Shijou Saikyou no Deshi Kenichi, Nodame Cantabile Recommendations
This is my first recommendation, also english is not my mother tounge, please forgive me for possible shortcomings.
I am sure that everybody agrees with me that one of the most important elements of "Shijou Saikyou no Deshi Kenichi" is the protagonists dubbing voice, if you do not agree yet then you will find out as soon as you watch "Nodame Cantabile". Tomokazu Seki does a great job in entertaning the audience and defining the special flavour that makes both "SSDK" and "Nodame Cantabile" a pleasure to watch.
Also in both anime the protagonist engages in a discipleship under a master with a rather sophisticated personality.
The responsiveness of both disciple and master are very similar in both anime. Story wise the desciple master relationship is very different though.
The female role that the romance in both anime focuses around is played by a somewhat naive kind of girl(, though Nodame certainly has more depth and Miu more cuteness and ecchi appeal), beeing another key to the taste and comedy everybody loves in "SSDK".
I can see why there is not many others that made these comparisions before, but if it is the Characters you loved in "SSDK", the sweet touch of a romance and the focus on an art rather than fighting and action then I believe you will like Nodame Cantabile a lot, give it a try.
If you are not looking for only superficial similarities, but for Animes that have a similar feel to it give it a try. Maybe with this you will even be able to enjoy both Anime for what they are rather than enjoying one Anime for being the same as another Anime.
(Your Age might or might not play a crucial role in this, I liked Kenichi better when I was younger and now I like Nodame better, but that's just if you look to identify with the protagonists.)
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