The original manga concluded in 2013 with six volumes.
Thermae romae anime. A live action film was released in japan on april 28 2012 and was that year s 2nd highest grossing domestic film. In 128 ad lucius is a bathhouse architect in the ancient roman empire. With jim foronda amber lee connors hiroshi shirokuma hiroki touchi. It may seem like just another low quality show with no point whatsoever but thermae romae is a fairly humorous show that has a surprising amount of depth to it.
The manga has been licensed in north america by yen press. Thermae romae won the 3rd manga taisho award in 2010. Thermae romae is a bathhouse comedy manga by mari yamazaki. Follow his journey in discovering new inspirations which he then brings back to rome.
It may seem like just another low quality show with no point whatsoever but thermae romae is a fairly humorous show that has a surprising amount of depth to it. Thermae romae is a comedy about lucius an architect of public bath houses thermae in ancient rome who time travels to various modern day baths in japan. Thermae romae is an anime from studio dle inc that falls into the main genre of comedy. Lucius a roman architect is transported through time to modern day japan where he learns about japanese bathhouses and uses this to his gain back home.
Set in ancient rome it follows the bizarre time trotting adventures of public bath architect lucius modestus to modern day japan. Fuji tv produced a live action film adaptation and released on april 28 2012. When he loses his job a friend takes him to a bath to relax. Yen press released the series in hardcover 2 in 1 omnibuses from november 20 2012 to february 25 2014.
Through manga and essay passages yamazaki explores the two cultures in the world that have loved baths the most. An anime television adaptation by dle inc. It won the third manga taishō and the short story award at the 14th tezuka osamu cultural prize. The story follows lucius a roman architect who ends up in modern day japan and gets surprised by all the bath innovations.
Aired in japan on fuji tv s noitamina block in january 2012. A second film thermae romae ii was released in 2014.
Related topic:A second film thermae romae ii was released in 2014. Aired in japan on fuji tv s noitamina block in january 2012. The story follows lucius a roman architect who ends up in modern day japan and gets surprised by all the bath innovations.