Colorful (manga)
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The cover of the first volume of Colorful
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カラフル (Karafuru) |
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| Genre | Parody |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Torajirou Kishi |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Weekly Young Jump |
| Original run | February 1998 – December 2000 |
| Volumes | 7 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Ryutaro Nakamura |
| Studio | Triangle Staff |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TBS |
| English network | |
| Original run | September 6, 1999 – September 30, 1999 |
| Episodes | 16 |
Colorful (カラフル Karafuru?) is a manga by Torajirō Kishi which was adapted into a 16-episode anime series. 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, sound design and music, manic and very short, about seven minutes each, and filled with comedy. The show is rather ambiguous as to whether it supports the fetishes it deals with or not. The perpetrators within the show usually fail at their attempt to catch a glimpse, get caught in the act, or suffer Karmic retribution.
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 toilet fetish of Kintaro Oe in one of the episodes.
The opening theme is "Boku no Taion wa 37.5 C." (僕の体温は37.5℃ "My temperature is 37.5 degrees"?) by Yūko Miyamura.
The English (U.S.) DVD was released on March 18, 2003 and was distributed by A.D. Vision. Some puns were left out of this dub, but were included in A.D.V. subtitles. One such pun involves Steve referring to his panties shots as "Japan's exotic upside-down Fuji".
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