Bakuretsu Hunters

For as long as anyone can remember, the Spooner Continent has been under the dominion of ruthless sorcerers. Obeying no laws but their own, they see humans as nothing more than tools to fulfill their dark magical rituals. The rest of the terrified population can do little to resist their cruel overlords.

Yet, even in the most trying times, hope persists. A small group of brave individuals has begun to fight back against this tyranny. In their quest for justice against the sorcerers who have gone too far, brothers Carrot and Marron Glace, sisters Tira and Chocolate Misu, and warrior Gateau Mocha travel across the land, challenging the sorcerers' reign and igniting flames of rebellion.

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Misu, Chocolate Main

Mizutani, Yuuko Japanese

Misu, Tira Main

Hayashibara, Megumi Japanese

Glace, Marron Main

Madono, Mitsuaki Japanese

Glace, Carrot Main

Furumoto, Shinnosuke Japanese

Mocha, Gateau Main

Yanada, Kiyoyuki Japanese

Daughter Supporting

Tamagawa, Sakiko Japanese

Big Mom Supporting

Shimamoto, Sumi Japanese

Opera Supporting

Ishimura, Tomoko Japanese

Doctor Iiwa Supporting

Shimazu, Saeko Japanese

Day, Yester Supporting

Tsuru, Hiromi Japanese

Kobayashi, Noriko Producer

Shimoji, Yukinao Producer

Mashimo, Kouichi Director

Kato, Takao Episode Director, Storyboard

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Nov 10, 2015

day2k

Recommended

Bakuretsu Hunters holds a special place in my heart as one of the few and better shows 2 decades ago.

While more episodic than I prefer for a 26 episode show, it does have somewhat of an overarching main plot that culminates in the last few episodes. The story isn't quite there, but the fun part is watching the lovable main cast deal with the good and bad sorcerers in the world.

And best of all? The uber epic opening and ending themes, "What's up guys" and "Mask." Watching either sequence still gives me the chills.

I went back to watch the ending sequence of the final episode ... where they played the full Mask song. Soooo campy, yet so good because of the sheer epicness of this song.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Feb 12, 2012

gidoran

Mixed Feelings

Bakuretsu Hunters is a fantasy story that largely stars five characters - the idiotic and perverted Carrot, the muscular Gateau, the pretty Marin, the spectacled Tira, and the red-haired Chocolate. Together they are the Sorceror Hunters, hired by a mysterious woman called only Big Mama to police the Spooner Continent.

By and large, the bulk of the series are stand alone episodes. The Hunters recieve a job from Big Mama, they go to some new town, find a new evil sorceror, kick his ass, and then move on to the next episode. These things are light and really empty. They aren't bad, they just aren't ... that good either. Since each episode features a different bad guy - as well as different side characters - there is very little chance for anything to feel like a threat or for the audience to get attached to the side characters.
As the series moves on, it does develop a larger, VERY epic-in-it's-scope, story, but even that feels hollow. The show's main villain is totally one-note, his motivations are lacking, and the conflict between him and the Hunters is almost never touched upon.

The characters themselves are really just empty and that's what bothered me most about the show. The basic idea of the cast is nice - there's a love triangle going on between Carrot/Chocolate/Tira, but with the caveat that Carrot isn't interested in either of the girls. They grew up together and so he thinks of them as sisters, but this isn't stated until the show is practically over. Given that Carrot spends 90% of the show chasing after women, it's hard to understand why he doesn't just give these ladies what they want when no one tells you WHY he won't.
Gateau and Marin have a sub-plot in that it seems like they're an item - or at least that Gateau has feelings for Marin - but again, this is never touched upon or developed. Perfectly good drama, wasted!

When it's all said and done, I'm really torn on this show. If this was something I had seen when I first got into anime - if this ever aired on Toonami - I'm sure I'd be a fan. The comedy is there, there's a touch of ecchiness, there's action, and the animation in most episodes is clean. There are the usual animation shortcuts - namely repetative transformation sequences - but that's standard for anime. The twists at the ending were interesting as well. But I feel like I've seen all of this before and seen it done better.

If you have nothing better to watch, then I'd be fine suggesting this. Otherwise, pass this up.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Jan 31, 2025

Jjmobus92

Not Recommended

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One of the worst anime I have ever had the displeasure of seeing, however I did somehow manage to watch the entire thing so thats something to its credit, I did zone out during some episodes though cause I just didn't a shit.

The "plot" of the show is that a group of adventurers on a journey hunting down evil sorcerers that use their magic powers to terrorise people, the main character has an ability in which he can transform into a powerful monster when hit by magic but he loses control of himself so has to have a couple of dominatrixes whip him into submission, ... theres also two other guys that tag on with them, a muscly dude and a pretty guy, they don't have much going on for them aside from that the big guy wants to fuck the other dude.

There is little continuity with each episode being barley connected to the last whilst some vague elements of a greater plot unfold in the background until the last episode where they suddenly have to save the world and sacrifice themselves or something like that. The episodes feels like a bunch of cliches thrown together, characters are very one note and the ones introduced for each episode aren't particularly engaging with the sub plots being the most standard lame fantasy scenarios you could come up with. The main character has the whole horny as shit for every single attractive women he sees thing going on, unless that women is already in a relationship in which he backs away, so you can respect him for that at least, they also have the horny dude has other attractive women/s interested in him but just ignores them cliche. I honestly couldn't even tell you what happened in any one episode because they all kind of just merge together and they all kind of suck. There is almost no character development and shit just kind of happens until it ends, this is not a good anime, I wouldn't even recommend it as a joke since it can be really boring, it's a mess, I do like the animation in the opening credits, thats pretty much the only really good thing about it.

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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