Warrior of Love Rainbowman (franchise)

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Warrior of Love Rainbowman (愛の戦士レインボーマン, Ai no Senshi Reinbōman), often abbreviated to just Rainbowman, is a franchise based on the 1972-1973 television series created by Kohan Kawauchi and produced by Toho. The series was popular enough to spawn multiple comic adaptations, numerous toys and other tie-in merchandise, and eventually an animated reboot in 1982. Both series are generally remembered fondly by those who remember them airing, but the original series' legacy far outshines its animated counterpart, much of which is currently considered lost media.

It was followed up by Kawauchi and Toho's next venture, Warrior of Light Diamond Eye in 1973. In the mid 2000s, Rainbowman made a brief comeback with a pachinko machine from Sankyo adapting and updating the original series, and an audio play adaptation from Sound Theater.

Series history

Rainbowman is inspired by two of Kawauchi's earlier projects, Moonlight Mask and Seven Color Mask, which were refined and re-centered on Kawauchi's philosophies centered in various Buddhist, Taoist, Muslim, and Hindu teachings. The seven colors of the rainbow are assigned to seven elements in traditional Japanese "Gogyo," including both the five core elements and the two other elements which are variable between interpretations. It explores many themes including forgiveness, unconditional love, and the cycle of violence.

Television series

Warrior of Love Rainbowman (TV 1972-1973)
Warrior of Love Rainbowman (TV 1982-1983)

Audio plays

Defeat the Die-Die Gang (1972)
Warrior of Love Rainbowman (2008)

Comics

Warrior of Love Rainbowman (Manga 1972-1973) - Weekly Shonen Magazine (Toshiaki Kojima)
Warrior of Love Rainbowman (Manga 1972-1973) - TV Magazine/Otomodachi (Mitsuru Adachi & Tsuneisa Ito)
Warrior of Love Rainbowman (Manga 1973) - TV Land (dist. Kurosaki Publishing?) (Makoto Kanno) ENDS September 73
Warrior of Love Rainbowman (Manga 1973) - Adventure King (Bokenoh 冒険王, owned by Akita Shouten) (Shunji Obata)小畑し August 1973??

TV Land is not TV Magazine. TV Magazine also later ran ads for RM82

梶田達二 - Tatsuo Kajita
岡崎甫雄 Hajime Takeshi Okazaki/Fuo Okazaki/Toshio Okazaki???????
松田辰彦 Tatsuhiko Matsuda

Games

Warrior of Love Rainbowman (Pachinko 2007) - Sankyo CR Fever

Books

References

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