)
Keiji Fujiwara as Manabu Sakuma
Kiyotaka Furushima as
Keiji Tamaki
Student A (ep 9)
Kōki Miyata as Yuuto Segawa (eps 21-22)
Kotono Mitsuishi as Seiko Miyoshi (4 episodes
eps 18-19, 21-22
)
Kumiko Higa as Makiko Tanaka
Masashi Ebara as Sebastiano Viera
Masaya Matsukaze as Yasunori Kuroki
Misaki Sekiyama as Maiko Aizawa (5 episodes
eps 9, 15, 17-18, 20
)
Mitsuru Ogata as Hajime Tanioka
Miyuki Ichijou as Minako Momodaira (4 episodes
eps 8, 10, 13, 17
)
Miyuki Sawashiro as
Female student B (ep 3)
Shinichi Chiaki (young; ep 1)
Motomu Kiyokawa as Charles Auclair (eps 20-22)
Natsuki Mori as
Midori Nakamura (eps 7, 11)
Old lady A (ep 6)
Old Woman (ep 19)
Teacher (ep 12)
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Kanei (eps 5-6, 8)
Noriko Uemura as Shizuyo Noda (eps 22-23)
Osamu Sonoe as Kisaburou Noda (eps 22-23)
Rie Kugimiya as Riona (Puri Gorota; eps 7, 21)
Ryōka Yuzuki as Moe Suzuki
Ryōko Ono as
A-Orchestra Concert Mistress (eps 7, 10)
Izumi (eps 17-18)
Kaoru Suzuki
Saeko Chiba as Reina Ishikawa
Satomi Arai as Saya Saganuma (eps 11-13)
Sei Ushijima as S Orchestra Member B (ep 13)
Shin Aomori as Seiichirou Miyoshi (eps 14-15)
Shinnosuke Tachibana as Tomoharu Katayama (eps 15, 17-18)
Shoko Tsuda as Nina Lutz (ep 9)
Susumu Akagi as Hans (eps 9, 18)
Takako Honda as Keeko Kawano
Takanobu Ishida as S Orchestra Member C (ep 13)
Takanori Ohyama as Michael (Puri Gorota; eps 7, 21)
Takashi Hamazu as S Orchestra Member A (ep 13)
Takashi Oohara as
Male Student A (ep 5)
Ryuuji Tsuboi (eps 20-21)
Takayuki Kondō as
Male Student (ep 16)
Mamoru Ookouchi (eps 7, 10, 13)
Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Youhei Hashimoto
Tomoko Kawakami as
Elise (eps 8-9)
Puririn (Puri Gorota; eps 7, 21)
Tōru Ohkawa as Tatsuo Noda (eps 22-23)
Tsubasa Yonaga as Yoshitaka Noda (ep 22)
Tsuguo Mogami as
Gert Fischer (ep 14)
Jirou Odagiri (ep 7)
Kiyo Boskovich (ep 9)
Male Member C (ep 18)
Male student A (ep 3)
Mr. Kazakura (eps 15, 20, 22)
Teacher (ep 2)
Yuuji-kun (ep 17)
Uko Tachibana as Shizuka Kinjo (ep 5)
Youko Honda as Miho (eps 4-6)
Yūichi Nakamura as
Contest Official (ep 17)
Friend A (ep 2)
Kazushi Iwai
Male Member A (ep 18)
Male student A (ep 1)
Man (ep 20)
Professor A (ep 11)
Japanese companies
3D CG: Trilogy Future Studio (OP)
Animation Production: J.C. Staff
Background Art: Kobayashi Production
CG Modelling Collaboration: Y2 Works
Collaboration: Yamaha
Editing Studio: REAL-T
In-Between Animation:
cube A motion
Niandai Animation
Key Animation:
Studio Wanpack
Wish
Music Collaboration: EPIC Record Japan
Recording Studio: Procen Studio
Sound Production: Magic Capsule
Video Editing: Tokyo Video Laboratory
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Robert Buchholz
Doug Erholtz as Shinichi Chiaki
Kate Davis as Megumi "Nodame" Noda

Cindy Robinson as Saiko Tagaya
Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Kiyora Miki
Dave Mallow as Kouzou Etou
Grant George as Ryutaro Mine
Karen Strassman as Sakura Saku
Steve Cannon as Masumi Okuyama
Terrence Stone as Franz von Stresemann (Milch)

Cindy Robinson as
Kazuo (Puri Gorota; ep 7)
Maiko Aizawa
Seiko Miyoshi
Shizuyo Noda
Yuki Inoue
Darrel Guilbeau as
Toshihiko Miyoshi
Yuuto Segawa
Dave Mallow as Seiichirou Miyoshi
Jennifer Sekiguchi as
Mika
Moe Suzuki
Jessica Gee as
Kaoru Suzuki
Michael (Puri Gorota; ep 7)
Miho
Nina Lutz
Pururin (Puri Gorota; ep 7)
Joe Cappelletti as
Ryuuji Tsuboi
Yasunori Kuroki
Karen Strassman as
Elise
Saya Saganuma
Lara Jill Miller as Yuiko Miyoshi
Laura Bailey as
Flight Attendant
Kaori Etou
Keeko Kawano
Michael Sorich as Kai Dunn
Mona Marshall as
Chiyo Sakata
Gorota (Puri Gorota; ep 7)
Makiko Tanaka
Shinichi Chiaki (Young)
Shizuka
Yoko Noda
Peter Doyle as Tooru Kikuchi
Robert Buchholz as
Hajime Tanioka
Tatsuo Noda
Steve Kramer as
Hidemi Saku
Sebastiano Viera
Soutaro Ohkawa
Takehiko Miyoshi
Tatsumi Mine
Tara Platt as
Minako Momodaira
Reina Ishikawa
Riona (Puri Gorota; ep 7)
Terrence Stone as
Charles Auclair
Kisaburo Noda
Travis Willingham as Manabu Sakuma
Vic Mignogna as
Friend A (ep 2)
Mamoru Ookouchi
Youhei Hashimoto
Yuri Lowenthal as
Keiji Tamaki
Male Student A (ep 3)
Noriyuki Takahashi
Tomohito Kimura
Yamamoto
Yoshitaka Noda

English companies
Broadcaster: Animax Asia
Internet Streaming:
Crackle (Expired)
Licensed by: Siren Visual (Australia and New Zealand)
Korean staff
Korean cast
(none)
Song Junseok as Shinichi Chiaki
Yun Yeojin as Megumi "Nodame" Noda

Gi-Hyeung Kim as Ryutaro Mine
Gwang Jang as Franz von Stresemann
Hong Soyeong as Kiyora Miki
Ju-Hyeon Im as Saiko Tagaya
Mi-Gyeong Ha as Sakura Saku
Mun Gwanil as Kouzou Etou
Yong-Uk An as Masumi Okuyama

Beom-Gi Hong as
Tooru Kikuchi
Toshihiko Miyoshi
Bong-Jun Lee as Sebastiano Viera
Du-Hui Kim as Noriyuki Takahashi
Eunjeong as Yuiko Miyoshi
Gyeong-Su Hyeon as Hajime Tanioka
Han Choi as Takehiko Miyoshi
Hyeon-Wu Byeon as Mamoru Ookouchi
Jeong-Hui Song as Keeko Kawano
Min-Ha Lee as Seiko Miyoshi
Seung-Han Sim as Manabu Sakuma
Yong-Wu Sin as Yasunori Kuroki
Korean companies
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
(none)
Eder La Barrera as Shinichi Chiaki
Melanie Henriquez as Megumi "Nodame" Noda (eps 7-23)
Yensi Rivero as Megumi "Nodame" Noda (eps 1-6)

Anabel Peña as Kiyora Miki
Carlos Vitale as Franz von Stresemann
Maria Jose Estevez as Saiko Tagaya
Melanie Henriquez as Sakura Saku (ep 6)
Rolman Bastidas as Ryutaro Mine
Víctor Díaz as Masumi Okuyama

Aura Caamaño as
Maki
Mika
Seiko Miyoshi (3rd voice)
Citlalli Godoy as Minako Momodaira (ep 8)
Elena Diaz Toledo as Minako Momodaira
Guillermo Martínez as Manabu Sakuma
Héctor Indriago as Yasunori Kuroki
Juan Guzmán as Hajime Tanioka
Lileana Chacón as Seiko Miyoshi (1st voice)
luis miguel perez as Sebastian Vieira (ep 4)
Mariana Gamboa as Seiko Miyoshi (2nd voice)
Maythe Guedes as Elise
Rolman Bastidas as Narration
Ruben Leon as Sebastian Vieira

Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
Animax (Latin America; Latin America)
Dubbing: M&M Studios
Polish staff
Polish companies
(none)
Broadcaster: AXN Spin Poland
Polish cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
Letícia Quinto as Megumi "Nodame" Noda
Sílvio Giraldi as Shinichi Chiaki

Luiz Antônio Lobue as Kouzou Etou (1st voice)
Marcelo Pissardini as Franz von Stresemann (Milch)
Márcia Regina as Saiko Tagaya
Tânia Gaidarji as Kiyora Miki
Ulisses Bezerra as Ryutaro Mine
Vagner Fagundes as Yasunori Kuroki
Wendel Bezerra as Masumi Okuyama

Adna Cruz as Yurie Segawa
Alessandra Araújo as Chiyo Sakata
Alexandre Marconato as Hajime Tanioka
Alfredo Rollo as Manabu Sakuma
Angelica Santos as Miyuki
Carlos Campanile as Kouzou Etou (second voice)
Carlos Silveira as Takehiko Miyoshi
Cecília Lemes as
Minako Momodaira
Minako Momodaira - jovem (ep 8)
César Marchetti as
Hidemi Saku (ep 6)
Tatsuo Noda (eps 22-23)
Denise Reis as Kaori Etou
Elcio Sodré as Hans (eps 9, 18)
Fábio Lucindo as Toshihiko Miyoshi
Fátima Noya as Keiko Kawano
Felipe Grinnan as Noriyuki Takahashi
Fernanda Bullara as
Izumi
Kaoru Suzuki
Flora Paulita as Yuiko Miyoshi
Fritz Gianvito as Yukihisa Matsuda (ep 22)
Gilberto Baroli as
Seiichirou Miyoshi
Soutaro Ohkawa
Júlia Castro as Shinichi Chiaki - criança (ep 1)
Luciana Baroli as
Maiko Aizawa
Yuki Inoue
Luiz Laffey as Kiyo Boskovich (ep 9)
Luiz Antônio Lobue as Tatsumi Mine
Luiz Carlos de Moraes as Kisaburou Noda (eps 22-23)
Marcelo Campos as Mamoru Ookouchi
Márcio Araújo as Youhei Hashimoto
Marco Aurélio Campos as Keiji Tamaki
Marli Bortoletto as
Nina Lutz
Seiko Miyoshi
Nestor Chiesse as Sebastiano Viera
Patrícia Scalvi as Shizuyo Noda (eps 22-23)
Raquel Marinho as Reina Ishikawa
Ricardo Sawaya as Tooru Kikuchi
Samira Fernandes as Sakura Saku
Sérgio Rufino as Ryuuji Tsuboi (eps 20-21)
Sidney Lilla as Charles Auclair (eps 20-22)
Suzy Pereira as Makiko Tanaka
Tatá Guarnieri as Kai Dunn
Ursula Bezerra as Yuuto Segawa - criança
Vagner Fagundes as Yamamoto
Yuri Chesman as Tomohito Kimura

Portuguese companies
Broadcaster:
Animax
Animax Brazil
Sony Spin (since May 2011)
Dubbing Studio: Álamo
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Deltamac Co., Ltd.
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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