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{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Header
| image           = Nodame Cantabile Vol.1 cover.jpg
| caption         = Cover art of the first {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volume, featuring Megumi Noda
| ja_kanji        = のだめカンタービレ
| ja_romaji       = Nodame Kantābire
| genre           = {{ubl|[[Musical fiction|Musical]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Loveridge|first=Lynzee|title=Nodame Cantabile Leads the Pack in Fans' Top Musical Anime|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2015-01-14/nodame-cantabile-leads-the-pack-in-fans-top-musical-anime/.83233|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=14 May 2020|date=14 January 2015|archive-date=4 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404145719/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2015-01-14/nodame-cantabile-leads-the-pack-in-fans-top-musical-anime/.83233|url-status=live}}</ref>|[[Romantic comedy]]<ref name="ann-anime3-announce"/>}}<!--Discuss in talk page before adding or removing genres, however, keep in mind [[WP:MOS-AM#Content]]. Thank you.-->
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| author          = [[Tomoko Ninomiya]]
| publisher       = [[Kodansha]]
| publisher_en    = {{English manga publisher|NA={{ubl|[[Del Rey Manga]] (former)|[[Kodansha USA]] (digital, current)}}
}}
| demographic     = {{Transliteration|ja|[[Josei manga|Josei]]}}
| magazine        = [[Kiss (Japanese magazine)|Kiss]]
| first           = 10 July 2001
| last            = 25 August 2010
| volumes         = 25
| volume_list     = List of Nodame Cantabile chapters
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
| title           = Manga parts
| content         = 
# ''Nodame Cantable'' (10 July 2001–10 October 2009; 23 volumes)
# ''Nodame Cantable: Encore Opera Chapter'' (10 December 2009–25 August 2010; 2 volumes)
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = drama
| director        = Takeuchi Hideki
| producer        = 
| writer          = 
| music           = 
| studio          = [[Fuji Television]]
| network         = [[Fuji Network System|FNS]] (Fuji TV)
| first           = 16 October 2006
| last            = 25 December 2006
| episodes        = 11
| episode_list    = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv series
| director        = [[Ken'ichi Kasai]]
| producer        = 
| writer          = Tomoko Konparu
| music           = Suguru Matsutani
| studio          = [[J.C.Staff]]
| licensee        = {{English anime licensee|AUS=[[Siren Visual]]}}
| network         = Fuji TV ([[Noitamina]])
| network_en      = {{English anime network|SEA= [[Animax Asia]]}}
| first           = 11 January 2007
| last            = 26 June 2007
| episodes        = 23 + 1
| episode_list    = List of Nodame Cantabile episodes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = drama
| title           = Nodame Cantabile Shinshun Special in Europe
| director        = Takeuchi Hideki
| producer        = 
| writer          = 
| music           = 
| studio          = 
| network         = Fuji TV
| first           = 4 January 2008
| last            = 5 January 2008
| episodes        = 2
| episode_list    = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv series
| title           = Nodame Cantabile: Paris-Hen
| director        = [[Chiaki Kon]]
| producer        = 
| writer          = [[Yōji Enokido]]
| music           = Suguru Matsutani
| studio          = J.C.Staff
| network         = Fuji TV (Noitamina)
| first           = 9 October 2008
| last            = 18 December 2008
| episodes        = 11 + 1
| episode_list    = List of Nodame Cantabile episodes#Nodame Cantabile: Paris
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = live film
| title           = Nodame Cantabile Saishū Gakushō Zen-Pen
| director        = 
| producer        = 
| writer          = 
| music           = 
| studio          = 
| released        = {{Start date|df=yes|2009|12|19}}
| runtime         = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = live film
| title           = Nodame Cantabile Saishū Gakushō Kou-Hen
| director        = 
| producer        = 
| writer          = 
| music           = 
| studio          = 
| released        = {{Start date|df=yes|2010|04|17}}
| runtime         = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv series
| title           = Nodame Cantabile: Finale
| director        = Chiaki Kon
| producer        = 
| writer          = [[Kazuki Nakashima]]
| music           = Suguru Matsutani
| studio          = J.C.Staff
| network         = Fuji TV (Noitamina)
| first           = 14 January 2010
| last            = 25 March 2010
| episodes        = 11 + 2
| episode_list    = List of Nodame Cantabile episodes#Nodame Cantabile: Finale
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}

{{nihongo|'''''Nodame Cantabile'''''|のだめカンタービレ|Nodame Kantābire|lead=yes}} is a Japanese [[manga]] series written and illustrated by [[Tomoko Ninomiya]]. It was serialized by [[Kodansha]] in the [[Josei manga|{{Transliteration|ja|josei}} manga]] magazine ''[[Kiss (Japanese magazine)|Kiss]]'' from July 2001 to October 2009. A short series, ''Nodame Cantabile: Encore Opera Chapter'', was serialized in the same magazine from December 2009 to August 2010. The overall chapters were collected in 25 {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes. In 2016, a one-shot epilogue chapter was published in the same magazine. It was licensed in North America by [[Del Rey Manga]]. The series depicts the relationship between two aspiring [[classical musicians]], Megumi "Nodame" Noda and Shinichi Chiaki, as university students and after graduation.

The series has been adapted as four different television series: as an award-winning [[Japanese television drama|Japanese live-action drama]] that aired in 2006 followed by a sequel television special that aired in January 2008, as an [[anime]] series spanning three seasons with the first broadcast in 2007, the second in 2008 and the third in 2010. Two live-action movie sequels to the Japanese television drama, with the same actors, were produced with release dates of 18 December 2009 and April 2010. In addition, several soundtrack albums of classical music have been released, as well as three video games. A [[Korean drama|South Korean drama]] live action adaptation aired on the KBS network in 2014.

By March 2023, the manga had over 39 million copies in circulation, making it one of the [[List of best-selling manga|best-selling manga series of all time]]. It received the 28th [[Kodansha Manga Award]] for best [[Shōjo manga|{{Transliteration|ja|shōjo}} manga]] in 2004.

==Plot==
{{See|List of Nodame Cantabile characters{{!}}List of ''Nodame Cantabile'' characters}}
Shinichi Chiaki, an arrogant, multilingual perfectionist, is the top student at Momogaoka College of Music and has secret ambitions to become a [[Conducting|conductor]]. Born into a musical family, he is talented in piano and violin and once lived abroad in the music capitals of the world as a young boy (namely Prague), but is trapped in Japan because of his childhood phobia of airplanes and the ocean. In contrast, Megumi Noda, or "Nodame", is a piano student at Momogaoka, notorious for messiness and eccentric behavior. Despite being very talented, Nodame prefers to play by ear rather than according to the musical score; thus, she is regarded as sloppy and playful.

When they meet by accident, Nodame quickly falls in love, but it takes much longer for Chiaki to even begin to appreciate Nodame's unusual qualities. Their relationship causes them both to develop and grow. Along the way, they meet some crazy people (like Masumi, Mine, and Stresemann) and make lasting friendships. Because of Nodame, Chiaki gets the opportunity to lead a student orchestra and begins to have a broader appreciation of people's musical abilities. Because of Chiaki, Nodame faces her fears and enters a piano competition. Opportunities open up as both begin taking risks, stretching themselves far more than they ever thought possible.

After graduation, Nodame succeeds in curing Chiaki from his phobias and they both move to Paris, where Nodame continues her piano studies at the [[Conservatoire de Paris]] while Chiaki starts a professional career as a conductor. In Europe, they encounter new friends and rivals, as well as keep in touch with their friends from Japan. <!-- need to expand that with more details of volumes 10 and onward -->

==Development==
Tomoko Ninomiya based the character of Megumi Noda on a real-life counterpart with the same name. Ninomiya first learned about the real Noda when the latter, a music college student at the time, posted a photograph of her messy room on a website Ninomiya managed. This inspired her to start a comedy series about a sloppy music student. Ninomiya consults with Noda about musical details, claiming to receive inspiration from her, and thanks Noda in the acknowledgments of every {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volume of ''Nodame Cantabile''.<ref name="nodame-real1">{{cite web| title=Will the real Noda Megumi please stand up?| publisher=Mainichi News| date=15 December 2006| url=http://magnetic-rose.net/2009/02/will-the-real-megumi-noda-please-stand-up/| access-date=2 June 2007| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528061247/http://magnetic-rose.net/2009/02/will-the-real-megumi-noda-please-stand-up/|archive-date=28 May 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.kisscomic.com/interview/0211_ninomiya_tomoko/| title=Kiss on Line: インタビュー| language=ja| publisher=[[Kodansha]]| access-date=10 December 2008| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030416131836/http://www.kisscomic.com/interview/0211_ninomiya_tomoko/| archive-date=16 April 2003}}</ref> <!-- can we get a translation/summary of the relevant parts of the interview? --> Noda, currently a piano teacher in [[Fukuoka, Fukuoka|Fukuoka]] (the home-town of her fictional counterpart), composed the music and co-wrote (with Ninomiya) the lyrics for the "Fart Song" Nodame plays in the first episode of the anime series,<ref name="nodame-real1"/> and visited Ninomiya upon the birth of her son.<ref name="noda-visit">{{cite web| url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-02-10/nodame-ninomiya-to-return-to-kiss-magazine-in-march| title=Nodame's Ninomiya to Return to Kiss Magazine in March (Updated)| publisher=[[Anime News Network]]| date=10 January 2009| access-date=12 January 2009| archive-date=12 February 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212100421/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-02-10/nodame-ninomiya-to-return-to-kiss-magazine-in-march| url-status=live}}</ref>

Ninomiya also based the character of James DePreist, the musical director of the fictional Roux-Marlet Orchestra in Paris, on a real-life counterpart with the same name. [[James DePreist]] was Permanent Conductor of the [[Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra]], and conducted the [http://www.nodame-orche.com/ Nodame Orchestra], which provided the music for both the live-action drama and the anime adaptations.<!-- citation for this would be nice -->

==Media==
===Manga===
{{main|List of Nodame Cantabile chapters{{!}}List of ''Nodame Cantabile'' chapters}}
''Nodame Cantabile'', written and illustrated by [[Tomoko Ninomiya]], started in [[Kodansha]]'s biweekly [[Josei manga|{{Transliteration|ja|josei}} manga]] (aimed at younger adult women) manga magazine ''[[Kiss (Japanese magazine)|Kiss]]'' on 10 July 2001.<ref>{{cite web|author=Ninomiya, Tomoko|author-link=Tomoko Ninomiya|title=Easy Talk|url=http://www.din.or.jp/~nino/et.html|website=Tomoko Ninomiya's Web|access-date=14 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010812210448/http://www.din.or.jp/~nino/et.html|archive-date=12 August 2001|language=ja|quote={{lang|ja|７月発売のわたしの仕事 7/10 『Kiss』「のだめカンタービレ」連載開始}}}}</ref> Starting in May 2008, the serialization changed from biweekly to monthly because of Ninomiya's pregnancy. Serialization went on hiatus starting October 2008 following the birth of her son and Ninomiya's subsequent diagnosis of having [[carpal tunnel syndrome]], but resumed in March 2009 on an irregular schedule depending on her continued recovery.<ref name="ann-hiatus">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-02-10/nodame-ninomiya-to-return-to-kiss-magazine-in-march|title=Nodame's Ninomiya to Return to Kiss Magazine in March (Updated)|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=10 January 2009|access-date=12 January 2009|quote=She adds that her carpal tunnels in her wrists are fine now, but she cannot turn her right shoulder as usual. Still, she said that she will continue serializing her work however she can.|archive-date=12 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212100421/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-02-10/nodame-ninomiya-to-return-to-kiss-magazine-in-march|url-status=live}}</ref> The series finished on 10 October 2009.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「のだめカンタービレ」最終回＆番外編連載も決定|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/22307|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=14 March 2023|language=ja|date=10 October 2009|archive-date=8 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808152234/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/22307|url-status=live}}</ref> A short series, titled ''Nodame Cantabile: Encore Opera Chapter'', was serialized in the same magazine from 10 December 2009 to 25 August 2010.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:のだめ&千秋、帰国！「のだめカンタービレ」番外編スタート|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/24976|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=14 March 2023|language=ja|date=10 December 2009|archive-date=28 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128062934/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/24976|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:のだめカンタービレオペラ編に幕、25巻は12月発売デス|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/36698|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=14 March 2023|language=ja|date=25 August 2010|archive-date=9 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609153327/http://natalie.mu/comic/news/36698|url-status=live}}</ref> Kodansha collected the chapters (including the ''Encore Opera Chapter'' chapters) in 25 {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes, released from 11 January 2002 to 13 December 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shop.kodansha.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3259684|script-title=ja:のだめカンタービレ(1) 二ノ宮知子 講談社|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|language=Japanese|accessdate=9 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100811200333/http://shop.kodansha.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3259684|archive-date=11 August 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3408264|script-title=ja:のだめカンタービレ（２５） 二ノ宮知子 講談社|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|accessdate=16 January 2011|language=ja|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621111028/http://www.bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/bc2_bc/search_view.jsp?b=3408264|archivedate=21 June 2012}}</ref> Ninomiya published a one-shot chapter, set five years after the last installment, in ''Kiss'' on 25 February 2016. It was described as a final coda to Nodame and Chiaki's story.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.japantoday.com/category/arts-culture/view/classical-music-manga-nodame-cantabile-getting-first-new-chapter-in-over-five-years|title=Classical music manga 'Nodame Cantabile' getting first new chapter in over five years|last=Baseel|first=Casey|date=1 March 2016|website=[[Japan Today]]|access-date=1 March 2016|archive-date=1 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301093825/http://www.japantoday.com/category/arts-culture/view/classical-music-manga-nodame-cantabile-getting-first-new-chapter-in-over-five-years|url-status=live}}</ref>

The manga was licensed in North America by [[Del Rey Manga]],<ref name="delrey1">{{cite web|url=http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780345481726|title=Nodame Cantabile 1 by Tomoko Ninomiya|publisher=[[Random House]]|access-date=3 May 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122045722/http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780345481726|archive-date=22 January 2009}}</ref> who released 16 volumes from 26 April 2005 to 28 July 2009.<ref name="delrey16">{{cite web|url=http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780345505231|title=Nodame Cantabile 16 by Tomoko Ninomiya|publisher=[[Random House]]|accessdate=3 May 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122045527/http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780345505231|archive-date=22 January 2009}}</ref> In 2016 [[Kodansha USA]] announced that they received the rights to the series for digital release.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-27/kodansha-lists-school-rumble-alive-nodame-cantabile-princess-resurrection-manga-on-itunes/.103666|title=Kodansha Lists School Rumble, Alive, Nodame Cantabile, Princess Resurrection Manga on iTunes|date=27 June 2016|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=16 April 2017|archive-date=27 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160627233717/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-27/kodansha-lists-school-rumble-alive-nodame-cantabile-princess-resurrection-manga-on-itunes/.103666|url-status=live}}</ref> They released the series from 26 July 2016 to 27 June 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nodame Cantabile, Volume 1|url=https://kodansha.us/product/nodame-cantabile-1/|publisher=[[Kodansha USA]]|access-date=24 January 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240124080524/https://kodansha.us/product/nodame-cantabile-1|archive-date=24 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Nodame Cantabile, Volume 25|url=https://kodansha.us/product/nodame-cantabile-25/|publisher=[[Kodansha USA]]|access-date=24 January 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240124080527/https://kodansha.us/product/nodame-cantabile-25|archive-date=24 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

It is licensed in France by [[Pika Édition]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pika.fr/new/node/1239|title=NODAME CANTABILE &#124; PIKA Édition|publisher=[[Pika Édition]]|language=fr|access-date=6 January 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223084805/http://www.pika.fr/new/node/1239|archive-date=23 December 2008}}</ref> in South Korea by [[Daiwon C.I.]],<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ko:관심상품 (대원씨아이) 노다메 칸타빌레 1-10권(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10)|url=https://dwcishop.co.kr/product/대원씨아이-노다메-칸타빌레-1-10권12345678910/1543/category/236/display/1/|publisher=[[Daiwon C.I.]]|access-date=24 January 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240124081121/https://dwcishop.co.kr/product/%EB%8C%80%EC%9B%90%EC%94%A8%EC%95%84%EC%9D%B4-%EB%85%B8%EB%8B%A4%EB%A9%94-%EC%B9%B8%ED%83%80%EB%B9%8C%EB%A0%88-1-10%EA%B6%8C12345678910/1543/category/236/display/1/|archive-date=24 January 2024|language=ko|url-status=live}}</ref> in Thailand by NED Comics,<ref name="NED-v1">{{cite web|url=http://www.ned-comics.com/book_inside.php?bkid=1688&isbn=978-974-7446-17-3|script-title=th:วุ่นรัก นักดนตรี 001|publisher=[[NED Comics]]|language=th|access-date=3 May 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802163924/http://www.ned-comics.com/book_inside.php?bkid=1688&isbn=978-974-7446-17-3|archive-date=2 August 2017}}</ref> in Indonesia by [[Elex Media Komputindo]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Nodame Cantabile 18|url=http://www.gramediashop.com/book/detail/9789792708356|publisher=[[Kompas-Gramedia Group|Gramedia Shop]]|language=id|access-date=3 May 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405214748/http://www.gramediashop.com/book/detail/9789792708356|archive-date=5 April 2012}}</ref> and in Taiwan by [[Tong Li Comics]].<ref>{{cite web|script-title=zh:書資料清單 - 交響情人夢|trans-title=Book Information: ''Nodame Cantabile''|url=http://www.tongli.com.tw/bookslist.aspx?b=kd581|publisher=[[Tong Li Publishing]]|language=zh|access-date=28 September 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710184258/http://www.tongli.com.tw/BooksList.aspx?B=KD581|archive-date=10 July 2011}}</ref>

===Live-action drama===
''Nodame Cantabile'' has been adapted as a live-action [[Japanese television drama|television drama]] broadcast in 11 hour-long episodes from 16 October – 25 December 2006, on [[Fuji TV]], covering events up to volume 9 of the manga. This was followed by a four-hour sequel television special, ''Nodame Cantabile New Year's Special in Europe'', adapting further events in the manga after Chiaki and Nodame move to Paris, broadcast on Fuji TV on 4 and 5 January 2008. These were directed by Hideki Takeuchi from scripts by Rin Etou, and starred [[Hiroshi Tamaki]] as Shinichi Chiaki and [[Juri Ueno]] as Megumi "Nodame" Noda.

Music direction was by Daisuke Mogi with original music by [[Takayuki Hattori]], with several works of classical music featured in each episode.<ref name="drama-music-ep1">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100811233106/http://www.fujitv.co.jp/music/nodame/|archive-date=11 August 2010| url=http://www.fujitv.co.jp/music/nodame/| script-title=ja:フジテレビ♪ミュージック【のだめカンタービレ 番組で使用された楽曲リスト公開!!】| language=ja| publisher=[[Fuji TV]]| access-date=14 November 2015}}</ref> The orchestral music was performed by Nodame Orchestra, which consisted of members specially selected for the live-action drama with professional support from the [[Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra]]. The Orchestra was conducted by [[James DePriest]], Permanent Conductor of the Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, who would later have his name and likeness used in the Nodame storyline as the musical director of the fictional Roux-Marlet Orchestra. The opening theme for both the drama series and special was the first movement ("Andante Cantabile") from [[Beethoven]]'s ''[[Symphony No. 7 (Beethoven)|Symphony No. 7]]'', and the ending theme was [[Gershwin]]'s ''[[Rhapsody in Blue]]'', both performed by the Nodame Orchestra conducted by Toshiaki Umeda.

An episode of {{nihongo|''PuriGorota: Uchū no Yūjō Daibōken''|プリごろ太 宇宙の友情大冒険}}, the fictional anime series that Nodame watches, was created by [[J.C.Staff]] for the drama. The anime was written and directed by [[Ken'ichi Kasai]], the director of the first season of the ''Nodame Cantabile'' [[Nodame Cantabile#Anime|anime]]. Segments of the ''PuriGorota'' anime were shown during episode 4 of the ''Nodame Cantabile'' drama, with the complete anime released as a DVD extra with the ''Nodame Cantabile'' anime series.

On 4 May 2009, the drama began airing in the Philippines on the [[GMA Network]].<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221194912/http://seralulalu.wordpress.com/2009/05/04/gyabo-nodame-c-now-tagalized/|archive-date=21 February 2014|url=http://seralulalu.wordpress.com/2009/05/04/gyabo-nodame-c-now-tagalized/|title=Nodame Cantabile: how do you say 'Gyabo' in Filipino?|publisher=seralulalu.wordpress.com|date=4 May 2009|access-date=14 November 2015}}</ref> In South Korea the drama aired on [[Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation|MBC]]'s cable channel where it achieved peak ratings of 2%, which is a record high for a foreign cable drama.<ref>{{cite web|title=Group 8 to Make Korean Version of Japanese Drama ''Nodame Cantabile''|url=http://www.soompi.com/2014/01/27/group-8-to-make-korean-version-of-japanese-drama-nodame-cantabile|publisher=[[Soompi]]|access-date=8 July 2014|date=27 January 2014|archive-date=13 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713060941/http://www.soompi.com/2014/01/27/group-8-to-make-korean-version-of-japanese-drama-nodame-cantabile/|url-status=live}}</ref>

A [[Korean drama|South Korean]] adaptation titled ''[[Naeil's Cantabile]]'' starring [[Joo Won]], [[Shim Eun-kyung]] and [[Park Bo-gum]] 
aired on [[KBS2]] in 2014.<ref name="enewsWorld">{{cite web|last=Park|first=Ah-reum|title=Joowon Confirms Role in Korean Remake of ''Nodame Cantabile''|url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/64803/korea-to-remake-nodamecantabile|publisher=enewsWorld|access-date=8 July 2014|date=29 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223145/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/64803/korea-to-remake-nodamecantabile|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Dramabeans">{{cite web|last=friday|first=girl|title=Shim Eun-kyung confirms Nodame Cantabile remake''|url=http://www.dramabeans.com/2014/07/shim-eun-kyung-confirms-nodame-cantabile-remake/|publisher=[[Dramabeans]]|access-date=29 July 2014|date=28 July 2014|archive-date=21 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190921025123/http://www.dramabeans.com/2014/07/shim-eun-kyung-confirms-nodame-cantabile-remake/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Live-action films===
Two live-action movie sequels to the television drama with the same actors were produced, with the first film being released in December 2009,<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.asahi.com/showbiz/movie/TKY200907170252.html| script-title=ja:実写版映画「のだめカンタービレ」 本場ウィーンでロケ実現| publisher=[[Asahi Shimbun]]| language=ja| date=17 July 2009| access-date=24 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720182410/http://www.asahi.com/showbiz/movie/TKY200907170252.html|archive-date=20 July 2009}}</ref>  while the second film was released in April 2010.<ref name="ann-movies-announce">{{cite web| url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-12-09/2-live-action-nodame-cantabile-films-green-lit-for-2010| title=2 Live-Action Nodame Cantabile Films Green-Lit for 2010| publisher=[[Anime News Network]]| date=9 December 2008| access-date=9 December 2008| archive-date=8 December 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181208091608/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-12-09/2-live-action-nodame-cantabile-films-green-lit-for-2010| url-status=live}}</ref> Filming began in May 2009 and lasted for five months,<ref>{{cite web| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212051927/http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/081210/gnj0812100506016-n2.htm| archive-date=12 December 2008| url=http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/081210/gnj0812100506016-n2.htm| script-title=ja:のだめ映画化!樹里&玉木コンビ帰ってくる (2/2ページ)| language=ja| publisher=[[Sankei Sports]]| date=10 December 2008| access-date=4 January 2016}}</ref> and included location filming in Vienna.<ref name="ann-hiatus2"/>

In Japan, ''Nodame Cantabile: The Movie I'' grossed {{¥|4.1 billion}} and ''Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II'' grossed {{¥|3.72 billion}} for a combined {{¥|7.82 billion}}, with both among the top ten [[List of highest-grossing Japanese live-action films|highest-grossing domestic films]] of 2010.<ref name="Japan2010">{{cite web|title=Movies With Box Office Gross Receipts Exceeding 1 Billion Yen|url=http://www.eiren.org/boxoffice_e/2010.html|website=Eiren|publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan|year=2010|access-date=7 May 2020|archive-date=29 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929003635/http://www.eiren.org/boxoffice_e/2010.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II'' went on to gross $86,192,740 worldwide, {{as of|2011|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1337673/|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=21 May 2020|archive-date=2 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502164016/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1337673/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Anime===
{{main|List of Nodame Cantabile episodes{{!}}List of ''Nodame Cantabile'' episodes}}
An [[anime]] television series, produced by [[Fuji TV]] and animated by [[J.C.Staff]], was broadcast on Fuji TV and associated stations in the [[Noitamina]] time slot. The first season, titled ''Nodame Cantabile'', was broadcast in 23 episodes from 11 January – 28 June 2007, and the second season, called ''Nodame Cantabile: Paris Chapter'', was broadcast in 11 episodes from 8 October – 18 December 2008. Both seasons were also later aired in [[Japan]] on the [[satellite television]] network [[Animax]]. The first season was directed by [[Ken'ichi Kasai]] (the director of the ''[[Honey and Clover]]'' anime) and the second season by [[Chiaki Kon]], and starred [[Ayako Kawasumi]] as Megumi "Nodame" Noda and [[Tomokazu Seki]] as Shin'ichi Chiaki. An [[original video animation]] (OVA) episode was included with the limited edition volume 22 of the manga when it was published in Japan on 10 August 2009,<ref name="ann21">{{cite web| url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-03-09/nodame-cantabile-manga-to-bundle-anime-dvd-in-august| title=Nodame Cantabile Manga to Bundle Anime DVD in August (Updated)| publisher=[[Anime News Network]]| date=9 March 2009| access-date=13 June 2009| archive-date=26 June 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626163751/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-03-09/nodame-cantabile-manga-to-bundle-anime-dvd-in-august| url-status=live}}</ref> and a third and final anime season, called ''Nodame Cantabile: Finale'' began airing in January 2010.<ref name="ann-anime3-announce">{{cite web| url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-07-06/nodame-cantabile-3rd-tv-anime-to-be-its-finale| title=Nodame Cantabile's 3rd TV Anime to Be Its Finale (Updated)| publisher=[[Anime News Network]]| date=6 July 2009| access-date=24 August 2009| archive-date=26 August 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826215433/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-07-06/nodame-cantabile-3rd-tv-anime-to-be-its-finale| url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ann-hiatus2">{{cite web| url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-07-17/nodame-saki-manga-resume-after-creators-illnesses| title=Nodame, Saki Manga Resume after Creators' Illnesses| publisher=[[Anime News Network]]| date=17 July 2009| access-date=24 July 2009| archive-date=22 July 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090722105050/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-07-17/nodame-saki-manga-resume-after-creators-illnesses| url-status=live}}</ref>

On 6 February 2009, the series received its [[English language]] television premiere on [[Animax Asia]] across its networks in [[Southeast Asia]] and [[South Asia]], airing the series with its original Japanese audio and English subtitles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animax-asia.com/news/hit-your-love-notes-nodame-cantabile-animax|title=Hit your love notes with Nodame Cantabile on Animax|publisher=[[Animax Asia]]| date=2 February 2009| access-date=3 May 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218105646/http://www.animax-asia.com/news/hit-your-love-notes-nodame-cantabile-animax|archive-date=18 February 2012}}</ref> and later its air in English Dubbed on 12 June 2009.

The music director for both seasons was Suguru Matsutani. As with the live-action drama, several works of classical music were featured in each episode,<ref name="animeplanet-music">{{cite web| url=http://www.anime-planet.com/reviews/a365.html| title=Nodame Cantabile Review| author=Arcanum| publisher=Anime Planet| date=2 October 2007| access-date=15 December 2008| quote=Rather, the vast majority of music played throughout the series are brilliantly performed pieces or excerpts from various classical composers ... every piece was re-recorded to fit the context of the anime.| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208161947/http://www.anime-planet.com/reviews/a365.html| archive-date=8 December 2008}}</ref> performed by the Nodame Orchestra. The opening theme of season one was "Allegro Cantabile" by [[Suemitsu & The Suemith]], and the ending themes were "[[Konna ni Chikaku de...]]" by [[Crystal Kay]] (episodes 1–12), "Sagittarius" by Suemitsu & the Nodame Orchestra (episodes 13–22), and "Allegro Cantabile" by Suemitsu & The Suemith (episode 23). The opening theme for the second season was "Sky High" by [[The Gospellers]] (with melody taken from the Third movement ("Allegro Scherzando") of [[Rachmaninoff]]'s [[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Rachmaninoff)|Piano Concerto No. 2]]), and the ending theme was {{nihongo|"Tokyo et Paris"|東京 et Paris|| {{lit}} "Tokyo and Paris"}} by [[Emiri Miyamoto]] x solita (with variations on the theme from [[Ravel]]'s ''[[Boléro]]''). The opening theme for the final season is "Manazashi Daydream" by Yuu Sakai (with variations on the theme from [[Bach]]'s ''[[Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring]]'') and the ending theme is "Kaze to Oka no Ballad (風と丘のバラード)" by Real Paradis with Nodame Orchestra.

The first season was released on 8 DVDs between April and November 2007. A box set was released in February 2008 with an additional 15-minute [[original video animation]] (OVA), taking place between episodes 8 and 9. The first DVD of the second season was released on 24 December 2008.

===Music===
Several albums of classical music have been released in association with ''Nodame Cantabile''. Some were promotional tie-ins with the manga, while others are soundtrack albums for the live-action and anime series.

* ''Nodame Cantabile'' - Released in September 2003 (ISBN B0000C4GLG), with sections of music by [[Rachmaninov]], [[Liszt]], [[Brahms]], [[Gershwin]], [[Beethoven]], and [[Chopin]] that are performed by the characters in the manga series. The performers included the [[Vienna Philharmonic]], [[London Symphony Orchestra]], and [[Berlin Philharmonic]].
* ''Nodame Cantabile Selection CD Book'' - Published on 10 August 2005, by Kodansha ({{ISBN|978-4-06-364646-7}}) as a book with accompanying CD. The CD includes works by Beethoven, Rachmaninov, Gershwin, Liszt, [[Mozart]], [[Debussy]], [[Ravel]], and [[Richard Strauss]] that are performed by characters in the manga series. The book includes commentaries by music critic <!-- first name? --> Sakuma.
* ''Brahms Symphony Number 1: Nodame Cantabile'' - Released in September 2005 by [[King Records (Japan)|King Records]] (ISBN B000ALJ16S), with recordings of Brahms's [[Symphony No. 1 (Brahms)|''Symphony No. 1'']] and [[Franz Schubert|Schubert]]'s [[Symphony No. 8 (Schubert)|''Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"'']], which are performed in the series by the R☆S Orchestra. 50,000 copies had been sold by the end of October 2005, the month after release.{{Citation needed|date=December 2008}}
* ''Nodame Cantabile Selection CD Book vol.2'' - Published in August 2006 by Kodansha ({{ISBN|978-4-06-364666-5}}), covering music that appeared in the manga series since the release of the first ''Selection CD Book'', including pieces by [[Berlioz]], Ravel, [[Stravinsky]], [[César Franck|Franck]], [[Paul Dukas|Dukas]], and Mozart. Included in the book are commentaries by oboist and conductor Daisuke Mogi and music professor Osawa Tetsu.
* ''Nodame Orchestra LIVE!'' - Released on 15 November 2006 (ISBN B000I5YAD0) as a 2-CD soundtrack for the live-action drama as performed by the Nodame Orchestra. It included works by Beethoven, Gershwin, Mozart, Brahms, [[Pablo de Sarasate]], [[Bach]], Chopin, Debussy, Stravinsky, and [[Schubert]]. This reached number seven on the [[Oricon]] album chart.<ref name="album-record">{{cite web| url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-11-22/nodame-cantabile-album-breaks-classic-music-ranking-record| title=Nodame Cantabile Album Breaks Classic Music Ranking Record| publisher=[[Anime News Network]]| date=22 November 2006| access-date=9 December 2008| archive-date=11 December 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211104358/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-11-22/nodame-cantabile-album-breaks-classic-music-ranking-record| url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''Nodame Orchestra STORY!'' - Released on 21 February 2007 (ISBN B000M7XSPU) as a 2-CD soundtrack from the first season of the anime series, again performed by the Nodame Orchestra. It included works as supposedly performed by the fictional student ensembles S Orchestra, A Orchestra, and R☆S Orchestra. It included works by Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Bartók, Dvořák, Gershwin, Rachmaninov, [[André Jolivet]], Listz, [[Saint-Saëns]], Elgar, Bach, Brahms, Schubert, Debussy, Schumann, Stravinsky, and de Sarasate.
* ''Nodame Cantabile Selection CD Book vol.3'' - Released in August 2008 ({{ISBN|978-4-06-364666-5}}), covering music that appeared in volumes 16–20 of manga series, since the release of the second ''Selection CD Book''. It included works by [[Rossini]], Chopin, [[Tchaikovsky]], Bach, and Debussy.
* ''Nodame Cantabile: Paris Chapter'' - Released on 15 October 2008 (ISBN B001DNF70Q) as a 2-CD soundtrack from the second season of anime series, again performed by the Nodame Orchestra.

In addition, ''Nodame Cantabile Special BEST!'' Released in December 2007, a "best-of" compilation of the most popular works from these albums to date.

===Games===
Three ''Nodame Cantabile'' games have been released in Japan:

* ''Nodame Cantabile'' for [[Nintendo DS]], released on 19 April 2007, by [[Namco Bandai Games]].<ref name="game-ds-ign">{{cite web| url=http://ds.ign.com/objects/897/897313.html| title=Nodame Cantabile| publisher=[[IGN]]| access-date=15 December 2008| archive-date=29 December 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229091425/http://ds.ign.com/objects/897/897313.html| url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="bandai-ds">{{cite web| url=http://www.nodame-ds.com/| script-title=ja:のだめカンタービレ| language=ja| publisher=[[Namco Bandai]]| access-date=16 December 2008| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061214085808/http://www.nodame-ds.com/| archive-date=14 December 2006}}</ref>
* ''Nodame Cantabile'' for [[PlayStation 2]], released on 19 July 2007, by [[Banpresto]].<ref name="banpresto-ps2">{{cite web| url=http://www.banpresto-game.com/nodame/| script-title=ja:のだめカンタービレ| language=ja| publisher=[[Banpresto]]| access-date=2 May 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180607191745/http://www.banpresto-game.com/nodame/|archive-date=7 June 2018}}</ref>
* {{nihongo|''Nodame Cantabile: Dream Orchestra''|のだめカンタービレ ドリーム☆オーケストラ}} for [[Wii]] console, released on 27 December 2007, by Namco Bandai Games.<ref name="bandai-wii">{{cite web| url=http://www.nodame-game.com/wii/| script-title=ja:のだめカンタービレ ドリーム☆オーケストラ| language=ja| publisher=[[Namco Bandai]]| access-date=2 May 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216211814/http://www.nodame-game.com/wii/|archive-date=16 December 2018}}</ref>

==Reception==
The manga of ''Nodame Cantabile'' received the 2004 [[Kodansha Manga Award]] for best [[Shōjo manga|{{Transliteration|ja|shōjo}} manga]],<ref name="KodanshaHahn">{{cite web| url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.shtml| author=Joel Hahn| title=Kodansha Manga Awards| work=Comic Book Awards Almanac| access-date=21 August 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070816031310/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.shtml <!-- Bot retrieved archive -->|archive-date = 16 August 2007}}</ref> and was a jury recommendation at both the 2005 and 2008 [[Japan Media Arts Festival]]s.<ref name="jmaf2005">{{cite web| url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-12-22/9th-japanese-media-arts-festival-winners| title=9th Japanese Media Arts Festival Winners| publisher=[[Anime News Network]]| date=12 December 2005| access-date=9 December 2008| archive-date=20 October 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020195404/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-12-22/9th-japanese-media-arts-festival-winners| url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="jmaf2008">{{cite web| url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-12-10/tsumiki-no-ie-piano-forest-kaiba-win-media-arts-awards| title=Tsumiki no Ie, Piano Forest, Kaiba Win Media Arts Awards| publisher=[[Anime News Network]]| date=10 December 2008| access-date=12 December 2008| archive-date=24 May 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524075040/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-12-10/tsumiki-no-ie-piano-forest-kaiba-win-media-arts-awards| url-status=live}}</ref> It was a finalist for the [[Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize]] in 2005 and 2006,<ref name="tezuka2005">{{cite web| url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-05-06/tezuka-cultural-awards| title=Tezuka Cultural Awards| publisher=[[Anime News Network]]| date=6 May 2005| access-date=9 December 2008| archive-date=11 December 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211104343/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-05-06/tezuka-cultural-awards| url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="tezuka2006">{{cite web| url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-04-08/10th-osamu-tezuka-cultural-award-finalists-announced| title=10th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Award Finalists Announced| publisher=[[Anime News Network]]| date=8 April 2006| access-date=9 December 2008| archive-date=11 December 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211104348/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-04-08/10th-osamu-tezuka-cultural-award-finalists-announced| url-status=live}}</ref> but did not win. In 2006, the English translation was named by the New York Public Library as one of the Books for the Teen Age.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://teenlink.nypl.org/booksfortheteenage06.pdf| title=Books for the Teen Age| year=2006| publisher=New York Public Library| access-date=22 March 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610032053/http://teenlink.nypl.org/booksfortheteenage06.pdf|archive-date=10 June 2007}}</ref> The series sold 2.8 million copies in 2008, making it the 8th best-selling manga series in Japan that year.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-01-02/2008-top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-series| title=2008's Top-Selling Manga in Japan, by Series| publisher=[[Anime News Network]]| date=2 January 2009| access-date=9 February 2009| archive-date=1 December 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201070535/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-01-02/2008-top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-series| url-status=live}}</ref> Volume 17 was the third best-selling manga on the [[Oricon]] charts for 2007,<ref name="bestselling-17">{{cite web| url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-12-31/japanese-comic-ranking-top-10-manga-of-2007| title=Japanese Comic Ranking: Top 10 Manga of 2007| publisher=[[Anime News Network]]| date=31 December 2007| access-date=20 November 2008| archive-date=14 July 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090714013223/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-12-31/japanese-comic-ranking-top-10-manga-of-2007| url-status=live}}</ref> and volumes 20 and 21 were the 6th and 7th best-selling manga on the Oricon charts for 2008, respectively, selling 1.2 million copies each.<ref name="bestselling-20-21">{{cite web| url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-12-19/2008-yearly-japanese-comic-ranking-no.1-25| title=2008's Top-Selling Manga in Japan, #1-25| publisher=[[Anime News Network]]| date=19 December 2009| access-date=9 February 2009| archive-date=29 June 2012| archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629000256/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-12-19/2008-yearly-japanese-comic-ranking-no.1-25| url-status=live}}</ref> According to an Oricon survey men and women aged 10–40, ''Nodame Cantabile'' was the second "most interesting" manga series published during 2008.<ref name="top-manga-2008">{{cite web| url=http://comipress.com/article/2008/12/31/3733| title=Top Manga Properties in 2008 - Rankings and Circulation Data| date=31 December 2008| publisher=ComiPress| access-date=1 March 2009| archive-date=30 June 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630142029/http://comipress.com/article/2008/12/31/3733| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://life.oricon.co.jp/61508/full/| title=08年一番面白かった漫画は、先読みできない「ONE PIECE」| publisher=[[Oricon]]| language=ja| date=31 December 2008| access-date=1 March 2009| archive-date=25 February 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225122018/http://life.oricon.co.jp/61508/full/| url-status=live}}</ref> The series and its associated music albums are credited with increasing sales of classical music in Japan.<ref>{{Cite journal|script-title=ja:指揮者秋山一慶のコメント|journal=レコード芸術|date=March 2008|pages=54|language=ja}}</ref><!-- ref copied straight from ja.wiki: am unable to find official translation of journal name, but it's a classical music magazine --> By March 2015, the series had over 37 million copies in circulation.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://mantan-web.jp/2015/03/31/20150330dog00m200091000c.html| script-title=ja:川澄綾子＆関智一 ： 5年ぶり"のだめコンビ"復活 「譲れなかった」パートナーと役への思い| date=31 March 2015| work=Mainichi Shimbun Digital| access-date=22 March 2021|language=ja|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922064323/https://mantan-web.jp/article/20150330dog00m200091000c.html|archive-date=22 September 2018}}</ref> By March 2023, it had over 39 million copies in circulation.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:三浦宏規、舞台『のだめカンタービレ』千秋役で不安 世間の反応怖い「玉木さんじゃないんかい!(笑)」|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2272403/full/|website=[[Oricon|Oricon News]]|access-date=July 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117014629/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2272403/full/|archive-date=January 17, 2024|language=ja|date=March 22, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>

The English translation of ''Nodame Cantabile'' has been praised for its quirky, interesting characters,<ref name="ann-v11">{{cite web| url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/nodame-cantabile/gn-11| title=Review: Nodame Cantabile: GN 11| first=Carlo| last=Santos| publisher=[[Anime News Network]]| date=30 November 2007| access-date=10 December 2008| quote=By comparison, the latter half of the volume stays closer to home, doing what it does best: showing the interplay between a set of amusing, intriguing characters.| archive-date=10 December 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210100138/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/nodame-cantabile/gn-11| url-status=live}}</ref> sense of humor,<ref name="ann-v15"/><ref name="libjournal-v2">{{cite web| url=http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6283725.html| title=Graphic Novels - 11/15/2005| publisher=[[Library Journal]]| date=15 November 2005| access-date=6 January 2009| quote=Ninomiya's cartooning is fairly simple, but her writing has a refreshing unpredictability.| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830025220/http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6283725.html| archive-date=30 August 2008}}</ref> and clean art.<ref name="ann-v5-6">{{cite web| url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/nodame-cantabile/g-novel-5| title=Review: Nodame Cantabile: G. Novel 5-6| first=Melissa| last=Harper| publisher=[[Anime News Network]]| date=6 January 2007| access-date=10 December 2008| quote=Tomoko Ninomiya seems to enjoy keeping the panels relatively free of clutter and background distractions, which makes it easier to concentrate on the characters.| archive-date=4 November 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081104200647/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/nodame-cantabile/g-novel-5| url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="mania-v1-art">{{cite web| url=http://www.mania.com/nodame-cantabile-vol-01_article_81801.html| title=Nodame Cantabile Vol. #01| first=Eduardo M.| last=Chavez| publisher=Mania.com| date=20 May 2005| access-date=12 December 2008| quote=Ninomiya uses good shape and form to make her characters stand out. On top of that she also has a good sense of style, which adds to the individual characteristics. The strongest aspect of her art is how she draws the expressions of her cast. With so little detail in her faces, she still is able to put in a good amount of emotion in them.| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124115139/http://www.mania.com/nodame-cantabile-vol-01_article_81801.html| archive-date=24 January 2009}}</ref> [[Dirk Deppey]] in ''[[The Comics Journal]]'' praised Ninomiya's storytelling, saying she "has a solid sense of when to accentuate the highs and lows with just the right note, and understands that one can only do this by not hitting such notes very often", resulting in "an understated soap opera" that is "a seamless and enjoyable storytelling experience."<ref name="deppley-v6">{{cite web| url=http://www.tcj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=418&Itemid=70| title=Nodame Cantabile Vol. 6| first=Dirk| last=Deppey| author-link=Dirk Deppey| publisher=[[The Comics Journal]]| date=28 September 2006| access-date=23 March 2021| quote=Ninomiya refrains from excessive melodrama, allowing the scenario to play itself out without calling undue attention to dramatic high points, and trusting to our familiarity with the dramatis personae to draw us into their world.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122025328/http://www.tcj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=418&Itemid=70|archive-date=2009-01-22}}</ref> Reviewers have called Ninomiya's character development subtle,<ref name="ann-v5-6"/> while noting it is the character interactions that drive the story,<ref name="ann-v14-c">{{cite web| url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/nodame-cantabile/gn-14| title=Review: Nodame Cantabile: GN 14| first=Carlo| last=Santos| publisher=[[Anime News Network]]| date=19 September 2008| access-date=10 December 2008| quote=It's the other characters around him, as well as his interactions with them, that really drive this arc.| archive-date=9 December 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209014634/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/nodame-cantabile/gn-14| url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="mania-v13">{{cite web| url=http://www.mania.com/nodame-cantabile-vol-13_article_81716.html| title=Nodame Cantabile Vol. #13| first=Danielle| last=Van Gorder| publisher=Mania.com| date=2 September 2008| access-date=18 December 2008| quote=This series is all about the characters and the changing dynamics between them, and the various members of the supporting cast really do a lot to drive the series along.| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124172034/http://www.mania.com/nodame-cantabile-vol-13_article_81716.html| archive-date=24 January 2009}}</ref> and that "each character has a real and lasting effect on others."<ref name="ann-v5-6"/> Reviewers also cite Ninomiya's ability to depict "scenes of people playing music that no one can hear" and her sense of humor as factors in the series' appeal.<ref name="ann-v11"/><ref name="ann-v15">{{cite web| url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/right-turn-only/2008-12-09| title=RIGHT TURN ONLY!! - Naruto Cantabile| first=Carlo| last=Santos| publisher=[[Anime News Network]]| date=9 December 2008| access-date=10 December 2008| quote=A storyline that pirouettes between bouncy jokes and subtle romance and musical rapture, this is one set of chapters that pulls you in with its sheer effervescence ... [Mozart]'s ebullient style seems to have rubbed off on Tomoko Ninomiya as well, as the entire recital arc glows with Wolfgang's unmistakable joy and humor.| archive-date=10 December 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210000703/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/right-turn-only/2008-12-09| url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ann-v10">{{cite web| url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/nodame-cantabile/gn-10| title=Review: Nodame Cantabile: GN 10| first=Carlo| last=Santos| publisher=[[Anime News Network]]| date=5 September 2007| access-date=10 December 2008| quote=The series' artwork is at its most expressive when it comes to the music performance scenes ... sweeping lines, impressionistic backgrounds, and closeups that almost make it feel like being there... Ninomiya also uses layouts to her advantage—notice, for example, how the panels become more angular and compressed when Chiaki stresses out on his final assignment.| archive-date=2 December 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202055739/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/nodame-cantabile/gn-10| url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ann-v14-a"/> Ninomiya has been criticized for not handling transitions between storylines well,<ref name="ann-v11b">{{cite web| url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/nodame-cantabile/gn-11| title=Review: Nodame Cantabile: GN 11| first=Carlo| last=Santos| publisher=[[Anime News Network]]| date=30 November 2007| access-date=10 December 2008| quote=The transition to the next stage of the story, however, is not quite as graceful: it takes some really stupid, improbable plot twists to get Chiaki into Stresemann's world tour, and their itinerary turns out to be even more outlandish.| archive-date=10 December 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210100138/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/nodame-cantabile/gn-11| url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="mania-v10-transition">{{cite web| url=http://www.mania.com/nodame-cantabile-vol-10_article_83155.html| title=Nodame Cantabile Vol. #10| first=Eduardo M.| last=Chavez| publisher=Mania.com| date=10 October 2007| access-date=12 December 2008| quote=After so much build up leading to Noda and Chiaki's decision to take their talents abroad, little of the preparation was discussed. Instead, Ninomiya fresh from a trip to France, jumped right into this next chapter| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124172002/http://www.mania.com/nodame-cantabile-vol-10_article_83155.html| archive-date=24 January 2009}}</ref> for sometimes letting the characters derail the story,<ref name="ann-v14-a">{{cite web| url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/nodame-cantabile/gn-14| title=Review: Nodame Cantabile: GN 14| first=Carlo| last=Santos| publisher=[[Anime News Network]]| date=19 September 2008| access-date=10 December 2008| quote=If there is any criticism to be had, it's that Tomoko Ninomiya seems to be having so much fun portraying the characters that the storyline sometimes gets off track.| archive-date=9 December 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209014634/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/nodame-cantabile/gn-14| url-status=live}}</ref> and for art and backgrounds that are sometimes too plain.<ref name="ann-v5-6"/><ref name="ann-v14-b">{{cite web| url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/nodame-cantabile/gn-14| title=Review: Nodame Cantabile: GN 14| first=Carlo| last=Santos| publisher=[[Anime News Network]]| date=19 September 2008| access-date=10 December 2008| quote=Simple but striking character designs also add to the series' unique style, but the one major flaw is in the backgrounds—characters often find themselves standing in front of plain white space, a generic screentone, or a hastily drawn interior| archive-date=9 December 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209014634/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/nodame-cantabile/gn-14| url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="mania-v1-backgrounds">{{cite web| url=http://www.mania.com/nodame-cantabile-vol-01_article_81801.html| title=Nodame Cantabile Vol. #01| first=Eduardo M.| last=Chavez| publisher=Mania.com| date=20 May 2005| access-date=12 December 2008| quote=Her backgrounds ... can be stale, but she uses them more often than most josei artists so I applaud her for that.| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124115139/http://www.mania.com/nodame-cantabile-vol-01_article_81801.html| archive-date=24 January 2009}}</ref> [[Rachel Thorn]] criticized the English translation for inaccuracies of tone.<ref name="thorn-trans">{{cite web| url=http://matt-thorn.com/wordpress/?p=407| title=On Translation| first=Rachel| last=Thorn| author-link=Rachel Thorn| date=29 November 2009| access-date=23 March 2021| quote=The translation was jarring, and grossly unfair to the character. But it was fairly typical of the kind of "errors of voice" that occur on almost every page of translated manga today.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020120853/http://matt-thorn.com/wordpress/?p=407|archive-date=2014-10-20}}</ref>

The live-action drama received the 2007 Japanese Drama Academy Awards for Best Drama, Best Lead Actress ([[Juri Ueno]]), Best Direction (Hideki Takeuchi), Best Music ([[Takayuki Hattori]]), and Best Title Song;<ref name="jdrama-awards">{{cite web| url=http://blog.television.co.jp/drama/academy/2007/01/31/| script-title=ja:ザテレビジョン ドラマアカデミー賞: 結果発表| language=ja| publisher=Kadokawa Television| date=31 January 2007| access-date=23 March 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216011655/http://blog.television.co.jp/drama/academy/2007/01/31/|archive-date=16 December 2008}}</ref> the show was also recognized overseas as Best Miniseries at the 2nd Seoul Drama Festival.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://etd.ohiolink.edu/apexprod/rws_etd/send_file/send?accession=bgsu1229915111&disposition=inline| title=Nodame Cantabile: A Japanese Television Drama and its Promotion of Western Art Music in Asia| last=Tung| first=Yu-Ting| publisher=OhioLINK| page=12| format=PDF| access-date=23 March 2021| archive-date=26 May 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526174627/https://etd.ohiolink.edu/apexprod/rws_etd/send_file/send?accession=bgsu1229915111&disposition=inline| url-status=live}}</ref> Juri Ueno also was named Best Newcomer at the Élan d'or Awards for her performance,<ref>{{cite web| url=https://etd.ohiolink.edu/apexprod/rws_etd/send_file/send?accession=bgsu1229915111&disposition=inline| title=Nodame Cantabile: A Japanese Television Drama and its Promotion of Western Art Music in Asia| last=Tung| first=Yu-Ting| publisher=OhioLINK| page=13| format=PDF| access-date=23 March 2021| archive-date=26 May 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526174627/https://etd.ohiolink.edu/apexprod/rws_etd/send_file/send?accession=bgsu1229915111&disposition=inline| url-status=live}}</ref> and the next year was named Best Actress at the International Drama Festival in Tokyo Awards for reprising her role as Nodame in the television special.<ref name="tdrama-awards">{{cite web| url=http://nab.or.jp/drafes/english/award/index02.html| title=国際ドラマフェスティバル:Award| language=ja| publisher=International Drama Festival in TOKYO| access-date=12 December 2008| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222122543/http://nab.or.jp/drafes/english/award/index02.html| archive-date=22 December 2008| df=dmy-all}}</ref> The ''New Year's Special in Europe'' received an average household rating of 20.3% and 21.0% for the two nights it was broadcast in Japan, making it them the highest-rated drama episodes of the week.<ref name="ann-tvspec-rating">{{cite web| url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-01-16/japanese-comic-ranking-january-8-14| title=Japanese Comic Ranking, January 8–14| publisher=[[Anime News Network]]| date=16 January 2008| access-date=11 September 2009| archive-date=12 April 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412024723/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-01-16/japanese-comic-ranking-january-8-14| url-status=live}}</ref> The first soundtrack album for the drama, ''Nodame Orchestra LIVE!'', reached number seven on the [[Oricon]] album chart, breaking the record for highest ranked classical music album.<ref name="album-record"/>

The opening episode of the anime series broke the record for audience share for its time-slot.<ref name="record-rating">{{cite web| url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-01-15/nodame-cantabile-breaks-late-night-record| title=Nodame Cantabile Breaks Late Night Record| publisher=[[Anime News Network]]| date=15 January 2007| access-date=9 December 2008| archive-date=11 December 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211105913/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-01-15/nodame-cantabile-breaks-late-night-record| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.animate.tv/nf/detail.php?id=0000001136&page=0&sea=&tid=&rid=| title=アニメイトTV Web - ニュース速報 - 「のだめ」深夜アニメ初回視聴率の最高記録樹立| language=ja| access-date=9 December 2008| archive-date=11 December 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211130638/http://www.animate.tv/nf/detail.php?id=0000001136&page=0&sea=&tid=&rid=| url-status=live}}</ref> The first DVD volume debuted at number 3 on the Oricon chart for anime the week it went on sale.<ref name="DVD1-sales">{{cite web| url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-04-26/japanese-anime-dvd-ranking-april-18-24| title=Japanese Anime DVD Ranking, April 18–24| publisher=[[Anime News Network]]| date=26 April 2007| access-date=9 December 2008| archive-date=11 December 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211111259/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-04-26/japanese-anime-dvd-ranking-april-18-24| url-status=live}}</ref>

Although the anime has not been licensed in English, it has still received notice from English reviewers, who praised the character development and chemistry, the balance between drama and comedy, voice acting, and especially the music—both the performances and how it was presented.<ref name="animeplanet-s1">{{cite web| url=http://www.anime-planet.com/reviews/a365.html| title=Nodame Cantabile Review| author=Arcanum| publisher=Anime Planet| date=2 October 2007| access-date=15 December 2008| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208161947/http://www.anime-planet.com/reviews/a365.html| archive-date=8 December 2008}}</ref> Reviewers did complain that the visual design of some secondary characters were too similar.<ref name="animeplanet-s1"/>

In 2006, a cafe based on ''Nodame Cantabile'' opened in [[Harajuku]], Tokyo, including live music from the live-action drama and sets from the show.<ref name="ann-cafe">{{cite web| url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-10-12/cafe-de-nodame-opens| title=Cafe de Nodame Opens| publisher=[[Anime News Network]]| date=12 October 2006| access-date=20 November 2008| archive-date=26 June 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626163751/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-10-12/cafe-de-nodame-opens| url-status=live}}</ref>

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