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Ai No Senshi Rainbowman
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. Overview 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 ...
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Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans an archipelago of 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Tokyo is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the most densely populated and urbanized. About three-fourths of the country's terrain is mountainous, concentrating its population of 123.2 million on narrow coastal plains. Japan is divided into 47 administrative prefectures and eight traditional regions. The Greater Tokyo ...
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Devadatta
Devadatta was by tradition a Buddhist monk, cousin and brother-in-law of Gautama Siddhārtha. The accounts of his life vary greatly, but he is generally seen as an evil and divisive figure in Buddhism, who led a breakaway group in the earliest days of the religion. Etymology The name ''Devadatta'' means ''god-given'' in Palī and Sanskrit. It is composed from the stem form of ''deva'' ("god") and the past participle ''datta'' of the verb ''da'' ("to give"), composed as a tatpuruṣa compound. In the ''Bhagavad Gītā'', the conch shell used by Arjuna on the battle-field of Kurukshetra was named ''Devadatta''. The name Devadatta is still used today. Scholarship Mahāsāṃghika Vinaya research According to Andrew Skilton, modern scholarship generally agrees that the Mahāsāṃghika Vinaya is the oldest extant Buddhist Vinaya.Skilton, Andrew. ''A Concise History of Buddhism.'' 2004. p. 48 According to Reginald Ray, the Mahāsāṃghika Vinaya mentions the fi ...
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1983 Japanese Television Series Endings
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the true Internet). * January 24 – Twenty-five members of the Red Brigades are sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1978 murder of Italian politician Aldo Moro. * January 25 ** High-ranking Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia. ** IRAS is launched from Vandenberg AFB, to conduct the world's first all-sky infrared survey from space. February * February 2 – Giovanni Vigliotto goes on trial on charges of polygamy involving 105 women. * February 3 – Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Fraser is granted a double dissolution of both houses of parliament, for elections on March 5, 1983. As Fraser is being granted the dissolution, Bill Hayden resigns as leader of the Australian Labor Party, and in the su ...
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1982 Anime Television Series Debuts
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai (or Jingfeng), Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. ...
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1972 Manga
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark on ...
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1972 Japanese Television Series Debuts
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark on ...
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Yū Mizushima
is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. He is the Japanese voice-over for Sammo Hung, and is the Japanese voice of Wakko. In the 1980s, He proved to be a popular choice for many Japanese animation studios for the roles of male heart-throbs in many ''shojo'' anime. In May 2020, Mizushima announced he will take a hiatus in order to undergo vocal cord polyp surgery. Biography Filmography Television animation ;1970s * ''Chojin Sentai Barattack'' (1977) – Mac * '' Choudenji Machine Voltes V'' (1977) – Young Ragooru * '' Galaxy Express 999'' (1978) – Beethoven * ''Dokaben'' (1979) – Tomoaki Takashiro * ''Hana no Ko Lunlun'' (1979) – Serge Flora (Selge) ;1980s * '' Space Emperor God Sigma'' (1980) – Kajio * '' Beast King GoLion'' (1981) – Isamu Kurogane (" Lance") * ''Six God Combination Godmars'' (1981) – Mars/Takeru Myoujin * '' Tokimeki Tonight'' (1982) – Shun Makabe * ''Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel'' (1983) – Toshio Otomo * ''Persia, the Magic Fairy'' ...
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Kawauchi Kohan
Kawauchi ( or ) may refer to: Places * Kawauchi, Fukushima *Kawauchi, Aomori *Kawauchi, Ehime, now part of the city of Tōon, Ehime People with the surname *Hiroshi Kawauchi, Japanese politician *Kōhan Kawauchi, Japanese screenwriter *Rinko Kawauchi, Japanese photographer *Takaya Kawauchi, Japanese baseball player * Yuki Kawauchi, Japanese distance runner See also * Kawachi (other) * Sendai (other) * 河内 (other) or may refer to: People * (born 1955), Japanese footballer Places * Kawachi Province, an old province of Japan * Kawachi District, Tochigi, a district in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan * Minamikawachi District, Osaka, a district in Osaka Prefecture, ... {{disambiguation, geo, surname Japanese-language surnames ...
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Machiko Soga
was a Japanese actress and voice actress. She also performed by the stage name Stella Soga. Life and career Early life and family Machiko was born on March 18, 1938, in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. She had a humble upbringing and was raised to be a singer, though her talents were with acting. Her mother died when she was a child; she was raised by her father. She had two brothers and a sister. One of her brothers died during the Second World War; the other is still alive. Her father died of cancer in 1991. She studied at Tokyo Metropolitan Minamitama High School. During high school, she was best at science and mathematics and made her own lotions. She decided to pursue a career in acting to overcome stage fright after she failed a chemistry presentation at school. She later graduated from Tokyo Announce Academy. In 1973, she went to study in Italy for two years. Career She was “discovered” after doing a play in Tokyo Center. From that night on, her life would forever ch ...
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Reiko Mutō
was a Japanese actress and voice actress from Tokyo, Japan. She is best known for playing the voice of Elizabeth Taylor in Japanese dubbed television and films, and playing main characters in ''Marvelous Melmo'' (as Melmo), ''Astro Boy'' as Uran (Astro Girl in the English version), and '' Moomin'' (as Non Non). As a child, she found she enjoyed acting after joining the child acting troupe Gekidan Komadori. Mutō died of acute heart failure on October 29, 2006 in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. Roles Anime television series *'' Mighty Atom'' (1963–1966, Uran) *'' Ribbon Knight'' (1967–1968, Hecate, Venus) *'' Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae'' (1968–1969, Midori) *''Star of the Giants'' (1968–1971, Kyōko) *'' Dororo'' (1969, Mio) *'' Kamui the Ninja'' (1969, Tone (ep.8)) *'' Moomin'' (1969–1970 and 1972, Non Non) *''Attack No. 1'' (1969–1971, Michiru Sanjō) *'' Andersen Stories'' (1971, Psyche (eps. 49)) *'' Lupin III'' (1971–1972, Linda) *''Marvelous Melmo'' (1971–1972, ...
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Junji Masuda
is a common masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Junji can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *純二, "chaste, two" * 純次, "chaste, next" * 純治, "chaste, govern" * 淳司, "pure, conduct" * 淳次, "pure, next" * 準二, "conform, two" * 准次, "associate, next" * 順二, "sequence, two" * 順治, "sequence, govern" * 潤次, "moisture, next" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. Real people * Junji Arias (born 1976), Filipino singer and songwriter * Junji C. (順冶, born 1985) Filipino pokerstar player * Junji Chiba (順二, 1926-1988), Japanese voice actor * Junji Hirata (淳嗣, born 1956), Japanese professional wrestler * Junji Ishiwatari (born 1977), Japanese musician, and former guitarist and songwriter for the Japanese rock band Supercar * Junji Ito (潤二, born 1963), Japanese horror manga artist * Junji Kinoshita (順二, 1914–2006), Japanese playwright * Junji Majima (淳司, born 1978), Japanes ...
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