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Created by
  
Toho Company Ltd.

No. of episodes
  
52

First episode date
  
6 October 1972

Number of episodes
  
52

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Country of origin
  
Japan

Original network
  
NET (now TV Asahi)

Final episode date
  
18 September 1973

Program creator
  
Toho Co., Ltd.

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Starring
  
Kunihisa MizutaniEriko IshigawaAkihiko Hirata

Running time
  
24 minutes (per episode)

Networks
  
TV Asahi, Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings

Cast
  
Akihiko Hirata, Machiko Soga, Toki Shiozawa, Megumi Ito, Ritsuko Fujiyama

Similar
  
Iron King, Robot Detective, Giant Robo, Space Ironmen Kyodyne, Jumborg Ace

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Warrior of Love Rainbowman (愛の戦士レインボーマン, Ai no Senshi Reinbōman) is a tokusatsu series 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.

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Overview

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The series focuses on pro wrestler Takeshi Yamato, a young man who, after training in India with the yogi sage Devadatta, gains the ability to transform into a superhero called Rainbowman who possesses seven different superhero forms called "Dashes", with the seven Dashes representing yin and yang (the Moon and the Sun) and the five elements (wu xing) of ancient Chinese philosophy. In each Dash form, (with Dash 1 representing the Moon (yellow), Dash 2 representing fire (red), Dash 3 representing water (blue), Dash 4 representing wood (green), Dash 5 representing metal (gold), Dash 6 representing earth (brown) and Dash 7 representing the Sun (white)), Rainbowman is endowed with a color-coded costume and powers related to that element.

In 1982, a 22-episode anime remake loosely based on the series was produced. Instead of a superhero as in the live-action series, the anime featured a young man who commands seven giant robots which can merge with a larger giant robot.

Cast

  • Takeshi Yamato (大和 タケシ, Yamato Takeshi): Kunihisa Mizutani (水谷 邦久, Mizutani Kunihisa)
  • Devadatta: Shōbun Inoue (井上 昭文, Inoue Shōbun)
  • Tami Yamato (大和 たみ, Yamato Tami): Kakuko Motoyama (本山 可久子, Motoyama Kakuko)
  • Mizuki Yamato (大和 みゆき, Yamato Mizuki): Eriko Ishigawa (石川 えり子, Ishigawa Eriko)
  • Ichirō Yamato (大和 一郎, Yamato Ichirō): Hiroshi Koizumi (小泉 汪 (as 小泉 博), Koizumi Hiroshi)
  • Hisasō Yamato (大和 久蔵, Yamato Hisasō): Junji Masuda (増田 順司, Masuda Junji)
  • Akiko Yamato (大和 秋子, Yamato Akiko): Reiko Mutō
  • Toshie (淑江, Toshie): Megumi Itō (伊藤 めぐみ, Itō Megumi)
  • Mr. K (ミスターＫ, Misutā Kei): Akihiko Hirata
  • God Iguana (ゴッドイグアナ, Goddo Iguana): Machiko Soga

    • Opening song

    Yuke Rainbowman (行けレインボーマン, Go Rainbowman)

  • Lyrics: Kawauchi Kohan
  • Composition: Jun Kitahara
  • Singer: Yū Mizushima (as Kenji Yasunaga)

    • Ending Songs

    Yamato Takeshi no uta (ヤマトタケシの歌, Theme of Yamato Takeshi, ep.1 - ep.13)

  • Lyrics: Kawauchi Kohan
  • Composition: Jun Kitahara
  • Singer: Yū Mizushima

    • 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)

  • Lyrics: Kawauchi Kohan
  • Composition: Jun Kitahara
  • Singers: Cat's Eye and Young Fresh

    • Other song

  • Shineshine-dan no uta (死ね死ね団の歌, Theme of Shineshine-dan)
  • Lyrics: Kawauchi Kohan
  • Composition: Jun Kitahara
  • Singers: Cat's Eye and Young Fresh

    • References

    Warrior of Love Rainbowman Wikipedia
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