Rainbow: Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin (2010)

Original title

ＲＡＩＮＢＯＷ 二舎六房の七人

Genre

drama anime and manga

Country

Japan

Length

1 season, 26 episodes

Rated

TV-MA

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 77 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1950s Japan, six boys are sent to a juvenile reformatory where they suffer harsh treatment and abuse. They form a close bond and rely on each other to survive.

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What happens

Rainbow: Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin (RAINBOW 二舎六房の七人; 'Rainbow: The Seven from Block 2, Cell 6'), is a Japanese manga series written by George Abe and illustrated by Masasumi Kakizaki. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazines Weekly Young Sunday (2002–2008) and Weekly Big Comic Spirits (2009–2010), with its chapters collected in 22 tankōbon volumes. The story is set in the 1950s and focuses on six junior delinquents sent to the Shōnan Special Reformatory. They learn to cope with the atrocities and unfairness they encounter there. A 26-episode anime television series adaptation produced by Madhouse and directed by Hiroshi Kōjina was broadcast on Nippon TV from April to September 2010. The manga has had over 3.3 million copies in circulation. In 2006, Rainbow won the 51st Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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