About
When a classically trained young conductor meets a free-spirited pianist at music school, their romance and their music have a hard time harmonizing.
Cast
Juri Ueno
as Noda Megumi
Hiroshi Tamaki
as Chiaki Shinichi
Eita Nagayama
as Mine Ryutaro
Asami Mizukawa
as Miki Kiyora
Keisuke Koide
as Okuyama Masumi
Misa Uehara
as Tagaya Saiko
Saeko
as Saku Sakura
Naoto Takenaka
as Franz Strezemann
Kumiko Akiyoshi
as Momodaira Minako
Mayuko Iwasa
as Ishikawa Reina
Yuya Endo
as Okochi Mamoru
Emiko Matsuoka
as Suzuki Kaoru
Aki Fukada
as Inoue Yuki
Yukina Takase
as Tanaka Makiko
Masatô Ibu
as Mine Tatsumi
Koen Kondo
as Tamaki Keiji
Masahiko Nishimura
as Tanioka Hajime
Makoto Sakamoto
as Hashimoto Yohei
Osamu Mukai
as Kikuchi Toru
Rinako Matsuoka
as Suzuki Moe
Seasons
Episodes
Season 1
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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