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Forest of Piano (TV)

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Alternative title:
El bosque del piano (Spanish)
Il piano nella foresta (Italian)
Le Piano dans la Forêt (French)
Piano no Mori (Japanese)
The Piano Forest
ピアノの森 (Japanese)
Plot Summary: Kai was born as the son of a prostitute and he's been playing the abandoned piano in the forest near his home ever since he was young. Shūhei, on the other hand, was 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.
User Ratings: 73 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Excellent: 13 votes (sub:9, dub:4)
 Very good: 18 votes (sub:17, dub:1)
 Good: 16 votes (sub:12, raw:2, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish edited dub
)
 Decent: 12 votes (sub:10, dub:2)
 So-so: 6 votes (sub:5, dub:1)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Weak: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
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Seen in part or in whole by 129 users, rank: #4698 (of 9581)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.164 (Good), std. dev.: 1.6134, rank: #3049 (of 9703)
Weighted mean: 7.176 (Good+), rank: #2833 (of 9703) (seen all: 7.23 / seen some: 7.50 / won't finish: 4.51)
Bayesian estimate: 7.225 (Good+), rank: #2435 (of 7285)
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2018-04-08
Opening Theme:
"Umi e" by Kai Ichinose
Ending Theme:
"Kaeru Basho ga Aru to iu koto" (帰る場所があるということ) by Aoi Yūki
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Ryūtarō Suzuki
Director: Gaku Nakatani
Series Composition:
Aki Itami
Mika Abe
Script:
Aki Itami (eps 2-12 even)
Mika Abe (eps 1-11 odd)
Storyboard: Ryūtarō Suzuki (eps 3-4, 8, 11)
Episode Director: Ryūtarō Suzuki (eps 1, 3, 7)
Music:
Ayano Baba (piano)
Harumi Fuuki
Juliette Journaux (Sophie Ormesson piano)
Kamuro Sahara (piano)
Kotone Uehara (piano)
Kyohei Sorita (Sōsuke Ajino piano)
Modan Oyama (piano)
Niu Niu (Wei Pang piano)
Ryoma Takagi (Shūhei Amamiya piano)
Szymon Nehring (Lech Szymanowski piano)
Original creator: Makoto Isshiki
Character Design: Sumie Kinoshita
Art Director: Hirotsugu Kakoi
Chief Animation Director: Sumie Kinoshita
Sound Director: Yukio Nagasaki
Director of Photography: Mutsumi Usuda

Background Art: Shiori Nakamura (6 episodes
eps 3-11 odd, 12
)

Color design: Chie Yoshimura
Editing: Akinori Mishima
Key Animation: Tōru Yoshida
Theme Song Performance: Aoi Yūki (ED)
Natsuki Hanae as Shūhei Amamiya
Sōma Saitō as Kai Ichinose

Aoi Yūki as Takako Maruyama
Bin Shimada as Jean-Jacques Theroux
Hideyuki Tanaka as Yōichirō Amamiya
Hiroshi Yanaka as Kōtarō Shiba
Junichi Suwabe as Sōsuke Ajino
Katsuyuki Konishi as Karol Adamski
KENN as Lech Szymanowski
Kōji Yusa as Takeshi Saga
Maaya Sakamoto as Reiko Ichinose
Marie Miyake as Namie Amamiya
Mariya Ise as Sophie Ormesson
Motoko Kumai as Daigaku Kanehira
Natsuki Mori as Nonomura (eps 4-5)
Ryō Hirohashi as Arisa
Ryoko Shiraishi as Kai Ichinose (young)
Ryūnosuke Watanuki as Ekieruto
Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Kōsei Hirata
Yō Taichi as Sōsuke Ajino (young)
Yūichi Nakamura as Pang Wei

Anna Mugiho as
Anna (ep 11)
Shiraishi (eps 3-4, 8)
Tenmaru (eps 6-7)
Daisuke Hatooka as
Grandfather Pon (ep 6)
Liu Min (eps 10-11)
Eiichirō Tokumoto as Pavlas (ep 12)
Hironori Kondō as Yang (eps 11-12)
Hiroyuki Endō as
David (ep 10)
Shibuya (ep 6)
Hitoshi Bifu as Youssef (eps 11-12)
Kanehira Yamamoto as Jasinzki (eps 10, 12)
Kayetan Rojevic as Host (eps 1, 10-12)
Kenta Zaima as
Announcement (ep 9)
Honorable Father (eps 4-5)
Kamata (ep 6)
Prince Igor (eps 10, 12)
Kimiko Saitō as Akatsuki's Mom
Natsuki Mori as
Christina (ep 12)
Homeroom Teacher (eps 1, 3)
Nobuaki Kanemitsu as Tamakaji (ep 11)
Rika Kinugawa as
Engelhard (ep 7)
Landlord (ep 3)
Sister Houko (eps 4-5)
Risa Hayamizu as Victoria (ep 10)
Saki Yamakita as Announcement (ep 6)
Seiichirō Yamashita as
Brother Sophie (ep 10)
Mozart (eps 3-4)
Shunpei Fukuma as Obuchi (ep 4)
Tomohisa Asō as Piotr (eps 10-12)
Wataru Komada as Shinagawa (ep 6)
Yū Wakabayashi as Uma Takada (ep 6)
Yūki Ishikari as Alberto (ep 12)
Yūki Ono as Ben (ep 7)
Yumiko Kobayashi as Daiki (ep 7)

Daiki Hamano (ep 8)
Hiroyuki Endō (eps 8, 11)
Hisako Tōjō (ep 1)
Kaede Hondo (ep 6)
Kenta Zaima (eps 1, 3, 7-8)
Natsuki Mori (eps 9-11)
Rie Kawamura (ep 1)
Rika Kinugawa (eps 1, 8-11)
Saki Yamakita (ep 7)
Yō Taichi (ep 12)
Yuina Yamada (eps 6, 9-10)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Fukushima Gainax
English staff
English cast
Dialogue Director: Megan Buchholz
Project Manager: Reuben Lack
Subtitle Translation: Krysta Uyekawa
Griffin Burns as Shūhei Amamiya
Johnny Yong Bosch as Kai Ichinose

Barbara Goodson as Shiraishi
Cindy Robinson as Nonomura
Cristina Valenzuela as Takako Maruyama
Doug Erholtz as Daigaku "Kinpira" Kanehira
Erika Harlacher as
Arisa
Sophie Ormesson
Jason Palmer as Kōsei Hirata
Joseph Whimms as Yōichirō Amamiya
Julie Ann Taylor as Namie Amamiya
Kaiji Tang as Takeshi Saga
Kyle McCarley as Sōsuke Ajino
Reba Buhr as Reiko Ichinose
Todd Haberkorn as Ekieruto

Dorothy Fahn as Takako's Mother
Erika Harlacher as Daiki
Lucien Dodge as Takako's Father
Tony Azzolino as Igor
Tristan Wright as Albert
Zachary T. Rice as David
English companies
Internet Streaming: Netflix
Licensed by: Netflix
Production: SDI Media (English dub)
Recording Studio: SDI Media
French staff
French cast
Adaptation: Anthony Panetto
Direction Artistique: Bruno Meyere
Grégory Laisné as Shûhei Amamiya
Rémi Caillebot as Kai Ichinose

Alexia Papineschi as Reiko Ichinose
Anaïs Delva as Takako Maruyama
Arnaud Arbessier as Sôsuke Ajino
Audrey Sablé as
Kai Ichinose (enfant)
Sophie Ormesson
Aurélien Raynal as Karol Adamski
Bruno Meyere as
Kosei Hirata
Kotaro Shiba
Catherine Lafond as Nonomura
Fanny Bloc as Arisa
Maxime Hoareau as Lech Szymanowski
Odile Schmitt as Daigaku "Kinpira" Kanehira
Olivier cordina as Yoichiro Amamiya
Olivier Peissel as Takeshi Saga
Pascale Chemin as Namie Amamiya
Philippe Ariotti as Jean-Jacques Serrault
Sophie Arthuys as Shûhei Amamiya (enfant)
Victor Niverd as Wei Pang
Virginie Ledieu as Shiraishi

Bruno Meyere as Ben (eps 6-7)
Maxime Hoareau as David (ep 10)
Pascale Chemin as Daiki (ep 7)
Patrice Baudrier as Tamakaji (ep 11)
Philippe Ariotti as Piotr (eps 10-12)
Virginie Ledieu as Victoria (ep 10)
French companies
Distributor: Mondo TV (French-speaking countries in Europe and North Africa)
Dubbing: Cinéphase
Internet Streaming: Netflix (France)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director:
Arturo Castañeda (Mexican dub)
Gonzalo Faílde (Spain dub)
Translation: Tino Maceiras (Spain dub)
ADR Script: Daniel Barreto (Mexican dub)

Subtitle Translation:
Anabel Martínez (Netflix; Spain; eps 5-8, 11-12)
Carlos Ibero (Netflix; Spain; ep 10)
María José Asís (Netflix; Spain; eps 1-4, 9)
Damian Cortés as Kai Ichinose (Spain dub)
Jesús Ángel Rosado as Shuhei Amamiya (Spain dub)
Luis Leonardo Suárez as Kai Ichinose (Mexican dub)
Miguel Angel Ruiz as Shūhei Amamiya (Mexican dub)

Alicia Taboada as Reiko Ichinose (Spain dub)
Beatriz Bravo as Kai Ichinose (Spain dub; child)
Dafnis Fernández as Sōsuke Ajino (Mexican dub)
Daniel Lema as Kosei Hirata (Spain dub)
Emilio Treviño as Kinpira (Mexican dub; Mexican dub)
Gaby Guzmán as Namie Amamiya (Mexican dub)
José Carlos San Segundo as Sosuke Ajino (Spain dub)
Luisa Fernández-Miranda as Shuhei Amamiya (Spain dub; child)
Marisol Romero Durá as Reiko Ichinose (Mexican dub)
Matías Brea as Yoichiro Amamiya (Spain dub)
Maxo Barjas as Namie Amamiya (Spain dub)
Roberto Reboiro as Takeshi Saga (Spain dub)
Rocío Pereiras as Shiraishi (Spain dub)
Sara Couce Manso as Daigaku Kanehira "Kinpira" (Spain dub)
Teresa Santamaría as Takako Maruyama (Spain dub)

Alejandro Albaiceta as Wei Pang (Spain dub)
Cristal Álvarez Lázare as Arisa (Spain dub) 
Cristal Lázare as Arisa (Spain dub)
Desiré Pillado as Victoria (Spain dub)
Francisco Javier Garaboa as Kotaro Shiba (Spain dub)
Jesús Ángel Rosado as Shinagawa (Spain dub)
Juan Carballido as Jean-Jacques Serrault (Spain dub)
Miriam Aldrey as Madama Akatsuki (Spain dub)
Nacho Castaño as
Kamata (Spain dub)
Karol Adamski (Spain dub)
Norberto Vilanova as Takada (Spain dub)
Raul Dans as
Ben (Spain dub)
Shibuya (Spain dub)
Sergio Rodríguez-Guisán as Lech Szymanowski (Spain dub)

Adriana Olmedo (Mexican dub)
Alicia Taboada (Spain dub)
Angie Villa (Mexican dub)
Desiré Pillado (Spain dub)
Dolores Mondragón (Mexican dub)
Gabriela Ortiz (Mexican dub)
Gabriela Servín (Mexican dub)
Gonzalo Faílde (Spain dub)
Hildegard Radau (Mexican dub)
Isabel Fidalgo (Spain dub)
Luz Tellería (Spain dub)
Matías Brea (Spain dub)
Maxo Barjas (Spain dub)
Roberto Reboiro (Spain dub)
Yolanda Vidal (Mexican dub)
Spanish companies
Distributor: Mondo TV (Spain)
Internet Streaming: Netflix
Production: SDI Media (Latin America and Spain)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Massimo Còrizza

Dialogues: Andrea D'Angeli
Alessio Puccio as Kai Ichinose
Niccolò Guidi as Shuhei Amamiya

Alessio Cigliano as Sosuke Ajino
Ambrogio Colombo as Jean-Jacques Serrault
Angela Brusa as Namie Amamiya
Cristina Piras as Nonomura
Emiliano Reggente as Kotaro Shiba
Enrica Fieno as Takako Maruyama
Flavio Aquilone as Wei Pang
Gabriele Patriarca as Kosei Hirata
Mirko Cannella as Karol Adamski
Monica Volpe as Arisa
Riccardo Polizzi Carbonelli as Yoichiro Amamiya
Selvaggia Quattrini as Reiko Ichinose
Simone Veltroni as Lech Szymanowski
Tony Sansone as Takeshi Saga

Barbara Villa as Sophie Ormesson
Daniela Debolini as Shiraishi
David Vivanti as Liu
Davide Capone as David
Emiliano Reggente as Takamaji
Francesca Rinaldi as Announcer
Gianni Giuliano as Jasinski
Jacopo Bonanni as Kinpira
Laura Romano as Victoria
Matteo Liofredi as Igor Gutmann
Matteo Uofredi as Igor
Italian companies
ADR Production: SDI Media (Italy)
Distributor: Mondo TV (Italian-speaking countries)
Dubbing Studio: SDI Media Italy
Internet Streaming: Netflix (Italy)
German staff
German cast
Maximilian Belle as Kai Ichinose
Tobias Kern as Shuuhei Amamiya

Jakob Riedl as Takeshi Saga
Karim El Kammouchi as Karol Adamski
Katharina Müller-Elmau as Namie Amamiya
Laura Jenni as Arisa
Manfred Trilling as Sousuke Ajino
Martin Halm as Youichirou Amamiya
Oliver Scheffel as Kousei Hirata
Patrick Schröder as Koutarou Shiba
Shandra Schadt as Takako Maruyama
Stephanie Kellner as Reiko Ichinose
Tobias John von Freyend as Lech Szymanowski
Walter von Hauff as Jean-Jacques Serrault

Angelika Bender as Nonomura (eps 4-5)
Anita Höfer as Madam (ep 3)
Arne Hörmann as David (ep 10)
Astrid Polak as Landlady (eps 3, 5)
Bettina Kenter as Teacher (eps 1, 3, 5)
Caroline Ebner as
Christina (ep 12)
Prostitute (ep 9)
Christian Jungwirth as Jasinski (eps 10, 12)
Claus Brockmeyer as Josef (eps 11-12)
Dorothea Anzinger as Jury (ep 3)
Felix Mayer as Daiki (ep 7)
Gerd Meyer as Concert Master (ep 8)
Gerhard Jilka as
Piano Teacher (ep 10)
Tamakaji (ep 11)
Henry Engels as Kinpira (eps 1, 3, 5)
Ilena Gwisdalla as Victoria (ep 10)
Jan Langer as Igor (eps 10, 12)
Janina Dietz as Sophie Ormesson (ep 10)
Julian Manuel as Ben (eps 6-7)
Karl Knaup as
Jury Chairman (eps 4-5)
Lech's Father (ep 11)
Marion Hartmann as Shiraishi (eps 3-5, 8)
Martin Bonvicini as
Liu Min (eps 10-11)
Wei Pang (eps 10, 12)
Monika Gerganoff as Mrs. Engelhardt (ep 7)
Peter Musäus as Jan Turczyski (eps 11-12)
Simone Brahmann as
Akatsuki's Mother (eps 1, 3, 6, 9)
Anna (ep 11)
Stefanie Dischinger as
Dancer (ep 7)
Reporter (eps 8-9)
Willi Röbke as Piotr (eps 10-12)

German companies
Distributor: Mondo TV (German-speaking countries)
Dubbing: SDI Media Germany (Munich)
Internet Streaming: Netflix (Germany)
Production: SDI Media (Germany)
Dutch staff
Dutch companies
(none)
Distributor: Mondo TV (Dutch-speaking countries)
Dutch cast
(none)
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Distributor: Mondo TV (Russia)
Russian cast
(none)
Portuguese cast
Portuguese staff
ADR Director: Amanda Moreira
Translation:
Diana Mendes (Portugal)
Taïs Reganelli
Executive producer: Gustavo Souza

Administrative Manager: Lutze de Aquino
ADR Engineer: Rick Palma
Audiovisual Communication: Beto Sporkens
Financial Manager: Hector Vega
Maintenance: Jefferson Souza
Post Production: Thiago Miyazaki
Post-Production Coordinator: Marcelo Blanck
Pre-Production: Ricardo Patiri 
Pre-Production Coordination: Javier Nelson
Project Manager: Renato Somera
Scheduling: Beatriz Maríngoli
Subtitling: Viviam Oliveira
Web Content: Janaína Valim
Demétrios Augustus as Kai Ichinose
Rafael Quelle as Shuuhei Amamiya

Beta Cinalli as Kai Ichinose (young; ep 5)
Bruno Ferian as Lech Szymanowski
Carla Martelli as Reiko Ichinose
Cátia Massotti as Namie Amamiya
Digão Vicente as Karol Adamski
Ênio Vivona as Youichirou Amamiya
Fernando Ferraz as Kotarou Shiba
Gabriela Pellegrino as Takako Maruyama
Gisele Vechin as Nonomura
Marcos Becker as Kōsei Hirata
Mariana Pozatto as Sophie Armessen
Nagib Akim as Jean-Jacques Serrault
Pierre Bittencourt as Sousuke Ajino
Raissa Bueno as Arisa
Tiaggo Guimarães as Takeshi Sada
Vitor Paranhos as Daigaku Kanehira
Will Arruda as Wei Pang

Amanda Moreira as Mrs. Engelhardt (ep 7)
André Gaiani as Concert Master (ep 8)
Beta Cinalli as Dancer (ep 7)
Carla Dias as
Akatsuki's mother (eps 1, 3, 6, 9)
Teacher (eps 1, 3, 5)
Edu Rayce as Announcer (ep 9)
Fernanda Ferreira as Announcer
Graziele Garbuio as Victória
Gustavo Martinez as Takako's father
Gustavo Vergani as Igor (eps 11-12)
Jonathan Guedes as Lech's father (ep 11)
Karina Botião as Madam (ep 3)
Luiz Nunes as Josef (eps 11-12)
Mário Spatziani as
Chairman (eps 4-5)
Jasinski (eps 10, 12)
Moacir Ferraz as Piotr (eps 11-12)
Renan Alonso as Daiki (ep 7)
Renan Villela as Ben (eps 6-7)
Ricardo Campos as David (ep 10)
Rogério Duartti as Tamakaji (ep 11)
Samuel Mota as Shinagawa
Tamara Fraislebem as Reporter (ep 8)
Tiana Bandeira as Reporter (ep 10)

Portuguese companies
Distributor: Mondo TV (Portugal)
Dubbing Studio: Dubbing Company
Internet Streaming: Netflix
Production: SDI Media (Brazil)

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