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Award-winning actress Airi, weapons expert Ritsuko, and martial artist extraordinaire Junpei have somehow been transported to an alternate sword-and-sorcery world. The only way they can get back to Japan is with a magic spell that was accidentally "quinsected": its five fragments were transferred to the skins of five elves. With the reluctant assistance of elf queen Celcia, who has been transformed into a dog, the trio roams the world in an army tank, getting into scrapes and forcing elves--invariably curvaceous female elves--to strip. (Even fans have asked why the Earthlings have yet to encounter a male elf.) Sometimes they help villagers defeat monsters, sometimes they just cause trouble. Elves is a very silly series with paper-thin characters and over-the-top vocal performances, but it offers a slapstick diversion for viewers weary of pondering the semiotics of Slayers and Dragon Half. Contains the first 6 of 24 episodes. Unrated; suitable for ages 14 up: Nudity, violence, minor profanity. --Charles Solomon
Customer Reviews:
This series surprised me.......2004-12-04
Well, tell you the truth I was very surprised. I bought the full series at once and WOW, I laughed so much it hurt. This is a great series. The first DVD starts off kinda slow, but after that it's just non-stop humour. You start developing a love for each character's personalities and quirkes. I'm sincerelly glad that I bought this series. It makes my anime collection all that much more complete.
Waste of time and money.......2004-10-15
I have to wonder if the reviewers that gave this DVD a good rating saw the same one I did. The animation is cheesy, the comedy is beyond lame, and the characters are downright annoying. The basic idea is great and it's a shame it was handled so poorly. The shows look like half the scenes were chopped out and what remained was cut to the bare bone. I'd have given it one star except that I reserve that rating for truly horrendous examples of defective wares foisted on an unsuspecting public. My advice? Spend your money elsewhere.
Don't think...just watch.......2004-08-07
Okay, first off - if you're looking for anime that makes you think, stop here. Go hunt down "Gasaraki" or "Ghost in the Shell". This is just good, not-so-clean humour in the best Japanese fashion. It's a little crude (Language and near-nudity), but it's all done in a good humoured fashion. Almost suitable for the kids if they've heard the language.
All the other reviews mention the characters, but the tank iss probably the most amusing of them. How many other people would have put the mind of a kitten in a Russian tank?
Watch it, enjoy yourself, but don't think it's going to change the way you think, unless you are way too serious for everyone's good.
Very entertaining romp!.......2003-08-20
One of the most humorous anime series I've come across yet! The subtitle is a bit misleading, though, this is in now way one of those "x" rated anime series. A 6-time martial arts champion, and oscar award winning Hollywood actriss, a tom-boy wepons expert and a T-74 tank are transported to a sword and sourcery world. The head Elven priestess tries to preform a spell to send them back (the whole hellarious plot unwinds in the second episode), but something goes wrong, and the spell is quinsected, and imprinted on the skin of 5 unknown elves. The only way the trio can get home to Japan is to scour the land, stripping every female elf to look for the 5 lost pieces of the spell. As I said, this does not turn into an "X" rated feature, but much of the humor occurs in both the journey and the Elf stripping! Increadably, the English language version turns out to be more crude than the original Japanese script.
Be sure to by both disks (only 12 episodes in the original): the funniest episodes are 7-9, and the entire plot is explained in the last two episodes. I'm looking forward to Those Who Hunt Elves II! A difinate buy for the anime fan (well written, but the animation is average to T.V. anime).
Very funny...in a safe, nonthreatening way........2003-04-01
Now, as there are already more than enough reviews, let me just add something. This anime is very funny, with hints and suggestions of naughtly, kinky fun, but like 'The Benny Hill Show' you won't really SEE anything. I would even suggest that older kids could watch it without a problem.
Frankly, a T-74 tank taken over by the spirit of a kitten seems very cute to me. You have to watch the episodes to get it. The good thing is the DVD holds 6 episodes!
This is one of a two DVD set that makes up the first series and 'Those Who Hunt Elves II' should become DVDs sooner or later.
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