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Cover of the first Blu-ray volume released by Aniplex in Japan on February 25, 2015.
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Country of origin | Japan |
No. of episodes | 22 + OVA |
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Original network | Fuji TV (Noitamina) |
Original release | October 9, 2014 – March 19, 2015 |
Your Lie in April is an anime television series adapted from the manga series of the same name by Naoshi Arakawa. The story follows a piano prodigy named Kōsei Arima, who had become famous as a child musician after dominating many competitions. However, after his mother died, he could no longer play the piano. Two years later, Kōsei meets a girl named Kaori Miyazono, who helps Kōsei return to the world of music and showing that music should be played freely and without restrictions, unlike Kōsei, who had played his music in a structured manner.
The anime is directed by Kyōhei Ishiguro from A-1 Pictures and written by Takao Yoshioka. The series aired from October 9, 2014 to March 19, 2015 on Fuji TV's Noitamina block. Aniplex released the series in Japan on Blu-ray and DVD from February 25, 2015. The series is licensed by Aniplex of America within North America, who simulcasted the series on Aniplex Channel, Crunchyroll, Hulu and Viewster.Madman Entertainment licensed the series in Australia and New Zealand, who made the series available on AnimeLab.Anime Limited licensed the series in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
The series uses four pieces of theme music: two opening themes and the ending themes. For the first eleven episodes and the original video animation, the opening theme is "Hikaru Nara" (光るなら lit. If You Will Shine) by Goose house, while the ending theme is "Kirameki" (キラメキ lit. Sparkle) by wacci. From episode twelve onwards, the opening theme is "Nanairo Symphony" (七色シンフォニー Nanairo Shinfonī, lit. Seven Colored Symphony) by Coalamode, while the ending theme is "Orange" (オレンジ Orenji) by 7!! (Seven Oops).