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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- Taisuke Kawamura

When a classically trained young conductor meets a free-spirited pianist at music school, their romance and their music have a hard time harmonizing.
1 season · 11 episodes

S1 E1Rhapsody of a Weirdo Pianist and a Snob Conductor
Oct 16, 200660 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 acts the part. He notices someth
S1 E2Attack of the Creep Flunker Orchestra!
Oct 23, 200660 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 near-dropouts, incl
S1 E3Orchestra of the Lesser: Can Love Trump Poverty?
Oct 30, 200660 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.
S1 E4Will They or Won't They? Battle of the Regular Concert!
Nov 6, 200660 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.
S1 E5Goodbye, Maestro! School Festival Battle of Love
Nov 13, 200660 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.
S1 E6Goodbye, Orchestra S! A Tearful Disbanding and a Piano Duet of Love
Nov 20, 200660 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.