Product Description

Brand new Tenchi! New Home in Tokyo, at a new school, with a new love interest named Sakuya, with new studies in exorcisms, a new hidden enemy named Yugi, Washu's new dimensional doors, and Ryo-ohki's new Mecha-Rabbit transformation! Too many troubles, too many girls, too nice a guy... Same old Tenchi!!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #143785 in DVD
• Released on: 1999-01-12
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: Japanese
• Subtitled in: English
• Dubbed in: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 100 minutes

Customer Reviews

Tenchi is an excellent anime series for the whole family.
This is the beginning of the third Tenchi series. Tenchi Muyo has a very enthusiastic following and may be the most popular series in Japanese anime. It has excellent graphics and very good character development. It is designed for age 13 to adult, and seems to capture the hearts of people of all ages. There are many web "shrines" dedicated to the various characters.

The series begins with Tenchi leaving home to go to school in Tokyo, and his admirers are not happy about it. Although Tenchi thinks of himself as an ordinary boy of seventeen, he is actually descended from the crown prince of the Planet Jurai. He also seems to attract the affections of beautiful and powerful women. Through a variety of circumstances a notorious space pirate, Ryoko; and her rival, Aeka, the first princess of Jurai have become house guests at Tenchi's Father's home. They are both madly in love with Tenchi and constantly fight over him. Since they both possess supernatural powers, these arguments can be quite disruptive; and Tenchi is glad to be starting a new life in Tokyo.

Two new major characters are introduced in this series -- Sakuya a cute classmate, and Yugi a supernatural being of unknown intent.

This series is more stylized than previous Tenchi series in character drawings and actions. Although I prefer the style of the previous series, I find this one quite enjoyable. There is still a lot going on behind the scenes, and the character's personalities are still being explored.

Potentially my most horrific anime experience.
I am an avid worshipper or the Tenchi Muyou! universe. If I were forced to pick three favorite anime, Tenchi would undoubtably find its way into the list. This is why this DVD instills feelings shock, depression, and suicidal tendencies. The animation is on par with Sailor Moon TV episodes at their best moments (for all of you Moonies, take note: this is not a compliment). Perhaps the former animators caught the Plague; there has to be a rational explanation for why this series' animation lacks smootheness, detail, and height/weight proportionate characters. Tenchi's grunge motif seems out of place for those of us who are accustomed to the more retro-80s look of any other Tenchi incarnation. The plot is debased to something one would find on a Saturday morning cartoon (yes, I used the 'c' word; pardon my indiscretion). The monsters (I still don't understand what they were thinking will cell-phone man) once again remind me of Bishoujo Senshi in tackiness and lack of quality and originality. Furthemore, the music for the ending is an affront against god (unless you actually like japanese-folk-country). However, this is still Tenchi, and Tenchi in Toukyou's appeal mainly rests in its relation to the rest of the Tenchi universe. If you have to see all of Tenchi, enjoy. The series does get slightly better, but not enough to warrant purchasing the series. I would have given this DVD one star, but Ryo-Ohki! turns into a big, pink mecha, and you have to admit that's pretty kawaii. If I sounded somewhat acidic, it is merely due to the fact that I love Tenchi Muyou, Tenchi Universe, the three movies, and Pretty Sammy, and this was most disappointing.

Ryoko and Ayeka Rule.
This series is different from Tenchi Muyo and Universe. Tenchi meets a girl named Sakuya who I do not like. Ryoko and Ayeka don't like her either so this all leads to trouble. I enjoyed this DVD alot because I found it very funny. Yugi is kind of cool, but she has her bad character traits like Sakuya. The second episode is the best when Ryoko and Ayeka first see Sakuya. Well although this series has different and strange characters and plots in it, it is a good anime series. The music I can live without. You will enjoy this DVD.