Monster Farm
For a kids series, this one isn't too bad. The story centers on the roller-blading Genki who was sucked from the real world into the Monster Rancher game world. Here, Holly has been desperately searching for disc which contain various monsters. Providing the evil Moo hasn't corrupted them, these monsters will be allies of hers in her fight against Moo and to help her find her father.
The series is based off of the video game of the same name where certain music CD's would unlock certain monsters in the game. In the anime, instead of CD's, they are just mystery discs.
As the series goes along, Genki and Holly encounter several allies and many opponents who work for Moo. I think the character of Pixie surprised me most as she started off as a bad guy but then evolves as the series progresses until she is an ally of Genki and Holly.
Bottom line: this is a cute series which didn't make as big of a splash as Pokemon or Digimon. Still, I had fun watching the English dub (never saw the Japanese version) despite the fact that it is an obvious kids show.
Last updated Thursday, February 27 2003. Created Thursday, February 27 2003.
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