646f9e108c Genki is a young teen boy who gets zapped into an alternate world called Monster Rancher (Monster Farm in the Japanese version) where he must stop the evil Moo which can only be done by reviving the Phoenix, along his journey he befriends new Monsters and a girl named Holly. Most property based animated series basically just servehalf hour commercials for toys. &quot;Monster Rancher,&quot; while it does serve that purpose, rises above what you&#39;d expect given that. Unlike &quot;Pokemon,&quot; which is insipid, and &quot;Digimon,&quot; which is derivative of the latter, &quot;Monster Rancher&quot; rests its strengths in strong, character development scripts.<br/><br/>Except for a few stereotypes like &quot;Star Wars&quot; familial elements and the brooding, loner type with attitude, the majority of episodes have, thus far, been fine essays reaching into the minds of characters we would normally not care about. Whereas one would expect a character to be chosen from the video game to usea plot device, the plot device is instead the motivation for the character, rather than motivation being revealedan afterthought to spur on the plot.<br/><br/>So far, there&#39;s only one season of episodes. But, if there are more, and if the same attention to character detail is maintained, this series should prove to be quite enjoyable, despite a few minor stereotypes. I remember this show. I liked it. Compared to other anime out there, it may not seem like much, but I find it to be an entertaining adventure story nevertheless. At the time, I also liked Pokemon and Digimon, but I remember thinking this show was better than both of them. True, the monster designs are a lot more plain than either show, but I still liked this show the best for some reason. When it aired on FOX Family, I was disappointed to see that only 26 episodes were dubbed, but later on in the year they ended up being there, which made me very happy. What surprised me was that the show started out kind of kiddy, but it actually gets darker and more emotionalit goes on. My only regret is that I never got to see the third season. But, anyway, I&#39;d recommend it.<br/><br/>My favorite characters were Hare and Suezo, they were funny, haha!
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