![]() ![]() Seki, who’s character is meant to be Japanese with an accent, sounds better than the French waiter who’s supposed to have no accent! They nail the classical music. It’s a shame they had locals voiced by Japanese actors with heavy accents. When in France, hearing people speak actual French is nice. ![]() Ma boi Tomokazu Seki! What can I say? Superb as ever, especially opposite the female lead – the Japanese track is a must for the acting chemistry between these two. The CG only falters when focused on a single character trying to move too much. This would warrant a Medium rating however, season two improves everything with more animation, more style, cleaner characters, and concerts receive full animation through CG. ![]() Good framing and visual style ease the limited technical budget. When playing music, the fingers are in sync with the notes for close-ups, but often static at a distance. Everyone thinks the teacher must be some evil twin of the real famed composer. It doesn’t help that their orchestra teacher from Germany always seeks the punani, even leaving Chiaki in charge just to go on a date. Despite Chiaki’s handsome features and popularity with the ladies of the group (they like the way he waves his baton), his expectations of perfection make him difficult to work with. The main thread of the series is Chiaki’s journey to become a conductor, which starts at the academy when he gathers an odd bunch of characters like a rock violinist and a flamboyant percussionist to form an orchestra. It handles these issues well in a comedic manner without undermining their severity. Though primarily focused on comedy, Nodame Cantabile knows how to tackle serious subjects such as the worry of being able to constantly one-up oneself – “Have I hit my peak already? Will I ever perform better than this? – and the difficulties of managing a global career alongside a domestic relationship. Nodame Cantabile has been on my list for a decade (thanks to it starring my favourite anime voice actor) and at last, I have opportunity to watch it. Now that I love music and listen to it every day, stories centred on music have newfound appeal. Listening to a track standalone instantly evoked the emotions I felt from the show. It wasn’t until my mid-teens when film/TV/anime tracks started to click because of their story context. Even video game music didn’t matter to me beyond the game itself. Whether it was dancing, playing, or even listening to it, there was no appeal to me (classic Disney movies were the exception ~Oh rinky, tinky tinky. There was once a time in my life when I had no interest in music.
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