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I really, really liked this drama (I watched it in just two days ), which is pretty amazing considering that I found the character of Nodame pretty annoying most of the time. But the music was beautiful (I got goose-bumps everytime an orchestra played), I especially liked the S-Oke performance of Rhapsody in Blue.

This also deepened my love for Eita! After reading the manga spoilers, I'm starting to wish for another SP, with more Eita of course!

Of course how could I not make a comment on this drama

Why this drama rocks:

• - It dramatizes the everlasting age of Western "classical" music(or to be more politically correct, "art music"). In today's world we are inundated with an age of "generated pop," wherein there is little or no deviation from the simplest standards of a "catchy" or "hot" sort of tune. As a classical performer myself (like I am sure of many in this forum), it is extremely aggravating how our music education has become an option and not a necessity (in the past, throughout Europe and Asia it was truly standard for a student to explore music beyond what is "utility" for recreation - in other words, learning about music, rather than just having fun with it.) Granted that music like jazz and certain types of heavy metal are cornerstones of musical intelligence, but classical music is the only one of all of these fields which retains a conservative perspective, making it far more difficult to approach and appreciate by the majority of "common folk" in society today. It is my hope that dramas like this as well as other contemporary amalgamations internationally will inspire people to explore this art again open-mindedly.
  
  I was at first extemely skeptical of Nodame, fearing it implicating simple, overused classical themes and repeating the errors of ignorance; however after 3 episodes I was absolutely HOOKED. Undoubtedly, Nodame retains a simple perspective towards classical music through a stronger exploration of the dramatic portion, but nonetheless it can be very inspiring to the ever so arrogant, snob-nosed ( such as me - I think I am like Chiaki, actually ) performer of the 21st century.

• Virtuosity. Perhaps in fact most of the cast for this drama was not quite the virtuoso that they "acted" as, but the acting was quite virtuosic:
  
  - For example, Tamaki had no musical experience prior to the drama, and had to study arduously to imitate the movements of a typical conductor.
  - Ueno herself was a saxophonist according to a few webblogs I read, so identifying with the mechanics of piano playing may not have been as difficult for her as Tamaki.
  
  Regardless, the recordings they use (Tokyo Philiharmonic) over the imitations of the artists were of quality, although I must argue that Asian standards of glorified music are bit too focused on skill and precision - American schools nowadays are trying to undo the "mechanical" education of music that has blighted the art for some time now, and reinvite a similar sort of playfulness and expressiveness that took place during the 19th and early 20th century. I am not sure, but I'd imagine in the East soon enough they will do the same.

What could have been better?
In short, the "anime" aspects of the drama (punching and slapping Nodame across stages and parks, ridiculous faces, etc.) could have been exercised less. Yes - I love anime, too; but the comedy alone without the random violence was hysterical as is.

Second of all, more Stressmann - just because he's like one of my favorite Japanese actors and is a god amongst men. [/list]

SSpiegel wrote:I really, really liked this drama (I watched it in just two days ), which is pretty amazing considering that I found the character of Nodame pretty annoying most of the time.

Without Nodame, this drama wouldn't exist...

bmwracer wrote:

SSpiegel wrote:I really, really liked this drama (I watched it in just two days ), which is pretty amazing considering that I found the character of Nodame pretty annoying most of the time.

Without Nodame, this drama wouldn't exist...

That doesn't mean I have to like her...

SSpiegel wrote:

bmwracer wrote:Without Nodame, this drama wouldn't exist...

That doesn't mean I have to like her...

In conclusion, you don't like this drama?

atskv9 wrote: In conclusion, you don't like this drama?

How exactly did you get to that conclusion? Nodame is just one of the characters (and one of the elements) in this drama, a fairly big one, I admit, but I can like this drama without liking her. I don't think it's that hard to understand. Like I said in my first post, "I really, really like this drama."

SSpiegel wrote:This also deepened my love for Eita! After reading the manga spoilers, I'm starting to wish for another SP, with more Eita of course!

Don't hold your breath... The entire drama/manga/anime revolves around Chiaki and Nodame, not Mine.

SSpiegel wrote:How exactly did you get to that conclusion? Nodame is just one of the characters (and one of the elements) in this drama, a fairly big one, I admit, but I can like this drama without liking her. I don't think it's that hard to understand. Like I said in my first post, "I really, really like this drama."

Sorry, your other posts were leading me to believe otherwise. If the drama mostly revolves around Nodame and Chiaki, logically you would think that you didn't like half of the drama, with the idea that Nodame would get half of the screentime. I realize I'm probably blowing it out of proportion, but finding a certain character annoying for half the total time of a drama I think would cause me to stop watching it. Not only would their airtime be unwatchable but all their interactions with other characters as well. Granted I haven't seen a ton of them and I've been somewhat selective in the ones I've watched, I'll have to actually determine for myself if I'd stop watching one. This may be the case for Last Friends and Michiru, but we'll see. Sooooo yeah, sorry

atskv9 wrote:

SSpiegel wrote:How exactly did you get to that conclusion? Nodame is just one of the characters (and one of the elements) in this drama, a fairly big one, I admit, but I can like this drama without liking her. I don't think it's that hard to understand. Like I said in my first post, "I really, really like this drama."

Sorry, your other posts were leading me to believe otherwise. If the drama mostly revolves around Nodame and Chiaki, logically you would think that you didn't like half of the drama, with the idea that Nodame would get half of the screentime. I realize I'm probably blowing it out of proportion, but finding a certain character annoying for half the total time of a drama I think would cause me to stop watching it. Not only would their airtime be unwatchable but all their interactions with other characters as well. Granted I haven't seen a ton of them and I've been somewhat selective in the ones I've watched, I'll have to actually determine for myself if I'd stop watching one. This may be the case for Last Friends and Michiru, but we'll see. Sooooo yeah, sorry

I totally agree... It's like saying "I like hamburgers, but not the meat inside..."

atskv9 wrote: Sorry, your other posts were leading me to believe otherwise. If the drama mostly revolves around Nodame and Chiaki, logically you would think that you didn't like half of the drama, with the idea that Nodame would get half of the screentime. I realize I'm probably blowing it out of proportion, but finding a certain character annoying for half the total time of a drama I think would cause me to stop watching it. Not only would their airtime be unwatchable but all their interactions with other characters as well. Granted I haven't seen a ton of them and I've been somewhat selective in the ones I've watched, I'll have to actually determine for myself if I'd stop watching one. This may be the case for Last Friends and Michiru, but we'll see. Sooooo yeah, sorry

But I don't think Nodame got half of the screentime (not that I was counting minutes). And I originally said that I found her pretty annoying most of the time. Not liking her doesn't mean hating her. I guess I liked the rest of this drama so much, I could live with her being in it too.
But there's no need to apologise. I understand if you like her, so maybe you could understand that I don't. There's no need to fight over opinions and personal preferences.
I'm watching Last Friends too, and I can understand if you're annoyed with Michiru, but I think the rest of it is still really good. You can't let just one character get to you and thus miss out on a good series!

bmwracer wrote: Don't hold your breath... The entire drama/manga/anime revolves around Chiaki and Nodame, not Mine.

Don't worry, I'm still breathing. But since people were saying

bmwracer wrote: I totally agree... It's like saying "I like hamburgers, but not the meat inside..."

Actually, I really like meat pies, but not the meat inside. So when I ate one today, I took the meat out.

SSpiegel wrote:

atskv9 wrote: Sorry, your other posts were leading me to believe otherwise. If the drama mostly revolves around Nodame and Chiaki, logically you would think that you didn't like half of the drama, with the idea that Nodame would get half of the screentime. I realize I'm probably blowing it out of proportion, but finding a certain character annoying for half the total time of a drama I think would cause me to stop watching it. Not only would their airtime be unwatchable but all their interactions with other characters as well. Granted I haven't seen a ton of them and I've been somewhat selective in the ones I've watched, I'll have to actually determine for myself if I'd stop watching one. This may be the case for Last Friends and Michiru, but we'll see. Sooooo yeah, sorry

But I don't think Nodame got half of the screentime (not that I was counting minutes). And I originally said that I found her pretty annoying most of the time. Not liking her doesn't mean hating her. I guess I liked the rest of this drama so much, I could live with her being in it too.
But there's no need to apologise. I understand if you like her, so maybe you could understand that I don't. There's no need to fight over opinions and personal preferences.
I'm watching Last Friends too, and I can understand if you're annoyed with Michiru, but I think the rest of it is still really good. You can't let just one character get to you and thus miss out on a good series!

bmwracer wrote: Don't hold your breath... The entire drama/manga/anime revolves around Chiaki and Nodame, not Mine.

Don't worry, I'm still breathing. But since people were saying

that in the manga Mine and the others have a reunion in Paris(?), then there's a chance he might have a bigger part in the next SP, if they ever make one. And even though a new SP or even a season would be nice, my life doesn't depend on it.

bmwracer wrote: I totally agree... It's like saying "I like hamburgers, but not the meat inside..."

Actually, I really like meat pies, but not the meat inside. So when I ate one today, I took the meat out.

Then you don't like meat pies then - you like pie crust.

Even so, there's a reason why Nodame is annoying - she's brilliant.
Gustav Mahler was an depressed composer and angry conductor - he threw people out of orchestra depending on his mood.
Tchaikovsky was a crybaby homosexual (nothing against homosexuals here); but he cried and moaned an awful lot because he couldn't love someone openly, and eventually - as suspicion - killed himself. Franz Schubert was a crybaby, too.

Last of all, have you ever seen the movie Amadeus? Without question you could understand how easy it is to hate Mozart.

My point is, musicians are not necessarily the most charismatic people - Nodame's character is no exception to this, either. It's okay if you don't like her, but at least appreciate her purpose in the story.

requiem wrote:Then you don't like meat pies then - you like pie crust.

LOL.

Even so, there's a reason why Nodame is annoying - she's brilliant.
Gustav Mahler was an depressed composer and angry conductor - he threw people out of orchestra depending on his mood.
Tchaikovsky was a crybaby homosexual (nothing against homosexuals here); but he cried and moaned an awful lot because he couldn't love someone openly, and eventually - as suspicion - killed himself. Franz Schubert was a crybaby, too.

Last of all, have you ever seen the movie Amadeus? Without question you could understand how easy it is to hate Mozart.

My point is, musicians are not necessarily the most charismatic people - Nodame's character is no exception to this, either.

Interesting observations... I guess to be brilliant or a genius, you basically have to be a savant or close to it.

bmwracer wrote:Interesting observations... I guess to be brilliant or a genius, you basically have to be a savant or close to it.

My thoughts exactly. In fact, Chiaki is no less screwed up than Nodame if you think about it - as he walks into the conservatory at the beginning of episode 1 all you hear from him is "hetakuso...hetakuso..."; add to that a hysterical fear of flying and an abnormal amount of rage, and you've got the equation for a full-blown musical prodigy.

Let's not forget the hilarity of him throwing people around in S-Oke...kinda like Mahler after all.

Honestly though, I identify closest with Chiaki in the whole series - I often feel the same way about music standards that he does. For example, contrary to SSpiegel's opinion, I didn't care much at all for Mine. He kind of goes along with the whole "Paul Potts" controversy in the music community today - not really a virtuoso, but because "of his dedication he somehow can excuse the failings" in his musical ability, and furthermore in life.

Simply put (and I am harsh about this), if you suck at your performance, there's a reason why. When you find that reason, you won't need to make excuses for not doing it perfectly (as in contrast to 3/4 of the series there is empathy for Mine's downfallings), and with your own talent and hard work will succeed without shortcomings.

...the hard part is finding that reason...
Oh...and rock is NOT better than classical music.

Yes very interesting indeed, Requiem, you seem to know alot about the classical composers, are you align with music - education, career?

Just finished reading chapter 117 of the manga, I wish there is another SP for this drama.

bmwracer wrote:

requiem wrote:Then you don't like meat pies then - you like pie crust.

LOL.

Even so, there's a reason why Nodame is annoying - she's brilliant.
Gustav Mahler was an depressed composer and angry conductor - he threw people out of orchestra depending on his mood.
Tchaikovsky was a crybaby homosexual (nothing against homosexuals here); but he cried and moaned an awful lot because he couldn't love someone openly, and eventually - as suspicion - killed himself. Franz Schubert was a crybaby, too.

Last of all, have you ever seen the movie Amadeus? Without question you could understand how easy it is to hate Mozart.

My point is, musicians are not necessarily the most charismatic people - Nodame's character is no exception to this, either.

Interesting observations... I guess to be brilliant or a genius, you basically have to be a savant or close to it.

WOW such intresting views. I enjoy reading them...but to Requiem I must say that because of this drama and the characters,
I got intrested in classical music...yes I was limiting myself

Have you ever tried to order a cheeseburger without the cheese? Get's the people very confused LOL (yes, I know a hamburger, but I like to keep people thinking)

requiem wrote: Even so, there's a reason why Nodame is annoying - she's brilliant.
Gustav Mahler was an depressed composer and angry conductor - he threw people out of orchestra depending on his mood.
Tchaikovsky was a crybaby homosexual (nothing against homosexuals here); but he cried and moaned an awful lot because he couldn't love someone openly, and eventually - as suspicion - killed himself. Franz Schubert was a crybaby, too.

Last of all, have you ever seen the movie Amadeus? Without question you could understand how easy it is to hate Mozart.

My point is, musicians are not necessarily the most charismatic people - Nodame's character is no exception to this, either. It's okay if you don't like her, but at least appreciate her purpose in the story.

It doesn't matter if there's a reason behind her annoying personality. If I didn't particularly like her, then I didn't particularly like her. I know musicians can be challenging, I've dated two guitarists and they were a bit of a pain in the ass (strange how I didn't learn from the first one...).
Anyways, I never said anything about whether I appreciate her purpose in the story or not. The show is called Nodame Cantabile and I understand it's mainly about Nodame and Chiaki, but not all of it. There's a lot of other characters and unbelievable music and great humor.

So you didn't particularly care for Mine. That's fine with me. You seem to be very knowledgeable about classical music and composers and all - I'm not. Our perspectives are probably very different and we appreciated the drama - and the characters - for different reasons. I don't see a problem with that.

aghrakashi wrote:

bmwracer wrote:

requiem wrote:Then you don't like meat pies then - you like pie crust.

LOL.

Even so, there's a reason why Nodame is annoying - she's brilliant.
Gustav Mahler was an depressed composer and angry conductor - he threw people out of orchestra depending on his mood.
Tchaikovsky was a crybaby homosexual (nothing against homosexuals here); but he cried and moaned an awful lot because he couldn't love someone openly, and eventually - as suspicion - killed himself. Franz Schubert was a crybaby, too.

Last of all, have you ever seen the movie Amadeus? Without question you could understand how easy it is to hate Mozart.

My point is, musicians are not necessarily the most charismatic people - Nodame's character is no exception to this, either.

Interesting observations... I guess to be brilliant or a genius, you basically have to be a savant or close to it.

WOW such intresting views. I enjoy reading them...but to Requiem I must say that because of this drama and the characters,
I got intrested in classical music...yes I was limiting myself

Have you ever tried to order a cheeseburger without the cheese? Get's the people very confused LOL (yes, I know a hamburger, but I like to keep people thinking)

LOL, that sorta sounds like an excerpt from the diner scene in the movie Five Easy Pieces...

aghrakashi wrote:WOW such intresting views. I enjoy reading them...but to Requiem I must say that because of this drama and the characters,
I got intrested in classical music...yes I was limiting myself:p

I absolve you. j/k

There is no "limiting" in sticking with popular/contemporary styles of music; I still listen to it, too. It's just that classical music is harder to find an appeal for altogether, because it's extraordinarily complicated. It's not about pretty sounds - it's a human expression in itself.

But I am glad you are exploring on your own - I highly recommend searching youtube or iTunes of Debussy (he has a piece in Nodame, the "L'isle joyeuse"), Ravel, and other impressionists...their music has had a great influence on many jazz composers, and thus pop composers of the 20th and 21st centuries as well.

SSpiegel wrote:

requiem wrote: Even so, there's a reason why Nodame is annoying - she's brilliant.
Gustav Mahler was an depressed composer and angry conductor - he threw people out of orchestra depending on his mood.
Tchaikovsky was a crybaby homosexual (nothing against homosexuals here); but he cried and moaned an awful lot because he couldn't love someone openly, and eventually - as suspicion - killed himself. Franz Schubert was a crybaby, too.

Last of all, have you ever seen the movie Amadeus? Without question you could understand how easy it is to hate Mozart.

My point is, musicians are not necessarily the most charismatic people - Nodame's character is no exception to this, either. It's okay if you don't like her, but at least appreciate her purpose in the story.

It doesn't matter if there's a reason behind her annoying personality. If I didn't particularly like her, then I didn't particularly like her. I know musicians can be challenging, I've dated two guitarists and they were a bit of a pain in the ass (strange how I didn't learn from the first one...).
Anyways, I never said anything about whether I appreciate her purpose in the story or not. The show is called Nodame Cantabile and I understand it's mainly about Nodame and Chiaki, but not all of it. There's a lot of other characters and unbelievable music and great humor.

So you didn't particularly care for Mine. That's fine with me. You seem to be very knowledgeable about classical music and composers and all - I'm not. Our perspectives are probably very different and we appreciated the drama - and the characters - for different reasons. I don't see a problem with that.

It always is a good thing to have a different perspective on things.

Nonetheless, I don't want to sound like I absolutely hate Mine. He represents, in fact, a rather large portion of us music majors in school, always kinda putzing along in his specialty until he meets some conflict. Towards the end of the series he started to act and resolve himself in a manner that I believe is more professional, which is why I give him kudos.

For a change of subject, I LOOOOOVE the camera work in this production - it really captures the intensity you feel working with a group to make beautiful music!

though i'm not really fond of listening classical musics,i really loved this drama. especially the pathetic love relation of chiaki and nodame.. hehe...


especially in special nodame cantabile wherein chiaki finally realised that he loves nodame...
GYABOOOO!!! soo... loving!
and of course,their kissing scene... so intimate....
and there were soo any other hilarious scenes in this drama... hehe..

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Uh, isn't that last remark and pic a spoiler????

You should be using the spoiler tags.....

bmwracer wrote:Uh, isn't that last remark and pic a spoiler????

You should be using the spoiler tags.....

I agree...
(And possibly not mention disliking classical music...that is illegal in this thread!!)

...kidding...

requiem wrote:

bmwracer wrote:Uh, isn't that last remark and pic a spoiler????

You should be using the spoiler tags.....

I agree...
(And possibly not mention disliking classical music...that is illegal in this thread!!)

...kidding...

Maybe not illegal... But frowned upon.

Box set close-ups.

is it true they are making nodame season 2?? not the European special.

horent135 wrote:is it true they are making nodame season 2?? not the European special.

Where did you hear this?

This sounds like one of those rumors that gets passed around when someone doesn't look at the date of a thread/post (probably when there was rumors of it before and it ended up being the 2 night SP).

atskv9 wrote:This sounds like one of those rumors that gets passed around when someone doesn't look at the date of a thread/post (probably when there was rumors of it before and it ended up being the 2 night SP).

Yup... Some people just hear stuff, don't check things out, and just run with it.

atskv9 wrote:

SSpiegel wrote:How exactly did you get to that conclusion? Nodame is just one of the characters (and one of the elements) in this drama, a fairly big one, I admit, but I can like this drama without liking her. I don't think it's that hard to understand. Like I said in my first post, "I really, really like this drama."

Sorry, your other posts were leading me to believe otherwise. If the drama mostly revolves around Nodame and Chiaki, logically you would think that you didn't like half of the drama, with the idea that Nodame would get half of the screentime. I realize I'm probably blowing it out of proportion, but finding a certain character annoying for half the total time of a drama I think would cause me to stop watching it. Not only would their airtime be unwatchable but all their interactions with other characters as well. Granted I haven't seen a ton of them and I've been somewhat selective in the ones I've watched, I'll have to actually determine for myself if I'd stop watching one. This may be the case for Last Friends and Michiru, but we'll see. Sooooo yeah, sorry

Actually, I found Nodame kind of annoying too ^^; But I didn't really hate the drama. Chiaki was kind of cool ^^; I laughed though whenever Chiaki pushes her away or throws her around. I liked the special more than the drama though because I found it funnier. The drama was a bit slow for me at times but the special was fast paced with a lot of humour. I especially liked how Nodame drove the guy crazy watching the video over and over again on repeat I also found the beginning hilarious when they were subbing because they were in Europe. Reminds us we're also watching foreign film subbed ^^; But then they apologized and dubbed it to Japanese Like most people, they are too lazy to read and rather watch dubs.

bmwracer wrote:Uh, isn't that last remark and pic a spoiler????

You should be using the spoiler tags.....

i'm so sorry... i'm just new to this forum things that's why i didn't knew exactly the rules...
very very gomen!!

requiem wrote:

bmwracer wrote:Uh, isn't that last remark and pic a spoiler????

You should be using the spoiler tags.....

I agree...
(And possibly not mention disliking classical music...that is illegal in this thread!!)

...kidding...

i didn't said that i dislike classical music.... all i said is that "i'm not really fond of classical music"...

minamichan03 wrote:

bmwracer wrote:Uh, isn't that last remark and pic a spoiler????

You should be using the spoiler tags.....

i'm so sorry... i'm just new to this forum things that's why i didn't knew exactly the rules...
very very gomen!!

No worries... Though you should edit your post and add the spoiler tags...

my friend found this yesterday, not sure if anyone posted this, but I found it hilarious.



And on a different note, I saw some girl with that piano bag the other day. Not sure if its a real one though.

Daish wrote:my friend found this yesterday, not sure if anyone posted this, but I found it hilarious.

LOL.

And on a different note, I saw some girl with that piano bag the other day. Not sure if its a real one though.

It might be... I bought one on eBay for my niece and gave it to her for Christmas last year.

Daish wrote:my friend found this yesterday, not sure if anyone posted this, but I found it hilarious.

Ahhaha, that's great! The video was really well done and the cheesy music helped alot! Haha, I guess that's the music to the Super Sentai show?

yup the music is unedited i think, and from super sentai deka ranger

SP DVD jacket.

I have no idea that it's eiji wentz of WaT on the SP

enella09 wrote:I have no idea that it's eiji wentz of WaT on the SP

Then you need to watch the SP again....

Daish wrote:my friend found this yesterday, not sure if anyone posted this, but I found it hilarious.



And on a different note, I saw some girl with that piano bag the other day. Not sure if its a real one though.

ohh yahh.. i already watched this.. hehe..
kinda funny.. but i guess,it wasn't an official cm or opening...

Juri-chan turns 22 today (May 25)...

i only just realize now that the gay drumer there was Koide Keisuke..

well that was random haha

minamichan03 wrote:i only just realize now that the gay drumer there was Koide Keisuke..

i had the shock of my life too when i found out. Coz i saw him in this movie called Calling You starring alongside Narumi Riko, where he played this dumb and deaf character.

minamichan03 wrote:i only just realize now that the gay drumer there was Koide Keisuke..

He was also in Heaven Forrest with Nodame cast members Tamaki Hiroshi and Uehara Misa...

minamichan03: was shocked too, he really looked diff with his wig and gay attitude in nodame..
(saw him too in oishii proposal)

SP photobook scan.

I could've sworn that I'd already asked this question before, but I can't seem to find the post ... So I hope you guys don't mind if I ask it again, even if it's already been asked and answered before. Anyway, does anyone know who actually sings the version of "Queen Of The Night" Aria II used in the drama? I mean, I'm 99.99% positive that the actress who played Saiko did not sing it herself, since even with extremely rigorous training, only the most talented operatic singers would be able to sing that piece with such precision, so I'm assuming they used another singer's voice over her actual voice. And I was wondering who that singer was, since I'm very, very, very impressed by her recording.

Valentin wrote:I could've sworn that I'd already asked this question before, but I can't seem to find the post ... So I hope you guys don't mind if I ask it again, even if it's already been asked and answered before. Anyway, does anyone know who actually sings the version of "Queen Of The Night" Aria II used in the drama? I mean, I'm 99.99% positive that the actress who played Saiko did not sing it herself, since even with extremely rigorous training, only the most talented operatic singers would be able to sing that piece with such precision, so I'm assuming they used another singer's voice over her actual voice. And I was wondering who that singer was, since I'm very, very, very impressed by her recording.

The track is on disc 1 of the Nodame Mongoose Box, but there's no info on the recording...

bmwracer wrote:

Valentin wrote:I could've sworn that I'd already asked this question before, but I can't seem to find the post ... So I hope you guys don't mind if I ask it again, even if it's already been asked and answered before. Anyway, does anyone know who actually sings the version of "Queen Of The Night" Aria II used in the drama? I mean, I'm 99.99% positive that the actress who played Saiko did not sing it herself, since even with extremely rigorous training, only the most talented operatic singers would be able to sing that piece with such precision, so I'm assuming they used another singer's voice over her actual voice. And I was wondering who that singer was, since I'm very, very, very impressed by her recording.

The track is on disc 1 of the Nodame Mongoose Box, but there's no info on the recording...

Ah, that's too bad. The recording is a fabulous one. If it's a modern singer, I personally have yet to hear one who is able to sing the aria that fluidly yet distinctly. But thanks for the quick reply!

Valentin wrote:

bmwracer wrote:

Valentin wrote:I could've sworn that I'd already asked this question before, but I can't seem to find the post ... So I hope you guys don't mind if I ask it again, even if it's already been asked and answered before. Anyway, does anyone know who actually sings the version of "Queen Of The Night" Aria II used in the drama? I mean, I'm 99.99% positive that the actress who played Saiko did not sing it herself, since even with extremely rigorous training, only the most talented operatic singers would be able to sing that piece with such precision, so I'm assuming they used another singer's voice over her actual voice. And I was wondering who that singer was, since I'm very, very, very impressed by her recording.

The track is on disc 1 of the Nodame Mongoose Box, but there's no info on the recording...

Ah, that's too bad. The recording is a fabulous one. If it's a modern singer, I personally have yet to hear one who is able to sing the aria that fluidly yet distinctly. But thanks for the quick reply!

I'll inquire over at J-Dorama... Maybe someone over there knows.

bmwracer wrote:

Valentin wrote:

bmwracer wrote: The track is on disc 1 of the Nodame Mongoose Box, but there's no info on the recording...

Ah, that's too bad. The recording is a fabulous one. If it's a modern singer, I personally have yet to hear one who is able to sing the aria that fluidly yet distinctly. But thanks for the quick reply!

I'll inquire over at J-Dorama... Maybe someone over there knows.

Ah, would you please? I absolutely must know who sings this ... It's a shame that someone didn't think to put the actual singer on there. Thanks so much for all your help!

Valentin wrote:

bmwracer wrote:

Valentin wrote:
Ah, that's too bad. The recording is a fabulous one. If it's a modern singer, I personally have yet to hear one who is able to sing the aria that fluidly yet distinctly. But thanks for the quick reply!

I'll inquire over at J-Dorama... Maybe someone over there knows.

Ah, would you please? I absolutely must know who sings this ... It's a shame that someone didn't think to put the actual singer on there. Thanks so much for all your help!

Here's your answer: Vocal: Watanabe Etsuko, Piano: Yamanaka Setsuko

And the info was actually on the Mongoose Box, put he didn't post it before.

I knew one of the guys over at J-D would know... He's the absolute OST king, bar none.

More scans:

That mongoose is crazy cute

lichter002 wrote:That mongoose is crazy cute

That's because of the person inside it.

bmwracer wrote:

lichter002 wrote:That mongoose is crazy cute

That's because of the person inside it.

Word.

Something I read off an Arashi fansite blog (hehe, the places I go to sniff for Juri news ) about Masumi-chan's impressions of Tamaki-san and Juri-chan. Cute!

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The other topic I want to introduce to you, is the interview of Koide Keisuke in POPORO Jan 2007 issue. Koide is the afro guy in Nodame (he is studying in Keio now, and is dating Saeko the small contrabass gal, who is herself a Waseda student now). Koide has acted together with Eita and Tamaki before, so he knows them well.

In this mag, he talked on 7 wierd points of Nodame drama, and I want to write about what he says about Tamaki Hiroshi and Ueno Juri.

On Tamaki: Koide says that he feels there is some difference in the Chiaki of manga and Chiaki in this drama. Comparing both, he prefers Tamaki's Chiaki because he feels that Chiaki in the drama is much more magnanimous and passionate (not petty). And in actual fact Koide said that Tamaki's chest is broad too like a nice pillow (Waaaaaah faintz). In private, Tamaki is a person who loves meat and doesn't really eat vege (oh dear). He has never been seen drinking health drinks like vege drinks etc. Koide always hear Tamaki asking him for lunch/dinner but eat meat only. BUT, Koide says Tamaki is very kind/gentle. In private, Tamaki is always sensitive to others feelings/needs. Although Tamaki is the busiest and one with the least sleep on-set, he is always the one telling other casts/staff : you are tired already ne, are you ok? etc. Tamaki is also the one who leads them and kept saying encouraging words like GANBARIMASYOU!.

Koide lastly said: Fall In Love desu.

On Nodame's Juri, Koide said (he is not the only one who says this, Tamaki and Eita also said before) that she is really very similar to Nodame!! They both rely a lot on their feelings to do things, very my-pace. On the other hand, Juri is also VERY serious on acting. Sometimes, when Tamaki/Eita/Koide/Juri these 4 are together, Juri will suddenly start singing and then all 4 of them will end up singing together.

In other words, we can feel that the set of drama Nodame is one of friendship and fun!!

Another cute thing Koide mentioned was that a lot of times during filming, Eita and he will imitate Chiaki senpai in the drama eg. hitting Nodame with fry pan etc. Sounds fun desho??!!

source: http://arashiland.blog84.fc2.com/blog-date-200611.html

hanapyupyu wrote:Something I read off an Arashi fansite blog (hehe, the places I go to sniff for Juri news )

That's a weird place to find Juri-chan news...

Juri is also VERY serious on acting.

No surprise there: You can tell by the effort that Juri-chan puts in all of her roles...

Sometimes, when Tamaki/Eita/Koide/Juri these 4 are together, Juri will suddenly start singing and then all 4 of them will end up singing together.

In other words, we can feel that the set of drama Nodame is one of friendship and fun!!

From all the great performances in the drama, it's obvious that everyone is enjoying themselves and having lots of fun... A winning combination.

bmwracer wrote:

hanapyupyu wrote:Something I read off an Arashi fansite blog (hehe, the places I go to sniff for Juri news )

That's a weird place to find Juri-chan news...

haha....I'm not an Arashi fan. Found that blog entry using google search with some word combination of Juri + Nodame Cantabile.

Juri is also VERY serious on acting.

No surprise there: You can tell by the effort that Juri-chan puts in all of her roles...

Honestly, that sentence was the best part of the whole entry to me. So proud of Juri-chan's dedication to her craft. She's awesome!

Sometimes, when Tamaki/Eita/Koide/Juri these 4 are together, Juri will suddenly start singing and then all 4 of them will end up singing together.

In other words, we can feel that the set of drama Nodame is one of friendship and fun!!

From all the great performances in the drama, it's obvious that everyone is enjoying themselves and having lots of fun... A winning combination.

Definitely a winning combination! This amazing live-action series just screams for a sequel or another SP. What's even more cool is that Nodame Cantabile managed to achieve such consistently good ratings in this day and age of idol-crazy Japan, when there isn't a single JE boy starring in the drama. Not a single one, wow!

hanapyupyu wrote:What's even more cool is that Nodame Cantabile managed to achieve such consistently good ratings in this day and age of idol-crazy Japan, when there isn't a single JE boy starring in the drama. Not a single one, wow!

All the better.

Zero JE boys = Good drama.

Something I read off an Arashi fansite blog (hehe, the places I go to sniff for Juri news ) about Masumi-chan's impressions of Tamaki-san and Juri-chan. Cute!

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The other topic I want to introduce to you, is the interview of Koide Keisuke in POPORO Jan 2007 issue. Koide is the afro guy in Nodame (he is studying in Keio now, and is dating Saeko the small contrabass gal, who is herself a Waseda student now). Koide has acted together with Eita and Tamaki before, so he knows them well.

In this mag, he talked on 7 wierd points of Nodame drama, and I want to write about what he says about Tamaki Hiroshi and Ueno Juri.

On Tamaki: Koide says that he feels there is some difference in the Chiaki of manga and Chiaki in this drama. Comparing both, he prefers Tamaki's Chiaki because he feels that Chiaki in the drama is much more magnanimous and passionate (not petty). And in actual fact Koide said that Tamaki's chest is broad too like a nice pillow (Waaaaaah faintz). In private, Tamaki is a person who loves meat and doesn't really eat vege (oh dear). He has never been seen drinking health drinks like vege drinks etc. Koide always hear Tamaki asking him for lunch/dinner but eat meat only. BUT, Koide says Tamaki is very kind/gentle. In private, Tamaki is always sensitive to others feelings/needs. Although Tamaki is the busiest and one with the least sleep on-set, he is always the one telling other casts/staff : you are tired already ne, are you ok? etc. Tamaki is also the one who leads them and kept saying encouraging words like GANBARIMASYOU!.

Koide lastly said: Fall In Love desu.

On Nodame's Juri, Koide said (he is not the only one who says this, Tamaki and Eita also said before) that she is really very similar to Nodame!! They both rely a lot on their feelings to do things, very my-pace. On the other hand, Juri is also VERY serious on acting. Sometimes, when Tamaki/Eita/Koide/Juri these 4 are together, Juri will suddenly start singing and then all 4 of them will end up singing together.

In other words, we can feel that the set of drama Nodame is one of friendship and fun!!

Another cute thing Koide mentioned was that a lot of times during filming, Eita and he will imitate Chiaki senpai in the drama eg. hitting Nodame with fry pan etc. Sounds fun desho??!!

source: http://arashiland.blog84.fc2.com/blog-date-200611.html

thanks for sharing Koide interview
seriously i really luv all 4 Eita, Koide, Juri and Tamaki....
all great actor

as i know actually Koide and Saeko already broke up a while ago and she already married with some football player if im not wrong and already have child together lol
i really like KoideSaeko together

i hope there will be more drama free from JE boys...
as much as i luv some of Je boys but drama without them is much more better quality such as Nodame, Rookies, Unfair, Orange Days etc [/quote]

Salz wrote: thanks for sharing Koide interview
seriously i really luv all 4 Eita, Koide, Juri and Tamaki....
all great actor

Me too....i really enjoy their scenes together....hilarious! Especially the kotatsu episode when they were all so rowdy lazing around Chiaki's place. You can see that they're really comfortable with each other.

as i know actually Koide and Saeko already broke up a while ago and she already married with some football player if im not wrong and already have child together lol
i really like KoideSaeko together

Yeah, I heard about Saeko getting pregnant. Is that why she wasn't in the SP? She and Koide made a cute couple ne? Ah well...maybe we'll soon have another real life couple coming out from this show? Mine/Nodame or Chiaki/Nodame? *wink* *wink*

i hope there will be more drama free from JE boys...
as much as i luv some of Je boys but drama without them is much more better quality such as Nodame, Rookies, Unfair, Orange Days etc

True, true. Without JE boys, they have to find real actors who fit the part....and the drama is the focus, not a promotional tool to market the JE boy.

i prefer Mine/Nodame in real life^^

Salz wrote:i prefer Mine/Nodame in real life^^

I prefer bmwracer/Juri-chan in real life.

^ S-orchestra!!

bmwracer wrote:

Salz wrote:i prefer Mine/Nodame in real life^^

I prefer bmwracer/Juri-chan in real life.

I'm sure you do. There's only a teensy problem of getting to actually er...meet her, since you, uhm...live on a completely different continent from Juri-chan...LOL

Nodame looks radiant in her red overcoat and knitted scarf!

hanapyupyu wrote:^ S-orchestra!!

bmwracer wrote:

Salz wrote:i prefer Mine/Nodame in real life^^

I prefer bmwracer/Juri-chan in real life.

I'm sure you do. There's only a teensy problem of getting to actually er...meet her, since you, uhm...live on a completely different continent from Juri-chan...LOL

Yeah, it's a bit of a problem...

Nodame looks radiant in her red overcoat and knitted scarf!

Doesn't she, though???

I can't think of a J-drama character in recent memory that I've adored so much... Just puts a smile on my face...

Since I live closer, and visit Japan once in a while, I'm sure I've got a better chance than bmwracer.

lichter002 wrote:Since I live closer, and visit Japan once in a while, I'm sure I've got a better chance than bmwracer.

One in a million vs. one in a million and one is hardly a better chance...

I'm sure the both of us will agree that any step closer to Juri-chan is a step worth taking.

lichter002 wrote:I'm sure the both of us will agree that any step closer to Juri-chan is a step worth taking.

That is true.

The dynamic duo.

It's been a while since I like a drama so much!!! There's a great cast, classical music, and funny moments.

My mind is still stuck with the "Fart Exercise" song.

The exaggerated facial expressions - teh winz. I've still 2 more episodes to go and the special.