Rio: Rainbow Gate! is a Japanese animetelevision series animated by Xebec. Based on Tecmo's Rio Series of pachinko games, the series revolves around titular character Rio Rollins, a popular casino dealer working at the Howard Resort who is known as the "Goddess of Victory", and the thirteen cards called Gates which are used to determine the world's most skilled dealer. The anime aired on Tokyo MX and related channels between January 4, 2011 and March 29, 2011.
Plot
In an island casino called the Howard Resort, Rio Rollins is a popular casino dealer with the ability to bring good luck to gamblers just by walking past them, earning her the nickname "The Goddess of Victory". Mint Clark, a young child, comes to the Howard Resort with her grandfather and encounters Rio, and the two become the best of friends. Rio's life soon changes when it is revealed that she is a "Gate Holder", a dealer who holds one of the 13 legendary cards called "Gates", and whoever collects them all will be named "Most Valuable Casino Dealer". To collect all 13 Gates, Rio must take part in special matches called "Gate Battles" with other Gate Holders and gain their Gates to become the most valuable casino dealer in the world.
Characters
Main characters
;Rio Rollins Tachibana ;Mint Clark ;Rina Goltschmidt Tachibana
Howard Resort employees
;Tom Howard ;Rosa Canyon ;Elle Adams and Ille Adams ;Tiffany Abbot ;Anya Helsing ;Dana ;Linda
Antagonists
;Cartia Goltschmidt ;Bull Hard ;Queen ;King ;Yang-Yang and Ang-Ang ;Charlie
The series, produced by Xebec, is directed by Takao Kato, written by Mayori Sekijima, produced by Shinji Horikiri, character design by Hisashi Shimura, and music by Atsushi Umebori. The anime aired on Tokyo MX between January 4, 2011 and March 29, 2011, with subsequent broadcasts on TV Aichi, Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc., Nico Nico Channel, BS NTV, and AT-X. Crunchyroll provides simulcasts of the series on their website to their paid subscribers, with others seeing it a week later. The series was released on seven DVD and Blu-ray volumes between April 29, 2011 and October 19, 2011, the last of which contains a bonus episode. The opening theme for the series is "Let's Spin the World Together!" by the Love Roulettes, consisting ofMarina Inoue, Ayana Taketatsu, Chiaki Takahashi, and Yōko Hikasa, while the ending theme is "Miracle☆Chance" by ULTRA-PRISM. CD singles of the songs were released on January 26, 2011 by Universal Music. The anime was licensed in North America by Media Blasters in 2013 and released on DVD, in the Japanese language with English subtitles, on March 25, 2014. The Media Blasters version began streaming on Ani.me in 2017. The series premiered on Toku in the United States in January 2016.
