Piano no Mori

Infobox animanga/Header
name = Piano Forest


caption =
ja_name = ピアノの森
ja_name_trans = Piano no Mori
genre = DramaInfobox animanga/Manga
title =
author = Makoto Isshiki
illustrator =
publisher = Kodansha
publisher_en =
publisher_other =
magazine = Young Magazine Uppers
Weekly Morning
first = 1998
last = ongoing
volumes = 15
chapter_list =
demographic = Seinen
OEM = Infobox animanga/Movie
title =
director = Masayuki Kojima
writer = Ryuta Hourai
music = Keisuke Shinohara
studio = Madhouse
distributor= flagicon|Japan Shochiku
released = flagicon|Japan July 21 2007
runtime = 1 hour 41 minutes

nihongo|"Piano Forest"|ピアノの森|Piano no Mori is a manga by Makoto Isshiki. It was adapted into a 2007 Japanese animated feature film by director Masayuki Kojima and production company Madhouse. The film featured performances by the renowned pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy.

Reception

"Piano Forest" debuted in 9th place at the Japanese box office the week it came out, unusually high for a non-franchise animated film. [citeweb|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-07-23/japanese-box-office-july-21-22-piano-no-mori-at-no.9|title=Japanese Box Office, July 21–22: Piano no Mori at #9|publisher=Anime News Network|accessdate=2008-04-03]

The film was nominated for the 2008 Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year. It was also nominated in the Theatrical Film category at the 2008 Annecy International Animated Film Festival.

References

External links

* [http://www.piano-movie.jp/ Official website] jp icon
*ann anime|id=7466
*ann manga|id=4827
*imdb title|id=1119194