Additional Staff and Cast for 'Piano no Mori' TV Anime Announced

by Vindstot
Mar 4, 2018 10:39 PM | 13 Comments

A press conference for the Piano no Mori TV anime announced additional staff and cast members on Monday. Produced by Fukushima Gainax, the anime will broadcast on April 9 at 12:10 a.m. on NHK General TV.

A set of real-life pianists portraying the performances of various characters has also been revealed. The junior pianists performing for the series' main characters Kai, Shuuhei, and Takako in their childhood days were selected through an audition hosted by Nippon Columbia. The main pianist for the lead character Kai Ichinose, however, will remain undisclosed.

Staff
Series Director: Ryuutarou Suzuki (The Snack World storyboard)
Art Director: Hirotsugu Kakoi (Luck & Logic)
Color Design: Chie Yoshimura (Houkago no Pleiades)
Director of Photography: Mutsumi Usuda (Sword Art Online)
Editing: Akinori Mishima (Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso)
Sound Director: Yukio Nagasaki (Houseki no Kuni)
Music: Harumi Fuuki (Sarusuberi: Miss Hokusai)

Pianists
Sousuke Ajino: Kyouhei Sorita
Shuuhei Amamiya: Takagi Ryouma
Wei Pang: Niu Niu (Shengliang Zhang)
Lech Szymanowsky: Szymon Nehring
Sophie Ormesson: Juliette Journaux
Young Kai, Shuuhei, Takako: Kotone Uehara, Modan Ooyama, Kamuro Sahara, Ayano Baba

Cast
Wei Pang: Yuuichi Nakamura (Amaama to Inazuma)
Lech Szymanowski: KENN (Arslan Senki (TV))
Takako Maruyama: Aoi Yuuki (Nanatsu no Taizai)
Sophie Ormesson: Mariya Ise (Sekai Seifuku: Bouryaku no Zvezda)
Carl Adamski: Katsuyuki Konishi (Prison School)
Kousei Hirata: Toshiyuki Toyonaga (Zetsuen no Tempest)
Takeshi Saga: Kouji Yusa (ACCA: 13-ku Kansatsu-ka)
Koutarou Shiba: Hiroshi Yanaka (InuYasha)
Namie Amamiya: Marie Miyake (Gin no Saji)
Arisa: Ryou Hirohashi (Working!!)
Daigaku Kanehira: Motoko Kumai (Cardcaptor Sakura)
Reiko Ichinose: Maaya Sakamoto (Arakawa Under the Bridge)
Youichirou Amamiya: Hideyuki Tanaka (Vampire Hunter D (2000))
Jean-Jacques Theroux: Bin Shimada (Taiho Shichau zo)

PV

Source: Comic Natalie

13 Comments Recent Comments

Piano Best Collection I releasing June 20, 2018
http://moca-news.net/article/20180326/2018032612000a_/01/

OP: "Umi e (海へ)" by Kai Ichinose (Piano)
It's arranged ver. of Chopin etude op.10-1, will be included in Piano Best Collection I.
http://moca-news.net/article/20180413/2018041312000b_/01/

Mar 25, 2018 9:27 PM by tsubasalover

Special show on March 26 to explain the anime and piano recital
http://moca-news.net/article/20180323/2018032314000a_/01/

Mar 22, 2018 10:05 PM by tsubasalover

I have watched the Madhouse's movie adaption form the manga, it was a very nice story. Liking the cast selection, hope that they don't ruin it.

Look forward to this.

Mar 22, 2018 9:33 AM by removed-user

I really hated the second half of the manga so I dropped it and wished it stayed as a movie, which was perfect. Oh well, I'mma give it a try..maybe I will have another perspective with all the sound saving the story I hope.

Cast looks good :)

Mar 6, 2018 5:02 PM by Loyalty06

Love that they're using real pianists. Still can't tell if the story will be interesting. So far all I get is: an anime for people who really like piano.

Mar 6, 2018 12:37 PM by modboy

I'm liking the cast selection, a lot of seiyuu I enjoy listening to.

Mar 5, 2018 3:43 PM by NanDemoNai_

They're going to use actual qualified pianists for this? I have to see this, if only for the music.

Mar 5, 2018 11:48 AM by Haneken2086

The Visuals don't really coorelate very well with the PV to be honest but... it doesn't look TOO bad? I just thought it looked... okay I guess.

Mar 5, 2018 10:06 AM by removed-user

Hyped af for this.

Mar 5, 2018 5:02 AM by FMmatron

I don't know how to feel. And that's honestly okay. I hope for it to be a sleeper hit.

Mar 5, 2018 2:52 AM by Stripes

Still don't know how to feel about this.