by The anime “Thermae Romae Novae” is scheduled to be distributed on Netflix from March 28, 2022. The ban on the inevitable continuous reaction video of laughter has been lifted. The main character, Lucius, is severely shocked by the culture of “the familiar thing for Japanese people” related to the bath.
“Thermae Romae Novae” is an animated version of the masterpiece comic “Thermae Romae” based on Mari Yamazaki for the first time in about ten years and will be exclusively distributed worldwide on Netflix from Monday, March 28, 2022.
Lucius, a bath technician of the Roman Empire, has become able to time-slip between “Ancient Rome” and “Modern Japan”. Strangely, he will incorporate Japanese bathing culture into the design of his bath, Thermae. “Timeslip bath comedy”.
Mari Yamazaki himself participated as a series composition, and two newly written original episodes that were not in the original were added and reborn as.
The role of Lucius is played by Kenjiro Tsuda, who is active in various fields such as voice actors, actors, and narrators.
One day, Lucius was told that his idea was old and was in a difficult situation, was sucked into a mysterious big hole in a public bath while suffering from his troubles. And the destination he arrived at was … what a modern Japanese public bath! ??
In the video, Lucius immediately found a mirror of a single plate of a regular public bath and was shocked by “What a high degree of civilization …” and was surprised at the familiar mural painting of Mt. Fuji. It looks like it won’t stop.
In addition, Lucius, who slipped into the bath of a general household, associated with the crown that a great chieftain would wear from the green shampoo hat, tried hard to touch the bath boots. The surprise and quest for “convenient bath goods” are fully open!
Furthermore, yukata and bathrobes are Roman Empire style? The appearance of dressing in a shoulder-out style is also projected, and it is inevitable to laugh at the continuous reaction scene to the bath culture.
And what surrounds Lucius with even more surprise and excitement is the “Japanese food culture” that is inseparable from baths and hot springs. He enjoyed hot spring eggs, ramen, beer, etc., and screamed at the fruit milk after the bath, saying, “This sweetness makes you dreamy!”
And the washlet function of the toilet, which surprises many foreigners even if it is not Lucius, is a special video that makes you want to watch the main story, such as ascending to the heavens with an incredible feeling that “it is the first feeling in my life …” It’s finished.
Don’t miss the new “Time Slip Bath Comedy”, which is full of the charm of Lucius, which can be said to be the actual value of “Thermae Romae”!
The original comic won the “Manga Award 2010”, and the “14th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Award Short Film Award” has been made a live-action movie twice. The total box office revenue of the first and second works exceeds 10 billion yen. Recorded a big hit.
The first episode, which is the day before Lucius intends to become a bath technician, is written by Mari Yamazaki. In the seventh episode, Lucius slips back in time to Japan in the Edo period instead of the usual modern Japan. “Thermae Romae Novae”, which was born with the addition of an original episode not found in the original, will be exclusively distributed worldwide on Netflix from March 28, 2022 (Monday).
Netflix series “Thermae Romae Novae” will be exclusively distributed worldwide from March 28 (Monday)
