Kin'iro no Corda

La Corda d'Oro
Cover of the Windows game
金色のコルダ (Kin'iro no Koruda)
Genre	Romance, Fantasy
Game
Developer	Koei
Publisher	Koei
Genre	Role-playing video game, life simulation game, visual novel
Platform	Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable
Released	Windows: JP: September 19, 2003 PlayStation 2: JP: March 18, 2004 PlayStation Portable: JP: November 16, 2005
Manga
Written by	Yuki Kure
Published by	Hakusensha
English publisher	AUS Madman Entertainment NA Viz Media SG Chuang Yi
Demographic	Shōjo
Magazine	LaLa
Original run	March 5, 2004 – May 24, 2011
Volumes	17
Anime television series
La Corda d'Oro: Primo Passo
Directed by	Kōjin Ochi
Studio	Yumeta Company
Licensed by	NA Sentai Filmworks
Original network	TV Tokyo, TVA, TSC, TVO, TVh, TVQ
English network	NA Anime Network SEA Animax
Original run	October 1, 2006 – March 25, 2007
Episodes	26
Game
Kin'iro no Corda 2
Developer	Koei
Publisher	Koei
Platform	PlayStation 2
Released	JP: March 15, 2007
Game
Kin'iro no Corda 2: Encore
Developer	Koei
Publisher	Koei
Platform	PlayStation 2
Released	JP: September 20, 2007
Game
Kin'iro no Corda 2: Forte
Developer	Koei
Publisher	Koei
Platform	PlayStation Portable
Released	JP: February 26, 2009
Anime television series
La Corda d'Oro: Secondo Passo
Directed by	Kōjin Ochi
Studio	Yumeta Company
Original network	Kids Station
Original run	March 26, 2009 – June 5, 2009
Episodes	2
Game
Kin'iro no Corda 2 Forte: Encore
Developer	Koei
Publisher	Koei
Platform	PlayStation Portable
Released	JP: August 20, 2009
Game
Kin'iro no Corda 3
Developer	Koei
Publisher	Koei
Platform	PlayStation 2 PlayStation Portable
Released	February 25, 2010
Game
Kin'iro no Corda 3: Full Voice Special
Developer	Koei
Publisher	Tecmo Koei
Platform	PlayStation Portable
Released	September 19, 2013
Game
Kin'iro no Corda 3: Another Sky feat. Jinnan
Developer	Koei
Publisher	Tecmo Koei
Platform	PlayStation Portable
Released	January 23, 2014
Game
Kin'iro no Corda 3: Another Sky feat. Shiseikan
Developer	Koei
Publisher	Tecmo Koei
Platform	PlayStation Portable
Released	March 27, 2014
Anime television series
La Corda d'Oro Blue Sky
Directed by	Kōjin Ochi
Written by	Keiichirō Ōchi
Studio	TYO Animations
Licensed by	NA Sentai Filmworks
Original network	NTV
Original run	April 5, 2014 – June 21, 2014
Episodes	12

La Corda d'Oro (Japanese: 金色のコルダ, Hepburn: Kin'iro no Koruda^?) is a role-playing game series targeted at a female audience under the Neoromance series from Koei. The title is Italian for The Golden String.

The story was adapted into a manga by the game’s character designer, Yuki Kure, which is serialized in LaLa magazine. An anime adaptation, titled La Corda d'Oro: Primo Passo, was first broadcast by TV Tokyo from October 2006 to March 2007. The anime also premiered on Animax. It was aired across its respective networks worldwide, including Hong Kong and Taiwan, and also translated and dubbed into English for its English language networks in Southeast Asia and South Asia, and other regions. Sentai Filmworks acquired North American rights to the series, has released it in two half-season box sets, and is streaming it online. The first of a 2-episode anime special, entitled La Corda d'Oro: Secondo Passo, was aired by Kids Station on March 26, 2009, but the season ends on a cliffhanger. Secondo Passo was meant strictly to promote the video game.

Kahoko Hino is a student in the General Education section of Seiso Academy. One day she runs into Lili, a musical fairy, who grants her a magical violin and a place in the school's annual musical competition. Kahoko refuses, only to be pressed on by Lili until she accepts the instrument and place in the competition. As she practices, Kahoko is amazed that she can play any musical piece as long as she knows the tune and plays it with her heart. As the competition goes on, she becomes more and more attached to the people she is trying to compete with.