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![]() The cover for Rainbow Parakeet volume 1 from the Osamu Tezuka Manga Complete Works edition. |
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| 七色いんこ (Nana-iro Inko) |
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| Genre | Action, Mystery |
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| Author | Osamu Tezuka |
| Publisher | Akita Shoten |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Shōnen Champion |
| Original run | March 20, 1981 – May 28, 1983 |
| Volumes | 7 |
Rainbow Parakeet (七色いんこ Nana-iro Inko) is a manga series created by Osamu Tezuka dealing with the adventures of the eponymous phantom thief.
The manga is collected in seven volumes. It has been published in France by Asuka.
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Rainbow Parakeet is a genius actor and a fantastic mimic, but also a thief. He can act out any role to the best of his abilities, while robbing the richest members of the audience during his performances. His methods are a mystery, even to the detectives charged with apprehending him: Police Inspector Senri and his daughter, Police Detective Mariko Senri.
Inspector Senri's daughter. While she is passionate about capturing Rainbow Parakeet, she is also in love with him.
A dog who is as good at disguising himself as Parakeet. Tamasaburo soon joins Parakeet in his work.
Parakeet appeared like detective Sherlock Homespun in a chapter, where he was an English cyborg private detective who helps Astro to recover an artificial sun created to help exploration in Pluto.
Parakeet is featured in several episodes of the 2003 TV incarnation of Astro Boy as the terrorist Kato.
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