Monster Rancher

Pros: Interesting characters
Cons: Story arc does not advance from show to show

So, a kid is playing a video game and gets sucked into the game.

Now, why does that sound familiar? Wasn't it Kidd Video that had almost the same premise?

Anyway, he ends up in the video game and is plunged into a...

Pros: none
Cons: none

This all sarts with a boy named genki playing his game monster rancher when halli and suezo were unlockink a mystery disk at the same time genki pressed an unlock button. He was sucked into the game where now halli,suezo,and genki search for the pheonix....

Pros: Action
Cons: slow

This show is like the third one with mon or monster in its title within the last 2 years. When Pokemon and Digimon weren't enough for the viewers, Monster Rancher had to come out.

Overall, the story is not bad, but it gets boring when the...

Pros: Fun, new, interesting new characters.... and the family keeps on growing
Cons: Maybe a little, very little violence if you consider it to be violence that is

Monster Rancher... title sounds a bit awkward doesn't it? But my cousins seem to like it. Girls like Holley and guys like the skating boy. He and his friends are out to release the phoenix, the good mystical being that can destroy all the bad guys....

Pros: Great writing, original treatment of a popular theme, good character portrayal
Cons: No new episodes that I have seen!!! Some may be turned off by the "Wandering Monster Quest" since it is similar to Pokemon and Digimon

I have played and beaten the Monster Rancher games (Monster Rancher and Monster Rancher 2) for the Playstation more than once, and my girlfriend has beaten the first one. Our child Dorian who is six has played the first one, since it is a...

Pros: the demon girl, decent villains
Cons: horrid voices with a few exceptions, only appeared because of Pokemon

Hi, I'm your host, Gotenks-san! Ah, yes, we're moving back into the library of old PSX games, now aren't we? The trash category, right here next to Spice World. Okay, let's see.. Monster Rancher!

This is not a ripoff show, as others...

Pros: Interesting story and characters, presents monsters in a unique way (co-existing peacefully with people as equals), good voice actors
Cons: Hard series to simply jump into, some episodes seem unnecessary and drag on

It is unfortunate that Monster Rancher has been labeled as a Pokemon rip-off. While the show does involve some of the same elements such as the quest, monsters, and monster battles it handles them in a different manner that sets it apart from...

Pros: Great writing, strong characters
Cons: too many re-runs

I really like this cartoon. The first time I saw it, I was skeptical about a cartoon who had a walking eyeball for a main character. But now, Suezo is my favorite. The story-line is a bit typical, a quest of good to defeat evil. But the characters...

Pros: Animation similar to Pokemon
Cons: No humor, not much of anything.

OK, this show would have NEVER happened if not for the success of Pokemon. I am a sort of a Pokemon fan (see my review of it) and I don't like to see networks make inferior shows to try to capture a market created by another show. Yes, it does make...

Pros: Excellent characters, great on-going story.
Cons: The rare (although cleverly done) marketing tie-ins, like the mystery disks.

Monster Rancher all in all is a rather intriguing show as it relates more to role-playing games than the current spat of monster training games out there. First of all, like Pokémon (and unlike Digimon) it has a focus and a story, unlike Pokémon it has...

Pros: Great characters, Never get tired of Tiger and Hare fighting!!!!
Cons: Email me if you can think of any, I can't!

Remember the day you could flip on the TV and sit down and watch a cartoon without feeling too old for it? THESE DAYS ARE BACK!!!! Monster Rancher is an interesting and funny cartoon that seems to go deep. The story revolves around Genki, a Japanese kid...

Pros: interesting
Cons: Too short

I was flipping through the channels the other day and came upon this pretty interesting cartoon. It was similar to the Pokemon cartoons but much more interesting. The show begins with 2 kids playing a video game called Monster Rancher. When Halli and...

Pros: Anime colored and animated on computer
Cons: Characters look too much like Digimon knockoffs

Where I come from, I get to seeMonster Rancherat least 3 times a day, Once in the morning on theSci-Fi Channel, Once in the afternoon on theFox Family Channel and once in the later afternoon on the regularFoxnetwork, so you...

Pros: a fun show with some good messages for kids
Cons: people call it a pokemon ripoff

I don't understand how anyone could compare this to Pokemon. The only similarity I see is the animation. I have seen both shows (fortunately I only see Pokemon a couple of times a week because my kids don't get up that early)and would recommend this...

Pros: everything
Cons: none

I've been watching this show for awhile,and i think its great.But i think that this is a show for older kids because there is violence that i feel a younger child shouldn't watch.Also there is stuff that i don't think young kids would understand.I've...