Romeo's Blue Skies

ロミオの青い空

Catalog score

★ 8.0 / 10· Favourites: 429

Type

Episodes

33 / 33

Genres

Adventure, Drama, Slice of Life

Themes / tags

Primarily Child Cast, Historical, Kids, Tragedy, Male Protagonist, Foreign, Urban, Work, Philosophy, Class Struggle, Coming of Age, Classic Literature

Source

Other

Status

Finished

Release

15 January 1995 — 17 December 1995

Season

Winter 1995

Duration

23 min/ep

Studio

Nippon Animation

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.