One of the best comedy anime shows is Nodame Cantabile

Hear me out.

Megumi Noda's "Gyado" when she is excited, angry, or anything when she has a burst of adrenaline always gets a chuckle out of me mainly with the way how her VA always says it with a cartoonish high pitched voice.

Also with the onesided romance she has toward the male MC Shinichi Chiaki who always chastises her for everything she does from her unkempt apartment, the faces she makes while playing the piano, the honey and lemon with a tupperware container of honey and uncut lemons is always a great visual gag

Then there's the rivalry the visiting conductor Franz Von Stresemann has toward Chiaki for being Megumi's love interest. Even Chiaki idolized him somewhat before getting to know that the man is a pervert and that he hate's Chiaki's mentor the European conductor Vieri (because Stresemann tried to hit on Vieiri's wife at a party)

[](https://nodamecantabile.fandom.com/wiki/Franz_Von_Stresemann)The antics of the students of the S-Orchestra all have a unique personality especially the "queen of the Timpani" Okuyama who is a male with an afro who has a one sided homosexual fantasy toward Chiaki, the violin player Ryutaro Mine who acts high and mighty and always performs with a touch of rock music antics, and all the woman of the S-orchestra (and the school) who all love Chiaki and who Noda gets pissed off about.

Even if classical music isn't your favorite the comedy/romance of the show will definitely be worth it when/if you decide to watch it.

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Knee_High_Cat_Beef2026-01-02 06:03

Its a decent romance, but I think its light on the comedy. Nodame is silly, but everyone else is pretty serious. It was my Japanese professor's favorite anime.

EntertainmentIcy46562026-01-02 06:06

I think thats my favorite kind of comedy the straight man reacting to their silly partners antics.

JtR-51102026-01-02 06:04

This series managed to get fully adapted, even in the live action drama version.

mekerpan2026-01-02 06:37

It didn't get fully adapted until the last live action movies -- as the manga series went on for a couple of years after the anime was made.

mekerpan2026-01-02 06:35

I loved this. I think I was (sort of) an early adopter. I bought the first volume of the manga in 2003 or so (in Japanese) because (1) it was about a music conservatory and its student and (2) I was curious about what a josei manga might be like. Imagine my surprise my surprise when I discovered that the MOST important difference between was that there was no frigging FURIGANA. This was well before the anime and a couple of years before the manga got an English release. Despite how hopeless it was to read this, I did find it intriguing. So I bought the series as soon as it came out in English. But in 2009, the translations stopped (publisher went out of business, I guess), so I had to buy the rest of the series in Japanese again. ;-)

I enjoyed the manga so much I was afraid to watch the anime, but when I finally watched it, I found the adaptation pretty perfect (even though I notice some skipping of parts). I was delighted to learn that goofy songs Nodame sings were actually written by the Nodame's role model (who was apparently the friend of the mangaka).

silk352026-01-02 09:32

Try watching the live action and see how you like it.

generalmillscrunch2026-01-02 06:53

The comedy is pretty dated and sexist at times, imo not the most redeeming aspect of the series. The highlight is definitely the orchestral recordings and the music performances in general.

DoctuhD2026-01-02 07:36

I think calling it one of the best comedies is overselling it, but it was a fun time, a good romance, and very educational on classical music. The Rachmaninoff and Rhapsody in Blue performances still live in my brain a decade after watching it.

I_am_your_oniichan2026-01-02 11:41

I don't know if it is best for it's comedy, but it's one of my favorites of all time

heimdal772026-01-02 18:04

You left out Nodames attempts to learn french and the collateral damage caused from it.

It kills me that Nodame has never been relicensed since Hulu purged their anime catalog years ago. Retrocrush before they were bought apparently tried to get it but was unable to. It is just to good a series to not relicensed and there isn't even any physicals to buy. Unless you count the malaysia knock off.

-Boton-2026-01-02 20:32

Isn't it "Gya**b**o"?

Anime was nice and I love Nodame's silly "fart" song and that other "mochya-mochya" (or whatever) one. The EDs were catchy! There's a live action, by the way, but I haven't seen it.

No_Orange_97472026-01-02 20:35

One of my favourite romance anime, because it's not over the top and subtle
Comedy wise I'd put it in the better half.

elp19872026-01-04 05:54

I like the live action better, having watched it recently. Still, this anime is genuinely good.