Cast
Juri Ueno
Noda Megumi
Hiroshi Tamaki
Chiaki Shinichi
Eita Nagayama
Mine Ryutaro
Asami Mizukawa
Miki Kiyora
Keisuke Koide
Okuyama Masumi
Misa Uehara
Tagaya Saiko
Saeko
Saku Sakura
Episodes
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Noda Megumi
Chiaki Shinichi
Mine Ryutaro
Miki Kiyora
Okuyama Masumi
Tagaya Saiko
Saku Sakura
Franz Strezemann
Momodaira Minako
Ishikawa Reina
Okochi Mamoru
Suzuki Kaoru
October 16, 2006 • 60m
Noda Megumi, AKA Nodame, is a sloppy third-year Piano student at Momogaoka School of Music who lives and plays with abandon. Meanwhile, Chiaki Shin'ichi, an aspiring conductor, is at the top of his game, and acts the part. He notices something special in the way she plays Beethoven's Pathetique.
October 23, 2006 • 60m
Chiaki is desperate to transfer from Piano to Conducting, but infamous conductor Franz Stresemann refuses to let him. Meanwhile, Stresemann recruits a band of misfits and flunkers to create Orchestra S out of misfits and near-dropouts, including Chiaki and Nodame's new mutual friends, Mine Ryutaro and Okuyama Masumi.
October 30, 2006 • 60m
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.
November 6, 2006 • 60m
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.
November 13, 2006 • 60m
Maestro Stresemann's rightful owners arrive in Japan to take him home, while Orchestra S and Orchestra A prepare for the school festival concerts.
November 20, 2006 • 60m
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.
November 27, 2006 • 60m
Chiaki and Orchestra A concertmaster Miki Kiyora recruit elite students from all over Japan to start a new orchestra. Nodame gets assigned to a new teacher, leading to her becoming a zombie.
December 4, 2006 • 60m
Nodame contemplates attempting to treat Chiaki's fear of airplanes, which could lead to her losing him to Europe. Meanwhile, her teacher nominates her for the Maradona Piano Competition.
December 11, 2006 • 60m
Brainwashed by Nodame, Chiaki goes on a plane trip to Hokkaido. Nodame prepares desperately for her competition, which could open the door for her to study in Europe.
December 18, 2006 • 60m
Nodame loses herself at the Maradona competition, putting her Europe plan into doubt. Rising Star Orchestra, meanwhile, undergoes painful evolution.
December 25, 2006 • 60m
Defeated, Nodame runs home to her parents' place in the countryside. Chiaki goes after her.
