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Favorite musical anime.

BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad: The day to day struggles of a band trying to make themselves famous. They get a break when they recruit high-school students. Pretty good show, and the dub is awesome IMO (especially the songs in English). The sub version is pretty good, but it does have quite a bit of "Engrish". Note: this show does have quite a bit of "bad words" especially in the first couple of episodes.

Nerima Daikon Brothers: A Blues band trying to get $ to build their own stadium in the middle of Nerima. They go on many wacky adventures, filled with wacky characters. Of course since this is by Nabeshin so what else did you expect. Again the dub (yes they sing the songs in English) is great, and the sub is also great.

Nana: I have no idea what this is about, but I assume it's about a band and probably their experiences.

EmbraceMe wrote:

Nana: I have no idea what this is about, but I assume it's about a band and probably their experiences.

I haven't seen Nana, but I'm almost positive that you're wrong way. xD.

Nana Osaki is a punk singer who wants to debut with her band, Black Stones (BLAST for short), where she is the lead vocalist and her boyfriend, Ren, is the bassist. Nana and Ren have lived together as lovers since she was 16. When Ren is offered a chance to debut in Tokyo as a replacement member of the popular band, Trapnest (Toranesu in Japanese), Nana chooses to continue on with BLAST and to cultivate her own career instead of following Ren, as she has too much ambition to simply be a rockstar's girlfriend. She eventually leaves for Tokyo at the age of twenty to start her musical career.

Nana Komatsu, the other Nana, has a habit of falling in love at first sight all the time, and depending on other people to help her. When her friends, and then her boyfriend, leave for Tokyo, she decides to join them a year later after having saved enough money at the age of twenty.

The two Nanas meet on a train by chance, both on their way to Tokyo. After a string of coincidences, they come to live together in an apartment numbered 707 (nana means "seven" in Japanese). Despite having contrasting personalities and ideals, the Nanas like and respect each other a great deal.

Nana Osaki gives Nana Komatsu the nickname Hachi (after Hachikō, because she is weak-willed and has characteristics that resemble a puppy, and also as a joke since hachi means "eight" and nana means "seven" in Japanese).

While BLAST begins to gain popularity at live gigs, the two Nanas face many other issues together, especially in the areas of friendship and romance. The story of Nana revolves heavily around the romance and relationships of the two characters as one seeks fame and recognition while the other seeks love and happiness.

Nodame Cantabile: Something about a guy playing a piano and a good female singer. Male wants to play overseas but can't and it explores their relationship with their love for music.

Sanosuke_Inara wrote:

EmbraceMe wrote: Nana: I have no idea what this is about, but I assume it's about a band and probably their experiences. I haven't seen Nana, but I'm almost positive that you're wrong way. xD.

I was too lazy to do a search during that post to do a short synopsis of it. But I wanted to see how off my guess was, so I just did a search.

Nana: (synopsis off Wikipedia)

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Nana Osaki is a punk singer who wants to debut with her band, Black Stones (BLAST for short), where she is the lead vocalist and her boyfriend, Ren, is the bassist. Nana and Ren have lived together as lovers since she was 16. When Ren is offered a chance to debut in Tokyo as a replacement member of the popular band, Trapnest (Toranesu in Japanese), Nana chooses to continue on with BLAST and to cultivate her own career instead of following Ren, as she has too much ambition to simply be a rockstar's girlfriend. She eventually leaves for Tokyo at the age of twenty to start her musical career. Nana Komatsu, the other Nana, has a habit of falling in love at first sight all the time, and depending on other people to help her. When her friends, and then her boyfriend, leave for Tokyo, she decides to join them a year later after having saved enough money at the age of twenty. The two Nanas meet on a train by chance, both on their way to Tokyo. After a string of coincidences, they come to live together in an apartment numbered 707 (nana means "seven" in Japanese). Despite having contrasting personalities and ideals, the Nanas like and respect each other a great deal. Nana Osaki gives Nana Komatsu the nickname Hachi (after Hachikō, because she is weak-willed and has characteristics that resemble a puppy, and also as a joke since hachi means "eight" and nana means "seven" in Japanese). While BLAST begins to gain popularity at live gigs, the two Nanas face many other issues together, especially in the areas of friendship and romance. The story of Nana revolves heavily around the romance and relationships of the two characters as one seeks fame and recognition while the other seeks love and happiness.

Damn, that's a long synopsis... So... Err... After reading that, seems like my assumption was about 1/8th correct? I was assuming it would be about their musical experiences, but it was a bit off. It seems to be more about love/happiness while one is in a band and stawf.