Series synopsis
Those Who Hunt Elves, also known as エルフを狩るモノたち is a Japanese animation action & adventure sci-fi & fantasy television series that premiered on TV Tokyo on October 4, 1996. It ended on December 19, 1997. It stars Tomokazu Seki, Michie Tomizawa, Kotono Mitsuishi and Yuko Miyamura.
Martial Artist Junpei, actress Airi, and artillery-obsessed student Ritsuko all find themselves transported from Japan to a magical world. When the elven priestess Celcia casts the spell to send them home, she is interrupted, and the spell is broken into parts that scatter throughout the world. The spell fragments imprint themselves onto the bodies of various female elves so the trio must travel in search of them.
Premise
Martial Artist Junpei, actress Airi, and artillery-obsessed student Ritsuko all find themselves transported from Japan to a magical world. When the elven priestess Celcia casts the spell to send them home, she is interrupted, and the spell is broken into parts that scatter throughout the world. The spell fragments imprint themselves onto the bodies of various female elves so the trio must travel in search of them.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Tomokazu Seki as Junpei Ryuzoj
- Michie Tomizawa as Airi Komiyama
- Kotono Mitsuishi as Celsia Marie Claire
- Yuko Miyamura as Ritsuko Inoue
- Eriko Kawasaki as Mihke
- Tomoko Kawakami as Emily
- Chafurin as Beenal
- Motomu Kiyokawa as Hammerhead
Supporting cast
- Takehito Koyasu as Andy
- Fujiko Takimoto as Bronco
- Eiko Yamada as Gabriella
- Hiromi Tsuru as Dihal
- Minami Takayama as Rapier
- Kanako Tanaka as Sister Romina
- Minako Ito as Emmy
- Kenichi Ogata as Pierre
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 24 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 12 | October 4, 1996 | December 20, 1996 |
| Season 2 | 12 | October 1, 1997 | December 19, 1997 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Those Who Hunt Elves! The Fish Pirates Are Here! A gang of pirate fishes (no kidding!!) have arrived in a poor town, looking for elves to capture and sell, and caused chaos and wanton destruction. They have, however, chosen a bad day to be bad boys, for Junpei and the others are there. Junpei wants to jump them right away, but Airi thinks it's better to wait and see what happens, so that they can make a plan. Airi disguises herself as an Elf, but the plan fails and Junpei and Ritsuko have to act. The fishes get their butts kicked and there is destroyed, thanks to Type 74. |
October 4, 1996 |
| 2 |
The Birth! The Invincible Party Flashback: The teleportation ceremony is disrupted by Junpei and Celsia's spell is lost. Now the gang has to look for the five parts if they ever want to see Japan again. Celsia wants to help them (so that she could minimize the damage those morons could do to her world), but the guys laugh at her. Later, Celsia transforms herself into a weird yellow dog and helps the gang get their first piece of the incantation. |
October 11, 1996 |
| 3 |
The Choice! The Secret Medicine Of Red And Blue The next town on the gang's itinerary has been deeply affected by the attack of the skeleton army. The leader of the guards is Dyal, a female Elf. At first, she is rather weary of the group, But Junpei makes short work of her objections and she has to get naked or suffer the dire consequences. |
October 18, 1996 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Those Who Fish Elves When the spell to return them to their home goes terribly awry, judo-jerk Junpei, Airi the actress, and rifle-ready Ritsuko must rely on the egomaniacal elf Celcia to help them return home. Once again, they're forced to strip elves to find the magical tattoos that will teleport them back to earth. So join the elf hunters as they swim with sharks while looking for elfs! |
October 1, 1997 |
| 2 |
Those Who Wipe Our merry gang of elf hunters have run into a little problem -- they don't have any more toilet paper! To make matters worse, toilet paper isn't something known on this world. Oh, what's a person to do? |
October 8, 1997 |
| 3 |
Those Who Have Been Animals Cursed Celcia gets roped into studying a cure for zooanthropy (that is, a curse that turns people into animals.) Only a clumsy assistant inflicts Celcia with the curse itself, this time turning her into a small panda bear. Perhaps a local expert on zooanthropy can cure her... that is, if they can get to her. |
October 15, 1997 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TV Tokyo |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 4, 1996 |
| Last aired | December 19, 1997 |
| Runtime | 25 minutes |
| Status | ended |