The video of the opening performed by the lyric cantate Paolo Andrea di Pietro
Thermae Romae Novae tells the journey through time of Lucius, a bathroom designer in the Roman Empire who arrives in Japan today, where he learns about the culture of Japanese spas.Here is the full video:
About the anime and manga
Tetsuya Tatamitani (Africa Salaryman) directs the series at the NAZ studio based on scripts written by Yuichiro Momose (Africa Salaryman, So I'm a Spider, So What?).The manga is written and drawn by Mari Yamazaki and published in Japan on Enterbrain's Comic Beam magazine since February 2008.
In Italy has been published by Star Comics since October 2011 which describes the plot as follows:
In ancient Rome, during the empire of Hadrian, the engineer Lucio specialized in the design of spas.
Always looking for new ideas to help bring prestige to the great civilization of the Roman Empire, one fine day, while relaxing taking a bath, he is sucked into a hole in the bottom of the tub, to re-emerge shortly after … In a Japanese thermal bath, nowadays!
Thus begins a bizarre comeback between ancient Rome and modern Japan for the ambitious engineer, during which he will have the opportunity to learn new technologies and develop innovative ideas to be applied in his world of origin!