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Miu is a young, talented pianist with a passion for playing music. Under the guidance of Shirakawa, her teacher, she decides to enter a recital, where she will play an emotional, self-written piece.Piano is a quiet story about first loves, friendship, and the challenges one must overcome to succeed.

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Someday's Dreamers

Alt titles: Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto

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In a modern world, magic has become a service industry. From transforming a house, to arranging an article in the newspaper, no job is too big or too small for a mage, who are thought of highly in the public eye. Kikuchi Yume, daughter of a famous mage, has finally reached the age of apprenticeship, and must move to Tokyo to find a mentor. Under the tutelage of the esteemed mage (and nightclub owner) Oyamada Masami, she will learn what it means to be able to bring magic to others' lives.

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sothis
Someday's Dreamers and Piano both have a very similar, beautiful animation style.. but more importantly, both are charming, quiet, slow tales of the everyday life of a girl who is trying to succeed, even when it seems impossible. If you've seen one, I really don't think it's possible that you'd dislike the other.

Princess Tutu

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Once there lived an eccentric author called Drosselmeyer who wrote grand tragedies - one of them was the tale of a prince who sealed away an evil raven by breaking his own heart into tiny pieces. However, before the story could be completed, the author died and the tale took on a life of its own. Now, in a town where fiction and reality meet, the story continues on its tragic course with Ahiru, a duck who transforms into the beautiful Princess Tutu in order to restore the prince's heart. But will Ahiru's act of love be enough to defy the story's terrible destiny and lead to a happy ending?

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XMrNiceguyX
Two cute and sugarsweet raomance/drama stories involving music. While Piano focusses mainly one Piano-music (Hey.... what a coincidence), Princess Tutu focusses mainly on dance. Princess Tutu is more humerous though, has super powers and plays in a whole different world. SO if you want to look for a series like Piano, but a bit omre extreme, check out this one.

To Heart

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Hiroyuki Fujita's only distinguishing trait appears to be his perpetual laziness... but he has something about him that lets him make friends with girls easily, and has a kind side that his childhood friend Akari loves. Follow their 'everyday adventures' in high school with this light schoolkid comedy.

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7thMethuselah
An ode to the simplicity of life is what these two slice-of-life anime are. Both start from the same idea : an enjoyable, slow-paced view on how beautiful life can be in the simplests things, how we struggle over small everyday problems, how to relate to others, our doubts and fears, hopes and expectations, don't expect a complete story, you just step into their life, go along with it for a while and then leave them again. The difference between these two anime is the perspective and setting from which it is brought. In Piano, all these things are centered around the main character (a first person perspective) and daily house life, while in To Heart we are looking at it from the 3rd person perspective as it is the girls Hiroyuki meets that offer the insights in the human psyche and the setting is school life.

Whisper of the Heart

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Whisper of the Heart is a touching Ghibli slice-of-life story, about a young girl named Shizuku. While riding the train, she notices a fat cat riding alongside her. Following the cat, she finds a shop where she is told an enchanting story of a gold statue named "The Baron". WotH follows Shizuku in her struggles to grow, and her budding love with the shopkeeper's son.

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sothis
Whisper of the Heart and Piano are both music-based slice-of-life animes, which will leave you with a good feeling once it is finished.

Kokoro Toshokan

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Deep in the mountains lies a library with the same name as one of its caretakers, Kokoro. With her sisters Inna and Aruto, she strives to uphold the best characteristic of a librarian -- to help users with all her heart. Join young Kokoro as she starts the journey to become a full-fledged librarian, while learning about life, and being the best she can be.

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Himitsu

If you enjoyed the light sweetness in Piano, then you'll certainly enjoy Kokoro Library. The events that occur in both anime are never heavy. Theme words that come to mind are: soothing, tranquil, and soft - these seem to be the "feelings" I get from watching either Piano or Kokoro Library. Kokoro Library has more comedic/chibi moments, and more engaging episode events.