Piano no Mori
ピアノの森
Amamiya Shuuhei moves from Tokyo to the country side due to his grandmother's bad health. His father is a famous pianist and Shuuhei has taken strict piano lessons since he was very young, aspiring to follow in his footsteps. In school, he is teased by his classmates and is dared to play the piano in the forest. This piano is said to be cursed: if you play it, no sound will come. After school, Ichinose Kai, a boy in the same class, takes Shuuhei to the forest. When Shuuhei tries to play he fails, but Kai plays a wonderful song. This is the beginning of a strong friendship, and a story of two very different boys developing their skills as musicians.
Piano no Mori is a movie with 1 episode, from Summer 2007, produced by MADHOUSE, rated 7.3/10 on AniList.
Synopsis
Amamiya Shuuhei moves from Tokyo to the country side due to his grandmother's bad health. His father is a famous pianist and Shuuhei has taken strict piano lessons since he was very young, aspiring to follow in his footsteps. In school, he is teased by his classmates and is dared to play the piano in the forest. This piano is said to be cursed: if you play it, no sound will come. After school, Ichinose Kai, a boy in the same class, takes Shuuhei to the forest. When Shuuhei tries to play he fails, but Kai plays a wonderful song. This is the beginning of a strong friendship, and a story of two very different boys developing their skills as musicians.
Main Characters
Tags
- Classical Music — Centers on the musical style of classical, not to be applied to anime that use classical in its soundtrack.
- Primarily Child Cast — Main cast is mostly composed of characters below a high school age.
- Coming of Age — Centers around a character's transition from childhood to adulthood.
- Primarily Male Cast — Main cast is mostly composed of male characters.
- Male Protagonist — Main character is male.
- School — Partly or completely set in a primary or secondary educational institution.
- Bullying — Prominently features the use of force for intimidation, often in a school setting.
- Rural — Partly or completely set in the countryside.
- Seinen — Target demographic is adult males.