Romeo no Aoi Sora
Romeo's Blue Skies • ロミオの青い空
TV · 1995 · 33 eps · Finished · Score 8.0
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Slice of Life
Themes: Work, Primarily Child Cast, Class Struggle, Kids, Historical, Male Protagonist, Foreign, Urban, Philosophy, Classic Literature, Bullying, Survival, Coming of Age, Primarily Male Cast, Tomboy, Fugitive, Slavery, Adoption
Studios: Nippon Animation
Synopsis
Romeo, a young boy living in the Alps of Italian Switzerland, signs a contract with a shady individual to pay for his sick father's doctor, who will take him across the mountains to Italy, to Milan, where he will be sold as a chimney sweep's helper. Thus begins Romeo's journey, amidst abuse and violence, during which he will form lasting and deep bonds with other child chimney sweeps, coming to form a fraternity called "The Black Brothers," who will all learn to help each other in times of need.
Voice Actors
- Ai Orikasa as Romeo
- Toshiko Fujita as Alfredo Martini
- Akemi Okamura as Bianca Martini
- Aya Ishizu as Nikita
- Sakura Tange as Anita
- Nana Yamaguchi as Isabella Montovani
- Kayoko Fujii as Jessica
- Nobuyuki Hiyama as Giovanni
- Masako Ikeda as Narrator
- Tomoko Ishimura as Dante
- Junko Shimakata as Carlo
- Maria Kawamura as Angeletta
- Haru Endou as Lisa
- Ryuusuke Oobayashi as Roberto
- Tetsuo Komura as Antonio Luini