Red (TV series)

Red (Also known as Red: The Animated series) (Japanese: 赤：十五歳の少女の物語 which means Red: The story of a 15-year-old girl) is a Canadian-Japanese anime series created by DIC Entertainment and Sanrio in association with Paramount Pictures Europe and WIZ. It is based on the 1997 Nintendo 64 game, Red's Adventure. The show premiered in 2004 and aired on Tokyo TV.

An official English dub was produced by Fresh Studios and premiered on Gingo in the US, YTV in Canada and CBBC in the UK in 2006. The show also aired on Qubo and The CW's WildBrain Spark block. New episodes air every Sunday on Tokyo TV, Wednesday on Gingo, Monday on YTV and Thursday on CBBC.

Currently, 9 Story Entertainment has the North American rights to the show as they acquired the rights to the Fresh Studio library from Gingo. The show also currently airs on Jetix in Japan and Antenna TV as a part of its Nostalgame block in the US.

Red's Adventure
In the year 2027, an evil Mushroom king named King Shroom reigned a faraway island named Mushroom Island. When Red receives a letter from one of the islands held hostage, She along with her three siblings go to the island and stop King Shroom. When they arrive at the island, they encounter King Shroom's minions, the Nokomites. Eventually, the four are casted into the forest where they encounter a giant tree dragon. With the help of the Tree Dragon, they successfully save the island from King Shroom and return to Rainbow Island. During the process, a species of insect-like aliens named the Waspoids arrive at Planet Colos and start to infect the people of Mushroom Island. When they save the entire island from the mysterious species, the Waspoids then infect Rainbow Island's king, Terrible Termite.

Red's Shining Rainbow Adventure
When Red and her siblings returned to Rainbow island, the entire city appears to be in darkness. And before they know it, it was surrounded by unknown white goo created by the Waspoids. They then took a bit of goo and their mother Purple (who appeared to be a scientist) analyzed it and revealed that the goo created by the waspoids is modified dark matter and could only be destroyed by a rainbow stone deep in the caves. It was a long and tedious cave journey but they indeed found the stone. Eventually, they had to give it to Terrible Termite. Who refused to take the stone. So they had to do it the hard way: by throwing it at his face. When he was cured, the waspoids all flew into space and out came their queen: Queen Waspoid. By the time they flew to space, the Rainbow stone transformed into a beautiful sword.

♥Rainbow Star♥
After the fight, Red solely went to space herself to take down the monstrous threat. But in order to do so, she needs to collect the seven Rainbow Stars to do so. Her siblings often call her from the sword to see her progress. After she got all of the seven stars, she and the waspoid army got into a huge duel that Rainbow Island called "The Space Battle". After the Queen's defeat, she merges with the waspoid army to create The Waspoid-master. In the heat of the intense duel, Red successfully wins by hitting it in the eye. Causing the entire fusion to blow up. When she returned to Rainbow island, she receives terrible news that the remains of the Waspoid-master has landed on another planet: Planet Gothgoth.

Happy Wishes☆Lovely Harmonies
After receiving the terrible news, she then decides to (this time, taking her siblings) fly to planet Gothgoth to wipe the Waspoids out of existence. Though it's worse than she expected. Instead of the place itself being infected, the people turned into lifeless blobs. Except for one, a male named Gothboy. He then decides to join Red and her siblings to stop the waspoids. Eventually ended up on a faraway island named "lifeless Island". Where the source is located. Eventually, the five all learn a harmony and a wish that they called Happy Wishes and Lovely Harmonies. With the five singing the Harmonies, their wishes (portrayed by a star on their chest) begun to fire rainbow beams to the giant pillar to defeat the Waspoids, who are compressed in a pillar. Eventually, with enough patience, the pillar blew up and revealed a white light. This light reverted the effects caused by the Waspoids. The series ended with the cast of characters all taking a photo.

Characters

 * Red - A happy-go-lucky but somewhat gullible 15-year old girl. She loves the color red and is the main protagonist.
 * Rainbow - Red's younger brother. He is surprisingly smart for a 10-year old and likes to run. He tends to also have a big appetite.
 * Cyan - Red's older sister. She's the most cautious of the main four and is often concerned for the others. While only 18, she wants to protect her three siblings.
 * Blue - The oldest of the four. He is a bus driver who appears to be on break. He also works as a weaponsmith in the series and thinks it's an awkward job for a 20-year old.
 * Purple - The group's mother. She is a scientist that likes to analyze various objects. She dearly misses her now-deceased husband, Yellow, who has been married to her for 32 years. Rainbow has never seen him.
 * King Shroom - A royal king from Mushroom Island. Manipulated by the Wasptiods, he only does evil deeds. He is strongly based on his behavior from the original Red's Adventure game.
 * Terrible Termite - The sinister ruler of Rainbow Island. He is a cruel, yet incredibly gullible king who wants everyone to obey him. Under control by the waspoids, becomes the successor to King Shroom. He later redeems himself.
 * Gothboy - A young alien boy who came from the planet Gothgoth. Revealed to have a crush on Red, this 14-year old is the only survivor of the Waspoid takeover on planet Gothgoth.
 * The Waspoid Queen - The main antagonist of the series. She is a tyrannical overlord who originated from a nebula of negative energy. She also has the ability to convert to a white substance named "Dark Matter". Her lair is located on lifeless island.
 * The Waspoid-master - A more powerful version of the Waspoid Queen. In this form, she takes on a more sinister form and even has guns as a form of weapon. Unlike her previous form, she doesn't turn to dark matter, she is dark matter itself.