Ayako Kawasumi
"Nodame Cantabile" was also adapted as an anime television series, produced by Fuji TV and animated by J.C.Staff. The series was broadcast on Fuji and associated stations in the Noitamina time slot. The first season, titled "Nodame Cantabile", was broadcast in 23 episodes from 11 January – 28 June 2007, and the second season, called "Nodame Cantabile: Paris Chapter", was broadcast in 11 episodes from 8 October – 18 December 2008. Both seasons were also later aired in Japan on the satellite television network Animax. The first season was directed by Ken'ichi Kasai (the director of the "Honey and Clover" anime) and the second season by Chiaki Kon, and starred Ayako Kawasumi as Megumi "Nodame" Noda and Tomokazu Seki as Shin'ichi Chiaki. An original video animation (OVA) episode was included with the limited edition volume 22 of the manga when it was published in Japan on 10 August 2009, and a third and final anime season, called "Nodame Cantabile: Finale" began airing in January 2010.