Introduction
The "Howard Resort Hotel" is an entertainment destination where people gather from around the world to grab huge fortunes. In the casino is a beautiful female dealer named Rio Rollins, known far and wide as the "Goddess of Victory".
In order to approach closer to her mother, one of history's greatest dealers, she does battle to gather up the legendary cards called "gates". Those who gather all 13 gate cards are presented with the title MVCD (Most Valuable Casino Dealer), proof that they are a top dealer.
Set in a vast resort, an exciting battle begins with rival dealers that'll take your breath away! Throw in some "supreme comedy" and a story that makes you cry when you least expect it, these cute and sexy girls will explode off your screen! With everyone's cheer of "Leave it to Rio!", Lady Luck'll be with you, too!
Audience reviews
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MoonboxJones
I really really wanted to like this anime. In the end I found it extremely lackluster and lacking any real direction. It's almost like someone said, "I wanna make an anime" and they knew someone or had enough money to make it and get it on tv but never had a clear and defined path for the anime other than an initial idea of "it will be about gambling, a dealer, and that dealer is trying to be the best dealer".
The series opens with what looks like san francisco, however with gambling like las vegas, and with a coast like japan. It has the feeling of modern times, maybe slightly in the future but not much. It starts off a little slow but with intrigue. We follow the main characters in the first episode and are left thinking this is going to be about gambling however theres some problems wi…
Read at the sourceDesolatePsyche
First things first. My "reviews" system is explained on a blog entry. Which can be found through my profile.
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✦Story
Start was bright and intriguing, woman of luck being successful dealer in a mega casino. But as episodes went by, it became more far-fetched, chaotic in a bad way and thus from my point of view, it lost it's value and became quite boring. The subplot of main character and her search for someone and that conclusion was as well quite odd. Point being, story was with promising start and then it went downfall. Was potential game/casino Anime.
✦Art & Sound
Pretty, colorful and fun. Also character design of "western babes" and clothes. Point being, was good enough.
As for OST & Music, they were okay, but didn't really matter much. Meaning that they didn't leave lasting imp…
Read at the sourceZetsubouCooper
From "plot" to actual plot.
STORY
As you may expect from the synopsis of the series, Rio: Rainbow Gate is not a series that focuses all that much on the story.
The basic premise of the 13 "Gate Cards" and the concept of "Roll Rulers" is... pretty vague. It's certainly explained, but not in all that much detail.
Why are there 13 cards? What happens once someone wins all 13? Are they kept by that person? After all, if a Gate holder has to accept a challenge from another Gate holder, if someone has them all, it should mean that they can keep them until they die.
Are the Roll Ruler powers effective on everyone, or only other Roll Ruler users?
But questions like this aren't really what the series is about.
Though I must say, in fairness to the series, there is actual story development. As…
Read at the sourceAllenHavens92
Are you ready to place your bets? Because you just might "have a lucky day" with Rio: Rainbow Gate!
I'll be straight and say the concept is ridiculous, but that's where its charm comes from. Set in a casino resort where over-the-top duels occur and a dash of fan service for some spice. The main premise is the only iffy thing here, which is your typical "magic item collecting" scenario. My problem with it is there's not a whole lot to it that makes it any interesting. I also had a minor issue with the shift in the story's progression. This happens around halfway through, and while it's not that big of a concern, I just wished we had more time for other things before getting to the big picture.
If you're looking for any type of character development, then you're out of luck. The only ones…
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Rio rainbow gate is a very odd show. Revolving around the antics of Rio and the side characters, they are bombarded by rival dealers who want to challenge her and obtain the gates. MAL has the tags ecchi, and comedy. However, the comedy in this show is non-existant; I found myself laughing at the show instead of with it. The ecchi is rather moderate and usually dedicated to one part of an episode or outfit oriented.
I found that the plot was actually the strongest point of the show, although not by much. It follows the average showdown per episode, and when the dealers battle they aren't bad. However there is little actual gambling in this show as it turns into game contests like human pinball, shooting discs, and racing. They aren't all boring as they are all pretty unique but it just do…
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Rio's Rainbow Gate first anime to release in 2011 and IT SUCKS BALLS!!!!!
Positives +:
The Animation are the only thing thats good
Bearing yourself to stop watching this
The Actresses are good
Negatives -:
Episodes with no plots(some episodes do but people will send me hate comments if i did not) Overalls:This Anime was a blunt disaster the first episode had no plot and about a bear and was stared for a moment not the less not knowing more about the characters which they should've did but ended up with episodes that included plots thats not about the show and plots that do
UPDATED: well a 3/10 is what it'll be cause it feels like im being too harsh to this show but still the plots are kinda pointless so no point intending maybe
to be honest the art is good for the start of 2011 and we…
Read at the sourceSkadi
One of the things find I generally like about anime is that they almost always have their basis in manga or novels, at least giving it the chance of having a coherent story. Rio: Rainbow Gate! breaks the norm by being based on a pachinko game, and it shows. I didn’t have much in the way of expectations for this series but after a somewhat promising start things started to come apart fairly fast.
Rio's story is, as expected, dreadfully terrible. Our leading character is Rio, a popular dealer and kind of the mascot of the casino she works in, Howard Resort. Apparently she has some kind of power that gives people luck and causes them to win when she’s around. You can understand why the casino patrons would enjoy having her around but I never could for the life of my figure out why the casino…
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After following this particular series, I overall enjoyed it. The fan service was fan service. At the beginning it was very slow, but soon it began to form a plot, which I liked the idea it had. The ending wasn't as climatic as I expected but hey you can't argue with the whole world having good luck. Especially if Rio is responsible for world peace. I will say that I do look forward the next season. Mysterious man with a cape and red eyes with some little girl that has a bone to pick with someone. I would recommend this to anyone who just wants a feel good easy anime to watch to pass the time by.
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