A very nice episode. Nothing really grand happened, but it was pretty beautiful.
This series continues strongly, as always.
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A very nice episode. Nothing really grand happened, but it was pretty beautiful.
This series continues strongly, as always.
I disagree, Nodame playing well enough to enamor world class judges seems fairly grand for me. I like the Chiaki story, but I'm glad there's also development going on with Nodame as well. The scene with the violin guy coming on to Chiaki was the best in the ep though. With Kiyori's reaction a close second.
Yeah, this ep was pretty solid. Plenty of good music being played, Nodame making actual progress with encouragement from Chiaki, Chiaki experiencing what it's like to interact with an experienced concertmaster, as opposed to having to have the whole symphony come from him. Nodame making it pretty far in that competition, and becoming a bit better at reading and understanding music. Chiaki's success in general...
Lots of goodness here.
I agree, that scene had my laughing.:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Yukimura
Nodame is funny as hell this ep to me too. Its great to actually see her taking things seriously and playing pretty well.
Argh. That blasted cell phone tune.
Well, it was pretty much to be expected. Nodame is just like that, after all, for good and for bad.
that was just .... rough.
Poor Nodame, it was so amazing up until she ran out of music to play. I suspect she would have been fine if she hadn't had to take all that downtime after pushing herself too hard. I wonder how will Chiaki manage to get her to stay and rebuild her confidence.
!!!
[HG-F] Nodame Cantabile 22
Nodame!!
It would look like a ship sunk all the way to the bottom if not for Chiaki's expression in the preview. It looked as if he both can't get Nodama totally out of his mind and doesn't want to leave loose ends behind.
I kind of hope he would travel to Nodame's place and drag her somewhere where they would play together again.
Last episode:
[GGNORE] Nodame Cantabile 23
Didn't really like this sub, but it was okay. I can't believe it's the last episode, the ending was done really well. So sad that the anime doesn't continue on.
Nodame Cantabile - 23 - [Hard Gay Fansubs]
As much as I hate to see them go I love it when shows like this end as well as this one did. Very touching and hopeful and open to the future. I'll miss all the mugya's and gyabos but the series was great and I'll always have memories...and hopefully DVD's if A-Keep ever decides to finish this up.
It was a really well made ending. I was a bit shocked when I read Banana's post and confirmed the episode number at AniDB. 23 is an unorthodox episode count, but after watching this episode the series couldn't have got a better ending. It was full of recovery and warmth and finally conclusive as well. A story stays good only as long as it knows when to end. This did choose the right moment, no doubt.
Wow, I'm so sad that its over. The ending however was really welldone. Not even a kiss and still far surpasses satisfying. Excellent show. Wish there was more....
Nodame Cantabile - 15 - [Froth-Bite]
Seems they didn't drop this after all,hopefully AKeep will show some signs of life too so I can burn this show.
Since I was collecting Froth-Bite, it looks like I will need to wait, after all, before burning this series off my HD.
well dang ill miss this a great ending and a great series this kind of comedy is my fav =/
Nodame - 16 - [Froth-Bite]
Nodame - 12 - [Anime-Keep]
It's interesting/Strange that they both started releasing again at about the same time. Maybe they use the same raws.
The rest of the Froth-Bite subs:
Episode 20 - Froth-Bite
Episode 21 - Froth-Bite
Episode 22 - Froth-Bite
Episode 23 Final - Froth-Bite
Batch: 1-23 - Froth-Bite
Never thought this thread would go up.
It was a very nice, soothing and refreshing anime.
The choice of tunes was nice too, most of them I didn't know, but they were
very nice to hear. I guess I'll have to rewatch this show and note the names, so that
I can hear them in better conditions.
Finished the series... this was a really good series. Guess it's time to hunt down the manga to continue the story. The story does continue right?
I hope so, the show was good enough to make me actually want to read the manga and find out what happens. The ending was excellent.
Well, I FINALLY got around to finishing this series and I gotta say, what an awesome series! Except for the awkward music animations, this show excelled in everything: animation, voice actors, story, etc. BRING ON THE SECOND SEASON!
Ahh, my only complaint: THEY DIDN'T SHOW THE KOTATSU BIT (yeargh)!! Honestly, I don't know if that part is in the manga or if it was some sort of filler in the live-action, but taking out my absolute favorite bit was a huge disappointment for me. It is definitely the funniest part of Nodame Cantabile so far.
Second season? Is that a rumor?
Not a rumor, just something I just blurted out, sorry. As far as I'm aware, I think there's enough material for a second season; I know that the live-action is having a second season, although I don't know how many episodes they'll do or when it will be released.
The live action was pretty good. I wonder when will be released
[Kanjisub] Nodame Cantabile Special Lesson 1 [DVD][704x396][SUB-ENG].avi
DVD special -- Covers the Chiaki's beach excursion, right before the Nina Music Festival. (sorry no Kotatsu)
Some sort of a DVD special.
Special 1 - KanjiSub
It's only 15 minutes but worth watching although nothing truly extraordinary. It takes place in the middle of the series so it's not revealing anything new as such (so, this is not like the live action specials that continued the story in Europe).
Beat you to it :P
Do you know if there's a HD disc for it, meaning we could have a HD sub someday as it was for part of the show?
I liked the Live-action of this as well... it's amusing ^-^
Season 2 bitches:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...quel-announced
In Paris?
I hope Paris and French people will be better depicted than in Yakitate Japan :D
What the? Nodame with a violin? Whatever... I'll look forward to season 2.
Its a takobon cover. There are quite a few of her playing other instruments - drums, trumpet, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Board of Command
Europe, the home of classical music:
S2 Episode 1v2 HD - BSS
S2 Episode 1v2 SD - BSS
Watched the ep.
Some deviations from the original about what France is, but whatever.
Oh also I have a hard time understanding french sometimes :D
But I guess that reintroducing Chiaki and Nodame was the main point here. The job
was done nicely.
It would be jolly good if they could incorporate French perfectly there but I suppose that'd be a bit too much asked. Most VAs speak even English horribly and we know how much the USA has been influencing Japan for a long time, so French would be a long stretch.
I watched the first part of the live action Paris chapter and thus I've seen a bunch of episodes worth of stuff already but I always liked the anime better than the live action so it's cool. Plus Ayako Kawasumi is my favorite voice actress so I'm immensely enjoying this.
Nodame or Chiaki having a bad french is no dig deal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kraco
It's another story for french characters (@ restaurant, Frank, translated anime TV broadcast)
As we said before, it is a pain for them to find french people to play those minor roles. They do not have time/money/will to do it. But it's funny because you get 3 slightly different meanings in the 3 languages for the same phrase.
Were the production values for the background scenes this bad first season? Everything but the characters looks like it was drawn in crayon... And I'm not liking the feeling that we'll never see ay of the old side characters again. Especially Mine and his crazy girlfriend and that flmying Timpani player. I loved those too. The piano slut and otaku guy are just not doing it for me as replacements.
Just watched the ep and I enjoyed it a lot! At first I was worrying about animation but soon after it doesn't matter anymore. It still brought me to why I loved the show in the first place...Nodame. And of course Chiaki and his reactions to Nodame's antics.. especially liked the restaurant scene and the way she learned French while watching Purigorota.
ANBU and A-Keep join the French party:
Episode 1 HD - ANBU-A-Keep
Episode 1 SD - ANBU-A-Keep
Mille-feuille:
Episode 2 HD - BSS
Episode 2 SD - BSS
or "D"Quote:
Originally Posted by Kraco
hehe
As of yet I can't re-enter the universe I've been to with S1, but maybe it's because I have to wait at least one week beetween eps. So many things happen in a week.
Just a souvenir:
Episode 3 HD - BSS
Episode 3 SD - BSS
Another sequel is coming during the Fall of 2009:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...-for-fall-2009
This thread is seriously lagging:
Episode 4 - BSS
Episode 5 - BSS
Episode 6 - BSS
Episode 7 - BSS
Episode 8 - BSS
Episode 9 - BSS
Episode 10 - BSS
Episode 11 - BSS
I'm watching, but there isn't much to say. The series was rushed a little too much. They cut out a lot of character development and Nodame craziness in order to squeeze everything into this 11 episode run. Worse off, they rushed so much that they ended the show in a weird spot, whereas if they took their time they could have ended on the Nodame/Chiaki kiss.
Hopefully they can slow down the pacing and let the 'slice of life' moments play out for the next season.
Wait...11 was the last episode? How can you have a series that's all development with no real climax?!
meh
ANN also sees only 11 eps. That's just crazy, there isn't even the slightest idea of ending in that 11th ep.
Or are they making some kind of semi season?
It's true that that paris chapter has been quite boring most of the time, but at least they should finish it properly, even with openings. But now, there's nothing, we're in the middle of many arcs and no "temporary" ending at all...
Well, I enjoyed the Paris chapter... it made me laugh quite a few times. Let's wait for the third season.
The only real problem I had with this season was with the animation during the orchestras and when people were animated playing instruments. Wow, they were awful. But, animation I've always considered a luxury as far as enjoyment of a series goes... but I have to say it was quite bad. I praised the first season because the animation was superb when they were playing instruments if I remember correctly.
I decided to catch up on a whim today, and I didn't even know it was 11 episodes long... I'm mostly dissapointed for that, it took me by surprise the short season. And going forward, the characters need some more adversity... this season almost everything came easy for them. They were on the top of their game.
The 3D CG doesn't bother me as much as when they used the still frames they used in the first season.
It was a pretty good season. Some of the orchestra playing scenes certainly showed horrible animation, but animating someone playing an instrument is a real pain (I know from experience, ehheh), so I will forgive them. The end point wasn't all bad, though, as it basically ended showing Chiaki succeeding in redeeming the orchestra. It was a conclusion of a sort considering the orchestra was in a pretty much ruined state when he joined.
Things move really slowly between Chiaki and Nodame. As if this was a shounen series, not josei. But I guess it's the comedy factor that slows them down so much.
Well, there's a continuation for the series coming up so wether or not the ending was a good one is really of little consequence.
Glad to hear there will be another series but as someone who judges anime series individually instead of by franchise I think the way any series ends matters. Slayers Revolution and Birdy Decode come to mind as other examples of series where I was disappointed by what I felt were weak open ended endings, even though both have sequels coming.
I suspect it was inevitable for Nodame Paris to end where it did because of the small number of episodes allotted, still it doesn't seem like the 3rd season was guaranteed when they 2nd season went into production so this could have been it. Ultimately I'd rather have 11 episodes and a lame ending over nothing but that didn't change how disappointing the end of the season was for me. I'm kind of saddened that the anime producers were willing to end the adaptation at such a spot without a guarantee that they'd get to continue later and reach a better breaking point but that's just business I suppose.
Mukyaaaaa!
Finale Episode 1 - Frostii
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My memories of the previos season were vague at best and honestly I didn't remember quite a few of the characters that appeared in this episode (though I'm still thankful this series doesn't believe in flashbacks), but nevertheless this looks like another fine season. A bit less humour than I expected from the first ep of a season but at this point of the story, when things are a bit strained at best in any case, it might have been better this way. If Chiaki and Nodame get their relationship back on track I expect more the sort of comedy we are used to. And of course they will before the end. Chiaki was already dimly seeing how he's following his dad's morbid family neglecting steps.
But man, 100 euros for one score book? Even Paris shouldn't be that expensive. Somebody didn't check the yen-euro currency rate when making the episode.
Great season intro.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kraco
I like it better than previous season.
They animated fingers/instruments which I do not remember they did that way before. Not spectacular, but nice.
For some reason my memory was fine with the characters and setting.
I liked the shirt scene, so human... for a baby :D
Regarding the price, it sure was expensive.
Other than that, most Paris details are nice, you can still pinpoint mistakes but the level is high compared to most shows.
The atmosphere was nice, I like it like I loved first season, at least per that ep
Gyabon:
Episode 3 - Frostii
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Not a bad episode. Although I didn't even realise who this "Viella" was before they showed him with Chiaki in the same tramcar. I have no idea why Frostii decided to write his name like that considering that anybody with an ear can clearly hear the "R"s in the name. Strange kind of localization Frostii practices, it seems. Maybe they aren't quite as high quality as I give them credit for.
Chiaki missing Nodame's concert was a given considering the circumstances and I doubt even Nodame would overly much blame him for it but I still hope Chiaki will make up for it by introducing those two to each other. He's kind of dense, though, so I wouldn't count on it unless it happens by chance.
As expected, Nodame understood the importance of Chiaki's chance meeting with Vierra. The scene of them together after Chiaki got back was quite nice.
Other than that this episode wasn't all that much about Nodame and Chiaki so it didn't seem so important to me, especially with one character being totally new.