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Sorcerer Hunters (TV)

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© Satoru Akahori • Rei Omishi • Media Works /Bakuretsu Project • TV Tokyo • Soutsu Agency


Alternative title:
Bakuretsu Hunter (Japanese)
Bakuretsu Hunter - I cacciastregoni (Italian)
Spell Wars: Sorcerer Hunters Revenge
爆れつハンター (Japanese)
Themes: fanservice
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: In the continent of spooner, sorcerers, who are the continent's aristocrats, have begun to abuse their powers. Under the guidance of Big Momma (their boss) Carrot (who turns into a giant monster every time he's placed under a magic spell), Gateau (a bodybuilder), Marron (a mage), Chocolate and Tira (who can transform into dominatrix's at will) must stop the evil sorcerers from picking on the weak. However, none of them (except maybe Marron) have a clue to what’s going on.
User Ratings: 573 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 14 votes (sub:8, dub:5, edit.dub:1)
 Excellent: 50 votes (sub:24, dub:23, raw:1, others:2
2 Tagalog dubbed
)
 Very good: 109 votes (sub:51, dub:51, raw:2, ?:1, others:4
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 167 votes (sub:99, dub:62, ?:2, others:4
1 Tagalog dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Decent: 119 votes (sub:76, dub:39, ?:3, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 45 votes (sub:28, dub:15, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Tagalog dubbed
)
 Not really good: 23 votes (sub:15, dub:7, ?:1)
 Weak: 30 votes (sub:21, dub:8, raw:1)
 Bad: 7 votes (sub:5, dub:1, raw:1)
 Awful: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1683 users, rank: #725 (of 9777)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.583 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.8014, rank: #5572 (of 9919)
Weighted mean: 6.545 (Good−), rank: #5597 (of 9919) (seen all: 6.79 / seen some: 6.01 / won't finish: 4.20)
Bayesian estimate: 6.566 (Good−), rank: #5132 (of 7496)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage: 1995-10-03 to 1996-03-26
Opening Theme:
"What's Up Guys?" by Shinnosuke Furumoto and Megumi Hayashibara
Ending Theme:
"Mask" by Masami Okui and Kasumi Matsumura
Insert song:
"Mask" by Masami Okui and Kasumi Matsumura (ep 26)
"Mask" by Masami Okui and Kasumi Matsumura (ep 7)
Links: We have 2
Comment:
The last 12 episodes of the series were originally marketed by ADV under the name "Spell Wars: Sorcerer Hunters Revenge", but this is in fact one and the same TV series.
Reviews:
Sorcerer Hunters DVD 4 (Jul 13, 2002)
Sorcerer Hunters DVD 3 (Jul 6, 2002)
Sorcerer Hunters DVD 2 (Jul 1, 2002)
Sorcerer Hunters VHS 1-2 (Jan 1, 1970)
News: Show:
March 2005 ADV Releases (Jan 1, 2005)
Anime Expo Updates (May 8, 2002)
ADV Press Releases (Jun 5, 2001)
Fanime Evangelion Panel (Mar 31, 2001)
More delays (Jan 26, 2001)
ADV DVD Dates (Jan 11, 2001)
DVD Newsbriefs (Nov 17, 2000)
Upcoming Bandai Titles (Nov 10, 2000)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Sorcerer Hunters - The Complete TV Series and OVA (Blu-ray) 2019-08-27 (from $79.99)
DVD (Region 1)
    Sorcerer Hunters - Essential Anime Collection (DVD 1) 2004-11-30 (from $15.91)
    Sorcerer Hunters - Essential Anime Collection (DVD 2) 2005-01-25 (from $3.69)
    Sorcerer Hunters - Essential Anime Collection (DVD 3) 2005-03-29 (from $7.99)
    Sorcerer Hunters - Magical Encounters (DVD 1) 2001-02-20 (from $3.89)
    Sorcerer Hunters - Magical Desires (DVD 2) 2001-08-13 (from $6.89)
    Sorcerer Hunters - Magical Contests (DVD 3) 2001-09-11 (from $7.99)
    Sorcerer Hunters - Magical Battles (DVD 4) 2001-10-09 (from $9.99)
    Sorcerer Hunters - Perfect Collection (DVD 1-4) 2003-09-16 (from $299.00)
    Sorcerer Hunters - Perfect Collection TV + OVA [Thinpak] (DVD 1-7) 2007-12-18 (from $59.05)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kōichi Mashimo
Series Composition: Hiroyuki Kawasaki
Screenplay:
Chinatsu Houjou (eps 11, 19)
Hiroyuki Kawasaki (16 episodes
eps 1-5, 7-8, 12, 15, 17, 20-22, 24-26
)

Katsuhiko Takayama (eps 18, 23)
Masaharu Amiya (eps 6, 10, 14)
Satoru Akahori (ep 16)
Shō Aikawa (eps 9, 13)
Music: Kenji Kawai
Original creator:
Rei Omishi
Satoru Akahori
Character Design: Keiji Gotō
Art Director: Toshihisa Koyama
Animation Director:
Hisashi Abe
Keiji Gotō (5 episodes
eps 1, 11, 19, 25-26
)

Toru Sato
Sound Director: Shigeharu Shiba
Director of Photography: Yukio Sugiyama
Producer:
Masakatsu Kozuru (Sotsu Agency)
Noriko Kobayashi (TV Tokyo)
Rei Omishi 
Satoru Akahori 
Yukinao Shimoji (XEBEC)

Assistant Director: Nobuyoshi Habara
Color Coordination: Miyoko Kobayashi
Continuity: Kōichi Mashimo
Design: Ikusabune
Editing: Naoyuki Masaki
General Manager: Naoko Marukawa
Key Animation:
Akiharu Ishii (ep 3)
Akio Takami (ED)
Hideaki Sakaguchi (OP)
Hisashi Saito (ep 19)
Kazuchika Kise (ep 1)
Keiji Gotō (OP; 5 episodes
eps 1, 11, 15, 17, 26
)

Keisuke Watabe (Studio Z5; ep 4)
Kenichirō Katsura (OP)
Makoto Uno (ED)
Michiyo Hatano (OP)
Mitsuru Ishihara (OP)
Miyako Yatsu (eps 3, 15)
Satoshi Shigeta (ep 13)
Shinsaku Kōzuma (ep 3)
Shinya Hasegawa (OP)
Tokuyuki Matsutake (ep 1)
Toshihiro Nakajima (OP)
Sound Effects: Michihiro Itō
Theme Song Arrangement:
Toshiro Yabuki (ED)
Tsutomu Ohira (ED)
Theme Song Composition:
Masami Okui (ED)
Miho Matsuba (OP)
Sho Goshima (OP)
Toshiro Yabuki (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
Kasumi Matsumura (ED)
Masami Okui (ED)
Megumi Hayashibara (OP)
Shinnosuke Furumoto (OP)
Kiyoyuki Yanada as Gateau Mocha
Megumi Hayashibara as Tira Misu
Mitsuaki Madono as Maron Glasse
Shinnosuke Furumoto as Carrot Glasse
Yūko Mizutani as Chocolat Misu

Banjō Ginga as Saj Torte
Sakiko Tamagawa as Dotta
Sumi Shimamoto as Big Momma
Yasuyuki Hirata as Mille Feuille

Akiko Hiramatsu as Bomber (ep 4)
Akiko Toda as girl (ep 4)
Akimasa Ohmori as secretary (ep 14)
Banjō Ginga as Narrator
Chie Kitagawa as old woman (ep 15)
Chika Sakamoto as Lila (ep 1)
Eiji Maruyama as old butler (ep 3)
Eiji Sekiguchi as
black clothed man (ep 22)
bodyguard A (ep 10)
butler (ep 2)
Gara Takashima as Amore (ep 2)
Hidehiro Kikuchi as Daniel (ep 7)
Hiroko Kasahara as Sanchu (ep 11)
Hiromi Tsuru as Yester Day (ep 20)
Hiroshi Masuoka as Count Watsuki Bell (ep 19)
Hirotaka Suzuoki as Lord Crow Wassen (ep 9)
Hisayoshi Izaki as Sono Icchi (ep 22)
Ichirō Nagai as Elder (ep 7)
Ikue Ōtani as Pooro (ep 14)
Katsuaki Arima as Sono Nii (ep 22)
Kazue Ikura as
Next Day (ep 20)
pigcat (ep 7)
Kenichi Ogata as Londo (ep 14)
Kikuko Inoue as Laina (ep 14)
Kōsuke Okano as
man (ep 6)
manager (ep 10)
Ox (ep 4)
Kujira as Pooro's Mother (ep 14)
Masako Sugaya as Lake (ep 4)
Masami Toyoshima as Butter (ep 12)
Mayumi Tanaka as boy (ep 17)
Mifuyu Hiiragi as
girl (eps 13, 15)
Opera (ep 9)
woman (ep 6)
Miina Tominaga as Nurse Aramaa (ep 16)
Mika Kanai as Margo (ep 22)
Momoko Ishi as woman (ep 6)
Naoki Tatsuta as Sukoya (ep 20)
Naoko Matsui as Barubara (ep 3)
Nobuo Tobita as
Kuppa (ep 11)
Regner (ep 1)
Yukke (ep 11)
Rei Sakuma as Lake (girl; ep 4)
Ryunosuke Ohbayashi as Count Lanoia (ep 8)
Ryūsei Nakao as Vegas (ep 10)
Saeko Shimazu as Doctor Iiwa (ep 16)
Sakiko Tamagawa as
Lin (ep 6)
Marina (ep 7)
Shino Kakimura as Female
Shino Kakinuma as girl (ep 13)
Takeshi Kusao as Kou (ep 6)
Tesshō Genda as Count Tartmut (ep 18)
Tomohiro Nishimura as commanding officer (ep 19)
Tomohiro Tsuboi as butler (ep 2)
Toru Shinagawa as Bread (ep 12)
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Julian Monet (ep 19)
Yūichi Satō as
bodyguard B (ep 10)
villager (ep 16)
Yūji Ueda as cook (ep 14)
Yuka Matsui as girl (ep 4)
Yūko Ikeda as
boy (ep 11)
girl (ep 13)
pretty girl (ep 2)
woman (ep 6)
Yūko Kobayashi as Ruliko (ep 10)
Yumi Touma as Anne Vestori (ep 9)
Yūzō Mikawa as
old man (eps 14, 22)
village master (eps 12, 15)
Japanese companies
English cast
English staff
ADR Director:
Matt Greenfield
Steven Foster (eps 15-26)
Art Director: Andy Orjuela
Project Translator: Kenzo Tsubai
ADR Script:
Matt Greenfield
Steven Foster (eps 15-26)
Executive producer:
Joey Goubeaud (2007 Thinpak)
John Ledford
Mark Williams (Essential Anime Collection; 2003 Perfect Collection)
Sharon Papa (DVD)
Producer:
Janice Williams (Subbed VHS)
Matt Greenfield
Steven Foster (eps 15-26)

Creative Director:
David Del Rio (Essential Anime Collection)
J. Michael Stovall (Essential Anime Collection)
DVD Producer:
Anthony Benavides (Essential Anime Collection)
David Williams
Janice Williams
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami
Logo Design:
Douglas Smith (Sorcerer Hunters)
James Bates (Spell Wars)
Mixing: Paul Killam
Packaging Design:
Annie Nguyen (2007 Thinpak)
Chris Hawley 
Douglas Smith (Sorcerer Hunters VHS)
James Bates (Spell Wars VHS, All DVDs excluding 2007 Thinpak)
Mark Nasso (Essential Anime Collection)
Production Coordination: Janice Williams
Production Secretary: Anna Bechtol
Promotion: Rod Peters
Sound Design: Paul Killam
Subtitle Script & Timing: William McBee
Andrew Klimko as Gateau Mocha (eps 15-26)
Brett Weaver as Carrot
Chris Corey as Gateau Mocha
Jason Douglas as Marron
Tamara Lo as Tira Mizu
Tiffany Grant as Chocolate Misu

Kelly Manison as Big Momma (eps 7-26)
Kira as Dotta
Sue Ulu as Big Momma

Brain Grandveldt as Lord Wacky (ep 19)
Bryan Bounds as Regner (ep 1)
Christine Auten as Yesterday (ep 20)
Christopher Riley as Next (ep 20)
Cindy Duhe as Marina
Cynthia Martinez as Bomber (ep 4)
Dell Gibson as Narrator
Diane Salter as Laura (ep 1)
Doug Smith as Ox (ep 4)
Emily Carter as Nurse Ohno (ep 16)
Guil Lunde as Zaha Torte
Hilary Haag as Margo (ep 22)
Illich Guardiola as Julian More (ep 19)
Jason Lee as Kou
Jessica Calvello as Barbara (ep 3)
John Gremillion as Mr.Sweaty (ep 20)
Junie Hoang as Lin
Kaytha Coker as Dr.Sure (ep 16)
Kim Sevier as Lake
Lew Temple as Millefeuille
Marc Shreiner as Tannis (ep 19)
Marcy Rae as Amore (ep 2)
Matt Wethington as
Margo's Dad (ep 22)
Old Man (ep 15)
Old Man #1 (ep 22)
Soldier (ep 22)
Mike Kleinhenz as Tartolette (ep 18)
Randy Sparks as Zaha Torte (2nd. voice)
Rikki Lauren as Tuxedo (ep 22)
Rob Mungle as Battler Butler (ep 3)
Robert Vellani as First (ep 22)
Sheri Simms as Lila (ep 1)
Tony Amador as Second (ep 22)
Zachary Spears as Old Man #2 (ep 22)

English companies
ADR Production: Industrial Smoke & Mirrors
Broadcaster: The Anime Network
DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C.
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll (2019)
RetroCrush
Licensed by:
ADV Films (Expired)
Discotek Media (2019)
Post Production: Monkey Boy Studios
French staff
French companies
(none)
Distributor: KAZÉ
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Licensed by: Xystus (expired)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian cast
Italian staff
Dubbing Director: Micaela Santojacono

Dialogues: Irene Cantoni
Antonella Baldini as Tira Misu
Simone Crisari as Carrot Glace
Stefano Crescentini as Marron Glace
Tatiana Dessi as Chocolat
Vittorio Guerrieri as Gateau Moka

Alessandro Quarta as Mille Feuille (7 episodes
eps 15, 17-18, 21-23, 25
)
Claudia Razzi as Big Mum
Mario Bombardieri as Sacher Torte (ep 3)
Perla Liberatori as Daughter
Saverio Indrio as Sacher Torte (10 episodes
eps 12, 15, 17-18, 20-21, 23-26
)

Andrea Mete as
Regner (ep 1)
Yukke (ep 11)
Corrado Conforti as Kuppa (ep 11)
Giorgio Locuratolo as Vegas (ep 10)
Ilaria Latini as Next (ep 20)
Luigi Ferraro as Lord Turtlet (ep 18)
Massimo De Ambrosis as
Julian Monet (ep 19)
Merchant (ep 14)
Villager (ep 12)
Maura Cenciarelli as
Anne Vestori (ep 9)
Butter (ep 12)
Lila (ep 1)
Ruliko (ep 10)
Sanchu (ep 11)
Monica Ward as Margo (ep 22)
Roberto Draghetti as
Count Lanoia (ep 8)
Lord Croissant (Lord Crow Wassen; ep 9)
Valerio Sacco as Narrator (8 episodes
eps 1-4, 6-7, 9, 26
)
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
La 7 Cartapiu (from July 2007)
Man-Ga (from 2012)
Distributor: Yamato Video
Dubbing: D.P.T. (Roma)
Internet Streaming: YouTube (Yamato Animation)
German staff
German companies
(none)
German cast
Marieke Oeffinger as Tira Misu
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
(none)
Bon Reyes as Marron Glace
Charmaine Cordoviz as Tira Misu
Fourth Lee as Carrot Glace
Fourth Brillante Lee as Carrot Glaze
Grace Cornel as Chocolate Misu
Richie Padilla as Gateau Mocha

Dada Carlos as
Big Momma
Dotta

Charmaine Cordoviz as
Anna Pestori
Child guardian of the Evil Edifice (ep 17)
Dr. Ayosa (ep 16)
Koppa (kid version)
Lake (ep 6)
Lenu (ep 14)
Margo (ep 22)
Nex (ep 20)
Puskal (stray cat in ep.7)
Tagalog companies
Broadcaster:
GMA Network
HERO TV

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