Underplayed Gems

Monster Rancher (1999)

Monster Rancher poster
Original title
モンスターファーム
Genre
adventure anime and manga, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country
Japan
Length
2 seasons, 73 episodes
Rated
TV-G
Rating
8.1 of 10 from 124 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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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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