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good video

*glares at Nintendo

It's my first isekai anime 😭 In our local tv show the opening is in Japanese 😢

I vaguely remembered Monster Rancher, but didn't remember much about it.

I heard of the games; I might have seen the anime no idea. o.o

The first isekai anime I saw was Fushigi Yuugi. The anime had 2 female protagonists.

Monster Rancher was fairly easy to get. Taro Alien (Uchuujin Tanaka Tarou) Well, so far I have only found a Japanese and a Taiwanese dub and the better one was almost 360p. And then I found out that "Thai" and "Taiwanese Mandarin" are very different languages. So even though I know someone who could translate Thai for me, this is not gonna be easy.

I played one PS1 game of this show. I remember I was deeply saddened that my monster freaking died just when it was starting to get strong enough for higher championship leagues. I remember reloading the save, but my monster just kept dying of old age.

I WAS TRANSPORTED TO A FAR AWAY LAND- I rewatched this series in Japanese and this bought back memories! Owned the GBA game and the PS2 games. I think there was a re-release of the games for phones.

I think the main issue was just that the show wasn't particularly interesting It had cool moments but I remember liking the evil monsters more than the main cast Suezo was kinda fun sure but the others were rabbit, wolf, golem and pink thing Meanwhile the bad guys had succubus lady (my young mind wasn't ready), ice golem, evil wolf, (at least those two had better designs) sun mask wizard (my favourite as a kid) and Muu who was way cooler than most others Besides that I remember the show kinda disappearing after season one ended and then me catching an episode of the second season and then nothing else With how hard competition was, between Pokemon which was way more popular, Digimon having a way better show, Duel Masters (the OG Abridged series) and Medabots having cooler designs and premise MR just kinda existed

Monster Rancher's series finally was pretty Lame, rather than epic. Disappointment in that lame series ending may have something to do with being 'forgotten'.

Jea Monster Rancher was a good Anime back than. And after it ended ... there was just nothing! No Games, no Extended Story/Spin Off. (In germany) It just ended.

great video, it's true just because an anime/ game is popular doesn't always mean its good, sometimes there are gems right under your sniffer. I remember monster rancher, I think you were right with all the reasons it didn't succeed, the mascot designs were ugly.

5:09 funny that you mention all of this because I have a very similar experience This show was dubbed in greek and broadcasted on the weekend at very early morning. Like 6 or 7 early. The only chance you would watch it was if you were a very early bird. I was 11 at the time and caught it by chance one time. I remember going to bed early just to wake up and watch it, missed tons of episodes and forgot about the story, watched the season 1 finale by complete accident and barely understanding anything...And to top it all off, years later, I realized I never bothered to look up what the show's title even was (lol). Mind you, back then we would be lucky if we had an hour of dial up per week, so the only way to learn the show names was navigating through chaotic teletext on the TV set. Almost a decade later I heard the japanese opening theme by accident(the one used in the greek dub) while browing through youtube, and remember myself bawling my eyes out for hours. All the childhood memories came back, and I finally learned the name of this show. To my surprise though, nobody of my peers remembered it. I think only my brother and one of my colleagues had a vague memory of it. But nobody else. It is a shame after having watched the show fully again, skipping over the opening each time (it still gets me very emotional). To make matters worse, despite being broadcasted in a time where VHS recording was fully available, the fact that it was broadcasted so early and never really got a crowd pretty much doomed the greek dub. To this day it is lost media, I have never found anything no matter where I search.

Hey, here in Italy it was relatively known, I think it had to do with the opening: it was very similar to American Pie but sped up, quite memorable, I guess that helped a lot. It was also aired at normal times together with Digimon and other anime, I even played the ps1 games so I mean it's not well-known but not unknown either here.

I had the game on my Playstation, it was okay. I liked using Tenchu Stealth Assassins to generate this Ninja Monster. I liked what of the Anime I got to see too. Moochi was awesome. I miss him.

I just kept getting pixies

Monster Rancher was soooo much better than Pokemon. I honestly can't believe Pokemon is still around. Granted the GameBoy games are hands down the most addictive games ever made, but still...

My cousin had a music cd from his mom that the monster it generated was muu...... I dont remember if it was a pure muu but that was just crazy.

i remember monster rancher

I mostly remember the show for the female villain Pixie, as a youth and how she had a really nice design.

THATS whEre I KNoW that EyE BALL fROM!!!!!!!!! I knew i wasnt that crazy!

Oh God what a throwback I watched Monster Rancher too I think I watched it on the same saturday morning show too Live & Kicking too it was a really good old school anime

ironically I remember the animae fondly, but half forgot about it as it's almost entirely wiped from the internet for some reason. My brother and I BOTH ... obtained ... (ahoy-matey)... "copies"... of it via... (avast!)... "methods".... but they are of poor quality. So yeah, watched this video because that's what I've been wondering myself, why did this animae kind of vanish from the internet. And your theories make as much sense as anything. That said, maybe because this show showed up in my region when I was in late high school, I didn't mind Swazo as the mascot. Muchi was a harder pull for me as mascot though.

I-remember-the-series-finally-it-uncut-last-year and-i-have-notice-that-the-first-opening-theme-song-is-more-laid-back in-the-Japanese-version,

The anime actually ended. It turned out Genki's monster friends combined to form the Phoenix, the only monster that could take down Muu. When they fought, Muu and Phoenix killed each other and Genki was immediately transported back to Earth. A pretty somber ending, especially since the shows constantly shifting time slots

I think one of the biggest shortcomings of Monster Rancher was strictly that it was focused more on a JRPG styling that was intended to appeal more to the Final Fantasy or SaGa crowd than it was the actual creature capture fanbase. The rough and darker styling was cool, but definitely not something kids of the time would've liked. I say this as a longtime Pokemon fanatic, who actually did enjoy the Monster Rancher anime because it gelled more with my side interest in Final Fantasy than Pokemon.

I definitely remember monster rancher, certainly moreso than mon colle knights, medabots, or flint time detective, which I for some reason, associate with it.

used to watch this on upn and then one day it just stopped airing. never did watch the last episodes. thanks for reminding me of this.

I saw Monster Rancher when it first aired in Germany, during the late 90s or early 2000s. I'm not sure about the JP release, but when I saw it it came a good few years _after_ Pokemon, Digimon, and YuGiOh already saturated the market for card games. In particular, the massive popularity and cultural impact of Pokemon made Monster Rancher feel like a knock-off product, even if it wasn't. It came too late to leave a lasting impact, at least in the West. Mind you, I somewhat enjoyed the series when I was young, but it was inferior in most regards to early Pokemon and Digimon. It looked... _a bit cheap_ and didn't have the style or substance to get away with it. It had some heartwarming moments, a good few laughs, and some of the characters were competently written, but that's about all the praise I have to offer. Meanwhile, I could talk at length about early Pokemon, Digimon, or YuGiOh, even though I haven't seen them in over a quarter of a century. It wasn't a bad anime, but it was in direct competition with some of the best kids shows ever produced, in history. It was an amateur going into the ring with absolute legends - it never really stood a chance.

it's crazy how it was running on Fox kids in my country, for a long time, I really like it, but never got to see it from start to end because they kept rebooting it. To this day I don't know how it ends

I love hat when you spoke about Isekai you brought up the Vending machine when, when that anime has actually unironically ended up one of the better Isekai we have had in years. Everyone says how its so much better than it has any right to be. (You're correct tho that its over saturated XP)

About 10 years ago I misremembered the title as "Monster Ranger" when I came across the video game and was so disappointed with the whole ranch setting. (The anime had no ranching what so ever and my English wasn't too great back in the '00s, so that's my excuse.) I really enjoyed the darker themes and (relatively) complex characters in the series. Also the German OP had a great song despite the lyrics barely relating to the show and having a weirdly conservative message (making things the way they used to be).

You should listen to the Italian opening of Monster Rancher: it rocks!

I remember this anime. I liked it very much when it started but gradually lost interest in it as the show progresses. I practically has zero interest in it after it ends. I never played the game so I only have experience of the franchise through the anime. For me, the reason why it is forgotten is because it is kinda half-baked. Monster Rancher is such a patchwork job of an anime. It cobbles a lot of neat concepts and ideas but it never really flesh them out. The isekai aspect for example is practically pointless. You could easily take that aspect away from the story and it would barely change anything. Compare that to Digimon for example where the isekai aspect is integral to the story and character's motivation, goals and development. Even its central conceit of monsters living along with the humans feels more like a cosmetic element. This general lack of fleshing out of its concepts make it feel really generic. Moster Rancher just doesn't develop its ideas to be strong enough to have any lasting impact.

I loved this! Though was it ever fully aired in the UK? Never been able to watch it all. Always wanted to. Also anyone remember Flint the Great Time Detective? XD

never knew the game released first before the show

I never played any of the Monster Rancher videogames but I loved this cartoon.

Wasn't monster farm already taken from that fox family Saban show?

The child's monster-collecting boom chasing the Pokemon trend back then was nuts. Just dozens of attempts at failed franchises. Only a few that really did anything special or unique, as most were cynical cash grabs with no heart behind them. The Devil Children franchise was a poster child of the trend, but we got very little of it localized overseas. Lots of games and TWO anime series that added up to 100 episodes. You could not say they didn't *try*. Frankly they probably would have done better if they had stuck with the older themes of the other Shin Megami Tensei games. Trying to be a clone of something that already exists always has diminishing returns. I always have a soft spot for underdogs not trying to churn out a corporate product, though. Lots of love for the Jade Cocoon series. ... and for corporate products, I do really like Dragon Quest Monsters.

i only knew of the game

I watch it on Toonami aftermath every weekend, it's a great watch.

Several of Monster Rancher quirks I understand, for example the monsters honestly feel pretty basic and generic, but that's because those are the base monsters, breeding the more interesting looking hybrids is a mechanic of the game. Some are pretty cool! However what I can't understand for the life of me is making Suezo the mascot. That thing is hideous! I've never raised a Suezo in the games, I can't stand it.

Its Mu, not Moo lol. Pronounced the same but totally diff words lol

I remember getting the tubs of monster figures from Walmart. I had so many color swaps of pixie, I'm sure that didn't affect my taste in women growing up.

What about Shinzo AKA Mushrambo, that anime is even more forgotten than Monster Rancher and it came around the same time hehe. It was from Toudou Izumi the same creator of Magical DoReMi, Ashita no Nadja and all Precure

Never liked MR. Me: th-cam.com/video/ba7SjpKAyg8/w-d-xo.html

..intro; german version; whimsically, slightly sad song about hope for a better world --english; ...honestly...trash

I remember catching it on syndication as a kid. Definitely an underrated gem of a show with an awesome story. Hell Mu’s introduction is still chilling for me. 😊 I think the main problem with its marketing (aside from the lack of it) was how it was both unique yet also somehow plain at the same time. That’s the best I can describe it. 🤔 Also didn’t help that it used to channel hop a lot. I didn’t find out about the second season until like a decade after it had stopped airing. Apparently the west coast wasn’t good enough for it 😢while the east coast and Canada were just right. 😤

I still would like to watch all the episodes.