Monster Rancher, known in Japan as Monster Farm (モンスターファーム Monsutā Fāmu?), is a 73-episode anime series based on Tecmo's Monster Rancher video game franchise.[1] It originally aired on Japanese television on TBS from April 17, 1999 to September 30, 2001. An English-language version by Bohbot Entertainment aired in North America on Fox Kids and YTV. In Japan, the program existed as two separate series; Enbanseki no Himitsu (円盤石の秘密 The Secret of the Stone Disk?) for episodes 1-48 and Densetsu e no Michi (伝説への道 The Legendary Path?) for episodes 49-73. The story follows a boy named Genki Sakura, who is a keen 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 to a world of monsters that, much like Genki's game, are given life by scanning special stone disks within temples. There, 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. Upon attempting to use the disk Genki had won to try and release the monster, they bring forth 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. Genki Sakura Chisa Yokoyama Andrew Francis Holly Mariko Kōda Maggie Blue O'Hara Mocchi Yuri Shiratori Janyse Jaud Suezo Wataru Takagi Scott McNeil Gōlem Naoya Uchida Richard Newman (1999–2000) Doc Harris (2000–2001) Tiger Kazuki Yao Brian Drummond Hare Nozomu Sasaki Samuel Vincent Moo Jūrōta Kosugi Paul Dobson Pixie Kotono Mitsuishi Janyse Jaud Gali Kaneto Shiozawa (Season 1-2) Tsutomu Kashiwakura (Season 3) Scott McNeil Gray Wolf Daiki Nakamura Scott McNeil Undine Hiromi Tsuru Kelly Sheridan Naga Kazuya Kobayashi Scott McNeil Big Blue Hiroyuki Yokō Ward Perry General Durahan Kenyū Horiuchi Lee Tockar Lilim Haruko Takahagi Janyse Jaud Poison Miki Nagasawa Janyse Jaud Mum Mew Keiko Han Pauline Newstone Gobi Jūrōta Kosugi Paul Dobson Allan Ryō Naitō Matt Smith Eddy Issei Futamata Terry Klassen Captain Jim Akio Ōtsuka Michael Dobson Colt Fumiko Orikasa Kelly Sheridan

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