GlingGling on 08 July 2008
Monster Rancher is very much like Pokemon. EVEN the animes are very similar in style. In the US dubs I think Suezo (monster rancher) had the same voice actor as Meowth. Genki sounded a lot like Ash too. Holly was just as worthless as Misty.
Someone tried to have a game/anime equivalent to pokemon and it lasted a while too (though not very popular).
