Nodame Cantabile

Season 12006

When a classically trained young conductor meets a free-spirited pianist at music school, their romance and their music have a hard time harmonizing.

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11 Episodes

E01 Rhapsody of a Weirdo Pianist and a Snob Conductor

Noda Megumi, AKA Nodame, is a sloppy third-year Piano student at Momogaoka School of Music who lives and plays with abandon. Meanwhile, Chiaki Shin'ichi, an aspiring conductor, is at the top of his game, and acts the part. He notices something special in the way she plays Beethoven's Pathetique.

October 16, 2006

E02 Attack of the Creep Flunker Orchestra!

Chiaki is desperate to transfer from Piano to Conducting, but infamous conductor Franz Stresemann refuses to let him. Meanwhile, Stresemann recruits a band of misfits and flunkers to create Orchestra S out of misfits and near-dropouts, including Chiaki and Nodame's new mutual friends, Mine Ryutaro and Okuyama Masumi.

October 23, 2006

E03 Orchestra of the Lesser: Can Love Trump Poverty?

Stresemann bails on Orchestra S, leaving Chiaki to conduct. The bassist, Saku Sakura, isn't coming to all the rehearsals -- but it might not be her fault.

October 30, 2006

E04 Will They or Won't They? Battle of the Regular Concert!

Chiaki turns out to be impossible to please. Nodame's terrestrial alien army invades Chiaki's apartment in an unidentified heating object, in a desperate attempt to reprogram him in time for the regular concert.

November 6, 2006

E05 Goodbye, Maestro! School Festival Battle of Love

Maestro Stresemann's rightful owners arrive in Japan to take him home, while Orchestra S and Orchestra A prepare for the school festival concerts.

November 13, 2006

E06 Goodbye, Orchestra S! A Tearful Disbanding and a Piano Duet of Love

Nodame is desperately practicing the Rach 2, for reasons unknown. Orchestra S, meanwhile, is about to disband, just as they learn that Chiaki and the orchestra have become famous.

November 20, 2006

E07 New Orchestra! Tensions in the Relationship

Chiaki and Orchestra A concertmaster Miki Kiyora recruit elite students from all over Japan to start a new orchestra. Nodame gets assigned to a new teacher, leading to her becoming a zombie.

November 27, 2006

E08 Rising Star Orchestra's Concert! Fighting Old Traumas with Love

Nodame contemplates attempting to treat Chiaki's fear of airplanes, which could lead to her losing him to Europe. Meanwhile, her teacher nominates her for the Maradona Piano Competition.

December 4, 2006

E09 Competition vs. Studying Abroad! A Relationship-Ending Decision

Brainwashed by Nodame, Chiaki goes on a plane trip to Hokkaido. Nodame prepares desperately for her competition, which could open the door for her to study in Europe.

December 11, 2006

E10 Madness at the Competition! A Surprising Confession

Nodame loses herself at the Maradona competition, putting her Europe plan into doubt. Rising Star Orchestra, meanwhile, undergoes painful evolution.

December 18, 2006

E11 Goodbye, Nodame! A Tearful Christmas Concert

Defeated, Nodame runs home to her parents' place in the countryside. Chiaki goes after her.

December 25, 2006

Nodame Cantabile

E01 Rhapsody of a Weirdo Pianist and a Snob Conductor

E02 Attack of the Creep Flunker Orchestra!

E03 Orchestra of the Lesser: Can Love Trump Poverty?

E04 Will They or Won't They? Battle of the Regular Concert!

E05 Goodbye, Maestro! School Festival Battle of Love

E06 Goodbye, Orchestra S! A Tearful Disbanding and a Piano Duet of Love

E07 New Orchestra! Tensions in the Relationship

E08 Rising Star Orchestra's Concert! Fighting Old Traumas with Love

E09 Competition vs. Studying Abroad! A Relationship-Ending Decision

E10 Madness at the Competition! A Surprising Confession

E11 Goodbye, Nodame! A Tearful Christmas Concert

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E01 Rhapsody of a Weirdo Pianist and a Snob Conductor

E02 Attack of the Creep Flunker Orchestra!

E03 Orchestra of the Lesser: Can Love Trump Poverty?

E04 Will They or Won't They? Battle of the Regular Concert!

E05 Goodbye, Maestro! School Festival Battle of Love

E06 Goodbye, Orchestra S! A Tearful Disbanding and a Piano Duet of Love

E07 New Orchestra! Tensions in the Relationship

E08 Rising Star Orchestra's Concert! Fighting Old Traumas with Love

E09 Competition vs. Studying Abroad! A Relationship-Ending Decision

E10 Madness at the Competition! A Surprising Confession

E11 Goodbye, Nodame! A Tearful Christmas Concert