Eien No Alfredo
English title: Forever Alfredo
Foreign titles: Die Schwarzen Brüder (German), Il Cielo Azzurro Di Romeo (Italian), Spicchi Di Cielo Tra Sbaffi Di Fumo (Italian)
Series title: ロミオの青い空
- Studio
- Nippon Animation, Fuji TV
- Animation studio
- Nippon Animation
- Distributor
- Bandai Visual
Synopsis
Romeo is an 11-year-old boy who lives with his family in peaceful poverty in a small village in Switzerland. One day, Romeo decides to sell himself into slavery, because the money will enable his sick father to get the medical treatment that he needs.
An evil man named Luini (Ruini) pays money for Romeo and takes him far away to Milan.
Romeo is forced to become a chimneysweep. His life in Milan is hard, and his master's family is always hard on him, but he also has a lot of good times with his best friend Alfred (Alfredo) and the other chimney boys. Romeo and the chimney boys organize a group of chimney sweeps which they call the "Black Brothers."
An evil man named Luini (Ruini) pays money for Romeo and takes him far away to Milan.
Romeo is forced to become a chimneysweep. His life in Milan is hard, and his master's family is always hard on him, but he also has a lot of good times with his best friend Alfred (Alfredo) and the other chimney boys. Romeo and the chimney boys organize a group of chimney sweeps which they call the "Black Brothers."
Characters
Romeo, Alfred (Alfredo), Luini (Ruini), Bianca, Angeletta, Anselmo
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Kôzô Kuzuha
- Episode Director
- Shinpei Miyashita, Yasuo Iwamoto, Tomomitsu Matsukawa
Producing
- Producer
- Akio Yogo, Yoshihiro Suzuki
Writing
- Writer
- Michiru Shimada
- Based On The Original Novel "Die Schwarzen Bruder" By
- Lisa Tetzner
Voices
- Voice
- Ai Orikasa (Romeo), Akemi Okamura (Bianca), Aya Ishizu (Nikita), Maria Kawamura (Angeletta), Nobuyuki Hiyama (Giovanni), Sakura Tange (Anita), Shigeru Nakahara (Rinaldo), Toshiko Fujita (Alfred), Ai Satou (Cristina), Eiji Maruyama (Teo), Eken Mine (Beppo, Police Chief Moretti), Haru Endô (Lisa), Hiromi Ishikawa (Michaelo), Hiromi Yanase (Mario), Hiroyuki Satou (Leo)
Music
- Music
- Kei Wakakusa
Animation
- Animator
- Ei Inoue, Masahiro Kitazaki, Masaki Abe, Masaru Oshiro, Yoshiharu Sato (Animation Directors)
Crew
- Art Director
- Masaki Kawaguchi
- Planning
- Kenji Shimizu, Shoji Sato
- Character Design
- Yoshiharu Sato
- Layouts
- Kazue Itô
- Director of Photography
- Seiichi Morishita, Toshiaki Morita
- Production
- Hirokazu Motohashi
- Production Manager
- Juichi Motohashi
- Sound Effects
- Akihiko Matsuda
- Sound Director
- Sadayoshi Fujino
- Theme Song Composition
- Taku Iwasaki
- Theme Song Performance
- Hiroko Kasahara
Production notes
This TV series ran for 33 episodes. Originally, 39 episodes had been planned. This series aired on Fuji Television as part of Nippon Animation's World Masterpiece Theater from January 15, 1995 to December 17, 1995.
Based on Lisa Tetzner's 1941 novel "Die Schwarzen Bruder" ("The Black Brothers").
The anime changed the lead character's name from Giorgio, adding new characters as well. The plot and conclusion were also altered, in part to fit the broadcast schedule.
Based on Lisa Tetzner's 1941 novel "Die Schwarzen Bruder" ("The Black Brothers").
The anime changed the lead character's name from Giorgio, adding new characters as well. The plot and conclusion were also altered, in part to fit the broadcast schedule.