Monster Rancher, known in Japan as , 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.<!--Do NOT change to 2001. See this for reference. https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C9919--> 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, with an English dub produced by Ocean Studios. It was also broadcast in the United States on the Sci-Fi Channel and Fox Kids with episodes also airing on CBBC (on BBC Two) until April 9, 2001. Repeats of the series continued throughout the year and early February 25, 2002.

ADV Films licensed the home video rights to the series and released its first twelve episodes on four DVDs. In 2005, BKN International A.G. licensed the DVD rights for 73 episodes of Monster Rancher to Digiview Productions; however, only one DVD was released. In 2012, the series was available for streaming on Hulu. Discotek Media licensed the series in 2013, and released it on three English-dubbed DVD box sets in 2014, and a single box set with the original Japanese audio subtitled and uncut on July 28, 2015. Discotek Media later released the series on a Blu-ray Disc set on May 29, 2018.

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References

  • List of episodes at tv.com
  • Monster Rancher - Official Order at TheTVDB

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