Introduction
Loudmouthed martial artist Junpei Ryuzouji, elegant actress Airi Komiyama, and cheery but artillery-obsessed student Ritsuko Inoue all find themselves transported from their homeland of Japan to an unfamiliar, magical world. When the elven priestess Celcia Marieclaire 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 skin of various elves.
The trio travels in Ritsuko's tank, searching for elves who might carry the spell fragments so that Celcia can transfer them to her own body and make the spell whole again. As they adventure, people begin to refer to them as "Those Who Hunt Elves," gaining a reputation as warriors that put a stop to evil-doers with their miraculous cannon, terrifying elves by stripping any that they find. Though they're not the smartest group, they make up for it with enthusiasm and their strong determination to get back to Japan.
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Audience reviews
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akun5000
Basic Rundown: An elven sorceress casts an ancient unknown spell to slay a powerful foe and accidentally summons three humans and a T-74 Russian Tank instead. Afterwards, she finds out the only way to return the three humans back to their own world is by finding magical tattoo-like runes that have formed on the bodies of five other elves. Opting to try and speedrun this, the trio take off immediately to strip any elves they come across to get back home ASAP.
While this series hasn't aged gracefully, but it's LEAGUES better than some of the Isekai dreck out there, like "In Another World With My Cell Phone". That said, the plot is more of a vehicle for the comedy with some blatant horny mixed in, so don't go into this expecting some grand masterpiece, but if you're willing to stick with it,…
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This anime is kind "we have a motive so let's do it" like:
"Seven people were arrested and four others, including a minor, were detained on Saturday after a 20-year-old pregnant woman was stripped and paraded naked by her husband and in-laws in Pratapgarh district of Rajasthan, police said. The incident, a video of which has since gone viral, soon triggered a massive uproar and political anger in a state due for elections later this year."
Hindustan Times News
Outrage mounts, 11 held for stripping, parading woman in Rajasthan
Sep 03, 2023 04:40 AM IST
And the viewers ??LAUGH?? Well......
I watched this show 30 years ago and my opinion didn't change.
This is more sad than anything else.
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Have you ever seen those kids that hit other for no reason, throw stones at cats and then laught like it is fun somehow. Its called sociopathy and that is the whole point of this show.
Basicaly 3 people drive around and attack women making them strip publicaly (no real nudity in this show) even tho there is no reason to make it publicly, they hit women in this show like its the most natural. They get in fight sometimes but those are always look like they beating people up and that is super boring.
But there is no drama and that is a plus.. well that is if you dont think that that elf got blown up in episode 3. I mean they just show her steping on a bomb, then explosion, and our heroes drive away because aperently nobody cares what happen to that elf. Then other episode they strip an elf…
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Elf wo Karu Mono-tachi is an anime based off of a Yagami Yu manga. The anime adaptation was handled by Group TAC. Yes, the studio behind Arashi n Yoru ni & Shinigami no Ballad. It came out in the mid 90s and has been largely forgotten. I've actually seen this one before and, from what I recall, there's a good reason for that. So, I'll re-watch it and go over the tawdry details.
Story:
Our tale takes place in a fantasy world where a trio from our world, Ritsuko the high school girl with a bunch of gun, karate maniac Junpei & the actress Airi. After a ritual to get them home fails, they find themselves looking for the fragments which have made their way to the bodies of various elves. Naturally, this means they have to strip attractive elven ladies to search for them. Because class is so…
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Altough it`s an very old anime, it`s realy good to watch if you want to laugh a lot.
When you grow tired of the same gerne you have been watching over and over again, watch this anime.
The story is funny, and you never know what is going to happen next.
I still need to see the second season, but whenever i need an break from the anime i`m watching, the second season will be the first thing to watch for me.
Ps. i loved the Tank (just watch the anime, you will know why)
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Wow… this is, um, different. It feels that they sort of ripped off Slayers and Lost Universe with the different dimensions that the characters cross over.
Lets talk about the characters, shall we? There is a young high school girl named Ritsuko who seems to have a tank and tons of guns and ammo. How a high school girl gets her hands on a tank, not to mention all the guns and ammo she has, I will never know. Not to mention, she actually knows how to use them well. Her character is a bit duncy and slightly annoying at times because she is a natural high school student with a military fedish. Jumpei is really freaken stupid and does tick me off. I have heard of stupid macho men but he takes the cake. All he seems to care about is food and his high and mighty actress, Airi. He always fights…
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This anime, probably more appropriately titled "Those Who Strip Elves", is not horrible or unwatchable. It's just bad. While some of the recurring gags are actually funny, the story is completely contrived and repetitive, and the characters are rather unlikeable. Add annoying opening and closing songs, and the eye cancer that is late '90s anime design, and the end result is the kind of series that one watches because they're bored and have nothing better to see.
The positives here are cartoony violence and seeing the inept characters deal with bizarre situations before they strip the female elf of the week. I don't really care for elves, but if you're into that kind of thing, well, there's plenty of elf nudity to satisfy your desires, as well. If this all doesn't appeal to you though, the…
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Anime humour has never been one of my favourite aspects of the medium, and I hated it especially during the early days of my anime watching. "Those Who Hunt Elves" is a shining example of why I didn't readily take to it: the humour is too goofy, and is over-reliant on randomness and exaggeration rather than wit.
The "plot" of "Those Who Hunt Elves" involves a martial artist, an actor, and a female military otaku with a tank (please don't ask me to explain) being summoned to a fantasy land with elves and stuff. Unfortunately for them (as well as for me, as it meant I had to watch this crap), the spell to send them back misfired, breaking up into small fragments in the process. The spell fragments scattered across the land and tattooed themselves onto the skins of random elves. Naturally,…
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The decision to watch Those Who Hunt Elves was made during my viewing of the brilliant but intense Monster. After a 74-episode psychological drama/thriller laden with emotional extremes, I needed contrast. Those Who Hunt Elves definitely provided it.
The premise is simple and silly: three total strangers from modern-day Japan are accidentally summoned to a fairly standard fantasy world populated by elves and the like. An attempt to send them home goes awry and the relevant spell is split into five pieces and imprinted upon the bodies of randomly selected elves across the land. So the three Japanese visitors - one famous actress, one gun-obsessed tomboy and one martial artist - set off in their...er...tank...to find the spell fragments in the only way they can think of: by stripping every…
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