The Sorcerer Hunters: Magical Encountersby Trisha SebastianReviews may contain information that could be considered 'spoilers'. Readers should proceed at their own risk. Studio
Credits Grade: 9 [This review refers to the dub version.]It's one of the new "classics" of anime and sometimes I wonder why I didn't pick this up before. The Sorcerer Hunters is a lively and fun romp through a magical land, with the usual amount of dark undertones. In this anime, a band of heroes are dispatched all over the Spooner Continent rounding up all the rogue magic users and putting a stop to their manipulation and abuse of their powers. Of course there is a secret involved which is only barely touched upon in this volume, but that's okay as it's more important to get to know the characters first. The hero is Carrot Glace, your typical genki boy who loves to chase women, but almost never gets them. His brother Marron Glace is the token bishounen, their friend Gateau is the token "heavy hitter." The two females that round out the group are Tira and Chocolat Misu (again, my inner punster is groaning over these names), two sisters who are interested in Carrot for different reasons. This show is a lot of fun to watch because of the situations that the group gets itself into. One of my favorite episodes from this volume is "A Dreamy Girl at Lakeside" where Carrot finds a pretty girl under a mysterious spell and helps her. Of course, only Carrot could have helped her in the way he did because of his personality. In this way, he reminds me of Carrot Ironfoundersson from the Discworld series because both characters have that kind of "steel fist under velvet glove" mentality. The character designs are fun and because of the magical transformations involved, one sees a lot of people at conventions in the seductive outfits Tira and Chocolat wear. The entire cast is also great to hear, although I almost did a double take and said, "Ritsuko??" the first time I heard Big Momma speak. Tiffany Grant is great as always, but you can tell she's not throwing as much of herself into her character as she does with Asuka. Finally, Brett Weaver carries all of them as the alternately goofy and suave well-meaning Carrot. The DVD contains seven episodes with character biographies, the original trailer and the usual ADV previews. I do have a complaint about the episode selection menu in that it's not completely intuitive as to the order the episodes are in. This is a great and fun series for the entire family (although the kids might be wondering why the pretty pink-haired lady keeps whipping the bull). Written: May 19, 2002
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