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Thermae Romae's 4th Volume Is First One to Top Chart
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The fourth volume of week).
The latest volume of the manga is the first to be released since a three-episode television anime adaptation was star in the anime as Lucius as well as serve as the show's executive director.
adaptation that will open on April 28, 2012.
Thermae Romae is a comedy about Lucius — an architect of public bath houses (thermae) in ancient Rome — who time-travels to various modern-day baths in Japan. Through manga and essay ages, Yamazaki explores the two cultures in the world "that have loved baths the most: the Japanese and the Romans!" Yamazaki launched the manga in 2008.
The manga followed by the Short Work Prize in the 14th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prizes. It has since sold over 5 million copies. Although Yamazaki was born in Tokyo, she now lives in Chicago.
Source: Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web
