Rainbowman
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| Warrior of Love Rainbowman | |
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| 愛の戦士レインボーマン (Ai no Senshi Reinbōman) |
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| Genre | Action, Adventure, Science fiction |
| Manga | |
| Author | Mitsuru Adachi |
| Publisher | TV Magazine Otomodachi |
| Original run | 1972 – 1973 |
| TV anime | |
| Director | Kōhan Kawauchi |
| Studio | MBS/Ai Kikaku Center |
| Network | TBS |
| Original run | 10 October 1982 – 27 March 1983 |
| Episodes | 22 |
Rainbowman (レインボーマン Reinbōman?) is the name and titular superhero of the tokusatsu TV series sometimes known as Warrior of Love Rainbowman (愛の戦士レインボーマン Ai no Senshi Reinbōman?). Created by Kōhan Kawauchi, this was the first superhero TV series produced by Toho Company Ltd., and was broadcast on NET (now TV Asahi) from October 6, 1972 to September 18, 1973, with a total of 52 episodes. Mitsuru Adachi wrote a manga series based on the show which was serialized in TV Magazine Otomodachi from 1972 to 1973.
Just like Kawauchi's earlier 7-Color Mask (1959), this series has a superhero with 7 different identities, but with a major differences: 7-Color Mask's separate identities were more like human disguises, whereas Takeshi Yamato, the Rainbowman, transformed into 7 different superhero forms (called "Dashes")! Dash 1 is moon, Dash 2 is fire, Dash 3 is water, Dash 4 is wood, Dash 5 is gold, Dash 6 is earth, and the main Dash, 7, is the sun; These represent the days of the week in Japan, from Monday to Sunday, respectively (rather than colors as the name would imply). Both this series and 7-Color Mask are said to be Go Nagai's inspiration behind his popular creation, Cutey Honey.
In 1982, a 22-episode anime remake of this series was produced. However, despite the updated version of the original theme song, it was very loosely based on this show (A young man commands 7 giant robots, and teleport into/activate a larger giant robot).
Rainbowman was a proposed name for Capcom's Mega Man early in development. This was to be a reference to the character's ability to take on the abilities (and color schemes) of his defeated enemies. A minor recurring character in the Mega Man Battle Network series, Shiningman, is based on Rainbowman's Dash 7 form - even having the Rainbowman themesong play during his appearances.
[edit] Cast
- Takeshi Yamato / Rainbowman (ヤマト タケシ / レインボーマン Yamato Takeshi / Reinbōman?) - Kunihisa Mizutani (水谷 邦久 Mizutani Kunihisa?)
- Devadatta (ダイバ・ダッタ Daiba Datta?) - Shōbun Inoue (井上 昭文 Inoue Shōbun?)
- Tami Yamato (ヤマト たみ Yamato Tami?) - Kakuko Motoyama (本山 可久子 Motoyama Kakuko?)
- Mizuki Yamato (ヤマト みゆき Yamato Mizuki?) - Eriko Ishigawa (石川 えり子 Ishigawa Eriko?)
- Ichirō Yamato (ヤマト 一郎 Yamato Ichirō?) - Hiroshi Koizumi (小泉 汪 Koizumi Hiroshi?) (Played as Hiroshi Koizumi (小泉 博 Koizumi Horoshi?))
- Hisasō Yamato (ヤマト 久蔵 Yamato Hisasō?) - Junji Masuda (増田 順司 Masuda Junji?)
- Toshie (淑江 Toshie?) - Megumi Itō (伊藤 めぐみ Itō Megumi?)
- Mr.K (ミスターＫ Misutā Kei?) - Akihiko Hirata (平田 昭彦 Hirata Akihiko?)
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