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Piano (TV)

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©Animate Film / Pioneer LDC / Kid's Station


Alternative title:
Casi 15 años: Melodía juvenil (Spanish)
Piano - The Melody of a Young Girl's Heart
鋼琴物語 (Chinese (Taiwan))
피아노 (Korean)
Themes: music, piano
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Miu Nomura is a 14-year-old 8th-grader who has been playing piano since early childhood. She grows up gradually while her friendship, kinship, and love affairs evolve around her, but those relationships inevitably affect her piano performance.
User Ratings: 344 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 15 votes (sub:10, dub:5)
 Excellent: 16 votes (sub:8, dub:7, raw:1)
 Very good: 50 votes (sub:35, dub:12, ?:1, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Good: 108 votes (sub:76, dub:30, ?:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Decent: 52 votes (sub:41, dub:10, edit.dub:1)
 So-so: 43 votes (sub:32, dub:10, others:1
1 Swedish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 21 votes (sub:14, dub:5, raw:1, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Weak: 21 votes (sub:15, dub:5, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Bad: 7 votes (sub:6, dub:1)
 Awful: 7 votes (sub:3, dub:2, raw:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Worst ever: 4 votes (sub:2, dub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 690 users, rank: #1703 (of 10137)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.236 (Decent+), std. dev.: 2.0317, rank: #6978 (of 10314)
Weighted mean: 6.192 (Decent+), rank: #7052 (of 10314) (seen all: 6.41 / seen some: 5.74 / won't finish: 3.99)
Bayesian estimate: 6.238 (Decent+), rank: #6348 (of 7757)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 10
Episode titles: We have 10
Vintage: 2002-11-11 to 2003-01-13
Release dates: We have 5
Chronology:
(2002-10-05) Two-Episode "Sneak Peak" Before Official Broadcast
Opening Theme:
"...to you" by Ayako Kawasumi
Ending Theme:
"Kokoro no Oto" by Yoko Ueno
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 1
News: Show:
North American Stream List: October 17-23 (Oct 23, 2011)
Piano Exclusive at Best Buy (Dec 7, 2005)
New Right Stuf Releases (Jul 21, 2005)
Piano Website (Apr 30, 2005)
New Releases from TRSI (Apr 10, 2005)
New Right Stuf Acquisitions (Jul 31, 2004)
Schedule of New Anime Shows in Japan This Winter (Nov 14, 2001)
Other article: Show:
Shelf Life - Aria Speedwagon (Mar 30, 2009)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Piano - Secret Love (DVD 1) 2005-06-28 (from $15.99)
    Piano - Secret Love (DVD 1) 2008-07-01 (from $8.97)
    Piano - Confessions (DVD 2) 2005-08-30 (from $10.49)
    Piano - Confessions (DVD 2) 2008-07-01 (from $6.29)
    Piano - Heartstrings (DVD 3) 2005-10-25 (from $51.00)
    Piano - Heartstrings (DVD 3) 2008-07-01
    Piano - The Complete Collection (DVD 1-3) 2006-07-11 (from $99.95)
    Piano - Bundle Collection (DVD 1-3) 2010-02-02

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Norihiko Sudo
Script:
Mami Watanabe (7 episodes
eps 1-4, 6, 8, 10
)
Ryunosuke Kingetsu (eps 5, 7, 9)
Storyboard:
Hiroaki Shimura (eps 2, 4, 9)
Norihiko Sudo (6 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 8, 10
)
Satoshi Nakagawa (ep 6)
Episode Director:
Hiroaki Shimura (eps 2, 4, 9)
Nobutaka Chikahashi (ep 6)
Norihiko Sudo (6 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 8, 10
)
Music:
Ayako Kawasumi
Hiroyuki Kouzu
Original creator:
Kōsuke Fujishima
Mami Watanabe
Character Design: Kōsuke Fujishima
Art Director: Junichi Higashi
Chief Animation Director: Yūji Ikeda
Animation Director:
Kazuhiro Koyama (eps 2, 4)
Kinomi Sakuragi (ep 8)
Takahiro Miura (eps 3, 5)
Toshiya Furuike (ep 7)
Yūji Ikeda (eps 1, 10)
Yuji Ushijima (eps 6, 9)
Animation Character Design: Yūji Ikeda
Sound Director: Jun Watanabe
Director of Photography: Mitsunobu Yoshida
Executive producer:
Hiroyuki Soeda
Yoshiki Kumazawa
Yutaka Takahashi
Producer:
Kōichi Kikuchi
Shukichi Kanda
Tomoko Takayama
Toshiaki Okuno
Yūko Yamada

Assistant Animation Director: Yuji Ushijima (ep 4)
Assistant producer: Junnosuke Suzuki
Color design: Yumiko Katayama
Editing: Junichi Itou
Editing Assistant: Naoki Watanabe (Jay Film)
In-Between Check: Fumiaki Usui (ep 8)
Key Animation:
Akiko Suzuki (eps 5, 8)
Atsushi Itagaki (ep 10)
Eiji Uemura (ep 3)
Hajime Yoshida (ep 10)
Hideo Maru (ep 3)
Hidetaka Ishikawa (ep 8)
Hideto Komori (ep 1)
Hiroki Kusuda (ep 7)
Hisao Muramatsu (ep 7)
Issei Hasegawa (ep 1)
Junichi Yokoyama (eps 2, 4, 6, 9)
Kazuhiro Fujitani (ep 1)
Kenji Kajiwara (eps 1, 4)
Kiyoaki Maeda (ep 6)
Kiyomi Masuda (ep 3)
Mai Takehara (ep 7)
Masaaki Sakurai (ep 10)
Masahiro Okamura (ep 1)
Masahito Sawada (ep 10)
Masayuki Sakoi (ep 5)
Miwako Shibata (ep 7)
Naoko Ozawa (eps 3, 5, 8)
Shingo Oda (ep 8)
Takahiro Hosoki (ep 7)
Takashi Hirabayashi (ep 3)
Takashi Honda (ep 10)
Takashi Yoshiyama (ep 7)
Tsuyoshi Kakihara (eps 2, 4, 6, 9)
Yasuhiro Fujita (eps 2, 4, 6, 9)
Yasukazu Shōji (ep 10)
Yūdai Suzuki (ep 2)
Yukiko Ishibashi (eps 5, 8)
Production manager: Noriaki Iguchi
Recording Adjustment:
Jun Inomoto
Kazutoshi Yamamoto
Yasunori Ebina (Beeline)
Sound Effects: Yasuyuki Konno (Swara Pro)
Sound Production Manager: Hiroki Urakari
Theme Song Arrangement:
Hiroyuki Kouzu (OP)
Yōko Ueno (ED)
Theme Song Composition:
Ayako Kawasumi (OP)
Yōko Ueno (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics: Midori Ueda (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Ayako Kawasumi (OP)
Yōko Ueno (ED)
Ayako Kawasumi as Miu Nomura

Akio Ōtsuka as Seiji Nomura
Jun Fukuyama as Kazuya Takahashi
Michiko Neya as Akiko Nomura
Mitsuru Miyamoto as Shirakawa-sensei
Sōichirō Hoshi as Takizawa
Tomoko Kawakami as Yuki Matsubara
Yūko Sasaki as Hitomi Nomura

Atsushi Kisaichi as Nagasawa
Kazusa Murai as Shinohara
Kyōko Hikami as Saito-san
Mami Kosuge as Miss Yuri
Masumi Asano as Taeko Nishijima
Mie Odagi as Teacher
Misa Watanabe as Yuunagi-sensei
Rino as Mother
Satoshi Katōgi as Kamiya
Japanese companies
Animation Production: OLM (Team IGUCHI)
Backgrounds:
Sparrow
Studio Easter
Broadcaster: Kids Station
Digital Composite: T. Nishimura
Digital Paint:
ANIK
JEM
Peacock
Sung San Production
TASK
Editing: Jay Film
In-Between Animation:
ANIK
Anime World Osaka
C&S
Daejin Animation
DongWoo Animation
FAI International
J.C.F.
Kagura
Kino Production
Max Movie
MI
NEO Planning
Plum
Snow Light Staff
Studio Cockpit
Studio Jungle Gym
Studio Lions
Studio MAT
Sung San Production
TASK
Tokyo Animation Center
Key Animation:
DongWoo Animation (ep 2)
E-cho (ep 4)
JEM (ep 4)
Max Movie (ep 4)
Studio Mark (eps 3, 5, 8)
TASK (eps 4, 6, 9)
Production:
Animate
Kids Station
Marine Entertainment
Pioneer LDC
Production Assistance:
IMAGIN (eps 3, 5, 8)
Studio Kuma (eps 2, 4, 6, 9)
Sunshine Corporation (ep 7)
Recording Studio: Sanpunzaka Studio
Sound Effects: Swara Pro
Sound Production: HALF H·P STUDIO
Video Editing: Imagica
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Michael Sinterniklaas
Translation:
Dan Kanemitsu
Judy DeFrieze
Neil Nadelman
Executive producer: Shawne Kleckner
Producer: Kris Kleckner

Assistant producer:
David Olsen
Judy DeFrieze
Packaging Design: Greg Hillsman
Script Adaptation: Stephanie Sheh
Subtitle Timing: David Olsen
Voice Direction: Michael Sinterniklaas
Rebecca Soler as Miu Nomura

Marc Diraison as Shirakawa
Michael Sinterniklaas as Kazuya Takahashi
Sean Schemmel as Seiji Nomura
Veronica Taylor as Hitomi Nomura
Vibe Jones as Akiko Nomura
Zoe Martin as Yuuki Matsubara

Brian T. Schneider as Nagazawa
Drew Aaron as Takizawa
Eva Christensen as Ms. Yuunagi
Kether Donohue as Shinohara
English companies
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director: Joaquín Gómez (Spain dub)
Translation: Yasuko Tojo (Spain dub)
Executive producer: José Luis Puertas

Screen Inserts: Joaquín Gómez (Spain dub)
Carmen Ambrós as Miu Nomura (Spain dub)

Carles Lladó as Shirakawa (Spain dub)
Carmen Calvell as Yuuki Matsubara (Spain dub)
Esperança Domènech as Hitomi Nomura (Spain dub)
Germán José as Kazuya Takahashi (Spain dub)
Oriol de Balle as Seiji Nomura (Spain dub)
Rosa Moyano as Akiko Nomura (Spain dub)

Francesc Rocamora as Nagasawa (Spain dub)
Gloria Garcia as
Ms. Yuunagi (Spain dub)
Saito (Spain dub)
Jordi Pineda as Takizawa (Spain dub)
María Rosa Gil as
Shinohara (Spain dub)
Yuri (Spain dub)

Germán José (Spain dub)
Gloria Garcia (Spain dub)
Joaquín Gómez (Spain dub)
Jordi Pineda (Spain dub)
María Rosa Gil (Spain dub)
Rosa Moyano (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Distributor: Jonu Media (Spain)
Dubbing Studio: Seimar RLM (Spain dub)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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