Monster Rancher (TV series)
| Monster Rancher | |
North American DVD cover of the first season | |
| モンスターファーム (Monsutā Fāmu) | |
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| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hiroyuki Yano |
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| Written by | Shōji Yonemura |
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| Studio | TMS Entertainment |
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| Original network | JNN (CBC, TBS) |
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| Original run | April 17, 1999 – September 30, 2000 |
| Episodes | 73 |
Monster Rancher, known in Japan as Monster Farm (モンスターファーム, Monsutā Fāmu), 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. 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, and Fox Kids in the United States and YTV in Canada. It was later licensed by Discotek Media in 2013.