La Corda d'Oro

La Corda d'Oro (金色のコルダ) is a role-playing game series targeted at a female audience under the Neoromance series from Koei. The title comes from the Italian for The Golden String.

The story is being adapted into a manga by the game’s character designer, Yuki Kure, which is currently 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, also translating and dubbing the series 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, and will release it in two half-season box sets. The first of a 2-episode anime special, entitled La Corda d'Oro: Secondo Passo, was aired by Kids Station on March 26, 2009.

Plot
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.

Characters

 * Hino Kahoko (日野香穂子) (game);  (anime and drama CD)
 * Kahoko is the female protagonist of the series. She is a second year at Seiso Academy and is in the General Education department. She has a warm and friendly personality and is very honest and straightforward, as shown from the way she expresses herself through her violin. She remains oblivious throughout the story to the attention of the males surrounding her.

Official sites

 * Official website
 * Kin'iro no Corda: Primo Passo @ TV Tokyo
 * Kin'iro no Corda: Primo Passo @ Gamecity.ne.jp
 * Kin'iro no Corda (game) @ Gamecity.ne.jp
 * Kin'iro no Corda (psp game) @ Gamecity.ne.jp
 * Kin'iro no Corda 2 (ps2game) @ Gamecity.ne.jp
 * Kin'iro no Corda 2 (psp game) @ Gamecity.ne.jp
 * Kin'iro no Corda 3 @ Gamecity.ne.jp

Other sites


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