Romeo's Blue Skies

Infobox animanga/Header
name = Romeo and the Black Brothers


caption = Cover of the first DVD
ja_name = ロミオの青い空
ja_name_trans = Romeo's Blue Skies
genre = DramaInfobox animanga/Anime
title =
director = Kôzô Kuzuha
studio = Nippon Animation
network = flagicon|Japan Fuji TV flagicon|Philippines ABS-CBN flagicon|Italy Italia 1 flagicon|Kuwait Kuwait TV flagicon|Germany Junior flagicon|Morocco 2M TV
first = January 15 1995
last = December 17 1995
episodes = 33

nihongo|"Romeo's Blue Skies"|ロミオの青い空|Romio no aoi sora|"Romeo's Blue Skies" is a Japanese anime series by Nippon Animation. Although "Romeo's Blue Skies" is the literal translation of the Japanese title, the official English name given by Nippon Animation is "Romeo and the Black Brothers". It is known in the Philippines as "Mga Munting Pangarap ni Romeo" (literally "Romeo's Simple Dreams").

It is based on the novel "(Die Schwarzen Brüder)" written in 1941 in Switzerland by the Jewish author Kurt Held but published under the name of his wife Lisa Tetzner.

Characters

; Romeo: "Voiced by Ai Orikasa" (Japanese) Louie Paraboles (Tagalog):Young optimistic boy, who is sold to a chimney sweep and learns the trade.; The Black Brothers: A group of young chimney sweeps in Milan.; Piccolo: Romeo's pet weasel.; Alfredo:"Voiced by Toshiko Fujita":Romeo's best friend. His main goal in life is protecting his sister.; Luini, the God of Death: "Voiced by Tetsuo Komura"; Bianca: "Voiced by Akemi Okamura":Alfredo's sister. She is the reason why Alfredo sold himself to Luini.; Rossi: "Voiced by Masahiro Anzai": Romeo's boss, who bought him.; Angeletta: "Voiced by Maria Kawamura":Beautiful girl who lives with Rossi.

Episodes

# A Happening In A Village Of The Alps
# The Beginning Of The Destiny
# Farewell To My Village
# The Boy In The Portrait
# A Night In A Bar
# The Boat Is Sinking
# The House Of Angel
# The Present From The Angel
# A Love Letter In The Moonlight
# The Sketchbook
# Let's Become Friends
# Gone With The Fog
# The Meet In The Sewer
# Let's Get Away!
# Oath Of Eleven
# Alfredo is My Rival!
# The Duel At Saint Bavila Church
# The Song Of Unity
# The Grandmother Is A Witch
# The Puppet Of Teo
# The Secret Of Angeletta
# I Sae My Grandmother!
# Goodbye, My Angel
# Bianca
# The Brother And The Sister Meet Again
# The Proud Soul
# A Long Day
# The Young Noble Alfred
# Alfred Forever
# The Last Salute
# The Real Treasure
# A Lovely Christmas Eve
# To The Sky, On The Wing Of Freedom!

Other media

Artbook

* Romeo no Aoi Sora Megu Extra ISBN 4-88271-410-8

CD's

* Romeo no Aoi Sora Drama and Soundtrack Vol 1 WPC6-8128
* Romeo no Aoi Sora Original Soundtrack Vol 2 WPC6-8138
* Sora E... (Opening song) Hiroko Kasahara WPD6-9037

Trivia

Romeo's character design (by Yoshiharu Satou) is based on a picture of a Swiss boy, which was taken by Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata when they were doing research for "Heidi, Girl of the Alps".fact|date=July 2007

External links

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