Those Who Hunt Elves

Those Who Hunt Elves
English release Volume 1 - Ready Set Strip!
エルフを狩るモノたち
(Erufu wo karu mono-tachi)
GenreAdventure, comedy, fantasy[1][2]
Manga
Written byYu Yagami
Published byMediaWorks
English publisher
MagazineDengeki Comic Gao!
DemographicShōnen
Original runMarch 1994January 2003
Volumes21 + DX
Anime television series
Directed byKazuyoshi Katayama
Written byMasaharu Amiya
StudioGroup TAC
Licensed by
Original networkTV Tokyo
English network
Original run October 4, 1996 December 19, 1996
Episodes12 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Those Who Hunt Elves 2
Directed byHiroshi Fukutomi
Written byMasaharu Amiya
StudioGroup TAC
Licensed by
  • NA: Sentai Filmworks
Original networkTV Tokyo
English network
  • US: Anime Network
Original run October 2, 1997 December 18, 1997
Episodes12 (List of episodes)
Manga
Those Who Hunt Elves Returns
Written byYu Yagami
Published byMediaWorks
MagazineDengeki Comic Gao!
DemographicShōnen
Original runNovember 2007March 2008
Volumes1
Manga
Those Who Hunt Elves 2[3]
Written byYu Yagami
Published byFlex Comix
MagazineComic Meteor
DemographicShōnen
Original runJanuary 2013January 2018
Volumes10
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Those Who Hunt Elves (Japanese: エルフを狩るモノたち, Hepburn: Erufu o Karu Mono-tachi) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yu Yagami. The plot revolves around three travelers, the eponymous "Elf Hunters", and the elven sorceress Mistress Celcia. The anime was released in North America on VHS and DVD by ADV Films[4] and later re-released by Sentai Filmworks.[5]

On June 12, 2015, the Chinese Ministry of Culture listed Those Who Hunt Elves among 38 anime and manga titles banned in China.[6]

  1. ^ Bustard, Jason. "Those Who Hunt Elves". T.H.E.M. Anime Reviews. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  2. ^ "Those Who Hunt Elves Complete". Sentai Filmworks. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  3. ^ "Those Who Hunt Elves 2 Manga Listed as Ending With 10th Volume". Anime News Network. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Those Who Hunt Elves Manga Returns". Anime News Network. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Tuesday New Releases: When they Cry, Those Who Hunt Elves, Waiting in the Summer". Sentai Filmworks. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  6. ^ "China bans 38 anime & manga titles including Attack on Titan". Special Broadcasting Service. 2015-06-12. Retrieved 2018-08-31.