Tenchi Muyo!

Original title: Tenchi Muyô!

TV Series
1992–2005
TV-PG
30m

IMDb RATING

7.6/10

2.3K

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Anime Dark Comedy Slapstick Adventure Animation Comedy Fantasy Romance Sci-Fi

Every man needs a good woman. Tenchi Masaki has six.Every man needs a good woman. Tenchi Masaki has six.Every man needs a good woman. Tenchi Masaki has six.

Creator
- Masaki Kajishima
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IMDb RATING

7.6/10

2.3K

YOUR RATING

Creator
- Masaki Kajishima
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Episodes19

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TopTop-rated 1 Season8 years

Trivia
When Tenchi catches Ryoko during her battle with Kagato in episode 6, he tells her "I still have feet". This was Tenchi's way of reassuring Ryoko that he's not dead. In Japanese folklore, ghosts are typically portrayed as legless.

Goofs
In Tenchi Muyo OVA 3 (which it was made around 2000) the sound effects, when you set your DVD language to Japanese, doesn't match the motions of the character at all. In the English one it does match.

Quotes
[final lines]
Ryoko: I'll tell you something, my Tenchi. You know, the carnival comes and goes... if you wait for a while, it'll always come back to you, Tenchi.
Tenchi: I guess you're right, Ryoko... I guess you're right.

Alternate versions
In the dubbed cartoon network version, the scene where Ryoko was discovered in Tenchi's bed was shortened because part of her cleavage was shown and Tenchi was reacting to it in a funny way and Ryoko's cleavage was covered with a drawn-on brassier; in the scene where Ryoko was taking a bath, she was naked but ended up with a drawn-on swim suit; the same goes with Ayeka when Ryoko removed her towel in front of Tenchi.

Connections
Edited into Neon Genesis Evangelion: ReDeath (2000)

Soundtracks
Yume wa Doko he Itta
(Where Did the Dream Go?)
Opening theme
Performed by Linda Yamamoto
Lyrics by Natsuko Karedô
Music by Kyôko Matsumiya
Arrangement by Masami Kishimura

The original series that launched 3 spin-offs and 3 movies, Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki is by far the pick of the bunch. Although the series spans several genres it is more of a comedy at heart with its light hearted tone. This series perfectly encapsulates the whole Tenchi universe. Its art and animation is lush and gorgeous and the plot (or plots) is (are) relatively solid although the writers lose it occasionally after the first 6 episodes. Thrill-seekers may bemoan the absence of heart-stopping moments in the action scenes but the series' true strength lies in its characters.

The characters are compelling and genuinely appealing with deep and well-developed personalities. Even the pipe organ-playing(!) villain is cool! The character interactions are seldom boring, often being very funny and sometimes touching as well. One drawback is that is unfinished. The plot kinda meandered towards the end but then a ton of new plot threads were introduced which weren't resolved making the series seem incomplete.

Hopefully we'll see more of this series (which has been hinted) in the future but for I heartedly recommend this series to anyone. Simply put, it is simply brilliant.