Sorcerer Hunters - Magical Encounters (Vol 1)

Starring:Shinnosuke Furumoto, Megumi Hayashibara, YÃ»ko Mizutani, Mitsuaki Madono, Kiyoyuki Yanada, Sumi Shimamoto, Sakiko Tamagawa, BanjÃ´ Ginga, Megumi Ogata, Brett Weaver, Tamara Lo, Jessica Calvello, Jason Konopisos, Gara Takashima, Kira Vincent-Davis, YÃ»ji Ikeda, Bryan Bounds, Sue Ulu, Rei Sakuma, Tomoe Kitagawa
Director: KÃ´ichi Mashimo
Studio: Adv Films
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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This comic fantasy focuses on a nutty quintet of characters with supernatural powers who wander the "Spooner Continent" battling the evil wizards who oppress mortals in their domains. The Hunters consist of muscular blond Gateau Mocha, elegant Marron Glace (pronounced "glayss," rather than "glah-SAY"), his rhinestone-in-the-rough brother Carrot, relatively subdued Tira Misu, and her flamboyant sister, Chocolate. The Misu sisters nurture crushes on Carrot, who avoids their advances but chases every other female in sight. Following the orders of the goddesslike "Big Momma" (sent via her winged messenger Dotta), the Hunters tackle Viscount Regner, who's raising a vicious dragon in "Floating Bridge of Love." Beautiful Barbara Ouiblert turns hapless young men to stone in "Unwritten Laws of Light and Dark." As the episodes only last about 21 minutes including titles, the stories tend to end before they've really had time to develop. The villains are fairly nasty, but the Good Guys sometimes act a little too silly: Tira and Chocolate spend so much time abusing Carrot, it's difficult to think of them as heroines. The gentler episode 5, in which Carrot befriends a mysterious girl, suggests the characters possess depths the filmmakers have yet to explore. Not rated; suitable for ages 12 and up for sexual humor and violence. --Charles Solomon

Sorcerer Hunters - Magical Encounters (Vol 1)
Average customer rating:

Not as good as the manga...

This series is as much satire/spoof as Nadesico

Sorcerer Hunters:Magical Encounters

Not very impressive at first, but blew me away by series' en

Bakuretsu Hunters is Cool

Sorcerer Hunters - Magical Encounters (Vol 1)
Starring: Shinnosuke Furumoto , Megumi Hayashibara , Yûko Mizutani , Mitsuaki Madono , and Kiyoyuki Yanada
Director: Kôichi Mashimo
Manufacturer: Adv Films
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B000059S0L
Release Date: 2001-02-20

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This comic fantasy focuses on a nutty quintet of characters with supernatural powers who wander the "Spooner Continent" battling the evil wizards who oppress mortals in their domains. The Hunters consist of muscular blond Gateau Mocha, elegant Marron Glace (pronounced "glayss," rather than "glah-SAY"), his rhinestone-in-the-rough brother Carrot, relatively subdued Tira Misu, and her flamboyant sister, Chocolate. The Misu sisters nurture crushes on Carrot, who avoids their advances but chases every other female in sight. Following the orders of the goddesslike "Big Momma" (sent via her winged messenger Dotta), the Hunters tackle Viscount Regner, who's raising a vicious dragon in "Floating Bridge of Love." Beautiful Barbara Ouiblert turns hapless young men to stone in "Unwritten Laws of Light and Dark." As the episodes only last about 21 minutes including titles, the stories tend to end before they've really had time to develop. The villains are fairly nasty, but the Good Guys sometimes act a little too silly: Tira and Chocolate spend so much time abusing Carrot, it's difficult to think of them as heroines. The gentler episode 5, in which Carrot befriends a mysterious girl, suggests the characters possess depths the filmmakers have yet to explore. Not rated; suitable for ages 12 and up for sexual humor and violence. --Charles Solomon

Customer Reviews:

Not as good as the manga..........2003-07-10

Having the first eight Sorcerer Hunters' books I figured to try out the anime. I was somewhat unimpressed with it.
The artwork is OK, the music was nice and some of the stories come right out of the manga, but the delivery was flawed. The anime's rhythm was off, as it tried to be funny when it should be serious and it was serious when it should be funny. The humor was light and not as kinky as I would have liked.
Even the voices seemed a tad off which really killed it for me. Voice work is very important to the feel of any anime, just look at "Cowboy Bebop", "Tenchi Muyo!" or even "Those Who Hunt Elves!"
The DVD had seven episodes and I barely remember ANY of them!
I don't think I'll be ordering the other DVDs (unless somebody tells me they get A LOT BETTER than this one).

This series is as much satire/spoof as Nadesico.......2002-07-12

No one else seems to mention it, but with a lead characters named after food, particularly the Carrot/Kakarrot(DBZ) bit, this show is very funny. I'm sure people think I'm insane as I sit laughing my head off in waiting rooms, fast food joints, wherever, reading the latest manga of this series. Watch it with an eye out for other shows & you'll see what I mean. Marron's my favorite--very cool in the manga, but not necessarily gay(maybe a bit too fond of his brother as we see in the anime with his wish being to see his brother happy)--a very devoted brother to Carrot. Mille Fleur has a larger role in the manga also, flirting with just about everyone in the cast & really enjoys being mistaken for a female. Zaha Torte is one of the coolest & noble villains out there, believing so firmly Big Momma is wrong, he basically becomes the devil of the Spooner Continent to oppose her vision.
I strongly suggest reading the manga which fleshes out the anime, explaining some of the plot dumped in the name of time. (The girls are topless at least once per graphic novel it seems & we lost Gateau's sister & Zaha's other cohorts in the anime. We also find out about Dotta's winged boyfriend & the Glace parents, Onion & Apricot)

Sorcerer Hunters:Magical Encounters.......2002-03-29

I thought this series was very cool when I first saw it. This is my first review on on an anime and this dvd knocked me out. The
humor and animation were great. Carrot Glace acts silly always chasing after girls and Tira and Chocolate are always beating him up. I think its because they want to spend the night with him that he avoids them. I never suspected that Marron and Gateau were gay. Tira and Chocolate look so sexy,hot and beautiful when
they transform. If you like magic,adventure and sexy humor, this
is the anime for you.

Not very impressive at first, but blew me away by series' en.......2001-11-03

I am an anime DVD collector with over 250 anime DVDs to date. I bought the Sorcerer Hunters DVDs for this series without high expectations. I never heard of the series before, but since I love fantasy, I decided to try it out. The first few episodes were OK. They reminded me of the Slayers series (which I got bored with midway through the series). However, the disconnected comic episodes soon developed a running storyline that was both original and compelling. Characters began to be more developed and my interest grew. I ended watching the last two DVDs in one sitting and was sad when it ended. The last episode, though, was sure a blast, expecially Chocolate's new outfit! Also, great music! Along with Escaflowne and Record of Lodoss War - Chronicles of the Heroic Knight, Sorcerer Hunters is on my list of the best fantasy anime of all time.

Bakuretsu Hunters is Cool.......2001-05-19

I saw this way back in its fansub days, and I can tell you this: It's an excellent series, as long as you can sit through the first dozen episodes. The first dozen are pretty much the same story each time, with a little bit of character development, and hints of a greater plot. Around episode 13, it looks like they changed storywriters entirely, because the entire rest of the series focuses very heavily on one major plot point, which gets progressively better and more engaging.

It's definately one of my top ten anime series, and I recommend it. You just might have to force yourself past the first few (though there are a few gems on this first disk, episode 5 for example is some of Carrot's best development in the series)

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