NODAME CANTABILE

People who know me well know that i have 3 biggest obssessions... Watching ANIME,reading NOVELS and last but never the least MUSIC!!! And so i was very glad when this romantic comedy anime premiered on Animax...

Megumi Noda, or "Nodame" is a piano student at Momogaoka College of Music. An extremely talented pianist who wants to be a kindergarten teacher, she prefers playing by ear rather than reading the music score. She is messy and disorganized, takes baths several days apart and loves to eat, sometimes stealing her friend's lunchbox when it is filled with delicacies.

Shinichi Chiaki is Momogaoka's top student. Born into a musical family, he is talented in piano and violin and has secret ambitions to become a conductor.He is an arrogant multi-lingual perfectionist who once lived abroad in the music capitals of the world as a young boy (namely Prague). Although he has enrolled in piano classes, his real dream is to become a world-famous orchestra conductor. Unfortunately, an extremely traumatic event which occurred during his childhood has resulted in a fear of flying, destroying his chances of studying abroad under the wing of the renowned conductor, Sebastian Viera.
Chiaki’s attitude, as well as his frustration and disappointment with the state of his life, results in him keeping an arms-length relationship with his fellow students, and in conflicts with his instructors.However, things begin to change for him when he meets fellow piano student Noda “Nodame” Megumi. She may be a slob, an airhead, and a slow learner, but there’s something about her piano playing that moves his heart. Perhaps even change it.

They meet by accident. Nodame quickly falls in love, but it takes much longer for Chiaki to even begin to appreciate Nodame's unusual qualities. Their relationship causes them both to develop and grow. Along the way, they meet some crazy people (like Masumi, Mine, and Stresemann) and make lasting friendships. Because of Nodame, Chiaki gets the opportunity to lead a student orchestra and begins to have a broader appreciation of people's musical abilities. Because of Chiaki, Nodame faces her fears and enters a piano competition. Opportunities open up as both begin taking risks, stretching themselves far more than they ever thought possible.

After graduation, Nodame succeeds in curing Chiaki from his phobia and they both move to Paris where Nodame continues her piano studies at a conservatory while Chiaki starts a professional career as a conductor. In Europe, they encounter new friends and rivals, as well as keep in touch with their friends from Japan..

The whole series is truly hillarious with Nodame acting like a love struck puppy and always chasing Chiaki who gets regularly freaked out with Nodame's messy apartment and her habit of always showing up at his doorstep for dinner... The series also has beautiful music with opening theme being "Allegro Cantabile" by Suemitsu and Suemith and the ending theme 1 being "Konna ni Chikaku de(I'm so in love with you)" by Crystal Kay. The ending theme 2 is again by Suemitsu & Suemith named "Sagittarius".