What is the iRankMovies score for Your Lie in April?

Name: Your Lie in April
Genre: animation, comedy, drama

Your Lie in April has an iRankMovies score of 85.6/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Your Lie in April (2014–2015)

四月は君の嘘

I met the girl under full-bloomed cherry blossoms, and my fate has begun to change.

Release:2014–2015

Seasons:1

Country:Japan

Director:Atsuhiro Iwakami, Yoko Matsuzaki

Language:Japanese

Genre

AnimationComedyDrama

See the best animation TV series →

Keywords

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder PtsdTraumaViolinChild ProdigyClassical Musicfriendship Rivalry romance

iRank86

Your Lie in April rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

TMDb8.564/10· 1K votes

About Your Lie in April

Kousei Arima was a genius pianist until his mother's sudden death took away his ability to play. Each day was dull for Kousei. But, then he meets a violinist named Kaori Miyazono who has an eccentric playing style. Can the heartfelt sounds of the girl's violin lead the boy to play the piano again?

Cast of Your Lie in April

Natsuki Hanae
as Kousei Arima (voice)
Risa Taneda
as Kaori Miyazono (voice)
Ayane Sakura
as Tsubaki Sawabe (voice)
Ryota Osaka
as Ryouta Watari (voice)

Our take on Your Lie in April

This emotional anime follows a piano prodigy who lost his ability to hear the music after his mother's death — until a free-spirited violinist pulls him back toward life and love. Gorgeous, melancholy and devastating, it makes music a language of grief and healing. If its beauty and heartbreak moved you, seek out emotional anime and dramas about art, loss and being brought back to feeling.

Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026Methodology Data sources

Episodes: 22

Ep. length: 23m