| Warrior of Love, Rainbowman | |
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| Format | Tokusatsu, Science fiction, action |
| Created by | Toho Company Ltd. |
| Starring | Kunihisa Mizutani Eriko Ishigawa Akihiko Hirata |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 24 minutes (per episode) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NET (now TV Asahi) |
| Original run | 6 October 1972 – 18 September 1973 |
| Warrior of Love Rainbowman | |
| 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 | |
| Written by | Mitsuru Adachi |
| Published by | TV Magazine Otomodachi |
| Original run | 1972 – 1973 |
| TV anime | |
| 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 metal, Dash 6 is earth, and the main Dash, 7, is the sun; These seven Dashes represent yin and yang (the Moon and the Sun) and the five elements (wu xing) of ancient Chinese philosophy. In each Dash form, Rainbowman's appearance takes on the color representing the respective element (Moon-yellow, fire-red, water-blue, wood-green, metal-gold, earth-brown, Sun-white), and he is also endowed with powers related to that element. The powers were supposed to be yogic in nature, and attained by Takeshi Yamato after training in India with the yogi sage Devadatta. 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 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).
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Ike Rainbowman(行けレインボーマン, Go Rainbowman)
Yamato Takeshi no uta(ヤマトタケシの歌, Theme of Yamato Takeshi, ep.1 - ep.13)
Aitsu no namae wa Rainbowman(あいつの名前はレインボーマン, That Man's Name is Rainbowman, ep.14 - ep.52)
Shineshine-dan no uta(死ね死ね団の歌, Theme of Shineshine-dan)
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