Nodame Cantabile

bmwracer wrote:
I haven't read a single chapter. :sweat:

heh.. just read the first 3 chapters after he posted that... I think that's the first manga I've read, actually - had to figure out to read it right to left...

meoinkie2 wrote:just wanna be updated.. :mrgreen:

I'll just wait for the next SP. :beaten: :fingerscrossed:

Actually, with Juri-chan's powerful performance in Last Friends, she might've moved past Nodame and into the next level... :victory: :puppydog:

meoinkie2 wrote:there are new updates on the manga
http://www.onemanga.com/Nodame_Cantabile/

im starting to collect nodame manga..... the manga is really funny like the live action...... its quite expensive but its worth it! :mrgreen:

Got my Nodame SP discs in the mail today...!! :woot: :dancing: :victory:

Yow, they shipped it FedEx overnight: it left Japan Thursday and now I've got it... :victory: :applaud:

bmwracer wrote:Got my Nodame SP discs in the mail today...!! :woot: :dancing: :victory:

Yow, they shipped it FedEx overnight: it left Japan Thursday and now I've got it... :victory: :applaud:

And mine will reach my HK address this morning. Now I just have to find a way get my hands on this package sooner.

bmwracer wrote:Got my Nodame SP discs in the mail today...!! :woot: :dancing: :victory:

Yow, they shipped it FedEx overnight: it left Japan Thursday and now I've got it... :victory: :applaud:

Wow that's fast! Last I checked, Japan's more than a day's walk from San Diego.. I guess that means that FedEx overnight doesn't mean walking...

As far as her having moved past Nodame.. I sure hope not. It's that cuteness that makes her so appealing! Nodame was a rich role in its own right and I hope that she'll continue to be so endearing and vulnerable (in that way (as I'm not sure Ruka's not extremely vulnerable as well)).

thtl wrote:And mine will reach my HK address this morning. Now I just have to find a way get my hands on this package sooner.

I just started to look through everything:

The separate single disc DVD [image] has a map of Prague and Paris, behind the scenes stuff/interviews, a 1-1/2 hour promo video with more behind the scenes stuff (the footage looks like the same one that Stage6 had posted a while back:

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The special DVD [image] has a Nodame passport(?) wallet, extra space for the above DVD, and three discs: one for each lesson and a special disc with interviews and a number of complete concert music performances (no dialog or cutaways)... :)

And one other thing I've noticed while scanning through the two Lessons: there's apparently extra footage ( :woot: ) not shown in the original broadcast...

Sweet. :applaud:

So much for hypnosis. :hehe:

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bmwracer wrote:So much for hypnosis. :hehe:

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Maybe Nodame 'programmed' Chiaki to do exactly that whenever they travel together on a plane. :hehe:

SP boxset contents and the Europe DVD (upper left).

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bmwracer wrote:SP boxset contents and the Europe DVD (upper left).

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Oooh.. that's a nice package of stuff :)

Btw.. Nodame alludes to the plane flight to Europe when she's feeling homesick on the bridge ("You weren't so confident when we were on the plane" or something like that)

phlargo wrote:Oooh.. that's a nice package of stuff :)

Yup, it's almost a replication of the original boxset, less the cell phone trinket and handkerchief.

Btw.. Nodame alludes to the plane flight to Europe when she's feeling homesick on the bridge ("You weren't so confident when we were on the plane" or something like that)

Thus the flashback of him cowering on the plane... The face Nodame makes is hilarious. :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
Thus the flashback of him cowering on the plane... The face Nodame makes is hilarious. :hehe:

Makes me wonder if it's a determined "I'll protect you, Senpai"-face or a "Gyabo!"-face. Maybe it's a little bit of both :)

More SP DVD observations:

Not only are there added scenes throughout the two lessons, but it the background music has changed in several places as well... This only occurred in one place in the original series (as noted by thtl), but it seems more rampant in the SP... :headscratch:

The Special Disc in the SP box set is sorta disappointing in comparison to the one in the original box set: there's only the selected musical performances and post-wrap thank yous from the cast... No NG or behind-the-scenes stuff. :puppydog:

I guess the behind-the-scenes material (and a little NG stuff) was left for the Europe disc... At an extra cost. :sweat:

They shoulda just packaged it all together... I can't imagine someone just buying one without the other... Unless FujiTV planned that. :(

bmwracer wrote:More SP DVD observations:

Not only are there added scenes throughout the two lessons, but it the background music has changed in several places as well... This only occurred in one place in the original series (as noted by thtl), but it seems more rampant in the SP... :headscratch:

The Special Disc in the SP box set is sorta disappointing in comparison to the one in the original box set: there's only the selected musical performances and post-wrap thank yous from the cast... No NG or behind-the-scenes stuff. :puppydog:

I guess the behind-the-scenes material (and a little NG stuff) was left for the Europe disc... At an extra cost. :sweat:

They shoulda just packaged it all together... I can't imagine someone just buying one without the other... Unless FujiTV planned that. :(

To make more money, prolly. Kinda tricky and sucky.

Btw, I didn't know you got that much stuff in a box set! No wonder they're so expensive.

Wynter wrote:To make more money, prolly. Kinda tricky and sucky.

Definitely sucky.

But they also know that the Nodame otakus will gobble anything and everything up... :sweat:

Btw, I didn't know you got that much stuff in a box set! No wonder they're so expensive.

It's more packaging than actual material...

bmwracer wrote:
It's more packaging than actual material...

Still, it's pretty packaging which will enhance any Nodame shrine :)

phlargo wrote:Still, it's pretty packaging which will enhance any Nodame shrine :)

True that. :victory:

Another SP DVD observation: the dubs for all the non-Japanese-speaking Europeans are still there... Unfortunately. :(

Reminds me of those bad dubs (are there any "good" dubs?) for those 70's Kung-Fu movies. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:Another SP DVD observation: the dubs for all the non-Japanese-speaking Europeans are still there... Unfortunately. :(

Reminds me of those bad dubs (are there any "good" dubs?) for those 70's Kung-Fu movies. :sweat:

Those dubs for Kung-Fu movies are so bad they're good, in a corny way :victory:

I wonder how much time and money it would've set back the Nodame DVD producers to put in subtitles instead for the Europeans instead of dubbing. Maybe it's just a matter of convenience for Japanese viewers so they don't have to read too many subtitles.

Anyhow, I'm still waiting for my copy to arrive :fingerscrossed: