No one knows exactly how strongman Junpei, Hollywood actress Airi, teenage Ritsuko, and their T-74 tank landed in a world of elves, but it's up to Celcia, the elves' elder, to cast the spell to send them back to their own world. Unfortunately, the spell runs amok and splits into five fragments that now appear as tattoos upon the bodies of five elves, five young female elves that is, somewhere in the land. So begins the quest of Those Who Hunt Elves to strip every elf they can lay hands on until they find the missing spell pieces. Get ready for the wildest, craziest adventure ever animated as Those Who Hunt Elves proves that stripping can be an art.

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