"Thermae Romae Novae", the Netflix original net animation (ONA) remake of Thermae Romae, premieres on Netflix this March 28.
By: Nicole S. Castro on March 02, 2022 at 12:15 PHT
Voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda (nicknamed "TsudaKen") stars in this special cast announcement trailer for Thermae Romae Novae, the Netflix ONA remake of the 2012 anime Thermae Romae.
Tsuda voices the series' protagonist, Lucius Modestus, a Roman thermae architect who ends up discovering modern Japanese baths.
Thermae Romae Novae premieres worldwide on Netflix this March 28, 2022.
According to the video, the additional cast includes the following:
Livia (CV: Sanae Kobayashi)
Marcus (CV: Chikahiro Kobayashi)
Regulus (CV: Satoshi Hino)
Emperor Hadrianus (CV: Satoshi Hino)
Mami Yamaguchi (CV: Asami Seto)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (CV: Shūichi Ikeda)
Yoshida (CV: Takahiro Sakurai)
Ceionius (CV: Yoshimasa Hosoya)
Marcus Annius Verus (CV: Junya Enoki)
Thermae Romae (Japanese: テルマエ・ロマエ, Hepburn: Terumae Romae) is a Japanese manga series by Mari Yamazaki. It won the third Manga Taishō and the Short Story Award at the 14th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. The manga has been licensed in North America by Yen Press.
An anime television adaptation by DLE Inc. aired in Japan on Fuji TV's Noitamina block in January 2012. Two live-action films premiered in 2012 (Thermae Romae) and 2014 (Thermae Romae II).
Synopsis
Lucius Modestus, an ancient Roman architect, finds himself job-hunting due to having trouble coming up with new ideas. As his demeanor and personality become dismal, his friends try taking him to a bathhouse for him to relax. Unable to unwind in the bustling and crowded bath, Lucius dips his head in the water. Down there, he finds a secret tunnel that transports him to a modern-day Japanese bathhouse, providing him the inspiration he needed to make a new creation.
Loaded with what seems to be knowledge way ahead of his time, Lucius does his best to try and recreate his findings, usually inferior in quality due to his circumstances. However, the sheer ingenuity may be just enough to gain the attention of the citizens and regain his reputation as an architect. (from MyAnimeList)
Source: Comic Natalie
NICOLE S. CASTRO
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Nicole is based in the Philippines and works as a freelance Japanese Translator/Interpreter and copywriter (English). She is a JLPT N2 passer who watches anime to "study" for N1. She has a long career history on LinkedIn (with primary focus on media and translation), but her anime watchlist is much, much longer.
