Nodame Cantabile

S01E01 Rhapsody of a Weirdo Pianist and a Snob Conductor

October 16, 2006 60 min

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...

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S01E02 Attack of the Creep Flunker Orchestra!

October 23, 2006 60 min

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...

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S01E03 Orchestra of the Lesser: Can Love Trump Poverty?

October 30, 2006 60 min

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.

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S01E04 Will They or Won't They? Battle of the Regular Concert!

November 6, 2006 60 min

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.

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S01E05 Goodbye, Maestro! School Festival Battle of Love

November 13, 2006 60 min

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

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S01E06 Goodbye, Orchestra S! A Tearful Disbanding and a Piano Duet of Love

November 20, 2006 60 min

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.

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S01E07 New Orchestra! Tensions in the Relationship

November 27, 2006 60 min

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.

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S01E08 Rising Star Orchestra's Concert! Fighting Old Traumas with Love

December 4, 2006 60 min

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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S01E09 Competition vs. Studying Abroad! A Relationship-Ending Decision

December 11, 2006 60 min

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.

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S01E10 Madness at the Competition! A Surprising Confession

December 18, 2006 60 min

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

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S01E11 Goodbye, Nodame! A Tearful Christmas Concert

December 25, 2006 60 min

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

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