Romeo and the Black Brothers (1995)

Original title

ロミオの青い空

Directed by

Kōzō Kusuba

Genre

drama anime and manga

Country

Japan

Length

1 season, 33 episodes

Rated

NR

Rating

8.7 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young boy is sold into slavery in 19th century Milan. He joins a group of other child chimney sweeps who support each other as they struggle to survive and find justice.

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What happens

Romeo and the Black Brothers (ロミオの青い空, Romio no aoi sora) also titled as Romeo's Blue Skies is a 1995 Japanese anime series produced by Nippon Animation. Based on the novel Die schwarzen Brüder ("The Black Brothers") by Lisa Tetzner, the series aired from January to December 1995 on Fuji Television and its affiliates as the 21st entry in the World Masterpiece Theater series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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