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EP1 Rhapsody of a Weirdo Pianist and a Snob Conductor Oct 16, 2006

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.

EP2 Attack of the Creep Flunker Orchestra! Oct 23, 2006

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.

EP3 Orchestra of the Lesser: Can Love Trump Poverty? Oct 30, 2006

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.

EP4 Will They or Won't They? Battle of the Regular Concert! Nov 06, 2006

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.

EP5 Goodbye, Maestro! School Festival Battle of Love Nov 13, 2006

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

EP6 Goodbye, Orchestra S! A Tearful Disbanding and a Piano Duet of Love Nov 20, 2006

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.

EP7 New Orchestra! Tensions in the Relationship Nov 27, 2006

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.

EP8 Rising Star Orchestra's Concert! Fighting Old Traumas with Love Dec 04, 2006

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.

EP9 Competition vs. Studying Abroad! A Relationship-Ending Decision Dec 11, 2006

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.

EP10 Madness at the Competition! A Surprising Confession Dec 18, 2006

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

EP11 Goodbye, Nodame! A Tearful Christmas Concert Dec 25, 2006

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

8.3| 0h30m| TV-PG| en| More Info

Released: 16 October 2006 Ended

Producted By: Fuji Television Network

Country: Japan

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Official Website: http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/nodame/index.html

Synopsis

Megumi Noda, or "Nodame" is a piano student at Momogaoka College of Music. An extremely talented pianist who wants to be a preschool teacher, she prefers playing by ear rather than reading the music score. She is messy and disorganized. Shinichi Chiaki is Momogaoka's top student. Born into a musical family, he is talented in piano and violin and has secret ambitions to become a conductor. An arrogant multi-lingual perfectionist who once lived abroad in the music capitals of the world as a young boy, he is trapped in Japan because of his childhood phobia of airplanes and the ocean. They meet by accident and sparks fly!

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Cast

Juri Ueno , Hiroshi Tamaki , Eita Nagayama

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Fuji Television Network