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Monster Rancher - Let the Games Begin (Vol. 1)

Monster Rancher - Let the Games Begin (Vol. 1)

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: How many have YOU unlocked?
Review: Monster Rancher, yet another Pokemon/Digimon clone? Not hardly. Monster Rancher stands by itself and isn't a clone of anything. Genki wins a contest and gets a new game for his PlayStation in the mail. He plays the game to watch a girl and a monster run away from the Black Dino troops. She enters a shrine (although, the game calls it a "ruined temple") and unlocks a disk. Instead of unlocking a monster, Genki is pulled into the weird world and makes friends with Holly and her monster!
I haven't heard of the Monster Rancher video game until I saw the series. I watched it on TV...but soon lost track of it.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: How many have YOU unlocked?
Review: Monster Rancher, yet another Pokemon/Digimon clone? Not hardly. Monster Rancher stands by itself and isn't a clone of anything. Genki wins a contest and gets a new game for his PlayStation in the mail. He plays the game to watch a girl and a monster run away from the Black Dino troops. She enters a shrine (although, the game calls it a "ruined temple") and unlocks a disk. Instead of unlocking a monster, Genki is pulled into the weird world and makes friends with Holly and her monster!
I haven't heard of the Monster Rancher video game until I saw the series. I watched it on TV...but soon lost track of it.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Really, really 0 stars for this anime.
Review: Okay, so mabye this show *IS* like Pokemon and Digimon combined, but like those other shows, it starts out the same go's on a compleatly different and fun plot! Plus I think it should be noted that this is the first show that actually shows the Playstation in it!

1. In The Begining (5/5)

In this episode we find out that Genki wins a special CD-ROM from a "Monster Battle" contest (This WAS called something else in Japan) at the beginning of the show! But for some reason this CD-ROM disk pulls him into the game! To make matters worse, he came at a point where Moe (The bad guy) is capturing goodies (Good guys) and turning them into baddies (Bad guys)! But the funny thing is, no one know why! Later durning a mystery disk transfer (The unlocking of whatever monster was trapped in that thing) one of the dino guys says that Moe will find his old body!!! Not alot, but we at least something to get us to watch episode two. After unlocking Mocchi from the mystery disk ours hero's travel to the next adventure! Not bad for the first episode!

2. I'm Mocchi (4/5)

Not to much happens in this episode. Genki and the others find an old couple living outside the forrest in a cabin. Feeling tired and hungry they ask if they could stay for the night. The couple really love Mocchi (And Mocchi loves them) and spend all night with him playing! They explain how they never had a chance to have children with the war that's been going on, so they treat monsters as if they were their children! The next day the gang go to the temple to unlock another monster and decide as a thank you to the couple, they give the monster to them to take care of!

3. Guardian Of The Disks (5/5)

The gang stumble upon a garden with nothing but mystery disks! Problem is that they're all dead mystery disks because they were killed by Moo and his men! But the guardian of the disks Golem tells them if someone were to find the Phonix (I don't know if I'm spelling that right) all these disks would dissapear, and all the monsters would be restored into good healthy monsters! But the garden gets attacked and Golem must defend the place! After defeating the dino's Golem decides to go with Genki and the others!

Over all not bad! The story doesn't really start to pick up till later on in the show, but this is a great show none-the-less! Highly recomended!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Monster Rancher! A Great Anime!
Review: Okay, so mabye this show *IS* like Pokemon and Digimon combined, but like those other shows, it starts out the same go's on a compleatly different and fun plot! Plus I think it should be noted that this is the first show that actually shows the Playstation in it!

1. In The Begining (5/5)

In this episode we find out that Genki wins a special CD-ROM from a "Monster Battle" contest (This WAS called something else in Japan) at the beginning of the show! But for some reason this CD-ROM disk pulls him into the game! To make matters worse, he came at a point where Moe (The bad guy) is capturing goodies (Good guys) and turning them into baddies (Bad guys)! But the funny thing is, no one know why! Later durning a mystery disk transfer (The unlocking of whatever monster was trapped in that thing) one of the dino guys says that Moe will find his old body!!! Not alot, but we at least something to get us to watch episode two. After unlocking Mocchi from the mystery disk ours hero's travel to the next adventure! Not bad for the first episode!

2. I'm Mocchi (4/5)

Not to much happens in this episode. Genki and the others find an old couple living outside the forrest in a cabin. Feeling tired and hungry they ask if they could stay for the night. The couple really love Mocchi (And Mocchi loves them) and spend all night with him playing! They explain how they never had a chance to have children with the war that's been going on, so they treat monsters as if they were their children! The next day the gang go to the temple to unlock another monster and decide as a thank you to the couple, they give the monster to them to take care of!

3. Guardian Of The Disks (5/5)

The gang stumble upon a garden with nothing but mystery disks! Problem is that they're all dead mystery disks because they were killed by Moo and his men! But the guardian of the disks Golem tells them if someone were to find the Phonix (I don't know if I'm spelling that right) all these disks would dissapear, and all the monsters would be restored into good healthy monsters! But the garden gets attacked and Golem must defend the place! After defeating the dino's Golem decides to go with Genki and the others!

Over all not bad! The story doesn't really start to pick up till later on in the show, but this is a great show none-the-less! Highly recomended!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Good anime (this title is mine)
Review: This anime is aimed mostly at younger viewers, but adults are bound to enjoy at least some of the episodes as well. Each of the characters are well developed and have a unique personality. Monster Rancher is much better than most of the other anime shows aimed at kids. Hopefully, the whole series will be released in DVD format.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Really, really 0 stars for this anime.
Review: This cartoon is the most bothering anime I had ever seen, is worser than Digimon, the hole cartoon really really bothers me, it's dumb, stupid and boring.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great Anime Series
Review: Well, I really really enjoy this series. I have never played the game, but I still love the tv show. The best thing about it is how it shifts from light and happy to dark and depressing. Like real anime. Pixie isn't in the first few episodes, but she is an excellent part of the series, but just wait. And even though amazon reviewers have some weird obsession with comparing everything to pokemon, this series is nothing like it. So go out, and buy the video, and enjoy it.


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