Based on the fantastically fun and very well put together manga by Mari Yamazaki that Yen Press has released, we learned that Discotek Media picked up the Thermae Romae series when it began streaming on Crunchyroll in June. Discotek Media has now formally announced that at Otakon and has revealed that it’ll be coming to Blu-ray in 2020 with Sound Cadence Studios creating a dub for it. It’ll have the six main episodes and the special bonus episode when it does.
Plot Concept: It’s the year 128 A.D. and Rome bathhouse architect Lucius Modestus is having trouble coming up with ideas for his future designs. After losing his job for refusing to adapt to the current times, the depressed Roman stops by a strange bathhouse that happens to have a time-traveling drain! He is sucked into it and transported to a modern-day Japanese bathhouse! While confused by his surroundings, he’s amazed by some of their incredible bathhouse innovations. Taking these ideas back to Rome, he incorporates them into his own designs and soon becomes famous all over Rome for his new and innovative ideas.
