The Piano Forest
A tranquil tale about two boys from very different upbringings. On one hand you have Kai, born as the son of a prostitute, who's been playing the abandoned piano in the forest near his home ever since he was young. And on the other you have Syuhei, practically breast-fed by the piano as the son of a family of prestigious pianists. Yet it is their common bond with the piano that eventually intertwines their paths in life.
- Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
- Studio: NHK
- Keyword: competition, training, child prodigy, classical music, friendship, coming of age, school, based on manga, seinen, anime, prodigy, time skip, music
- Cast: Soma Saito, Natsuki Hanae, Junichi Suwabe, Hideyuki Tanaka, Toshiyuki Toyonaga, Maaya Sakamoto