One thing that both shows share is that there is a good portion of the story being about the childhood of the characters, and even the conflict on both shows started in their childhood. Your Lie in April is basically Anohana's second coming, having both done by A-1 Pictures and both having the intention of ripping your heart out in pieces.

I think these two anime will appeal to both romance and music lovers. In my opinion, Nodame can be watched casually without focusing too much, while Shigatsu requires more attention from the viewer to completely understand the feeling of the characters and follow the story. There is a nice balance of romance / music in both anime. They both handle this romance theme very well and it is very well intertwined in the story. Romance is a theme which both anime are centered around. In both anime the female part takes a big place in the development of both the protagonist and the story. Nodame on the other hand introduces the romantic side much earlier on and focuses more on the romantic comedy style.īoth anime are very much based around the theme of classical music with a focus on piano and piano & violin duo. Shigatsu focuses more on the psychological and dark side of being a prodigy where the romantic relationship is introduced and becomes important later on. Which gives it in my opinion a more light hearted feel. Nodame is more centered around comedy than shigatsu. In the case of Nodame the protagonist can also play the violin at a high level. Shigatsu and Nodame are very much alike, here are my reasoning.īoth anime have a male protagonist who excels at playing the piano. To conclude, i hope i have motivated at least some of you, the only things i can add are that there are some of the best scenary that i remember, the musics are fantastic and there si an extraordinary characters personalization. Both of the stories deal with strong, difficult and heavy themes, things that maybe not everyone have desire do deal with, but i still want to invite you, at least, to try to watch and not discard them immediately.

I will be straightforward with you, both of them have quite the strong emotional impact, on which i reflected a lot.

As the story moves on we will see our main character grow, evolve, we’ll see him smile and cry, how he’ll interact with his surrondings and what kind of relationship will born with the other characters because personally, i believe, that these last ones are the most important and fascinating. Well, to start both told a story about a shy, confused and little coward boy, who tries to overcame his fears and anxiety. Why they should be similar, were you thinking, right?

Shigatsu wa kimi no uso sub ita