FUNi to Stream Rainbow

FUNimation and Japanese broadcaster Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV) have entered into an agreement giving FUNi the exclusive rights to simulcast the current anime television series Rainbow – Nisha Rokubo no Shichinin. The dramatic series’ ninth episode will stream on FUNimation.com at 12pm CDT on June 1st, one hour after its Japanese broadcast premiere. The prior eight episodes will also be released online with English subtitles. Rainbow, directed by Hiroshi Koujina (Escaflowne movie, Macross Plus), is animated by Madhouse and adapted from the manga by writer George Abe and illustrator Masasumi Kakizaki. The story depicts the lives of seven juvenile delinquents at a reform school in 1955.