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Rainbow Days (TV)

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Alternative title:
Nijiiro Days (Japanese)
虹色デイズ (Japanese)
Plot Summary: Natsuki, Tomoya, Keiichi, and Tsuyoshi are high school students and close friends: The four boys have no club activities, and they hurry through their studies so they can spend their days having fun. Their main topic of interest: love. Natsuki has an unrequited crush on Anna, a girl from another class, and his friends keep meddling in their relationship. (from manga, Minami Mizuno)
User Ratings: 98 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 3 votes (sub:1, raw:1, others:1
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Excellent: 12 votes (sub:11, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Very good: 25 votes (sub:23, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 33 votes (sub:29, dub:3, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Decent: 14 votes (sub:14)
 So-so: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Weak: -
 Bad: -
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 182 users, rank: #4157 (of 10140)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.153 (Good), std. dev.: 1.4382, rank: #3255 (of 10325)
Weighted mean: 7.117 (Good), rank: #3211 (of 10325) (seen all: 7.19 / won't finish: 3.27)
Bayesian estimate: 7.159 (Good), rank: #2848 (of 7760)
Running time: 15 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 24
Episode titles: We have 24
Vintage: 2016-01-10
Opening Theme:
"Best Friend" (ベストフレンド) by Sonar Pocket
#2: "ONE-SIDED LOVE" by Sonar Pocket (eps 13-24)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Rainbow Days!" by Kouki Uchiyama, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Takuya Eguchi, & Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
#2: "Arch" (アーチ) by Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
#3: "I wanna be your knight" by Takuya Eguchi
#4: "Catch me if you can!" by Nobunaga Shimazaki (eps 13-16)
#5: "Soba ni Iru kara (そばにいるから)" by Kouki Uchiyama (eps 17-20)
#6: "Hallelujah! Shinin' Days (ハレルヤ！Shinin‘Days)" by Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Takuya Eguchi, Nobunaga Shimazaki & Kouki Uchiyama (eps 21-26)
Review:
Rainbow Days Complete Series BD+DVD (Nov 9, 2017)
News: Show:
North American Anime, Manga Releases, December 2-8 (Dec 4, 2018)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, August 20-26 (Aug 22, 2017)
Funimation Now Launches in the U.K. and Ireland (Apr 7, 2016)
Funimation to Stream Endride, Kumamiko, Shonen Maid, And you thought there is never a girl online?, Sansha Sanyō Anime (Apr 1, 2016)
Rainbow Days Anime Listed at 24 Episodes (Jan 23, 2016)
Funimation to Stream Rainbow Days Anime (Jan 8, 2016)
Rainbow Days Anime's Promo Video Previews Theme Songs (Dec 15, 2015)
Nijiiro Days Anime's Premiere Date, Live-Action Cast Program Component Revealed (Dec 12, 2015)
Main Cast to Perform Nijiiro Days Anime's Ending Theme Song (Nov 11, 2015)
Nijiiro Days Shōjo TV Anime Unveils Designs, Game App (Oct 12, 2015)
Nijiiro Days Shōjo TV Anime Reveals January Debut, Visual, Open Auditions (Oct 12, 2015)
Other article:
The Winter 2016 Anime Preview Guide - Rainbow Days (Jan 10, 2016)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Rainbow Days - The Complete Series [Essentials] (Sub.Blu-ray) 2018-12-04 (from $14.98)
    Rainbow Days - The Complete Series (Sub.Blu-ray + DVD) 2017-08-22 (from $29.97)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Tetsuro Amino
Director: Tomihiko Ōkubo
Series Composition: Aki Itami
Storyboard:
Kyōhei Ōyabu (12 episodes
eps 8-9, 11, 14-16, 18-23
)
Mie Ōishi (ep 17)
Miku Ihara (OP2)
Tetsuro Amino (ED4-6)
Tomihiko Ōkubo (OP1, ED1-3; 11 episodes
eps 1-7, 10, 12-13, 24
)
Episode Director:
Hiromichi Matano (4 episodes
eps 15-16, 21-22
)
Kyōhei Ōyabu (9 episodes
eps 1-2, 7-8, 13-14, 19-20, 24
)
Makoto Sokuza (4 episodes
eps 6, 12, 17, 23
)
Naoyoshi Kusaka (eps 5, 11, 18)
Tetsuro Amino (eps 3-4, 9-10)
Unit Director:
Tetsuro Amino (ED4-6)
Tomihiko Ōkubo (OP1-2, ED1-3)
Music: Hiroyuki Kouzu
Original creator: Minami Mizuno
Character Design: Miyako Nishida
Art Director: Satoshi Shibata
Art:
Chiho Shibuya (eps 17-18)
Tomomi Sugimoto (eps 15-16)
Chief Animation Director:
Masahiro Sekiguchi (5 episodes
eps 11-12, 17-18, 23
)
Miyako Nishida
Animation Director:
Hitomi Urata (ep 22)
Kazuyuki Ikai (7 episodes
eps 6, 10, 13-14, 19-20, 24
)
Kōichi Satō (OP1-2, ED1-3)
Masahiro Sekiguchi (ED4-6; 5 episodes
eps 6, 8, 12, 17, 23
)
Masayuki Nomoto (eps 5, 11, 18)
Moe Sasaki (eps 5, 9, 11)
Noriyoshi Yamazaki (4 episodes
eps 15-16, 21-22
)
Takenori Tsukuma (4 episodes
eps 2, 8, 14, 20
)
Toshihide Masudate (5 episodes
eps 1, 7, 13, 19, 24
)
Yūichi Karasawa (ep 22)
Sound Director: Kisuke Koizumi
Director of Photography: Jun'ichi Ōkubo

2nd Key Animation:
Haruna Kumaki (eps 11, 18)
Kazuya Nagoya (eps 16, 21-22)
Mika Kimura (eps 16, 21-22)
Moe Kodama (eps 1-2, 6, 18)
Ryo Umemoto (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 6, 18-19
)
Shinya Tateyama (ep 3)
Shiori Kurihara (18 episodes
eps 1-2, 6-10, 12-20, 23-24
)
Shunsuke Matsuo (4 episodes
eps 15-16, 21-22
)
Yoshihiro Seo (5 episodes
eps 6-7, 9-10, 18
)
Yuka Nagata (ep 6)
3D Animation: Tomomi Suzuki (OP2)
Animation producer: Junji Murata
Assistant Animation Director: Kaho Deguchi (eps 3-4)
Assistant Episode Director: Yoshimi Katsumata (ep 18)
Background Art:
Chiho Shibuya (Studio Forest; eps 1-16, 19-24)
Dam Ryung Ku (Studio Forest; eps 1-12, 15-24)
Michihiro Nakao (Studio Forest; 6 episodes
eps 13-14, 17-20
)
Tomomi Sugimoto (Studio Forest; eps 1-14, 17-24)
Yukiko Kitamura (Studio Forest; eps 1-12)
Color Coordination:
Aki Watanabe (9 episodes
eps 1-7 odd, 11, 13, 19, 21, 23
)
Kazumi Hasegawa (15 episodes
eps 2-8 even, 9-10, 12, 14-18, 20, 22, 24
)
Color design: Aki Watanabe
Finish Animation:
Aki Watanabe (5 episodes
eps 14, 19-20, 23-24
)
Hironori Nochi (Studio Toys; 4 episodes
eps 13-14, 19-20
)
Kazumi Hasegawa (Studio Toys; 22 episodes
eps 1-13, 15-20, 23-25
)
Yukiko Hida (Studio Toys; eps 1-20, 23-24)
In-Between Animation:
Chihiro Nagahashi (4 episodes
eps 15-16, 21-22
)
Kazuya Nagoya (eps 15-16)
Mika Kimura (eps 15-16)
Moe Kodama (eps 1-7, 19)
Ryo Umemoto (21 episodes
eps 1-15, 17-20, 23-24
)
Shiori Kurihara (14 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-10, 13-14, 17-18, 24
)
Shunsuke Matsuo (eps 15-16)
Tōko Koike (19 episodes
eps 1-11, 13-14, 16-20, 24
)
Tomomi Kanehara (9 episodes
eps 5-7, 11-12, 17, 19, 23-24
)
Yoshihiro Seo (15 episodes
eps 1-10, 18-20, 23-24
)
Yūko Ōba (20 episodes
eps 1-14, 17-20, 23-24
)
In-Between Check:
Shunsuke Matsuo (4 episodes
eps 15-16, 21-22
)
Tomomi Kanehara (20 episodes
eps 1-14, 17-20, 23-24
)
In-Between Check Assistance:
Moe Kodama (eps 3-4)
Tōko Koike (6 episodes
eps 13-14, 17-20
)
Yoshihiro Seo (eps 1-4, 6)
Yūko Ōba (6 episodes
eps 13-14, 17-20
)
Key Animation:
Akane Imada (4 episodes
eps 6, 12, 17, 23
)
Atsushi Usui (eps 6, 12, 17)
Aya Tanaka (NEOX; eps 3, 10)
Ayaka Inaba (ep 22)
Daisuke Nakajima (ep 18)
Haruka Suzuki (NEOX; eps 3, 10)
Hiromi Funatsu (ep 2)
Hiromi Niwa (Wafū Animation; ep 20)
Hiromu Matsumoto (ep 20)
Hiroyuki Kobashi (eps 6-7)
Hisateru Manabe (eps 6, 12, 17)
Hyo Sang Yoo (eps 15, 22)
Iori Ishii (ep 14)
Jin Takebe (4 episodes
eps 6, 12, 17, 23
)
Kaho Deguchi (OP1-2; 13 episodes
eps 1-2, 6-8, 12-14, 17, 19-20, 23-24
)
Kaori Tanazawa (NEOX; eps 3, 10)
Kaori Yamazaki (NEOX; eps 3, 10)
Kazuhiko Abe (eps 16, 21)
Kazuhiro Sasaki (ep 19)
Kozue Tanaami (4 episodes
eps 6, 12, 17, 23
)
Kumiko Kakoi (eps 7, 12)
Kyōhei Ōyabu (eps 1-2)
Kyōko Sugiyama (4 episodes
eps 8, 14, 19, 24
)
Maki Fujita (eps 6, 12, 17)
Makiko Takeda (Be Loop; 4 episodes
eps 13, 17, 19, 23
)
Manabu Kushibuchi (Be Loop; eps 13, 19, 23)
Manami Umeshita (ep 12)
Masahiro Sekiguchi (OP1, ED1-6)
Masatsugu Takeda (eps 15-16, 21)
Masayuki Nomoto (ep 5)
Mayuko Yamamoto (ep 22)
Michiko Noda (5 episodes
eps 2, 7, 13, 19, 24
)
Mie Ōishi (ep 2)
Miho Omigawa (Studio Giants; 4 episodes
eps 5, 9, 11, 18
)
Miyako Nishida (NEOX; ep 9)
Moe Kodama (6 episodes
eps 7-8, 13-14, 19, 24
)
Moe Sasaki (Studio Giants; eps 5, 9, 11)
Natsumi Hasebe (Asahi Production; ep 19)
Noriyoshi Yamazaki (ep 16)
Rumi Miyata (ep 1)
Satoru Yamashita (ep 22)
Seishirō Nagaya (OP2)
Shotaro Hamanaka (ep 19)
Takashi Hirabayashi (ep 7)
Tamako Miyanishi (NEOX; eps 3, 10)
Teruko Takeshima (ep 15)
Tomomi Kanehara (eps 1-2)
Tomoya Kishi (ep 22)
Toshiaki Kanbara (ep 2)
Yoshiaki Matsuda (ep 2)
Yoshie Sakata (ep 1)
Yoshihiro Seo (ep 1)
Yoshimi Iwata (4 episodes
eps 6, 12, 17, 23
)
Yoshimi Katsumata (eps 5, 18)
Yoshito Matsunaga (NEOX; eps 3, 10)
Yuka Nagata (ep 12)
Yukihiro Kobayashi (ep 1)
Yuri Inoguchi (eps 6, 12)
Photography:
Haruhi Gotō (Asahi Production)
Haruna Higuchi (Asahi Production)
Hideki Chiba (Asahi Production)
Kaho Sato (Asahi Production Miyagi Shiroishi Studio)
Kei Ishibashi (Asahi Production)
Kouki Okada (Asahi Production Miyagi Shiroishi Studio)
Natsuki Takei (Asahi Production)
Seung Goo Choi (Asahi Production)
Shōko Endō (Asahi Production Miyagi Shiroishi Studio)
Takahiro Itou (Asahi Production Miyagi Shiroishi Studio)
Tasuku Ozu (Asahi Production)
Teppei Satō (Asahi Production)
Yū Akiyama (Asahi Production)
Production Advancement:
Hikari Yamashita (6 episodes
eps 5-6, 11-12, 17, 23
)
Naoya Nishimoto (4 episodes
eps 15-16, 21-22
)
Yūka Sano (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 7-8, 13-14, 19, 24
)
Production Desk: Yūka Sano
Setting Production: Yūka Sano
Theme Song Performance:
Kōki Uchiyama (ED)
Nobunaga Shimazaki (ED)
Sonar Pocket (OP)
Takuya Eguchi (ED)
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (ED)
Video Editing:
Arika Mikami (Imagica)
Hideki Takemura (Imagica)
Kōki Uchiyama as Tsuyoshi Naoe
Nobunaga Shimazaki as Keiichi Katakura
Takuya Eguchi as Tomoya Matsunaga
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Natsuki Hashiba

Ai Kayano as Nozomi Matsunaga
Megumi Toda as Chiba
Minami Tsuda as Anna Kobayakawa
Shinya Hamazoe as Taizō Sanada
Shizuka Ishigami as Yukiko Asai
Shōta Ebina as Yūji Katakura
Yumi Uchiyama as Mari Tsutsui

Asumi Yoneyama as Receptionist (ep 14)
Haruka Kudō as Caster (ep 22)
Haruka Michii as
Clerk (ep 20)
Girl (ep 19)
Kahoko Hashimoto as Miho Ishida (ep 6)
Kappei Yamaguchi as Masami Tsutsui (eps 17, 21)
Kayo Ishida as Natsuki's mother (ep 21)
Kotoyo Manaka as Class representative (ep 6)
M.A.O as
Rina Mori (eps 2, 16)
Schoolgirl (ep 1)
Masumi Tazawa as Clerk (ep 20)
Megumi Toda as Schoolgirl (ep 5)
Miho Aizawa as Female customer (ep 12)
Minami Takahashi as
Furuta (ep 4)
Schoolgirl (ep 8)
Tsuyoshi's mother (ep 3)
Minami Tsuda as Senior (ep 18)
Nichika Ōmori as
Aya Ōno (ep 5)
Broadcaster (ep 6)
Clerk (eps 23-24)
Schoolgirl (ep 1)
Ruka Nemoto as Clerk (ep 12)
Shino Shimoji as Schoolgirl (ep 6)
Shinya Hamazoe as Announcer (ep 24)
Shizuka Ishigami as Schoolgirl (ep 8)
Shōta Ebina as
Boyfriend (ep 12)
Clerk (ep 24)
Physical education teacher (ep 11)
Teacher (ep 4)
Shunichi Maki as Man (eps 12-13)
Tarō Kiuchi as Man (ep 12)
Tomokazu Sugita as Imagawa (ep 5)
Toshinari Fukamachi as
Car announcer (ep 19)
Couple man (ep 20)
Yoshihito Sasaki as Teacher (eps 4, 23)
Yuki Kaida as Senior (ep 18)
Yūko Kaida as Satomi-sensei (eps 16-17)
Yumi Uchiyama as Senior (ep 18)
Yūsuke Ōta as
Announcer (ep 22)
Costumer (ep 6)
Shinnosuke Nezu (eps 5, 8)
Yuu Hayashi as Wataru Mochizuki (eps 5, 8, 19)
Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Art Base Bam
Brain's Base
Kino Production
Nakamura Production
Nexus (ep 17)
Studio Elle
Studio Giants
Studio Gram
Studio Mark
TAP
Zero-G
Animation Production: Ashi Productions
Backgrounds: Studio Forest
Broadcaster:
Chukyo TV. Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
Nippon BS Broadcasting Corporation
The Sapporo Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
Tokyo MX
YTV
Finish Animation:
A-Line
animocaramel
Asahi Production
BEEP
D-Motion
Nexus (eps 7-8, 12)
R.I.C
Reboot
Studio Elle
Studio Toys
In-Between Animation:
A-Line
Ascension
asread
BEEP
Brain's Base
CONNECT
D-Motion
Dangun Pictures
Dōga Kōbō
GAINAX
ingresA
Kino Production
M.S.C
Nakamura Production
NAZ
Nexus (11 episodes
eps 3, 5-10, 14, 17-19
)
Peace & Kindness
R.I.C
Reboot
Snowdrop
Studio Angle
Studio Elle
Studio Gimlet
Studio Live
Studio Mark
Zero-G
Internet Streaming: Videx
Key Animation:
Asahi Production (ep 19)
Be Loop (eps 13, 19)
Nexus (eps 3, 9)
Seigasha (ep 16)
Studio Giants (ep 9)
Studio Wanpack (ep 16)
Wafū Animation (ep 20)
Photography:
Asahi Production
Asahi Production Shiroishi Studio
Photography Cooperation: TROYCA
English staff
English companies
(none)
Internet Streaming:
AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand)
Wakanim (Nordic countries)
Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment
English cast
(none)
French staff
French companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Anime Digital Network
French cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Distributor: Yamato Video
Internet Streaming:
PopCorn TV
YouTube (Yamato Animation, latecast)
Italian cast
(none)

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