Rainbowman

Infobox Television


show_name = Warrior of Love,Rainbowman
format = Tokusatsu,Science fiction,action
runtime = 24 minutes (per episode)
country = Japan
network = NET (now TV Asahi)
num_episodes = 52
creator = Toho Company Ltd.
starring = Kunihisa Mizutani
Eriko Ishigawa
Akihiko Hirata
first_aired = 6 October, 1972
last_aired = 18 September, 1973Infobox animanga/Header
name = Warrior of Love Rainbowman


caption =
ja_name = 愛の戦士レインボーマン
ja_name_trans = Ai no Senshi Reinbōman
genre = Action, Adventure, Science fictionInfobox animanga/Manga
title =
author = Mitsuru Adachi
publisher = TV Magazine Otomodachi
publisher_other =
demographic =
magazine =
first = 1972
last = 1973
volumes =
OEM = Infobox animanga/Anime
director =
studio = MBS/Ai Kikaku Center
licensor =
network = TBS
network_other =
first = 10 October, 1982
last = 27 March, 1983
episodes = 22

nihongo|"Rainbowman"|レインボーマン|Reinbōman is the name and titular superhero of the tokusatsu TV series sometimes known as nihongo|"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.fact|date=September 2008 A minor recurring character in the Mega Man Battle Network anime series, ShiningMan, is based on Rainbowman's Dash 7 form - even having the Rainbowman theme song play during his appearances (he does not appear in the video games).

Cast

*nihongo|Takeshi Yamato / Rainbowman|大和 タケシ / レインボーマン|Yamato Takeshi / Reinbōman: nihongo|Kunihisa Mizutani|水谷 邦久|Mizutani Kunihisa
*Devadatta: nihongo|Shōbun Inoue|井上 昭文|Inoue Shōbun
*nihongo|Tami Yamato|大和 たみ|Yamato Tami: nihongo|Kakuko Motoyama|本山 可久子|Motoyama Kakuko
*nihongo|Mizuki Yamato|大和 みゆき|Yamato Mizuki: nihongo|Eriko Ishigawa|石川 えり子|Ishigawa Eriko
*nihongo|Ichirō Yamato|大和 一郎|Yamato Ichirō: nihongo|Hiroshi Koizumi|小泉 汪 (as 小泉 博)|Koizumi Hiroshi
*nihongo|Hisasō Yamato|大和 久蔵|Yamato Hisasō: nihongo|Junji Masuda|増田 順司|Masuda Junji
*nihongo|Akiko Yamato|大和 秋子|Yamato Akiko: Reiko Mutō
*nihongo|Toshie|淑江|Toshie: nihongo|Megumi Itō|伊藤 めぐみ|Itō Megumi
*nihongo|Mr. K|ミスターＫ|Misutā Kei: Akihiko Hirata

External links

* [http://www.japanhero.com/profiles/rainbowman.htm "Ai No Senshi Rainbow Man" at Japan Hero]