| Warrior of Love Rainbowman | |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Original release | |
| Network | NET (now TV Asahi) |
| Release | 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) | |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Written by | Mitsuru Adachi |
| Published by | TV Magazine Otomodachi |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | 1972 – 1973 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Nobuhiro Okasako |
| Produced by | Sayumi Kawauchi |
| Music by | Jun Kitahara |
| Studio | MBS/Ai Kikaku Center |
| Original network | TBS |
| Original run | 10 October 1982 – 27 March 1983 |
| Episodes | 22 |
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.
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, Rainbowman is endowed with a color-coded costume and powers related to that element. Dash 1 (yellow) represents the Moon, Dash 2 (red) represents fire, Dash 3 (blue) represents water, Dash 4 (green) represents wood, Dash 5 (gold) represents metal, Dash 6 (brown) represents earth, and Dash 7 (white) represents the Sun. Later in the series, he gains the ability to create a fusion state between Dash 7 and any two other forms with all their related powers.
Rainbowman opposes the "Die Die Gang", a group representing hostile foreign powers bent on revenge against Japan for acts carried out in World War II. They make use of elite mercenaries, cyborgs, wizards and supernatural monsters in pursuit of their plans.
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 into a larger giant robot.
Yuke 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))