Series synopsis
Those Snow White Notes, also known as ましろのおと is a Japanese animation drama television series that premiered on MBS on April 3, 2021. It ended on June 19, 2021.
Matsugorou Sawamura is a shamisen player of legendary talent. Upon his death, his grandson, Setsu Sawamura, lost his ability to play. Having lost his beloved sound, Setsu finds himself in Tokyo in search of a new sound to love. Tachiki Yuna, who works at a club, hooks him up with a gig to play there as a warm up act. Setsu imbues the sound of his shamisen with his many thoughts and feelings he has of others, still searching for his own sound and his own feelings.
Premise
Matsugorou Sawamura is a shamisen player of legendary talent. Upon his death, his grandson, Setsu Sawamura, lost his ability to play. Having lost his beloved sound, Setsu finds himself in Tokyo in search of a new sound to love. Tachiki Yuna, who works at a club, hooks him up with a gig to play there as a warm up act. Setsu imbues the sound of his shamisen with his many thoughts and feelings he has of others, still searching for his own sound and his own feelings.
Cast and characters
Guest cast
- Nobunaga Shimazaki as Setsu Sawamura (voice)
- Yoshimasa Hosoya as Wakana Sawamura (voice)
- Takako Honda as Umeko Sawamura (voice)
- Tomohisa Aso as Matsugoro Sawamura (voice)
- Yume Miyamoto as Shuri Maeda (voice)
- Reina Kondo as Yui Yamazato (voice)
- Nobuhiko Okamoto as Kaito Yaguchi (voice)
- Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Rai Nagamori (voice)
- Tasuku Hatanaka as Soichi Tanuma (voice)
- Shiori Mikami as Mai Tanuma (voice)
- Yuuichirou Umehara as Seiryu Kamiki (Kosuke Ogata) (voice)
- Binbin Takaoka as Ryugen Kamiki (Genzo Tanuma) (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 45 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 33 | January 15, 2021 | June 21, 2021 |
| Season 1 | 12 | April 3, 2021 | June 19, 2021 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Those Snow White Notes Mini: Episode 1 | January 15, 2021 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | January 18, 2021 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | January 22, 2021 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Desolate Sawamura Matsugorou, the grandfather of a young Tsugaru shamisen player, Sawamura Setsu, has died. In losing the grandfather whom he'd always admired, Setsu has lost his own sound, and so he has gone to Tokyo with no plans other than to search for what he's lost. When he gets caught up in some trouble, he's saved by Tachiki Yuna, a woman who works at a hostess club. Events progress, and Setsu ends up unveiling his musical skills as the opening act for a live concert... |
April 3, 2021 |
| 2 |
Apple Blossoms Setsu's unconventional mother, Sawamura Umeko, has suddenly descended and forced him to enroll at Umezono Academy. In helping to assemble a shamisen which has lain long disused, he meets Maeda Shuri, a girl in the same grade as him. While all this is going on, Setsu reunites with his older brother, who he hasn't seen in a while, and they play shamisen together... |
April 10, 2021 |
| 3 |
Sudden Downpour Shuri is caught listening to music during class and has her cellphone confiscated. The song heard through her earphones is Setsu's grandfather, Matsugoro's, improvisation piece "Shungyou." How? How does she know that song? When Setsu asks about it, Shuri tells him that's a song that holds precious memories for her and her grandmother. |
April 17, 2021 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | MBS |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 3, 2021 |
| Last aired | June 19, 2021 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Saturday at 02:25:00 |