Watch Episodes Add to My List Add to Favorites Alternative TitlesSynonyms: 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 More titles InformationType: 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 StatisticsScore: 8.641 (scored by 1,385,101 users) 1 indicates a weighted score. Ranked: #822 2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #24 Members: 2,276,207 Favorites: 86,904 Available AtResourcesStreaming Platforms |
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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 ... Read more Open Gift Report
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 ... Read more Open Gift Report
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. Read more Open Gift Report
Mar 20, 2015 Stark700 Recommended 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 ... Read more Open Gift Report
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 ... Read more Open Gift Report
Mar 19, 2015 PyraXadon Recommended "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, ... Read more Open Gift Report
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. Read more Open Gift Report
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, ... Read more Open Gift Report
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, ... Read more Open Gift Report
Mar 21, 2015 loopuleasa Recommended Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso. 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 ... Read more Open Gift Report
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 ... Read more Open Gift Report
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 ... Read more Open Gift Report
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 ... Read more Open Gift Report
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 ... Read more Open Gift Report
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. 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 ... Read more Open Gift Report
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 ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jan 8, 2017 Artrill Not Recommended [4.0/10] _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ... Read more Open Gift Report
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 ... Read more Open Gift Report
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 ... Read more Open Gift Report
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 ... Read more Open Gift Report Previous - More Reviews |
