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I'm looking for an anime I saw when I was a kid. It was a game anime, rather
typical, where a kid falls into a game and is trying to escape. I can remember
that the characters fought using some kind of monster. They only had to summon
it once, and did so by placing a stone circle into some kind of receiver. The
main character's monster was called "Sweetcake", I think, and he was joined by
a blonde girl and someone else. Pretty sure Sweetcake could talk, too. Does
anyone know what this anime might be?


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Looking for a "game anime" with summoning monsters using stone circles


I think it could be **Monster Rancher** (also known in Japan as Monster Farm).

Here is a summary of the show from
[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_Rancher_%28anime%29), bold
emphasis is my own:

> The story follows a boy named Genki Sakura, who is a keen player of the
> Monster Rancher video games. After winning a tournament hosted by the game's
> creators, Genki wins a special CD that he can use to unlock a special
> monster in his game at home. However, upon using this disk in his game
> console, **he finds himself transported to a world of monsters that, much
> like Genki's game, are given life by scanning special stone disks within
> temples**. There, he meets a girl named Holly, who is seeking a stone disk
> containing a legendary Phoenix that will save the land from the tyranny of
> an evil ruler named Mu. Upon attempting to use the disk Genki had won to try
> and release the monster, they bring forth a different sort of monster, which
> Genki names Mochi. Wanting to free the land from Mu's rule, Genki, Holly,
> Mochi and their other monster companions go on a quest to find the stone
> disk that contains the Phoenix.

One of the monsters mentioned in this summary, Mochi (sometimes also written
as Mocchi), is the name of a Japanese confection. It seems that "Sweetcake" is
used as a translation of this name sometimes, based on the results of Googling
`monster rancher "sweetcake"`. Here is a picture of Mochi/Sweetcake which may
help jog your memory more than written words.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GttIL.png)


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