Netflix thermae Romam ducunt (et Antinoum…)

NETFLIX THERMAE NOVAE

A proud bath architect in ancient Rome starts randomly surfacing in present-day Japan, where he’s inspired by the many bathing innovations he finds.
Starring: Kenjiro Tsuda, Sanae Kobayashi, Chikahiro Kobayashi
(Netflix official website)

On Netflix since last February, ‘THERMAE ROMAE’ is a nice TV series. An excellent introduction to it is reproduced hereafter, from the website ‘Antinous and the Stars’:

Wednesday, April 6, 2022
ANTINOUS MAKES HIS ANIME DEBUT IN ‘THERMAE ROMAE NOVAE’ ON NETFLIX
LEGIONS of fans of the Antinous-themed best-selling manga books and live-action movie THERMAE ROMAE are excited about the anime version now streaming on Netflix.
“Omnes Thermae Romam Ducunt” is the series tag line: “All Baths Lead to Rome.”
Fans of the books by Mari Yamazaki and the cult hit live-action movie have followed the exploits of Ancient Roman architect and structural engineer Lucius Quintus Modestus.
Given the commission of a lifetime, he is so desperate to build the ultimate bath house for Emperor Hadrian that he travels through a time-vortex to modern-day Japan… where he discovers 21st Century bath house technology.
In a tantalizing temporal paradox, the reader is never certain whether it was Lucius’s Japanese innovations which inspired Ancient Roman bath house wizardry …
… or whether modern Japanese bath houses are the result of Roman innovations introduced by Lucius from Japan back to Rome and which have returned to Japan … in some sort of endless time-paradox loop.
The anime’s 11 episodes show Lucius designing baths in Rome, Jerusalem and at Hadrian’s Villa … as well as helping a Japanese architect to design an innovative Roman-style bath at a modern spa in Japan.
Along the way, Lucius Modestus battles bullies as a boy, self-doubts as a young architect and sexual identity issues as well as assassination plots from Hadrian’s political opponents.
“Thermae Romae Novae” presents a very reverential view of Antinous and Hadrian and hints at much more to come in a promised Season 2. …
Posted by Hernestus at 12:00 AM

Source: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2022/04/antinous-makes-his-anime-debut-in.html?fbclid=IwAR0iKmJg2_13Y2uir5Wtefy741T-sDEAQmGxAT6e1gG4BI9p0PJZNMVFPCk

NETFLIX THERMAE NOVAE
NETFLIX THERMAE NOVAE

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