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Those Who Hunt Elves (1996)
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.
Those Who Hunt Elves: Season 1 - 12 Episode s
1x1 - Those Who Hunt Elves! The Fish Pirates Are Here!
October 4, 1996
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.
1x2 - The Birth! The Invincible Party
October 11, 1996
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.
1x3 - The Choice! The Secret Medicine Of Red And Blue
October 18, 1996
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.
1x4 - Frantic Killing! The 100th Target
October 25, 1996
Junpei and the others encounter Liepia, a beautiful but powerful Elf who has a mysterious mark on her body. She refuses to submit herself to them and fights Junpei, who shows her what the ""true spirit of fighting"" is all about. She is beaten, but the mark on her body is not part of the incantation.
1x5 - The Addition! The Fifth Wicked Friend
November 1, 1996
The gang is in trouble because Type 74 has, once again, run out of fuel. Airi, Junpei and Pochi decide to abandon it, bur Ritsuko refuses to leave it. The three go to a nearby town, where they are attacked by a giant teddy bear (?!!). It is later revealed that all of this is caused by the accursed ghost of a cat.
1x6 - The Most Horrible Spell of All Time
November 8, 1996
Once again the gang falls on a beautiful but rather aggressive Elf, who definitely does not want to take her clothes off. She seems to know Celsia (Pochi) quite well and is not happy with her. ""Why are you helping those stranger's take our clothes off?"" Celsia has a lot of explaining to do.
1x7 - Horror! Catch Me In A Flower Field
November 15, 1996
The rain starts to fall and the gang finds refuge in an old European-styled house. This is, however, an Elf hideout and it's inhabitants pretend to be ghosts to keep intrudes out. At first, is a little scared (the Elves are rather imaginative), but when Junpei finds out that these ghosts are, in fact, Elves, he derives a plan to capture them and take their clothes off.
1x8 - The End Of Life! Until The End Of The World
November 22, 1996
Junpei and the others have found an Elf. However, there is a problem, for the Elf in question IS a ghost! After some doodling around, Celsia manages to put her into a body, but, to their surprise, the much sought incantation is not on her body. To make things worse, there was a screw up with Celsia's spell and the gang cannot go back into their bodies again.
1x9 - Moved Deeply! Dance Beautifully Dear!
November 29, 1996
In this episode, Airi has to show Colina, a pretty flower vendor, how to dance. The girl has fallen in love with the Prince of the Royal Family and she wants to go to the Royal Palace and dance with her Prince. Later, Airi discovers that Colina is an Elf, but just cannot bring herself to rip her clothes off, or even ask her to get naked. Junpei, however, has know knowledge of the situation and takes charge of things.
1x10 - Tragedy! The Elf Who Wants To Take Her Clothes Off!
December 6, 1996
As the gang arrives in the next town, an Elf suddenly appears in front of them and declares she wants to take her clothes off! After some explanations, things are straightened out (Junpei had to be restrained). Miria used to be a heroin who chased away a big, bad sorcerer from the town. She does not need her magic armor anymore, but she just cannot take it off! Junpei promises that he and his friends will take the armor off her, whatever happens.
1x11 - Counterattack! There Is No Tomorrow For You!
December 13, 1996
The other Elves are not happy with Celsia because she has been helping humans to chase them and take their clothes off, so there is a warrant out for Celsia's arrest. Meanwhile, Junpei and the others are going crazy in a restaurant that serves curry rice. Ever since they were spirited away, they have not eaten anything Japanese and the curry rice at the restaurant is just like the one back home! To make things even better, they also find two pieces of the incantation. Celsia finds that hard to believe and goes back to the restaurant, where she meets Judge advocate of the Elves Association. The gang escapes and finds themselves in a place that can be used to send them back to our world.
1x12 - And Then, Those Who Hunt Elves.
December 20, 1996
The gang, including Celsia, are arrested and put to trail. At court, all the Elves that were ""assulted"" and were victims of their illicit activities come to testify. Of all of them, only Miria defends the gang and the cause seems lost. However, Air manages to convince the jury that the Elves world and Japan are connected. After deliberation, their sentence is pronounced: deportation! In other words: collect your stupid pieces of incantations and get the heck out of here or else! Junpei, Airi, Ritsuko and Type 74 can now have their teleportation ceremony. Or can they?.
Those Who Hunt Elves: 2 Season s
Actors in Those Who Hunt Elves
Tomokazu Seki
Junpei Ryuzoj
Michie Tomizawa
Airi Komiyama
Kotono Mitsuishi
Celsia Marie Claire
Yuko Miyamura
Ritsuko Inoue
Eriko Kawasaki
Mihke
Tomoko Kawakami
Pichi, Annette, Emily
Motomu Kiyokawa
Einal, Hammerhead
Chafurin
Beenal
Takehito Koyasu
Andy
Fujiko Takimoto
Bronco
Eiko Yamada
Gabriella
Eiko Hisamura
Gabriella
Hiromi Tsuru
Dihal
Minami Takayama
Rapier
Kanako Tanaka
Sister Romina
Minako Ito
Emmy
Kenichi Ogata
Pierre
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