Rainbow Man

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Mitsuru Adachi wrote a manga series based on the show which was serialized in TV Magazine Otomodachi from to The series focuses on pro wrestler Takeshi Yamato, a young man who, after training in India with the yogi sage Devadatta, gains the ability to transform into a superhero called Rainbowman who possesses seven different superhero forms called "Dashes", with the seven Dashes representing yin and yang the Moon and the Sun and the five elements wu xing of ancient Chinese philosophy.

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In each Dash form, with Dash 1 representing the Moon yellow , Dash 2 representing fire red , Dash 3 representing water blue , Dash 4 representing wood green , Dash 5 representing metal gold , Dash 6 representing earth brown and Dash 7 representing the Sun white , Rainbowman is endowed with a color-coded costume and powers related to that element.

Later in the series he gains the ability to create a fusion state between Dash 7 and any two other forms with all their related powers. They make use of elite mercenaries, cyborgs, wizards and supernatural monsters in pursuit of their plans. In , a episode anime remake loosely based on the series was produced.

Instead of a superhero as in the live-action series, the anime featured a young man who commands seven giant robots which can merge with a larger giant robot. Stewart — the subject of a documentary made by Sam Green — became so omnipresent on TV that his appearances entered the popular culture.

He later claimed that he drove 60, miles a year to attend more than a thousand sporting events over about fifteen years. He ended up on dozens of golf telecasts, and in the stands at baseball games sometimes visible on camera right behind the plate , football games, Indy races, you name it.

Rollen Stewart

When he was interviewed, he usually came off as someone slightly unhinged, and producers quickly realized he presented a liability to their broadcasts and they tried their best to ignore him, even though he was little more than a pest. Stewart had lived through a rough childhood in Spokane, Washington, were both parents had been alcoholics. His father died when he was seven, and then his mother was killed in a house fire when he was fifteen. That same year his sister was strangled by her boyfriend.

Rollen Stewart became rebellious and eventually turned to the high speed thrills of drag racing in high school, and even opened up a shop where he worked on cars. He also married his first love, but when she left him, he sunk into despair, and sold the shop and moved to a mountain ranch, where he became a marijuana farmer. The first time anyone can remember seeing him on TV was at NBA Finals in Portland, Oregon, when the cameras panned over to show a man in the aisles, dancing and wearing his rainbow-colored Afro wig.

He sold his pot farm and all of his possessions, and moved into his car.

And then he just began showing up everywhere. He even ended up on a Budweiser TV commercial, and lived off the residual checks for awhile, but wider TV fame, especially the offer of his own show, proved elusive.

The Rainbow Man/John () - IMDb

By the time of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, broadcasters were actively trying to avoid showing him on camera. Then, after the Super Bowl, Stewart recalled later, in one interview, that he was depressed and watching a televangelist, Charles R. Taylor, on the TV in his hotel room, and it was soon thereafter he was born-again into a self-ordained minister with one mission in life, to use his Rainbow Man persona to convince sinners to accept Christ as their savior.

He continued showing up at just about any televised sporting event he could find: If there were ever a poster boy for cult celebrity status, Rollen Stewart would be it. Attending live sporting events in the late s as "The Rainbow Man," Stewart literally gained national attention by simply dancing and cheering in his rainbow colored Afro wig. Rock'n Rollen as he was referred to at the time was living the high life, appearing at parties, doing drugs and even receiving endorsement deals.

Remembering The 80s “Rainbow Man” Before He Flipped His Freakin’ Wig

However, when the 80s rolled around, Stewart became born again and decided to use his unique outlet to fame to change his message from "Party Hardy" to "Repent ye sinners! But as Stewart's religious hysteria grew, so did his outlandish attention grabbing antics as his recognition quickly disappeared.

By the early 90s, Stewart continued his assault on national TV, but this time as a wanted criminal rather than jokester. Stewart is the pioneer of the everyman who craves and gains instant success via television.

He can also be considered the spokesman for the expired 15 minutes of fame club, an example of what can happen when that celebrity status becomes addicting yet unobtainable. Interviewing while serving three life sentences in prison, Stewart paints a woeful portrait of his life. Painfully shy as a child, Stewart relished the attention he received during his "Rainbow Man" years. But as the interest waned, he admits he became more and more obsessed with both watching and appearing on television.

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