Rance 01: Hikari wo Motomete The Animation

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Synonyms: Rance 01: The Quest for Hikari

Japanese: ランス01 光をもとめて THE ANIMATION

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Type: OVA

Episodes: 4

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Dec 26, 2014 to Jun 24, 2016

Producers: Pink Pineapple

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Seven

Source: Visual novel

Genres: Fantasy, Hentai

Duration: 29 min. per ep.

Rating: Rx - Hentai

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Score: 7.56¹ (scored by 17,369 users)

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Ranked: N/A²

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Popularity: #3615

Members: 38,419

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The barbaric warrior Rance loves nothing more than the company of beautiful women. Traveling around the continent with his faithful slave Sill Plain, Rance takes on odd jobs for a chance to appease his insatiable libido. Although his perverted instincts often land him in hot water, people from far and wide nevertheless laud his heroic feats.

While undertaking a request to locate a missing noble girl, Rance and Sill arrive in the majestic Kingdom of Leazas. As they split up to investigate several leads, Rance finds himself aiding the townsfolk with various problems, from rescuing a kidnapped barmaid to purging an undead outbreak. Amassing both fortune and females, the warrior eventually uncovers a dark secret within the kingdom that only he can stand against.

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Alternative version:	Rance: Sabaku no Guardian
Side story:	Rance 01: Hikari wo Motomete The Animation - Leazas no Yami

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Characters & Voice Actors

Rance

Main

Yao, Kazuki
Japanese

Plain, Sill

Main

Tatsumi, Yuiko
Japanese

Mirage, Yulang

Supporting

Flanders, Pulptenks

Supporting

Mizusawa, Kei
Japanese

Leazas, Lia Parapara

Supporting

Miruno, Jun
Japanese

Kentou, Kanami

Supporting

Sakurai, Harumi
Japanese

Masou, Shizuka

Supporting

Amarilis, Maris

Supporting

Hirata, Hiromi
Japanese

Sys, Necai

Supporting

Misonoo, Mei
Japanese

Patty the Summer

Supporting

Aoba, Ringo
Japanese

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Horie, Taku

Producer

Yoshida, Kokage

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Nishikawa, Takashi

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Jinbo, Tadashi

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	1: "Go, Midori Iro Go (ゴー緑色ゴー)" by DC C++ (eps 1)
	2: "Kitara, Taosareru (来たら、倒される)" by DC C++ (eps 2)
	3: "Royal Chaser (ロイヤルチェイサー)" by DC C++ (eps 3)
	4: "My Glorious Days (我が栄光)" by DC C++ (eps 4)

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Feb 2, 2022

thetickdickler

Recommended

A whole 21 years later and Rance fans get another adaptation of their favorite open world fantasy wank material. Just in time for the people who were born in the same year that the original was released in to start drinking.

Rance 01: The Quest for Hikari (Rance 01: Hikari wo Motomete The Animation) begins begins with Rance and Sill arriving in the majestic Kingdom of Leazas to find a missing noble girl. As they split up to investigate several leads, Rance finds himself aiding the townsfolk with various problems from rescuing a kidnapped barmaid to purging an undead outbreak. While amassing both fortune and females, ... the warrior eventually uncovers a dark secret within the kingdom that only he can stand against.

And continuing the tone that the first one had, the series begins with a scene where Rance rapes a woman multiple times before saving her, all while claiming that she was raped by a group of bandits, all because she was blindfolded. So if you're not into black comedy and slapstick, turn back now.

Just like the first, The Quest for Hikari makes a ton of jokes about how it's based on a series of RPG games, referencing the overhead perspective that so many 8-bit and 16-bit JRPGs had at the time for the anime's transitions as Rance makes his way around town asking people about the girl that he's looking for. Since the animation in most hentai aren't that appealing, it's neat not only getting decent animation, but some neat visual variety to go with the good animation.

The biggest difference between this and the last OVA is that the new series has 4 episodes and a special, which range from 26 to 30 minutes each, so there is quite a bit of content here. And because of the added content, every episode has at least 1 to 2 sex scenes each, and they're all good. So if you're looking for a hentai with some plot, The Quest for Hikari is right up there in terms of enjoyable plot.

The series even comes with some monster rape towards the end of the series, so if you're into that, it's got you covered.

The series is actually pretty well animated for a hentai, which is a rarity these days, considering that Queen Bee seems to intend to make hentai so poorly that a slideshow of the original source material would be an upgrade, so the good animation is very much appreciated here. You're bound to find something appealing in at least one or two of the sex scenes.

And coincidentally, or possibly intentionally as an homage to the original OVA, the first episode of this adaptation of Rance came out on December 26th, so it's another White Christmas! There are only so many times I get to make a White Christmas pun in my hentai reviews, so I'm going to revel in it.

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Nov 13, 2021

slaaack666

Recommended

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Story: Anime adaptation of the first game in the Rance series. Rance gets hired to find about a girl's whereabouts. He starts to work on his case while getting laid with as many girls as he can along the way. It gets a tinsy bitty dark(ish) towards the end, but there's not much focus on it and hey, it wouldn't be Rance without it.

Art: This is where this hentai really shines. They really did hit the nail on the head by going with studio Seven, it's like they were made for one another. Everything looks very good and ...

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Apr 11, 2019

coboltalex

Mixed Feelings

I just had to review this

This is the first time I've watched an Hentai, and I must say that it was a weird experience, it wasn't really my cup of tea.

But, however, for some reason I actually enjoyed it. The plot was not as bad as I thought it would be. Rance 01 is like like any other action/fantasy series out there. - A hungry hero showing absolute fulFILLment to his assigned mission (with girls along the way) that keeps fighting for justice. LOL. I mean, haven't we all watched a series just like that before?

I won't be watching something like this ...

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