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Nobunaga Concerto

Nobunaga Concerto Vol.1 Cover

Nobunaga Concerto (信長協奏曲) is a manga by artist Ishii Ayumi first published in 2009. It was adapted to TV dorama by Fuji TV in 2014.

Synopsis

The protagonist Saburo is an ordinary high school student who excels in sports but has no interest in his studies. One day, Saburo unexpectedly travels back in time and finds himself in 1549, the Sengoku period or Warring States period in ancient Japan. There, he encounters young Oda Nobunaga who is known as a fierce and relentless warrior and one of the most influential figures in Japanese history. However, much contrary to such reputation in the modern times, young Nobunaga turns out to be physically weak and very sickly. Even more surprising is that Nobunaga and Saburo happen to look identical. Once the two realize how closely they resemble each other, Nobunaga asks Saburo a “favor” which has to be the biggest and most unbelievable one in history – he asks Saburo to live a life as Nobunaga instead of himself and pursue his dream to unify the country of Japan. As Saburo being a typical contemporary teenage boy, how will he survive and thrive amid the chaos of the Sengoku period?

Manga

The manga was first published on June 2009, being serialized in Shogakukan's Monthly Shounen Sunday. As of February 2019, the manga published 18 tankoubons. It won the 57th Shogakukan Manga Award in 2012.

Anime

An anime adaptation began airing from July 12th to September 20th, 2014, for a total of 10 episodes. It was narrated by Oguri Shun. Its theme song was "Fukagyaku Replace" by MY FIRST STORY.

Episode Romanized title Japanese title
1 Saburo Nobunaga サブロー信長
2 Kanshi 諌死
3 Mino no mamushi 美濃のマムシ
4 Okehazama no tatakai 桶狭間の戦い
5 Love letter らぶれたぁ
6 Akechi Mitsuhide 明智光秀
7 Nobunaga wo ute! 信長を討て!
8 Masaka no uragiri まさかの裏切り
9 Ibara no michi イバラの道
10 Futari no Nobunaga 二人の信長

Dorama

Nobunaga Concerto promotional poster

The manga was adapted to TV dorama in 2014, main-casting Oguri Shun. It aired from October 13th to December 22nd and had an average viewership rating of 12.5%.

Main Cast

Main Staff

Screenwriter
Nishida Masafumi, Okada Michitaka, Uyama Keisuke, Tokunaga Yuuichi
Director
Matsuyama Hiroaki, Kanai Hiro, Hayashi Toru, Shinada Shunsuke
Music
☆Taku Takahashi
Producer
Murase Ken, Masumoto Jun

Episodes

Episode Japanese title Airing date Screenplay Director Rating
01 Koukousei ga sengoku he!? Sneaker de ikinobiro!!
(高校生が戦国へ!? スニーカーで生き延びろ!!) 		2014.10.13 Nishida Masafumi Matsuyama Hiroaki 15.8%
02 Gakuseifuku VS Keikanseifuku
(学生服VS警官制服!!) 		2014.10.20 13.5%
03 Sengoku no sora ni hanabi!? Saburo-ban oke hazama senki!
(戦国の空に花火!? サブロー版桶狭間戦記!) 		2014.10.27 Okada Michitaka Kanai Hiro 12.5%
04 Chiri mo tsumoreba michi ni naru! Saru no ichiya joudai sakusen
(塵も積もれば道になる! サルの一夜城大作戦) 		2014.11.03 Uyama Keisuke Hayashi Toru 14.6%
05 Yubiwa ni takusu omoi... sengoku no sadame to kanawanu ai
(指輪に託す想い…戦国の定めと叶わぬ愛) 		2014.11.10 Okada Michitaka
Uyama Keisuke 		Kanai Hiro 11.6%
06 Oni ga shiro ni yattekita! Zenkoku shimei tehai no shoujou
(オニが城にやって来た! 全国指名手配の書状) 		2014.11.17 Uyama Keisuke Matsuyama Hiroaki 11.9%
07 Uragiri no juudan! Utareta itami wa kokoro no itami...
(裏切りの銃弾! 撃たれた痛みは心の痛み…) 		2014.11.24 Tokunaga Yuuichi
Uyama Keisuke 		Hayashi Toru 10.5%
08 Inochi ni kaete mo mamoru mono... Nobunaga-sama to mita yume
(命に代えても守るもの…信長様と見た夢) 		2014.12.01 Uyama Keisuke
Okada Michitaka 		Shinada Shunsuke 11.8%
09 Futari no Nobunaga!! Saru ni himitsu ga bareru toki
(ふたりの信長!! サルに秘密がバレるとき) 		2014.12.08 Tokunaga Yuuichi Kanai Hiro 11.1%
10 Nisemono wa tsuihoy seyo! Tono no tame ni shinde itta shatachi
(ニセモノは追放せよ! 殿のために死んでいった者たちへ) 		2014.12.15 Okada Michitaka
Uyama Keisuke 		Hayashi Toru 11.4%
11 Tomo to no yakusoku! 500-nen-go no mirai no tame ni
(友との約束! 500年後の未来のために…) 		2014.12.22 Matsuyama Hiroaki 10.7%

Music

Theme song
Soundtrack
BOX Cover

Releases

The dorama was released in a compiled box in both DVD and Blu-ray formats. It was released on August 5th, 2015.

Home-media Releases
Format Release date Catalog Number Price Oricon Charts
DVD 2015.03.18 PCBC-61739 ¥25,080 #76 / 6 weeks
Blu-ray PCXC-60063 ¥31,020 #59 / 4 weeks

Movie

'Special Edition' contents
DVD 'Regular Edition' cover
Blu-ray 'Regular Edition' cover

As an ending to the dorama, a theatrical movie was released on January 23rd, 2016, solving the storyline left unfinished from the drama. The movie was the sixth with most income in 2016 compared to other Japanese films, with an income of 4.61 billion yen.[1]

Home-media Releases
Format Release date Catalog Number Price Oricon Charts Notes
DVD 2016.07.20 PCBC-52525 ¥4,180 #5 / 12 weeks Special edition
PCBC-52524 ¥6,270 #4 / 7 weeks Regular edition
Blu-ray PCXC-50122 ¥8,360 #6 / 9 weeks Special edition
PCXC-50123 ¥5,170 #16 / 7 weeks Regular edition

Music

Theme song
Soundtrack

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, Inc. (Japanese)

External Links

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