Monster Farm: Enbanseki no himitsu (1999–2001)

Stars:

Andrew Francis, Janyse Jaud, Scott McNeil

Cast

Series cast summary:
Andrew Francis	...	Genki (73 episodes, 1999-2001)
Janyse Jaud	...	Mocchi (73 episodes, 1999-2001)
Scott McNeil	...	Suezo (73 episodes, 1999-2001)
Maggie Blue O'Hara	...	Holly (73 episodes, 1999-2001)
Brian Drummond	...	Tiger of the Wind (69 episodes, 1999-2001)
Sam Vincent	...	Hare (66 episodes, 1999-2001)
Paul Dobson	...	Moo (57 episodes, 1999-2001)
Richard Newman	...	Golem (40 episodes, 1999-2000)
Lee Tockar	...	General Durahan (34 episodes, 1999-2001)
Doc Harris	...	Golem (32 episodes, 1999-2001)
Terry Klassen	...	Tournament Announcer (30 episodes, 1999-2001)

Storyline

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Taglines:

Monsters Rule!

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Genres:

Animation

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Certificate:

TV-Y7

Details

Official Sites:

BKN

Country:

Japan

Language:

English

Also Known As:

Monster Rancher

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ocean Group

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (48 episodes)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

There was a third season which aired in Japan (where the show was produced), and was dubbed into English but did not air in the USA. It did air in Canada, the UK and Australia/NZ. All 3 seasons were dubbed in Fench, German, and Portuguese and aired in France, Germany, and Brazil respectively.

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Connections

Referenced in Dead or Alive 2: Hardcore (2000)

User Reviews

Used to be my favourite show!!!!

Hm. This was one of my favourite shows. I honestly don't remember too much about it. I just remember that it had a HORRIBLE time slot, so I'd be up at 5:30 in the morning watching it...that's how much I liked it.

Genki is sucked into a video game where he meets a girl named Holly on a righteous quest to free the Pheonix and defeat the evil Moo (man...what a bad name). Along the way, they are joined by monsters who found it in their best interest to join this quest. I believe the monsters were Hare, Tiger of the Winds (I remember the episode where they met him...that was awesome), Suezo, Golem and Mochi.

The thing that really drew me to this show was the in-depth delving into the characters' minds. Don't get me wrong, I was all into Pokemon and Digimon too, but MR was by far my favourite. Like I said, it was the characters. Digimon and Pokemon are more about the fights, whereas MR was more about the characters. I think it was HIGHLY under-appreciated.

8/10 stars.