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Monster Rancher (1999)

Monster Rancher poster
Original title
モンスターファーム
Genre
adventure anime and manga
Country
Japan
Length
3 seasons, 73 episodes
Rated
TV-G
Rating
8.1 of 10 from 124 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young girl trying to become a monster breeder gets transported to a post-apocalyptic fantasy world. She teams up with a monster and friends to find a way to restore the land and defeat an evil force.

adventurousemotionaltragicpost-apocalypticbittersweetfantasticalaction-packed

What happens

Monster Rancher, known in Japan as Monster Farm (モンスターファーム, Monsutā Fāmu), is a Japanese anime television series based on Tecmo's Monster Rancher video game franchise. It originally aired on CBC in Japan for two seasons from April 1999 to September 2000. In North America, the series was first licensed by BKN, Inc. and broadcast with an English dub on the Bohbot Kids Network, the Sci-Fi Channel, the Fox Family Channel, and Fox Kids in the United States and YTV in Canada. It was later licensed by Discotek Media in 2013. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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