8.0/1039 votesLoading...#1 - In the Alps; a Village in Crisis
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/15/1995
Romeo is an 11-year-old boy who lives humbly with his family in Sonogno, a small Swiss village near the border with Italy. The village is suffering a long drought, and Romeo's family has had the worst of it, as they are also under debt. Their last hope is the only corn field that has survived so many months without rain. Romeo wants to participate in the pole climbing competition, in which several boys compete to get a trophy placed on top of a pole. Meanwhile, Luini, a mysterious man known as the god of death, arrives in the village. He buys orphaned or poor children, which he later sells them as chimney sweeps in Milan, and now he has his eyes on Romeo.
Director: Kōzō Kusuba
Writer: Michiru Shimada
8.3/1020 votesLoading...#2 - The Boy on the Poster
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/5/1995
After being treated by doctor Baresi, Roberto will recover and will not go blind. Romeo has sacrificed himself for the sake of his family and must now leave the village. On his way to Milan, Luini tells Romeo to go to the town of Locarno and wait for him there. Along the way, Romeo is mistaken for an apple thief, but is saved by Alfredo, a boy who is also heading to Milan to become a chimney sweep as Romeo. In Locarno, Alfredo's bag falls into a river after being stolen, so Romeo throws himself into the river to recover it.
Director: Sinpei Miyashita
Writer: Michiru Shimada
8.3/1018 votesLoading...#3 - A Love Letter in the Moonlight
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/12/1995
Romeo goes to clean Professor Casella's fireplace who, to thank him, gives him an illustrated book. However, Romeo cannot read, so the teacher offers to teach him to write his name. Upon his return home, he finds a letter left by the girl who lives in the same house, Angeletta. But, how will Romeo know interpret what is written on it?
Director: Sinpei Miyashita
Writer: Michiru Shimada
8.4/1021 votesLoading...#4 - Let's Be Friends
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/23/1995
Romeo watches from the rooftop of a house that one of the Wolf Pack members is ambushed by another gang of boys, but then the rest of the pack appears and a fight breaks out, wich is won by the Pack boys. Anselmo, who was not present during the fight, is seen by Romeo while he devises a plan to gain recognition from the rest of the pack members.
Director: Tomomitsu Matsukawa
Writer: Michiru Shimada
8.4/1019 votesLoading...#5 - Alfredo is My Rival!
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 5/28/1995
After a long time, Romeo and Alfredo finally reunited and joined other young chimney sweeps to form the Black Brothers fraternity with Alfredo in command to confront the Wolf Pack. Romeo tries harder to learn to read inspired by Alfredo. Knowing that Alfredo only has one book and that it is in poor condition, Romeo introduces him to Professor Casella, who offers him to choose a book. Alfredo borrows one from Voltaire dealing with freedom and equality.
Director: Sinpei Miyashita
Writer: Michiru Shimada
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#6 - Grandma is a Witch
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 6/18/1995
Marcello Rossi receives a letter from his mother, Mimi, announcing she will pay them a visit soon. Rossi has not seen her mother in a long time, and his memories of her are not very pleasant, so in the beginning he does not like her visiting. On the contrary, Edda and Anselmo, who initially were not very pleased about her coming, are excited after learning that Mimi is bringing a treasure for Anselmo.
Director: Kōzō Kusuba
Writer: Michiru Shimada
8.5/1018 votesLoading...#7 - An Angel's Abode
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/26/1995
In Milan, Romeo and Alfredo are sold as chimney sweeps to different bosses, having to separate, but not before swearing eternal friendship. Romeo is taken by Rossi, his buyer, to his house, where he will start a new life.
Director: Tomomitsu Matsukawa
Writer: Michiru Shimada
8.5/1018 votesLoading...#8 - A Gift from an Angel
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/5/1995
Cleaning chimneys is harder than Romeo could imagine. And worst of all is that when he comes home tired from work he doesn't get a piece of bread. Rossi's family seems to hate him. However, an angel who lives in the house cares for him.
Director: Kōzō Kusuba
Writer: Michiru Shimada
8.5/1018 votesLoading...#9 - The Blue-Sky Sketchbook
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/19/1995
Romeo manages to get the key which keeps his door locked, so he can go out to meet Angeletta, becoming friends. She tells him that, due to her illness, she has not been able to leave her room for many years, which prevents her from being able to behold the vast blue sky. Then Romeo makes her a promise, but the Wolf Pack gang will get in her way.
Director: Yasuo Iwamoto
Writer: Michiru Shimada
8.5/1019 votesLoading...#10 - A Reunion in the Sewer
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/7/1995
Romeo fights the Wolf Pack, who think he has denounced them to the police, but is saved at the last minute by a masked boy. Chased by the police, Romeo tries to sneak into a carriage going to Venice to escape Milan.
Director: Kōzō Kusuba
Writer: Michiru Shimada
8.6/1021 votesLoading...#11 - A Night in the Tavern
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/12/1995
Luini locks up the boys before crossing the lake by boat to get to Milan. Among them is Dante, the boy who had stolen Alfredo's bag, who tells them that his brother also went to work in Milan, but ended up dying of starvation. The night before leaving, Dante devises a plan to escape.
Director: Yasuo Iwamoto
Writer: Michiru Shimada
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#12 - Showdown at San Babila Church
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 6/4/1995
Since the Wolf Pack has no intention of stopping picking on the chimney sweeps, the Black Brothers, fed up with running away, decide to stand up to them. Thus, they draw up a plan to fight them in San Babila church. Meanwhile, Giovanni, the leader of the Wolf Pack, goes alone to a meeting with the rival gang Scorpion.
Director: Kōzō Kusuba
Writer: Michiru Shimada
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#13 - The Real Treasure
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 12/3/1995
The circus is coming to town. The Black Brothers want to see it, but they only have enough money for a ticket. Therefore, a competition is held and the winner will go to the circus. However, Romeo as the new leader of the group, makes a wise decision: either all or none. He must come up with a plan to raise the money for everyone. Meanwhile, Michaelo has a mishap with a merchant that puts him in a bind.
Director: Sinpei Miyashita
Writer: Michiru Shimada
8.7/1019 votesLoading...#14 - To Vanish into the City of Mists
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 4/30/1995
Romeo finds Anselmo lying on the street and covered in bruises. Anselmo tells Romeo that he confronted Tachioni because he hates outsiders and wants to kick Romeo out of town. Romeo, full of rage, runs in search of Tachioni.
Director: Sinpei Miyashita
Writer: Michiru Shimada
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#15 - Angeletta's Secret
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 7/9/1995
Matteo tells the boys the story of Marcello Rossi and Angeletta: a countess named Isabella is the girl's grandmother. Romeo now wants to find out everything and secretly follows Rossi to a castle where the Ice Queen, as Isabella is called by the others, lives.
Director: Kōzō Kusuba
Writer: Michiru Shimada
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#16 - The Hunted Siblings
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 8/20/1995
In Milan, a wedding of the nobility is taking place and all rich and noble people of the area are invited. Even the king of Italy is expected to come. Then Romeo accidentally meets Bianca, Alfredo's sister who was believed to be missing. When he conveys the good news to him, he learns Alfredo's mysterious story.
Director: Sinpei Miyashita
Writer: Michiru Shimada
8.8/1023 votesLoading...#17 - Destiny's Beginnings: the Family Within the Flames
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/22/1995
The fire started by Luini devastates the only cornfield that Romeo's family has left. Romeo's family rush to the field to try to save the domestic animals, but Roberto injures his head while leaping out of the flames. After this tragic incident, Roberto's injury worsens and a rumor about Roberto intending to sell Romeo to the god of death spreads in the village. Then, after an argument with his father, Romeo runs away from home and hides in Anita's barn, where he hears that Roberto is not his real father. Meanwhile, Luini approaches Roberto and pressures him to sell his son.
Director: Sinpei Miyashita
Writer: Michiru Shimada
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#18 - Grampa Theo's Puppet Show
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 7/2/1995
Romeo and Angeletta meet the old puppeteer Teo and little Nana. Teo has a sad secret: Leon, his son, left him and his granddaughter after a quarrel. He would rather be a doctor than a puppeteer. Now Teo wishes nothing more than to see his son again. Angeletta asks Romeo and the Black Brothers to find Leon. Also, Matteo is about to reveal a secret about Angeletta to Romeo while talking with Rossi.
Director: Sinpei Miyashita
Writer: Michiru Shimada
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#19 - Proud Souls
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 9/3/1995
Professor Casella discovers that Alfredo's illness is worse than initially thought. Alfredo also knows that he will not live much longer. Nevertheless, he firmly intends of showing up before the King of Italy with his sister Bianca to expose his aunt and uncle by showing the king the authentic royal insignia. To achieve this, he thinks up a plan with the help of the Black Brothers to sneak into the duke's wedding banquet.
Director: Sinpei Miyashita
Writer: Michiru Shimada
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#20 - A Lovely Christmas Eve
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 12/10/1995
While working one day, Romeo falls from a chimney and breaks his leg. Professor Casella agrees to have him at his place until his leg heals. So that means that Romeo and Bianca will spend Christmas together. Romeo challenges to read Alfredo's favorite book, Moby-Dick, while his leg heals. The professor interests them both in many subjects, and Bianca begins to see Professor Casella as a father. They want to thank Professor Casella for his kindness, so they prepare a special show in Christmass Eve.
Director: Kenichi Nishida
Writer: Michiru Shimada
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#21 - Strike a light! The Oath of the Eleven
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 5/21/1995
After proving his innocence, Romeo's conditions at Rossis' house get better. Marcello gives him a day off and Romeo decides to search for Alfredo in the streets of Milan. During his search, he meets other young chimney sweeps.
Director: Kōzō Kusuba
Writer: Michiru Shimada
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#22 - Sing our Song of Unity on into the Dawn!
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 6/11/1995
As retaliation for losing the fight at San Babila church, Michaelo was kidnapped by the Wolf Pack. To release him, their leader Giovanni demands that the Black Brothers hand over Alfredo to them. Alfredo decides to show up alone, but Romeo doesn't want to leave him alone and offers to go with him. A new battle between the two gangs is approaching.
Director: Sinpei Miyashita
Writer: Michiru Shimada
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#23 - I Meet Grandmother
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 8/6/1995
Angeletta's greatest wish is to meet her grandmother, the Countess Isabella Montovani, before her serious illness progresses. The Black Brothers therefore drive Angeletta to the castle in a wooden cart. Rejected by the security guard, they climb over the wall. They are discovered and there is a chase in the castle courtyard.
Director: Sinpei Miyashita
Writer: Michiru Shimada
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#24 - Alfredo and Bianca Reunited
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 8/27/1995
Alfredo and Bianca are still on the run from their relatives. Their aunt and uncle want the badge that Alfredo hid. This badge was bestowed on Alfredo's father by Carlo Alberto, the father of the current Italian king, and legitimizes the Martini's fortune.
Director: Kōzō Kusuba
Writer: Michiru Shimada
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#25 - The Start of a Long Day
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 9/10/1995
Alfredo wants to restore his honor before the King of Italy and accuse his aunt and uncle of murdering his parents. Unfortunately, the Wolf Pack lure him into a trap and lock him in the sewers. Romeo and the Black Brothers await his arrival so they can sneak into the banquet, but Romeo, seeing that he does not arrive, decides to go in search of him.
Director: Kōzō Kusuba
Writer: Michiru Shimada
The Worst Episodes of Romeo and the Black Brothers
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To get the money to pay for a doctor for his father, Romeo bravely sells himself as a chimney sweep. On the way to Milan...
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Network:Fuji TV
Worst Episodes Summary
"In the Alps; a Village in Crisis" is the worst rated episode of "Romeo and the Black Brothers". It scored 8/10 based on 39 votes. Directed by Kōzō Kusuba and written by Michiru Shimada, it aired on 1/15/1995. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Boy on the Poster".