Forest of Piano, known in Japan as Piano no Mori: The Perfect World of Kai (ピアノの森 – The perfect world of KAI),
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Makoto Isshiki. An anime television series adaptation produced by Gaina aired from April 8, 2018 to April 14, 2019 on NHK. The anime was originally listed to air for 12 episodes, but later air for 24 episodes. The 24 episodes air in two seasons, with the first season airing from April to July 2018, and the second season airing from January to April 2019. Kai Ichinose, a boy who lives in the red light district escapes at night to play the piano in the forest. Shuhei Amamiya, transfers to Moriwaki Elementary, Kai's elementary school. He gets involved in a dare to play the mysterious piano in the forest, leading to his meeting with Kai, who seems to be the only one capable of getting sound out of the thought-to-be broken piano. Kai's ability earns him the respect of Shuhei and his music teacher, Sosuke Ajino. Both Shuhei and Ajino try to get Kai to take proper piano lessons, but Kai is at first resistant to refining his piano-playing technique. However, after hearing Sosuke play a Chopin piece he relents.
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- Japanese
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- Johnny Yong Bosch as Kai Ichinose (Young & Older)