Rio - Rainbow Gate! (TV)

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Alternative title:

リオレインボーゲート！ (Japanese)

Genres: comedy

Plot Summary: Rio Rollins—called the "Goddess of Victory"—is a dealer who works in the casino of Howard Resort, and strives to follow in the footsteps of her missing mother to become the MVCD (Most Valuable Casino Dealer). In order for her to do so, she has to collect all 13 special magical cards called "Gates", and along way the she faces different challenges and trials.

User Ratings: 190 ratings have been given [details]

Masterpiece: 4 votes (sub:4)

Excellent: 3 votes (sub:2, others:1

1 Tagalog dubbed

)

Very good: 17 votes (sub:15, raw:1, others:1

1 Italian subtitled

)

Good: 28 votes (sub:27, others:1

1 Portuguese subtitled

)

Decent: 40 votes (sub:38, others:2

1 Spanish subtitled
1 Chinese mandarin subtitled

)

So-so: 23 votes (sub:18, raw:2, dub:2, others:1

1 Spanish subtitled

)

Not really good: 19 votes (sub:15, dub:2, raw:1, others:1

1 Spanish subtitled

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Weak: 23 votes (sub:22, others:1

1 Italian subtitled

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Bad: 17 votes (sub:17)

Awful: 13 votes (sub:12, others:1

1 Russian dubbed

)

Worst ever: 3 votes (sub:3)

Seen in part or in whole by 406 users, rank: #2169 (of 7368)
Median rating: So-so
Arithmetic mean: 4.979 (So-so), std. dev.: 2.2941, rank: #6798 (of 7390)
Weighted mean: 4.861 (So-so), rank: #6892 (of 7390) (seen all: 5.37 / seen some: 5.04 / won't finish: 2.82)
Bayesian estimate: 5.031 (So-so), rank: #5486 (of 5573)

Running time: 24 minutes

Episode titles: We have 13

Vintage:

2011-01-04

2011-01-04 to 2011-03-29 (TOKYO MX)

Opening Theme:

"Sekai to Issho ni Mawarou yo!" (世界と一緒にまわろうよ！) by Love Roulettes

Ending Theme:

"Miracle Chance" (みらくる☆ちゃんす) by ULTRA-PRISM

Official website:

アニメ「Rio RainbowGate!」公式サイト (Japanese)

Links: We have 1

Trivia: We have 3

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Blu-Ray

Rio - Rainbow Gate! Complete Collection [Reshuffled] (Blu-Ray) 2017-05-02

DVD (Region 1)

Rio - Rainbow Gate! Complete Collection [Reshuffled] (DVD) 2017-05-02

Rio - Rainbow Gate! Complete Collection (Sub.DVD) 2014-03-25 (from $19.98)

Japanese staff

Japanese cast

Director: Takao Kato

Series Composition: Mayori Sekijima

Script:
Kenichi Araki (eps 3, 6, 9, 12)
Masashi Kubota (eps 2, 5, 8, 11)
Mayori Sekijima (5 episodes

eps 1, 4, 7, 10, 13

)

Storyboard:
Hidetoshi Yoshida (eps 6, 12)
Hirokazu Hisayuki (ep 7)
Itsuki Imazaki (ep 2)
Kaori Higuchi (ep 11)
Kazuyoshi Yaginuma (ep 3)
Masashi Abe (eps 10, 13)
Nanako Sasaki (eps 4, 9)
Takao Kato (eps 1, 5, 13)
Yuuichi Nihei (ep 8)

Episode Director:
Daisuke Tsukushi (eps 7, 11)
Hideaki Oba (ep 6)
Kazuyoshi Yaginuma (ep 3)
Masashi Abe (ep 10)
Masayuki Iimura (ep 8)
Nanako Sasaki (eps 4, 9)
Seung Hui Son (ep 2)
Takao Kato (eps 1, 5)
Tatsuya Igarashi (ep 12)
Tsuyoshi Nagasawa (ep 13)

Music: Atsushi Umebori

Original Character Design: Kōtaro

Character Design: Hisashi Shimura

Art Director: Ryouka Kinoshita

Chief Animation Director:
Hisashi Shimura (ED; 7 episodes

eps 2-3, 5, 7, 9-10, 13

)
Yuriko Nagaya (eps 4, 11-12)

Animation Director:
Aki Tsunaki (ep 7)
Chika Kojima (ep 5)
Daisuke Kusakari (ep 11)
Futoshi Oonami (ep 13)
Haruka Katsutani (ep 11)
Hisashi Shimura (OP; ep 1)
Masahiro Sekiguchi (eps 4, 10)
Masanori Watanabe (ep 13)
Miyuki Nakamura (ep 2)
Ryotarou Akao (ep 5)
Shuko Okutani (ep 13)
Tetsuya Matsukawa (ep 6)
Yasushi Nishitani (ep 12)
Yuko Iwaoka (eps 3, 9)
Yuriko Nagaya (ED; eps 2, 8)

Art design: Akihiro Hirasawa

Sound Director: Kazuya Tanaka

Director of Photography: Kenji Takehara

Producer:
Koji Harao (Koei Tecmo)
Shinji Horikiri
Wataru Senoo

2nd Key Animation:
Shuko Okutani (ep 12)
Yasushi Nishitani (ep 6)

Animation producer: Takashi Noto

Assistant Animation Director:
Nobuyuki Furukawa (ep 5)
Shuko Okutani (ep 8)
Yasushi Nishitani (eps 5, 13)

Assistant Art Director: Tomoe Morikawa

Assistant In-Between Check: Yōko Shirai (ep 1)

Assistant producer:
Eiichi Sakao
Kiyotaka Sugiyama
Takumi Ogawa (Koei Tecmo Web)
Yuko Myoukan (Xebec)

CG Creative Director:
Daisuke Suzuki (eps 1-11, 13)

CG Line Director: Garyu Tanaka (eps 1-11, 13)

CG Producer: Yui Matsuura

Color Check:
Ayumi Ikeda (ep 1)
Chiaki Kitabayashi (ep 1)

Color Coordination:
Ayumi Ikeda (ep 1)
Chiaki Kitabayashi (ep 1)

Editing: Kumiko Sakamoto

In-Between Animation: Mami Omori (eps 1, 5-6, 8)

In-Between Check: Hideki Sakai (ep 1)

Key Animation:
Atsushi Yamamoto (ep 1)
Daisuke Kusakari (ep 11)
Futoshi Oonami (ep 12)
Haruka Katsutani (ep 7)
Hiroto Kato (ED; ep 5)
Hisashi Shimura (ep 1)
Katsunobu Ito (OP; ep 1)
Masahiro Sekiguchi (ep 10)
Masahiro Sekino (ED)
Masanori Watanabe (ep 1)
Nobuyuki Furukawa (eps 1, 5-6, 13)
Ryotarou Akao (OP; ep 8)
Shuko Okutani (eps 1, 5)
Sonomi Norimi (ED)
Takehiro Hamatsu (OP; ep 1)
Yuko Iwaoka (ep 3)
Yuriko Nagaya (ep 1)

Motion Graphics: Kaori Seki (eps 5-8, 10)

Offline Editing Assistant: Jin Nogawa (Jay Film)

Online Editing Coordinator: Yoshito Ashino

Online Editor:
Ayaka Minami (ep 1)
Gen Itakura
Masaru Kitamoto (eps 2-13)

Planning:
Kazuyoshi Fukuba
Yasuichiro Shinpo

Prop Design:
Kenji Teraoka
Yuriko Nagaya

Publicity: Ryōichi Ishihara (Pony Canyon)

Recording: Chikako Abe

Recording Assistant: Satoshi Fujimura

Sound Effects: Noriko Izumo (Swara Pro)

Sound Production:
Masakatsu Oomuro (Dax Production)
Tetsu Hirata (Dax Production)

Special Effects: Naomasa Fukuda

Theme Song Performance:
Ayana Taketatsu (OP)
Chiaki Takahashi (OP)
Marina Inoue (OP)
ULTRA-PRISM (ED)
Yōko Hikasa (OP)

色彩設定: Mitsuko Sekimoto

Marina Inoue as Rio Rollins

Aya Uchida as
Elle Adams
Ille Adams

Ayana Taketatsu as Mint Clark

Chiaki Takahashi as Rina Tachibana

Kaori Shimizu as Rosa Canyon

Katsumi Chou as Mr. Clark

Kouji Ishii as Tom Howard

Kumiko Inoue as Lisa

Minori Chihara as Dana

Saki Nakajima as Tiffany Abbott

Sayaka Ohara as Cartia Goldschmidt

Yōko Hikasa as Linda (LINDA-R-2007)

Yukari Fukui as Anya Helsing

Yumiko Kobayashi as Jack Mighty

Ami Koshimizu as Irina Tachibana

Asuka Ōgame as Yang-Yang (ep 11)

Daisuke Kishio as Carlos Tanaka

Eiji Takemoto as King

Eri Kitamura as Misery (eps 3, 9)

Hiroki Takahashi as Elvis (eps 2, 9)

Hitoshi Bifu as Mysterious gentleman (ep 2)

Junpei Shibata as Customer (ep 6)

Kazusa Aranami as Jane (ep 1)

Kikuko Inoue as Risa (Rio's mother)

Nanami Shinde as Customer A (ep 9)

Sayaka Yuge as Customer B (ep 9)

Shinya Hamazoe as Robert (ep 1)

Tetsu Inada as Bull Hard

Wataru Takagi as Orlin Dunhill (eps 1, 9)

Yasuhiko Kawazu as Charlie (ep 13)

Youhei Tadano as Photo studio owner (ep 12)

Yuri Fujiwara as
Woman C (ep 1)
Woman D (ep 2)

Yuu Asakawa as Queen

Japanese companies

2nd Key Animation:
A-Line
Actas
Anime R
APPP
asread
C2C
Def.c
diomedea
Nakamura Production
SILVER LINK.
Studio Izena
Studio Liberty
Studio Wanpack
SynergySP
TNK
Tokyo Animation Center
Wish

Animation Production: Xebec

Background Art: Bihou, Inc.

Broadcaster:
AT-X (2011-01-08)
Nippon BS Broadcasting Corporation (2011-01-07)
Mainichi Broadcasting System (2011-01-06)
Tokyo MX (2011-01-04)
Aichi Television Broadcasting (2011-01-05)

Key Animation:
Def.c (ep 5)
Studio Cosmo (eps 8, 12)
Studio Graffiti (ep 13)
Studio Mark (eps 5, 13)
Studio Wanpack (ep 13)
Tokyo Animation Center (ep 9)

Original Creator: KOEI (as Koei Tecmo Wave)

Paint:
Asahi Production
Big Owl
CLC
D-COLORS
FAI International
Fan Out
Jumondo
M.S.J Musashino Production
M.S.C
Muses
R.I.C
Studio Cosmo
Studio Elle
Studio Road
Taikan Anime
Triple A
TYO Animations

Photography: Studio Twinkle

Production:
avex entertainment
Howard Resort Development Group
Pony Canyon

Production Cooperation:
Actas (eps 3, 9)
Production Reed (eps 4, 10)
TYO Animations (eps 7, 11)

Recording Studio: Toei Audio Visual Art Center

Sound Effects: Swara Pro

Sound Production: Dax Production

English staff

English cast

ADR Director:
Amber Lee Connors (Sound Cadence)
Brittany Lauda (New Jersey)

Script:
Amber Lee Connors
Howard Wang
Justin Briner

Executive producer: John Sirabella

ADR Engineer:
Amber Lee Connors (Sound Cadence)
Howard Wang (Sound Cadence)
Justin Ramos (Fever Dreams)
Landon Lipinski

Assistant ADR Director:
Howard Wang
Justin Briner
Matt Shipman

Associate producer:
Brittany Lauda
Carl Morano

Casting Director:
Amber Lee Connors
Brittany Lauda

Graphic Design:
Adam Tilford
Dana Gill
Justin Ramos

Head Writer: Justin Briner

Production Assistant:
Marissa Lenti
Mike Quarrato
Natalie Van Sistine
Rebekah White

Sound Mixing: Andrew Sterling

Amber Lee Connors as Rio Rollins

Amanda Julina as Mint Clark

Amanda Lee as Elle Adams

Brittany Lauda as Rina Tachibana

Caitlynn French as Ille Adams

Kira Buckland as Jack Mighty

Marissa Lenti as Cartia Goldschmidt

Melissa Sternenberg as Tiffany Abott

Michelle Rojas as Dana

Mike Pollock as Tom Howard

Natalie Hoover as Anya Helsing

Natalie Van Sistine as Rosa Canyon

Sarah Anne Williams as Linda

Todd Haberkorn as Mr. Clark

Anthony Sardinha as Carlos Tanaka

Billy Bob Thompson as Bull Hard

Cheryl Li as Yang-Yang (ep 11)

Eddy Lee as Robert

Emily Fajardo as Irina Tachibana

Felecia Angelle as Jane

Howard Wang as Ray

Jason Marnocha as Orlin Dunhill (eps 1, 9)

Marissa Lenti as Choco

Matt Shipman as King

Meli Grant as Risa Collins (Joker)

Michele Knotz as Queen

Nick Landis as Charlie (ep 13)

Vic Mignogna as Elvis (eps 2, 9)

English companies

Broadcaster: TOKU (US)

Casting:
Kocha Sound
Sound Cadence Studios

Internet Streaming: Crunchyroll

Licensed by: Media Blasters

Recording Studio:
Fever Dreams Sound Factory
Sound Cadence Studios

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