Rainbow Fish (TV series)

Rainbow Fish
GenreAnimated series
Slice of life
Based onThe Rainbow Fish
by Marcus Pfister
Written by
  • Dean Stefan
  • Rowby Goren
  • Dave Bennett
  • John R. Cote
  • Ian James Corlett
  • Brooks Anderson
  • Gabe Lloyd
  • Patricia Davis
  • Lara Johnston
  • Jonathan Moss
  • Marcus Johnson
  • Katie Betts
  • Sindy McKay
  • Philip Stinson
  • Erika Strobel
Directed byDrew Edwards
Voices of
Theme music composer
  • Tom Armbruster
  • Charlie Brissette
  • Ed Mitchell
  • Dean Stefan
Opening theme"There's A Rainbow in the Water"
performed by Blu Mankuma and Saffron Henderson
Ending theme"There's A Rainbow in the Water (Reprise)"
(instrumental)
ComposerMatthew McCauley
Country of originCanada
Germany
United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes52
Production
Executive producers
  • Steven DeNure
  • Loris Kramer
  • Neil Court
  • Franz Prinz von Auersperg
ProducerBeth Stevenson
EditorJudy Kaling
Running time15 minutes per episode (approx.)
Production companies
Original release
Network
ReleaseJanuary 8 (2000-01-08) 
December 24, 2000 (2000-12-24)

Rainbow Fish is a children's animated television series adapted from the book of the same name by Marcus Pfister. However, the television series does not follow the plot of the book; instead, it takes the character and the setting to create new stories. For the show's purposes, some characters were added and others were expanded. In the series, the fish live in a place called Neptune Bay (named after Neptune, the god of the sea), and attend "The School of Fish." The series also features a location called "Shipwreck Park," resembling the wreck of the RMS Titanic.

The series was produced by Decode Entertainment and EM.TV & Merchandising AG for Sony Wonder. It originally aired for a single season of 52 episodes, from January 8 to December 24, 2000.