Colorful
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| カラフル (Colorful) |
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| Genre | Ecchi |
| Manga | |
| Authored by | Torajirou Kishi |
| Publisher |  Shueisha |
| Serialized in | Weekly Shonen Jump |
| Original run | February 1998 – December 2000 |
| No. of volumes | 7 |
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| Directed by | Ryutaro Nakamura |
| Studio | Studio Wombat |
| Network | TBS G4  Anime Network |
| Original run | 6th September 1999 – 30th September 1999 |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
Colorful (カラフル Karafuru?) is a sixteen-episode anime directed by Ryutaro Nakamura and based on the manga by Torajirou Kishi. The episodes are composed of vignettes typically involving men and teenage boys attempting to catch a glimpse of women's panties and/or look down their blouses. The episodes are fast-paced, experimental in animation and sound/music, manic and very short (about seven minutes each) and filled with ecchi comedy.
Anime fanatics tend to either love or hate the series as it is considered either wildly funny, or tasteless and depraved. Colorful shares similarities with Golden Boy in several ways: most notably the inclusion of one of the characters acting the bizarre toilet fetish of Kintaro Oe in one of the episodes.
The opening theme is "Boku no Taion wa 37.5 C." ("My temperature is 37.5 degrees") by Yuko Miyamura.
The English (U.S.) DVD was released on March 18, 2003 and is distributed by A.D. Vision.
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[edit] Cast and characters
Colorful's cast is very varied with some characters only appearing once in the whole series. There are also several special interest characters that make appearances across episodes.
Hirokawa and Itani are two freshmen at Tokyo university who are perverts in their own way. Hirokawa and Itani are seen enjoying the wind blowing girls' skirts up and seeing their attractive English teacher showing them how to pronounce their L's and R's. Hirokawa shares an apartment with three people.
Hirokawa voiced by: Nobutoshi Hayashi (Japanese), David Matranga (English)
Itani voiced by: Yasuhiko Kawazu (Japanese), Tommy Drake (English)
Aki Yamamoto is the cute athletic star who is the coach's main focus for his fantasies. The show features clips of Yamamoto's face in between vignettes, either winking or with her name being printed all over the screen with "Yamamoto!" being said by multiple people in different ways.
Voiced by: Sayaka Ohara (Japanese), Hilary Haag (English)
Steve is an American exchange student majoring in photography and cinematography at Tokyo University. He uses his cameras for voyeuristic panty shots.
Voiced by: Yūichi Nagashima (Japanese), Greg Stanley (English)
Kariya is a man with circular sun-glasses who usually steals things from unsuspecting people.
Voiced by: Daiki Nakamura
Shimoi Chino is the reporter for the "Psychic Spot" television program ("Channel 2 Night Beat" in the dubbed version) whose main goal is to sit beside Barbara Walters on The View.
Voiced by: Nina Kumagaya (Japanese), Shelley Calene-Black (English)
[edit] Other characters
- Fumihiko Tachiki as Yamamoto's Coach (Rob Mungle in the English dub)
- Miho Yamada as Mademoiselle and Space Alien
- Urara Takano as Pamela
- Jamie, a friend of Steve seen only in episode thirteen
[edit] Taglines
- Real life is never Black & White.
- Love is Colorful
- Roses are red
Violets are blue
This show's about panties.
[edit] Trivia
- The show Shimoi hosts in episode one is called "ShinRei Spot". ShinRei was dubbed into "Psychic" by ADV Films.
- Shimoi often directs her work to gain Barbara Walters' attention in the dub.
- Episode twelve pokes fun at classic kaiju movies with a giant private school girl as the "monster". All the cast members make an appearance.
- The Kintaro Oe-spoof episode shows Hirokuwa's roommates watching Episode four (of Colorful), including the opening title sequence.
- Some puns were left out of the English dub, but were included in A.D.V. subtitles. One such pun involves Steve referring to his panty shots as "Japan's exotic upside-down Fuji".
- The show is rather ambiguous as to whether it supports the fetishes it deals with or not. The perpetrators within the show usually either fail at their attempt to catch a glimpse, get cought in the act, or suffer Karmic retribution. For instance, there is a running gag where characters will crash their bikes while ogling passing female bikers.
[edit] External links
- Colorful at the Anime News Network.
