Rainbow Brite (1984 TV series)

Rainbow Brite
Rainbow Brite title screen
GenreAdventure
Fantasy
Created byHallmark Cards
Garry Glissmeyer
Lanny Julian
Written byWoody Kling
Howard R Cohen
Felicia Maliani
Directed byBruno Bianchi
Osamu Dezaki
Rich Rudish
Voices ofSee Voices
ComposersShuki Levy
Haim Saban
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes13 episodes (+2 half-hour live-action specials and 4 read-along videos)
Production
Executive producersJean Chalopin
Andy Heyward
ProducerTetsuo Katayama
Running time25 minutes
Production companyDIC Enterprises
Original release
NetworkSyndication (Kideo TV)
ReleaseJune 27, 1984 (1984-06-27) - April 23, 1985 (1985-04-23) (TV specials)
ReleaseApril 5 (1986-04-05) –
June 28, 1986 (1986-06-28)[1][2] (TV series)
Related
Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer (film)
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Rainbow Brite is an animated series based on Hallmark's media franchise of the same name, that ran from 1984 to 1986.[3] Produced by DIC Enterprises with animation provided by Japanese TMS Entertainment, the show began as a part of DIC's Kideo TV syndicated anthology package.[4] In this series, Rainbow Brite uses her magical belt to protect the colors of Rainbowland from the bumbling Murky & Lurky.[5]

  1. ^ "New York Magazine". April 7, 1986.
  2. ^ "New York Magazine". June 30 – July 7, 1986.
  3. ^ Mogan, Kenyth (November 20, 2017). "This Christmas is going to be Rainbow Brite!". Huffington Post. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
  4. ^ Perlmutter, David (May 4, 2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 488. ISBN 9781538103746. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
  5. ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 487–488. ISBN 978-1538103739.