Nodame Cantabile

[Sandldan]

Got this series recommended to me by a friend, just caught up to it and im enjoying it quite a bit. Will need to stop watching it late at night when everyones asleep at home, hard to keep silent at times

[kooshi]

Wow, it's really great to see people enjoying this series! I would've thought that the classical music part would discourage many people, but it doesn't seem like it's the case

[Kraco]

Wow, it's really great to see people enjoying this series! I would've thought that the classical music part would discourage many people, but it doesn't seem like it's the case

Classical music would discourage people? I don't really know if that's just a far too hasty assumption, and I'm not saying I couldn't ever think like that myself, but on the other hand it's good to remember most of the big spectacle movies, for example, rely solely on classical music (examples are too numerous to list, but think of LOTR or Star Wars, etc.). And also great many animes do that as well. So, even if all the people don't buy and listen to classical music cds, they surely have heard lots of it; both modern and the "classic" classical music.

[KitKat]

Thanks for the softsub website, kooshi! Now I can watch both the anime and the live-action at roughly the same pace.

I found that watching the actors 'play' didn't really bother me at all. I'm also more convinced that the differences in playing is more pronounced in the live-action. For instance, in the anime when Chiaki points out the squeaky clarinet, I wouldn't have been able to tell, but in the live-action, the squeaking is painfully obvious.

And in terms of the appeal of classical music, I think it's maybe more so the fact that many of us have had music lessons or played in a highschool band, so we can sympathize with the characters to a certain extent.

[Everon]

Yeah, the only real variations I've heard were coming mostly in the first episodes with Mine and Nodame. I'm not exactly sure why they haven't done variations on the symphonies so far.

In any case, I'm enjoying the anime. I can't wait till they come out with an OST.

[Munsu]

Episode 6 by Froth-Bite.

http://www.froth-bite.com/torrent/%5...5D.mp4.torrent

[Kraco]

And in terms of the appeal of classical music, I think it's maybe more so the fact that many of us have had music lessons or played in a highschool band, so we can sympathize with the characters to a certain extent.

Yes, indeed. I don't know why I forgot that! >_<

[kooshi]

Ahh, the good ol' music lessons when we were little kids. I should really whip out my violin and start practicing it again, haha.

As for episode 6, I kinda felt that the whole scenario with Sakura was solved a little too quickly. It just seemed to zoom through everything.
Other than that, it was another awesome episode. I'd say the best part was when Chiaki lost his patience and snapped (pun intended). There is no way a conductor should tolerate the crap he has been getting from his orchestra.

[Munsu]

Episode 7 by Anime-Keep:
http://a.scarywater.net/akeep/%5BAni...5D.mkv.torrent