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Rainbow

Rainbow

20107.31 Season26 EpisodesEnded

Overview

About ten years after the Second World War, a group of juvenile offenders are sent to the Shounan Special Reform School, a kind of juvenile detention center, to deal with the atrocities and injustices they experienced in the war.

Created by Hideo Takayashiki
Written by Hideo Takayashiki
NetworksNippon TV

Top Cast

Koji Ishii

Koji Ishii

Ishihara (voice)

Romi Park

Romi Park

Noboru Maeda (voice)

Tatsuya Hasome

Tatsuya Hasome

Jô Yokosuka (voice)

Megumi Hayashibara

Megumi Hayashibara

Narration

Shun Oguri

Shun Oguri

Mario Minakami (voice)

Takaya Hashi

Takaya Hashi

Gisuke Sasaki (voice)

Takaya Kuroda

Takaya Kuroda

Tadayoshi Toyama (voice)

Rikiya Koyama

Rikiya Koyama

Rokurota Sakuragi (voice)

Tomohiro Waki

Tomohiro Waki

Mansaku Matsuura (voice)

Keiji Fujiwara

Keiji Fujiwara

Ryuuji Nomoto (voice)

Themes & Keywords

prisonjuvenile prisonsurvivalbromancebased on mangainspiringseinenanimesuspense

About Rainbow

Rainbow is a animation, drama, crime series that first aired in 2010 exploring themes of prison, juvenile prison, survival, bromance, based on manga, inspiring. Created by Hideo Takayashiki, it stars Koji Ishii, Romi Park, Tatsuya Hasome. About ten years after the Second World War, a group of juvenile offenders are sent to the Shounan Special Reform School, a kind of juvenile detention center, to deal with the atrocities and injustices they experienced in the war.

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