Romeo's Blue Skies | Anime Classics That Impacted Me

Once upon time Japan animation scene was filled with adaptions of classic novels. And the Arab in 90s were fond of dubbing these shows.

One anime I loved as a young boy, is the adaption of the classic novel: The Black Brothers. It was released in Arabic as "عهد الأصدقاء" (Friends' Promise).

source: google (probably a fan art)

Romeo's Blue Skies

The story follows Romeo a young boy who sells himself to someone called luini to pay for his father's doctor. He had to work as chimney sweepers for a year... There he meets Alfredo who was going to work as sweeper for reasons he can't tell, Alfredo not only helped him but also thought him a lot of things, inspiring him to be always positive.

source: google (a screenshot...? no?)

Romeo met a lot of people in his new home (Milan). Rossi, a chimney sweeper who became his boss. Angeletta the young girl who lives in Rossi's home and she can't leave her room.

Angeletta (source: google, a screenshot.)

He also met a lot of other children like him, and made enemies with a group called "Wolves"... and the events led him to meet again with Alfredo, his best friend and the leader of his new group "The Brothers"... And I should also mention Bianca, she's basically the main female charater in this anime eveb though, and she has a strong character while not being a tsundere.

The black brothers and Bianca (source: google)

As anime "Romeo's Blue Skies" has a very good storyline, pacing and action. Even the (pure) romance of this anime was good. There's a strong theme of the friendship in this anime, and a realistic one rather than "The power of frindship" the shonen series are full of.

Difference Between The Novel

I didn't actually read the novel, but the anime is loosely based on it. Even the name of the main character has been changed from Georgeo and Alfredo got a bigger role which also drove the second half of the anime series.

This Series & ahmadmanga

While I admit it's not better than the popular anime of the recent years, it's realistic plot and action.. and the frindship there is awesome. The only anime friendship I found more interesting than "Romeo & Alfredo" is "Gon & killua (from Hunter X Hunter)".

This is one of the series that inspired me to be who I am now. W I was young,I wanted to become honest and courageous like Romeo. Well, I think I achieved one of those at least. And the last few episodes had a lot of impact on me, they felt close to home and made me want to do something in life.

(source: zerochan.net)

Thanks For Reading

And sorry to every owner of an image I couldn't find its real source.
It's a very old anime so I hope it's okay to use them. (feels guilty but this post needs pics)