Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso (2024)

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Synonyms: Kimiuso

Japanese: 四月は君の嘘

English: Your Lie in April

German: Shigatsu Wa Kimi No Uso - Sekunden in Moll

Spanish: Your Lie in April

French: Your Lie in April

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Type: TV

Episodes: 22

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Oct 10, 2014 to Mar 20, 2015

Premiered: Fall 2014

Broadcast: Fridays at 01:20 (JST)

Producers: Aniplex, Dentsu, Kodansha, Fuji TV, Lawson HMV Entertainment, Kyoraku Industrial Holdings, Kansai Telecasting

Licensors: Aniplex of America

Studios: A-1 Pictures

Source: Manga

Genres: Drama, Romance

Themes: Love Polygon, Music, School

Demographic: Shounen

Duration: 22 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older


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Ranked: #812

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Popularity: #23

Members: 2,266,836

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Mar 20, 2015

Smugdear

Recommended

There is much bitterness in life, but we have to learn that we must forget that and keep go on. Just like a rainbow in the rain, Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso ends beautifully.

Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso is a story about Kousei Arima, a piano prodigy who is quite famous at his young age thanks to his mother who introduced him to the world of piano. Arima dominates all competitions he participated because of his perfect performance. One day her mother died. Arima feels shocked since then and got some sort of trauma that makes him unable to play the piano again. Kousei gave ...

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Mar 19, 2015

Raines1989

Recommended

Your lie in April is my favorite show of all time. Beautiful, inspiring, wonderful.

The characters of Kousei Arima and Kaori Miyazono will likely stick with me forever. Kousei is an immediately tragic character. His inner monologues give him a characterization that show someone who is withdrawing from the world in order to protect himself. Seeing how he progresses throughout the story is one of the best things about Your lie in April. And showing a wisdom far beyond her age alongside a bright perspective on life and music, Kaori is absolutely inspiring. The words she says to Kousei help to bring him back into the ...

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Dec 23, 2015

St0rmrage

Not Recommended

Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso is a coming of age story about the 14 year old pianist Arima Kousei.
After the death of his mother he loses the ability to hear the piano.
Until one day he meets a very forced tsundere girl - Miyazono Kaori.
The writers wanted for Kaori to help Kousei return to the music world and show that it should be free and mold breaking unlike the structured and rigid style Kousei was used to.
But instead she literally forces him to do things her way turning him into her doge (couldn't resist) and becoming a Taiga (from ToraDora!) clone, giving a wrong message, that ...

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Mar 20, 2015

Stark700

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Here’s some interesting fruit for thought: imagine a world without music or sound. A place void of lyrics, voices, or emotions. It would look pretty hollow doesn’t it? For a character named Kousei Arima, he knows what it’s like to be around music. During his childhood, he became a child prodigy with his talent in playing the piano. But one single solidary moment changed his life forever and his world became hollow. From the child prodigy he once was, Kousei is now a normal kid attending school with his friends. Until one day, he meets a beautiful young girl named Kaori Miyazono who could ...

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Apr 30, 2020

Ezekiel_01

Mixed Feelings

{This content might contain possible spoilers}

Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso or Your Lie in April narrative is simple, easy to follow, and predictable at times. It has a combination of school life, emotional drama, and some kiddy romance and on the cherry on top, music that focuses on the sound made by the elites. It gives off an aroma, a recipe for a good anime. After I finish consuming the show contents, I thought for a moment. Why is this show lacking some distinctive flavor or a unique taste? Then I realize this show is not what it seems to be. Starting off with the ...

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Mar 19, 2015

PyraXadon

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"We’re all afraid, you know.. to get up on stage. Maybe you’ll mess up. Maybe they’ll totally reject you. Even so, you grit your teeth and get up on stage anyway. Something compels us… moves us to play music." -Kaori Miyazono

Life is a concert, a conglomerate of symphonies and pieces that seamlessly transition from one song to the next. Like a concert hall, life has moments of crescendos, the rising areas where we feel accomplished, or pleased with ourselves, but it also has those moments of diminuendo, where our lives dip into sadness, failure, and despair. There are times where we speed up, ...

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Apr 6, 2015

atomicsmal

Mixed Feelings

While the production values were very high and the sound, animation and art all looked and played wonderfully I couldn't get past the storyline that was confusing even to itself. There was so much needles drama and the ever present love trapezoid that really didn't need to exist for as long as it did.
It was too steeped in it's own melodrama for it's own good, I feel it could have been greater.

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May 26, 2015

Linqua

Recommended

While other musical animes don't have a good plot, Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso has a good a interesting plot (thought the title of the anime can tell a good part of what you are expectating)

The story is about Arima Kousei a ex-pianist that one day gets invited by he friends to go hang out with they to show Watari(a friend of Arima) a girl named Kaori Miyazono, Arima go to the local first and see Kaori playing a instrument, immediately Kousei fall in love for the girl that like his friend.

A few episodes later Kaori tells Kousei to be her companion for a show, ...

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Apr 29, 2015

babiettangkoma

Not Recommended

The music and of course means original soundtrack is wonderful. I love the original soundtrack including its two openings and endings song.

In terms of art, I cannot say much. It is a good art, both character design and the concept art are great.

I must admit the animation was awesome! Just look at how Arima played his piano, not many music (especially) piano anime can animate such a great move of fingers on the keys. I am always, well almost hyperventilated every time I watched them play. It was outstanding.

The character development was... okay?

Now, in terms of story. I know many people love this anime, ...

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Mar 21, 2015

loopuleasa

Recommended

Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso.
My first proper review.

People go through life following the path they've chosen and often they encounter stories along the way that they never forget. Those stories, the living and breathing characters in those stories, the vivid worlds birthed from within the story, all of them break into fragments and get meshed into your being, into your personality, into your mind and soul. Those stories we all encounter shape up who we are, and this is one of them.

This particular fantasy, holds beautiful fragments in the form of music, faces, dialogue, emotions, struggles, imagery and sensations all bursting with color. They ...

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Aug 8, 2015

myronator

Not Recommended

Preliminary (6/22 eps)

There are two things that I love; music and anime. Put them together and you end up with a....dropped anime? I was anticipating watching Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso after hearing that is is an award winning manga about a musical child prodigy learning to face his demons, with a bit of romance thrown in. If done right, this could have been another gem to add to the multiple other music-based anime out there. But instead it seems that almost everything went wrong.

The protagonist of Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso is Kousei, an unbelievably talented musician who's mother's death has been haunting him, so much ...

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Mar 31, 2015

Shadowhelm

Mixed Feelings

Character progression, art style, story. This series takes these values to heights that make film critics shimmer with satisfaction and guarantees it a solid rating.

I, however, am no film critic. I'm a simple guy donning simple tastes and battling with depression. Personally, I wish I never watched this.

To my untrained ear, the music seemed monotonous throughout the series and continued to carry a tone of despair and solitude.

Through my simplified vision, the art style seemed forced and uncomfortable.

In my dull and shallow mind, the story felt overly romanticized and stagnant.

Through my naivety, I blindly became attached to the characters, and forced myself to watch ...

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Apr 4, 2015

TwoSevenTwo

Recommended

"Your Lie In April" is a transparent attempt to pull at your heartstrings, and it works well.

The best part of this anime is how it ties character growth to musical ability. You can have fantastic piano technique, but if you're temperamental, immature, or just plain boring, it will come across in your music. Kousei's character growth comes across well in his playing, and that goes for the other characters too. The show manages to make multi-episode piano competitions interesting, which is itself quite the accomplishment.

The other good part is how it depicts the characters' struggles to figure out what they want from ...

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Mar 22, 2015

HaXXspetten

Recommended

"I want to hear it again, yet I don't want to hear it again. I want to see her, yet I don't want to see her. What do you call this kind of feeling again?"

Music is the only language which people of all nationalities are capable of understanding. It is a unique method of sending messages to one another and to understand one another. It's a conversation through instruments. In that sense, music transcends words.

Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso is a deeply melodramatic story about love and life itself, and how the aspect of music can be used to affect both. It is one of ...

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Apr 30, 2015

chimeriquement

Recommended

First of all, I do not love it because it is popular. I'm French and nobody knows it in France. So, nope, I've just been told by a friend about Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso.
I'll try to organise my review: we'll first talk about the plot. Then, we'll talk about the music. After, we'll deal with the characters. Last, but not least, we'll "judge" the animation.

So, let's begin with the plot: fabulous. Yet, the original speech looked classical: Kosei was a great pianist, "the human metronome", who was able to play perfectly every score, as if the original composer was playing. Today, being fourteen, he ...

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Mar 19, 2015

Vision2344

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (15/22 eps)

After watching the last episode I thought to myself, "Was it worth it?" The answer to that question is a simple, no. I had very high hopes for this anime and it failed to meet my expectations (perhaps they were a bit too high). BUT at least Shigatsu gripped me, gripped me by the ball sack and wouldn't let go i mean.

Although I have only watched 15 episodes I still believe that it was not worth my time. (I did see the last episode though)

The art of Shigatsu is very appealing and the animation was at least consistent but nothing I would call amazing. The ...

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Jan 8, 2017

Artrill

Not Recommended

[4.0/10]

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In a world where every teenager is a philosopher. Where every decision is backed up by a few minutes of brooding monologue, as the extremely obvious is explained repeatedly exists a show that is deeply flawed simply due to it's own genre trappings.

Your Lie In April is that show. In this review I will probably be harsher than perhaps I should be, however, watching all twenty two episodes elicited a very interesting reaction from me. One of frustration, exasperation, lost potential, and maybe just a little bit of hope.

A show that could've done so much right. A show that is dragged down by ...

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Jul 1, 2015

nakisou

Mixed Feelings

Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso, in English “Your Lie in April”, could have been a true masterpiece. A-1 Pictures has made efforts in that direction, creating a series that is flawless, technically speaking at least. The animation is well-cared-for and extremely fluid, to the point that it really gets close to perfection. It certainly does its job of capturing the viewer with its undeniable beauty, especially during the musical scenes. The soundtrack is just as fitting, with a selection of beautiful classical pieces. Also thanks to a great direction, A-1 Pictures gives its public some scenes it will never be able to forget. It's quite ...

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Mar 21, 2015

Gridfire

Recommended

What a treat. I didn't pick up Shigatsu wa kimi no uso expecting much. The art style is a bit conservative, and the musical love story is a well trodden path. While A-1's contributions to the Noitamina block include the memorable Ano Hana, they have also delivered the stale light novel adaptation Nanana's Buried Treasure, the infamous Fractale, and even this season a straightforward harem in Saekano. Fortunately, A-1 pictures brought their A-game to Shigatsu, and in fact this is one of the better shows of the past year.

Shigatsu starts of as a verbose, slightly melodramatic series and stays that way. Arima Kousei ...

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Mar 26, 2015

voidpointer

Recommended

This anime had a ton of potential. The art was amazing, sound amazing. The characters were beautifully drawn.

The ending absolutely ruined it for me. This anime feels very much like Clannad, in that it is pretty melodramatic. I personally prefer happy endings, and I wouldn't say this one has a happy ending. I personally feel frustrated after watching this.

There wasn't really much of a plot or story, the anime focuses mostly on the characters and their past. The flow of the anime is very inconsistent as well. You go from music, to competition, to love triangle, to very disappointing ending.

It's hard to describe more without ...

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