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Pianist Uuuno Plays Anime Themes on Toy Piano

YouTube user unozone3, alias "uuuno", has been posting videos of himself playing a variety of songs on a toy piano for the last four weeks. Among the songs are several anime themes: the "Anpanman March" from long-running childrens' series Anpanman, "Itsumo Nando Demo" from Studio Ghibli's Spirited Away, and "Sanpo" from Ghibli's My Neighbor Totoro.

Uuuno, whose real name is Masashi Uno, is based in the city of Gifu, about 250 miles east of Tokyo in the Gifu Prefecture. He graduated from the Tokyo College of Music and has been performing piano concerts in the area since 1999; he is also available to perform on commission and teach piano lessons. Uno has an official website and blog.