Those Who Hunt Elves (1996)

Adventure · Animation · Comedy

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.

IMDb rating: 7.0 (305 votes)
Seasons: 2
Language: JA
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (1996)

6.86 avg 12 episodes 6.6 → 6.5 24 min avg

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Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Those Who Hunt Elves Attack	6.6	18
2	An Invincible Team Is Formed	7.1	16
3	The Red One or The Blue One?	7.3	13
4	The Search for the 1000th Fighter	6.7	11
5	The Addition of the Fifth Fiend	6.3	11
6	The Most Horrible Spell of All Time	7.8	12
7	Catch Me in a Field of Flowers	7.3	10
8	To the End of This World and Beyond	6.7	10
9	Let the Maiden Dance in Beauty	6.8	9
10	The Elf Who Couldn't Undress	6.6	9
11	No Tomorrows for the Captured	6.6	9
12	And Yet Those Who Still Hunt Elves	6.5	9

Season 2 (1997)

7.22 avg 12 episodes 7.4 → 7.3 24 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Those Who Fish Elves	7.4	9
2	Those Who Wipe	7.2	9
3	Those Who Have Been Animal Cursed	7.1	9
4	Those Who Manipulate Heaven and Earth	7.2	8
5	Those Who Bean	7.2	8
6	Those Who Are Entrapped	8.2	6
7	Those Who Hunt Wolves	7.3	7
8	Those Who Protect Elves Sometimes	6.9	7
9	Those Who Wait for Noel	6.7	7
10	Those Who Fight for the Spotlight	6.9	7
11	Those Who Dream	7.3	7
12	Those Who Still Hunt Elves	7.3	10

Those Who Hunt Elves (1996)

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