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Monster Rancher

Wiki founding: 2013/03/16
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Last checked: 2021/05/07


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Anime, Game

Monster Rancher or known in Japan as Monster Farm (モンスターファーム, Monsutā Fāmu), is a Japanese anime series based on Tecmo's Monster Rancher video game franchise. It aired on Japanese television on TBS from April 17, 1999 to September 30, 2000, separated between two seasons; The Secret of the Stone Disk and The Legendary Path.

An English version was produced by Bohbot Entertainment. In the U.S., the first 26 episodes premiered on the BKN Kids Network with repeats airing on the Sci-Fi Channel, the Fox Family Channel, and Fox Kids. The rest of the series premiered on Fox Family, with some repeats airing on Fox Kids. In Canada, this version aired on YTV.

Plot[]

Genki Sakura is a key player of the Monster Rancher video games. After winning a tournament hosted by the game's creators, Genki wins a special CD that he can use to unlock a special monster in his game at home. However, upon using this disk in his game console, he finds himself transported into another world based on the game itself. The monsters that inhabit that world are given life by scanning special stone disks within temples. Upon arriving, he meets a girl named Holly, who is seeking a stone disk containing a legendary Phoenix that will save the land from the tyranny of an evil ruler named Moo. Using the special disk won from the tournament Upon attempting to use the disk won from the tournament, Genki releases a different sort of monster which Genki names Mocchi. Wanting to free the land from Moo's rule, Genki, Holly, Mocchi and their other monster companions go on a quest to find the stone disk that contains the Phoenix.

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