Tenchi Muyo: How I Fell in Love With Ryo-Ohki
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- Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki is...it's everything really. I mean it's a space opera, romance, slice of life, harem anime with aliens and a cabbit that's also a spaceship. Tenchi Muyo is unlike any other anime I've ever seen, here's why.
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Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki utterly surprised me. A show I really thought was just going to be another generic harem anime instead was something so unique, so special, that I had to make a video on it to show everyone else who hasn't seen it. Tenchi Muyo is one of the few toonami anime that I just missed when I was younger because the couple episodes I did see didn't interest me. But when you watch the whole thing from beginning to end, the pieces and pacing fall into place to reveal an anime that overlaps more genres than any other I've ever seen. It's a piece of art that is absolutely worth your time because nothing has ever come close to doing what it does before or since it's release.
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Was out running errands when this dropped, I’m loving the comments! To be honest I was a little worried this vid was gunna suffer because tenchi is one of those anime that kind of floats out there in the ether, but wow! A lot of people have good memories of this jam. It’s good to see. As always, please check out our patreon! It’s the most important aspect of our business and keeps us alive 🤙🤙
This was great video, Tenchi was my first introduction to harem anime, a classy choice. 👏 #goodjob 👍👍
This show is severely underrated; it inspired much of my own ‘Magnum Opus’ as a teen during the Toonami Anime renaissance. Thank you for going over this epic series!
BTW: You got to check out “Dual Parallel Trouble” and “Spaceship Agga Ruter”. Two of Masaki Kajishima’s tales in the ‘Ryo-Ohki’ canon!
@@cmccleese6190 they should delve into this franchise once a month till the end of 2021
The fact that an otaku as young and reasonable as you is talking about Tenchi (especially Tenchi Ryo Ohki) with such care REALLY warms my heart . . . .
your from Massachusetts too, cool i'm from Springfield
Ryoko is best girl. The English VO is well done if you can find it.
Based on the latest OAV series, She is also the first to give Tenchi a kid.
Also Funinaiton has the English dub.
@@sjmcc13 Really where did you get that info?
@@goose4342
It's true! Ryo-Ohki is the daughter of Tenchi & Ryoko! Ryoko said so!!
😁🐰😁
@@rocketraccoon1976 lmao
This was back when dubs had unique voice actor’s they make everything very generic sounding now, I get it though it’s easier to replace the voice actor with someone else if something happens.
I've waited over a decade to find other people that cherish Ryoko as best girl. I never knew this day would come 😭
She loved my boy lol😅
The Toonami Promo...32 Year Old Me Remembers Those Days Just Like Yesterday. Thank You For The Nostalgia Trip Bonsai.
Peter Cullen doing epic line reads is the kind of thing that sticks with you.
"Love... is a battlefield!"
"ONLY Toonami" - Optimus Prime
Nice! I will be 32 this coming Sunday the 18th actually haha!! I watched Tenchi Muyo, Tenchi Universe and Tenchi in Tokyo all on the original line up on Toonami. It changed my life, truthfully. I laughed, I thought deeply, I was broguht to tears...no other "Cartoon" had ever effected me in that way. Tenchi will forever be my favorite anime for that reason. People I dont think understand how different things were back then and how revolutionary the Toonami lineup after school was for the US. If I must admit, Tenchi Universe is my guilty pleasure. It focuses more on Tenchi and Ryoko. ughhhh but she is also so beautiful when she dresses formally in Tenchi in Tokyo!!! She is my Forever Waifu!
Wow tenchi muyo. I remember seeing this after school. Remember tenchi muyo in Tokyo
I loved Ryoko, in the OVA. It’s explained that like Tenchi she really didn’t have a normal upbringing. Kaguto damaged her mind when he enslaved her so, she struggles with emotions, her fusion with Zero helped bring some of them back and she is dealing with how to understand and control them. All through the series she has only the strongest emotions that influence her, but she is consistent in that she fell in love with Tenchi, she just doesn’t know how to be normal about it, hence the blatant sexuality she shows him. But when she thought Tenchi was killed you could see that her love was real, the heartache she felt at his lose and the determination to get revenge against his killer no matter what happened to her. That really set her apart from the other girls for me. The others care about Tenchi, Ryoko would die for him so strong is her love.
"Waifu Commander and Chief: Ryoko." I see you are a man of culture.
I wasn't sure how the fandom decided, as in the end, Tenchi never does pick a girl, but if I had to choose Ryoko is it none of the other ladies ever really take action or at least make the play to get Tenchi's attention except Ryoko and i doubt Tenchi will ever forget Ryoko for that reason but also Ryoko being a loose cannon opens her up to potentially wifehood going from loose cannon to housewife like so many before her
Very well cultured indeed.💯
@@emmanuelwil-jeff i want to say that i read somewhere that waaaaayyyyyyy later down the line in the light novels, he does marry Ryouko and has a daughter with her named Tenko. he also married Ayeka and possibly a third girl -- maybe Noike from season 3. but i have not confirmed that last one. might have been a ton of fan speculation in there too.
but yes. Ryouko Hakubi is best girl always and forever. #1 on my waifu list
@@emmanuelwil-jeff You need to watch season 5. He does choose.
I thing he was a lolicon
As I got older, I ended up feeling that if anyone _"deserved"_ Tenchi (not to imply anyone "deserves" love more than others, but you know what I mean here) - it was above all Ryoko. With most of the others, it's basically like they showed up suddenly and it's like "Oh, he's hot/handsome/kind/interesting, I want him" and/or "it's my destiny, so I must have him" - Ryoko is the exception.
Her connection to the Jiraians is that of a defeated villian. We know now that she had more dimensions to her past and flaws than simple _evil,_ but she was a captured criminal all the same.
However, she literally watched over Tenchi from day one like a benevolent spirit guardian. Someone thought to be purely malevolent was _BENEVOLENT_ for Tenchi. Tenchi basically redeemed her character over his lifetime without even knowing it, and then (accidentally) gave her back her freedom.
Those are pretty legitimate reasons to fall for someone. And she also knew him long enough to truly do so on her own, all while probably knowing his Jiraian identity and not being affected by bias and/or vengeance. And she continued to redeem herself as a character alongside him. He made her a better person, and someone more than some demon/pirate/experiment thing - an actual person with wants, feelings and a life.
I dunno, but the stark contrast of her backstory and connection to Tenchi compared to the other women always stood out to me. It's the very reason I prefer Ryo-Ohki more to the other versions because of how her character is the most fleshed out here.
Also, Ryo-Ohki is just the most adorable ship/cat/rabbit/child.
100% agree. I always felt Ryoko had a special connection with Tenchi, and i think Ayeka knew this. In Tenchi Muyo Forever Ayeka let Ryoko go to bring Tenchi back cause she knew that she couldn't. Ryoko was the one connection he couldn't forget.
@aculdra41554 that right there is the thing that sticks out to me concerning Tenchi's connection to Ryoko. Out of all the girls she is the one Tenchi couldn't forget. So much so he draws her picture even if he doesn't really know who he's drawing.
i agree with all that you said here, though that connection as seen by the other replies is still critical to both the tenchi universe series, and even the tenchi in tokyo series where in techi and ryoko actually go on a real date uninterrupted by hijinks or other girls. moreover i believe in the hasegawa mangas (which is the basis for the second movie) the built in assumption there is that tenchi and ryoko will ultimately be exclusively together.
@@sakisaotome6753season five: ahem
@@tacklefatkids1195 season 5? i'm not sure what you mean?
Bruh Ryoko showing up in his bed was literally my childhood awakening.
In a way, same.
It was the moment I knew to stop chasing after girls and go only for girls who enthusiastically liked me. Life has never been the same. So I gotta tip my hat to the creator of Ryoko. What a valuable person.
bro same
like not only my awakening but i think it subconsciously doomed me to permanent unrequited love in my real life
Dude this show made me realize I was bi
Bruh, it was Lil Washu wanting to “experiment” on Tenchi for me.
Same, her English voice just did it for me (sounded like a pack aday)
The art and character design for Tenchi Muyo was so unique and cool. It was like a futuristic shinto vibe with naturalistic elements that still has not been replicated
This show blew my mind as a kid, the animation, ship designs, powers and yeah, gotta admit, Ryoko was first waifu lol(and still is best girl!) Some aspects of it have aged kind of well, others ehhh not so much, but it's still a warm nostalgic kind of wholesome that I enjoy revisiting on occasion and hearing the original voice cast still makes me smile.
So what didn't age well if don't mind me me asking?
@@CGoliday1 The relatively overdone and not that amusing to begin with 'Pervert' scenes with his dad always trying to video or peep on the girls, it's a typical anime trope and one that always bugged me back in the day as it always felt contrived and more than a little sleazy. It's kind of magnified by the idea that Tenchi's mother was supposedly a serious and respectful/respected woman, so her marrying Tenchi's dad the way he is portrayed really feels disconnected. That and some of the lip sync editing early on, but that second one is largely forgivable since it was very early in dubbing.
@@grandadmiralzaarin4962 I agree on that pervert dad part that didn't age well, but about the mother....
Tenchi's mother was far from serious actually, she was a goofball that liked to do a lot of prank. That chocked even Tenchi when he learned about it. (in the video, he did say that he was living in a lie all his life)
@@MikojinToyunda yes I can agree to a point with that, though even as a goofball it seems odd for her to settle with someone like Tenchi's dad who we never see change at all as a character from basic pervert.
@@grandadmiralzaarin4962 he is more serious after the first season, he is also much older than he looks too (he's like 90 IIRC), so after the death of Tenchi's mother, he might have change a bit too
Tenchi Muyou feels like mythology. All the crazy shit that happens, hidden backstories and destiny, gods walking amongst men, getting into all kinds of hijinx. It was one of the first anime I watched and one of the best ones I've ever seen.
When i was a kid, Tenchi Muyo is one of many shows I enjoyed most on Toonami. This, Tenchi Universe and others like DBZ, Gundam Wing, Outlaw Star, Mobile Suit Gundam and Rurouni Kenshin. Those were the good old days!
Toonami was also my intro to lupin the 3rd too. Toonami back then hit gold and went for it.
@@donnerblitzen1388 How old were you back then?
The time period I call The Great Wave!
Bro!!! Same!!! Our childhood
They also showed Yu Yu Hakusho for a little while.
Me, thinking I've completed Ryo-Ohki: "SEASON FIVE??????"
I can’t explain why I love Tenchi. But it’s something, ever since those Toonami Days, that I always feel at home with whenever I remember it or something new (randomly) comes out from it. And the music in the first OVAs and Universe really takes me back to those N64 days (which makes sense, the 90’s and all).
Yes..
the first movie will make you cry. it explains why Tenchi's mom didn't live a long time like others of her kind. she gave up her bio energy to save Tenchi when they went back in time. she got to live a normal life like a human and died when Tenchi was born. its very sad and you get to see the one and only time Tenchi and his mother meet and you see how truely powerful his mom was. like she was 100% stronger than Tenchi and she gave it all up because she loved her son and wanted to protect him from harm. the series actually has a story unlike most animes now adays.
This anime had the strongest noticeable girl icon. That blue hair chick was melted into my mind and i never could remember who she was.
Magical girl pretty sammy? Or maybe that's from another universe
Edit: or you mean sonic the hedgehog lady? She was a weird mad scientist in the one I watched
@@kyleefaren3075 he meant ryoko dude
I really like Tenchi Universe and Tenchi in Tokyo, but the first two seasons of Tenchi Muyo Ryo-Ohki is some of the best stuff to come out of the franchise. One of the best harems out there.
All I remember from this is that “wow purple princess is cute, but she also sucks” 🤣 And Cat Rabbit is best Pokemon pet
I wanted a cabbit friend as a kid! XD
@@thomaspernorio346 I remember when some scientist genetically engineered a cabbit in real life. The result was terrifying. Nothing cute about that poor thing at all.
@@Hinatachan360 i haven't heard of that, but i can believe it
Tenchi's mother was not an ordinary person.
She was a Jurai's descendant too.
She fought an Extreme devil Jurai's enemy and use up almost her vital energy to defeat him.
She died after Tenchi was born but not old age.
That film belongs to Tenchi muyo universe series and not ryo ohki.
In Ryo-Ohki she died of Old Age and went Senile at the end. Tenchi In Love was for the Universe version.
Ryoko was my first waifu.
And is still my waifu to this very day. She's far too based. Especially in english.
Ryoko is best waifu, this is known!
She was one of mine too along with Usagi and Bulma. Had too many 😂
Ryoko and Asuka for me as a child.
@@statesminds I also loved Meryl from Trigun. Ah better days...
100% best girl.
Quick mention about Mihoshi, it's basically suggested through alot of context clues that she is Washu's great grand daughter from the child that was taken from Washu... which is why she and her family are anomalies with chance based abilities. And why Mihoshi keeps wandering her way into dimensions and places like Washu's lab... where no mortal Should be able to get into uninvited.
Tenchi has an eternal soft spot in my heart. Absolutely foundational. And to this day, Ryoko is still my #1.
Same!!!
Check out "Tenchi Forever" - the third movie. It explores some other concepts and exclusively, Tenchi's stress of having everyone in his life all wanting his attention and affection while pulling him in every direction at once. The best entry in the entire Tenchi multiverse imo.
Tenchi, the OG Harem. Re watching this years later, I'm a little shocked my parents let me watch this.
The only scene that was changed dialogue in the 90's version was the scene where Washu was talking about collecting her sample, turn on the english subtitles while watching that scene, you'll find out the conversation was much more interesting than what was translated for the kids.
@@tommcfeely8707 I recall the english dub ova back then Washu used the term "Let's shake the dew off this lily!" Line was so well done that I still remember it to this day.
@@Mashidar lol, yeah, let's just say in the Japanese version, washu was listing ways of 'shaking the dew' and tenchi was saying 'No!' to each one. It went 'Should I use my hands? No! My mouth? No! My cleavage? No, no, no!' I forget the rest off hand it's been a few years since I watched that scene, but I clearly remembered all of that, because I was on floor laughing at it.
Do love how in season 5, Tenchi finally opened his heart to the girls and proposed to them all of them. Guess seeing his dad become truely happy after remarrying, and his good friend Sayna finally braking free of his life-long curse of bad-luck after marrying those 8 girls. Made Tenchi start wanting a happy life for himself.
Way before Toonami ever touched the Masaki Shirine, Tenchi Muyo was a staple of Video Stores, Suncoasts, Blockbusters and other Rental Stores! With its High Quality Animation and Hilarious comedy, it was usually sandwitched in between Ranma 1/2 and Armitage of all things! Man 1995 was fun!
This is how I found it. Didn’t realize I caught this right as it was coming out. I was used to thing being delayed in the US and watching stuff that was about 5 years old
This is how I found it as well! What with SciFi's "Saturday Anime" block and scouring video stores for any anime. I watched some pretty questionable things because "it's just cartoons" but man was there some good stuff like Tenchi, Ranma 1/2, Ah My Goddess, Tank Police, Dirty Pair, etc
@@Anza howd id forget sci fi's anime block 😲 good times
OVAs were my teenage years. Tenchi, Armitage, Patlabour, Bubblegum Crisis, AD Police, Records of Loddos War.... Ranma was on TV, alongside Captain Future, Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball, ...
You need to watch the two movies: "Tenchi the Movie: Tenchi in Love!" and "Tenchi Forever! The Movie". The first tells you what happened with his mom. It is a fun ride that kind of mirrors another classic western movie. For me, Tenchi Forever! answers which girl he would pick when it comes to that.
Tenchi is the definition of a good taste harem
YES!!!! Some Tenchi talk in 2021!!!! Underrated anime. Ryoko will forever be my favorite character.
Tenchi Universe's intro song fuckin SLAPS.
The snow episode is also art, absolutely.
Tenchi Muyo is probably the only harem type show that I genuinely like. Compared to most anime that are like it these days, Tenchi just feels like the writer actually gives a damn and didn’t just want a story about a self insert power fantasy getting it on with a bunch of lazy waifu archetypes. Not all the girls fall for Tenchi just cause he exists, they all have a diverse range of personalities and needs that aren’t just centered around Tenchi and the story takes it time to make you believe the relationship the ones that did love Tenchi have with him. It also helps that there’s a lot of crazy lore and drama centered around the alien wars, politics and so on. I didn’t like the whole “higher dimensional gods” thing, but even that puts it a step above other harem shows that have tried but failed because they failed miserably at it. Tenchi is the standard and it’s sadly never been repeated or done as well. Love this show.
This anime is a fever dream. I just remember he exploded on a ship and his soul was standing on water. I never noticed it was a isakai never even dawned on me
🤔 never thought about that either
Most people didn’t back than, that wasn’t even really a concept.
But it's not, it all takes place in the same universe and there is no fantasy land.
Kenshi his half brother on the other hand got isakaied
I'm now 25, and I've been looking for this for almost 20 years. The nostalgia is hitting me like a ton of bricks.
Tenchi Universe is another alternative universe that’s separated to OVA. And my personal favorite!
hiroshi nigishi's contributions to tenchi from universe through the in love films were the best thing to happen to tenchi after the departure of collaborators hayashi and hasegawa after ova 1. I wish Nigishi would have done more tenchi. even his work with Ai tenchi muyo in 2014 ended up being really awesome.
True. It has Kiyone, who is best girl.
A man of culture I see. kiyone Will forever be the best girl of the franchise don’t care what anyone says 😂👌🏾
I love the English dub cast for Tenchi. Ryouko and Aeka's VA are so much fun to listen to when they argue and they both have such distinctive voices. After watching seasons 1-3 of Ryo-Ohki I watched the 1995 Tenchi Muyo tv series and liked it better. It's more well rounded and Ryouko plays a larger role. Ryouko defo best girl.
I didn't realize how large this series had gotten, nor that it was still going! I am definitely going to revisit it and catch up with everything now that I'm not contending with Toonami's airing schedule. I saw pretty much everything that was on that network back in the day, but even seeing that there were other series like War on Geminar kind of blew my mind that it was still going.
I always love that you take the time to talk about the series that have stood out and not just chasing the seasonal anime train. It helps me feel like I can be a fan of anime again and not just constantly out of breath to stay relevant!
Tenchi ova has 5 seasons, then you have gpx (galexy police), and war on geminar. Thats all the cannon stuff to the ova series. In anime form anyways. Newest ovas in season 5 are ongoing. Technicaly a few others still relate such as duel paralel worlds adventure(characters reincarnate into gpx characters), photon idiot adventures(takes place in the geminar dimensions past), and space agr ruter(is basically porn).
Watched them long ago. It still remains one of my top fav anime. That level of creativity and production is rarely seen these days. Heck, i still have my old Ryoko figuring.
God I grew up with all of the Tenchi show. The only shows I have more nostalgia for are Ranma and Reboot
@provis345 p it being goofy is part of why I love it. But the manga was my first as well
The OVAs was my first. That was when I was in high school
"You just can't talk in these things...."
Reboot in my opinion doesn't get the love it deserves for what it was. The creators took a huge gamble with the design of the show, and if you're daring enough to actually watch it from S1 all the way through, you literally see the evolution of an art style in real time.
Combine that with (really starting in S2) a really good story and strong characters, and you've got a masterpiece of a series.
You forgot Project AKo
@@ramslucas5140 never actually seen it but now I want to
Bonsai Pop after describing each girl and what she imparts on Tenchi
That one guy: what about Kiyone?
Everyone else in a dismissive tone: What about Kiyone?
I was the one guy thinking "what about kiyone?"
Bro Ryu-Ohki was literally in my dreams as a kid, probably why I’m into spunky woman with big personality’s
I grew up on Tenchi. I'm surprised at how well you described it while still saying idk how it works.
Bonsai Pop really out here exploiting my childhood and I'm HERE FOR IT. I saw this in my notifications, made dinner and now this is what I'm watching. To this day I daydream about Tenchi & Ryoko lmao
I loved this series as a kid, and I watched it in quarantine again. Man you are so right about how it was confusing. I put on War On Geminar and GXP expecting to see Tenchi but was really happy that they were like spin offs. It was awesome to see Kenshi & Seina do their thing.
This show came out right in the start of my puberty. I had no chance to avoid what I have become
You must have a buff right arm.
@@1MoreTurn Left arm actually lol
My first experience with the Tenchi series was Tenchi Universe on KTEH, a PBS channel, waaaay before it aired on Toonami. It wasn't edited. KTEH would air anime uncut. They also aired Key the Metal Idol, Robotech, Lum, Dirty Pair, Lain, Bubblegum Crisis, and some other anime.
I’ve never clicked on a video so fast. Tenchi Muyo was the shit. Transported to my childhood immediately after hearing the toonami voice
I truly love your breakdown of this show. I know a lot of people write it off as a harem anime but your point about it not having the hyper over-sexualized nature that pretty much every anime nowadays has but being more loving and even when there is nudity it's mild and almost tasteful hits it right on the head. As a guy who grew up with 4 sisters and all of them having vastly different personalities, I think you explaining how tenchi needs those different personas to keep him stable while going through such turmoil is something I think all guys can relate to.
Tenchi Muyo is so nostalgic for me but barely remember anything besides waifus and dub for it lul
Ditto.
Every girl is best girl
Great Job! I completely forgot how bizarre tenchi was during toonami. Beyond reasons I couldn't find, I loved it's slow pace, low action, & weird cast. Show me anywhere else you can find a cute adorable bunny-thing that also is a badass ship!
Yes, you have Tenchi Stands!
A binge session of a lot of the old videos hearing the old gang saying "Here's the story you never knew" and then catching the introspective viewpoints of how anime has effected each one of us in different ways... videos hittin just a little harder in today's time about an era that was too perfect in days past. Love this channel ❤
The difference is Tenchi was a harem anime that focused on the comedy of the interactions with the very different girls' *personalities* and mashed together mostly-subtle parodies of many different sci-fi franchises ( eg. lightsabers, a space pirate with a fuzzy companion, a guy with pointed ears makes a cameo in the galactic peacekeepers' HQ in one of the movies ) and didn't have to have it all about the oppai.
I first watched the various Tenchi's as a little elementary school girl. I loved them every last bit and my two favorites were/are Sasami and Washu. I still really like the Tenchi franchise between the cast of various female characters and how Tenchi himself is so sweet and respectful. the fact that the show could be both calm and relaxing but also high stakes at times was really fun i also think Ryoko openness about nudity and sexuality were/are really nice and i'm rambling but yea it's nice to see Tenchi getting some love
This show is such an underrated gem. Timelines are all over the place but the episode they introduced washu and kagato is classic and I quote that episode all the time. Keep up the good work y’all!
I absolutely agree 100% with this whole video as a long time fan. At the end of the day, Tenchi is more about found family for a bunch of displaced people with Tenchi being the anchor that keeps them all together despite it being a harem anime. I always loved that and how fleshed out and important all of the girls were. At the end of every adventure, they always come back to the same dinner table to eat together and spend that time together despite their differences. It's a series that's a fun scifi romp, but somehow always cozy to me even without the nostalgia it carries.
I remember watching this when I was a kid in the summer of 2000 it was great a few days before my 8th birthday when it premiered on toonami
as a fan of tenchi since the toonami days it is super nice to see this cause this is the harem the got me into harem and the measuring stick by which all other harems shall be judged if your harem doesn't respect their ladies as much as tenchi does your trash and if your harem doesn't have it's lead grow as much as tenchi does you are also trash there is a reason this show is still around to this day and why it has so many spin offs and I wish more modern anime were more like it so thanks for bringing it to a new generation's attention cause it is good and they need to know about it
I adored the original OVAs as a kid- Ryoko was my favorite character and I was so invested in her relationships with everyone, and yeah I was rooting for her and Tenchi- but I was also invested in her friendships and relationship with Washuu
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I feel Tenchi Muyo, just for being catalogued as a harem anime, it has been so underrated!!! I'm super glad a channel like this put it out there once more!
Hell yes. I just found my collection of Tenchi dvds lol. It is one of my first anime back when I was 9. One of only harems I remember liking. I went to rewatch recently and it is confusing af to figure out watch order. I watched muyo, universe, in tokyo and gxp so interested in seeing differences now
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki is classic! One of the first anime I've ever seen back when I was a kid and I absolutely loved it. Ending English song "Talent for Love" is pure nostalgia as well
The older I get, the more I like and respect Ryoko. So funny how that works.
This video popped up on my recommended and I LOVED this show as a kid. 15 videos later I ended up reading through all of Dorohedoro and found one of my new favorite channels. Dead Leaves was another old favorite that solidified how awesome this channel is. Keep it up!!
Tenchi is an old favorite of mine, and one I have actively collected the entirety of in physical form (even tenchi in tokyo. AND I HATE TENCHI IN TOKYO!)
Ehem, anyway, love the world, love the characters, loved this video. Great work as always, and can’t wait to see when you cover this franchise, and many others next.
Also, Ryoko is best girl. Fight me.
Tenchi in Tokyo was a letdown for sure. Little Washu is best girl.
Same! Except now I’m learning there’s more episodes I don’t have in my collection! Tenchi in Tokyo is so weird, but I still loved it in it’s own way. I’m glad it’s not the direction of the others… it’s more like a weird dream sequence lol
I don't understand why people don't like Tokyo. Is it the part where Tenchi has an actual character and acts like a normal high schooler? Is it the part where Ryoko has an emotional arc and you see her actually do space pirate stuff? Or is it the part where Kiyone has a healthy relationship with Mihoshi and doesn't just yell at her the whole time? What about the part where it has a consistent central antagonist that isn't just a retread from the OVAs?
I'm genuinely curious why a show with good writing and characterization gets dunked on by so many people in the community. Don't get me wrong, the OVAs will always be my favorite, but Tokyo is leagues above every single other spinoff and reboot as far as I'm concerned.
Ah man, just hearing you try to explain the relationships between Ryoko, Washu, Ayeka, and Sasami alone was pure gold. I can't even remember how much *I* came close to BSOD just trying to EXPLAIN it to people.
"Become rivals for tenshis love which nobody ever gets"
Someone hasnt seen season 5
They need to advance the time line enough for Sasami to no longer be a loli... OAV's 1-3 are what a year or 2 max.
@@bearpro5732 that is Tsunami, the meager was not completed due to Sasami still being too young.
The relationship diagram is really messed up isn't it. Like how Mihoshi is supposedly Ryoko's niece (with a few greats added in there)
@@sjmcc13 things get wacky when everyone lives to be 1000s of years old.
@@sjmcc13 again someone hasn't seen season 5. It coves around 8 years.
@@kagato3 it covers more like 15 years, it opens with a baby Kenshi., and ends with him going to Geminar at 15.
Dude, you broke it down and went down that amazing Tenchi Rabbit hole! I was so in love with this series as a kid but I couldn't put my finger on it. I revisited it to continue Ry-Ohki to see it's finale and I was so lost and the narrative flew over my head. Still loved the franchise, Tenchi Universe is my favorite of the Tenchi Mulitverse. The craziness mixed with the quite mundane is something that it gets right and I think that's what I really loved about it as a kid, I just couldn't explain it. The ladies of Tenchi Muyo are the best because they all have different personalities and I can see why it pioneered the best "bae" or "waifu" bandwagons in the USA. Just you breaking it down and explaining the Goddesses, oh man, this series is alot better than it should be.
Honestly, Thank you for your amazing work! It's a trip down memory lane every time you cover a classic anime series.
I remember watching this as a kid
Here in my country they showed it on TV without censorship.
Thousands of children saw anime tiddies because the anime wasn't aired late at night like you'd expect.
Also, where is that Dorohedoro video tho?
They are waiting on it, because they are waiting for their sponsor to give the all clear.
I freaking loved and still love Tenchi. Ryoko definitely was the one. I never understood why he didn't ride for her as hard as she rode for him. But yes, Tenchi was the best.
Ryoko, my first crush when I had only 8 years old lmao.
Thrilled to find such an in depth vid on Tenchi, like finding a unicorn!
Would love to see your take on Universe. The original first two OVAs are my favorite bits of Tenchi ever. But Universe is just the better story.
For me Tenchi is fond memories and happy nostalgia.
Listening to you during this was giving me big time "Long Lost Brother" vibes. I still adore it because I had already spent a couple years preaching about and converting my friends to the glorious world of breathtaking animation and design...but with cuss words, violence, and cartoon bewbies known as (it still embarrasses me to fucking death that we ever called it this...ugh) "Japanimation!" However, it was not until the day Tenchi Muyo premiered on the one and #OnlyToonami that I was introduced to my first harem series, and my instant love of this show should only need three words of explanation, if you want to guess them...
If you guessed "teenage boy. duh," then POINTS!
And strangely enough, it remains my favorite of the genre because unlike absolutely every harem series that came after, it's one that for the most part I CAN watch in public (Shout out to Curty the cutie over at Beyond The Bot. Also sorry, Curt the Conqueror, because we the audience are never letting you escape from hosting THAT series.). Furthermore, the act of watching Tenchi, again unlike every last harem show that followed, never made me take a shower immediately afterwards because I had wash off the copious amounts of humiliation and shame in which I was then left covered from head to toe.
Top shelf content, as always, Ser.
To this day Ryoko is my favorite anime character. Sure the nostalgia of 10 year old me falling in love with her is my main reason, but I still enjoy this anime to this day.
My first experience with Tenchi was the movie “Tenchi Muyo in Love” way before it was on Toonami, but once it was on Toonami…. I still enjoyed it, but as you describe, it’s really crazy how all over the place all the various iterations are. Nonetheless, it still holds a spot in my heart.
That is how I fell in love for the series back on Anime Week on Sci-fi Channel. Ah good times.
I am glad that some people feel that something is missing. I have the special addition laser disc and the end credits are different than what you see now which is a black background. The LD has a animated background of Tenchis' mothers future. By using the black background, in my opinion ripped the heart out of the whole movie!
In high school I had a friend who we sometimes referred to as Tenchi. He was a dead-ringer for the character, the only thing missing being Tenchi's rattail. And, just like all the space ladies, I had a HUGE crush on him... my friend, I mean, though Tenchi was a pretty decent guy, too.
I was such a fan of the original OVA they showed on Toonami; I was big into Sailor Moon around that time and was thirsting for any new anime I could get my hands on. I remember wanting to get into a series that was a little more mature, and Tenchi came along right at the perfect moment (although I didn't realize *how* mature till I bought the uncensored DVDs; I still can't believe I didn't realize Ryoko's blue bikini was added digitally in the Toonami version, it was so obvious, lol). I loved the art style, the characters, the premise, the plot... it was all so new and intoxicating and interesting and fun and the story was confusing but I loved that about it. The English voice cast was also great. All these years later and I still have my Tenchi DVDs, a handful of manga, plus my old Ryoko figure.
Honestly, I've no idea what this is but since you guys are recommending it, I might as well give it a try. Sounds interesting though.
90s baby classic
Its great your in for a treat! Great and fantastic animation music, action and comedy!
@@thebossrayden actually a Pioneer & Anime staple. Especially back in the 90s. Right by Ranma, Slayers and even Akira.
This show is great... The only shows you MUST WATCH are the Ryo-ohki OVAs season 1-3... And 4-5 after watching GxP and War on Geminar.
Tenchi universe and tenchi in tokyo weren't that great IMO.
Only the ovas matter
Let us know if you liked it or not when you watch it. This anime was first anime I watched in the 90's and I love the characters still to this day. Ryoko is true waifu material.
I remember watching this on Toonami as a kid. I loved it then and I still love it now. it's definitely my favorite anime series. also, Mihoshi is Washu's very distantly removed grandchild.
can you give me the correct order to watch this please🥲?
The Imperium of Mankind would want that Pipe Organ ship
A relic from the dark age technology no doubt.
Tenchi Has remained a favorite of mine ever since I was a kid watching it on Toonami.
All glory to The Choushin!
I would've said just Washu (since she's my profile picture) but I didn't want to leave out her two sisters, Tokimi and Tsunami.
Tsunami is a whole can of worms because she assimilated with Sasami to save her life....which means Sasami is becoming Tsunami and will look like her in the future.
And Washu gave herself amneisa when she turned herself human
And Tokimi has these weird eyes that are beautiful and has some kind of tattoo on her face which might be a flower on the rest of her non-existant body because shes a god who doesn't need a body.... And she may or may not want to have Tenchi's baby
Yeah, Hail The Choushin!
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP KAGATO AND THAT LEGENDARY PIPE ORGAN OF HIS
SO funny, this has been one of my favorite series ever, It's great to see someone else get it. To me it's a very touching series. Another series that also got me like Tenchi is Ah! my Goddess. If you haven't checked it out I would suggest you do.
I just want to declare that you are a real scholarly gentleman of culture for reviewing this. Every social circle I've been in, doesn't know or remember what Tenchi Muyo was. This was my childhood, along with Yu Yu Hakusho, Dragonball Z, G Gundam, etc.
Bought the 1st 2 OVA series VHS sets when Pioneer released them and they had the collector cards. The OVA series was also part of the card game Ani-Mayhem.
TENCHI WAS MY SHITT GROWING UP! that Toonami promo brought back so much nostalgia. Ryoko was def main waifu when I was like 7 lmao
The Tenchi OVA is a pretty fun and culture series. The rest of the AU series is a maze to get through which was pretty good. Ryoko is Best Waifu and Aeyka Best Girl.
Tenchi Muyo OVA 1 is still my favorite anime to this day. It seems to be underrated now, so thank you for doing a video on it!
I got into Tenchi through Universe, those are my most prominent memories. Definitely would love to see a deep dive into that one. One love Mike ✌️
Tenchi squad rollout!! Also I think it was Tenchi universe but anyone remember the "Sasami magical girl" episode. That stuff was hype af.
Tenchi is like a weird hybrid of Star Wars, Smallville and The King Arthur Legend. In other words it is awesome. Think Steven Universe minus the LGBTQ stuff.
lol so this comment thread is full of awesome people ill never get to meet. but im glad your alive somewhere enjoying some of the same things in life i enjoyed. i agree with your comment so much im actually causing a scene in public right now and gettin attention. ill be right back
Nobody tell this guy about MihoKiyo or Naja, cuz Tenchi gets gay as hell the deeper you go.
I was OBSESSED with this show. My homework diary was covered in drawings of all the characters.
PLEASE DO “DIRTY PAIR” and “DIRTY PAIR FLASH 🙂
I’m one of the hardcore fans. Just randomly doing my random search in the middle of the night every few years and found your video. Haven’t finished it yet! Hope I like it lol thumbs up and sun anyway just for making a video on it.
This was great! I think you really nailed it with the “wholesomeness” point. I’ve tried watching other similar anime and they only come off as fan service. Tenchi is different. It was the first anime I showed my wife and now she loves it too. You should check out the Tenchi Fans discord. Also, there’s more episodes I haven’t seen! Crazy news to hear! I’m out of the loop. The other alternate. Universe of Tenchi is excellent as well. You should look into watching it and do a video on the differences between them. I’d love that!
The show that helped shaped my taste in anime besides Dragonball and Gundam.
This was such a well-articulated comprehensive review of this series. That experience of Toonami's Tenchi Muyo and Tenchi Universe always confused me. I had no idea that this series was SO expansive and I'm even MORE intrigued now. I just always remember that feeling I had when watching Tenchi Muyo, but never really understood why. Why I liked it, why I wanted more, why it worked. Thanks for helping put it all into perspective and making sense of my otherwise very confusing memory of this series!
Hidden gem, thought I was the only person who knew about this anime
Man I almost thought it was one of those Mandela effect things since I hadn't heard about it in so long.
The fact that your explanation made sense and I remembered all of it us just a testimony of how wild but satisfying the Anime was
Ryoko was my first anime crush...think I was 12. Didn't know they finished the series beyond the first two seasons. Lost interest in my teens because all moe is trash, even tho Tenchi isn't moe the whole trend change late-aughts made me knee jerk away from anything resembling. Felt it had so much story potential though. Kind of wild the OVA was finally actualized into a deep philosophical tapestry on existence...funny with the show's whole playfulness with sexuality. To think it got meta on the idea of creation is pretty hype. Also stay away from weed you def are psychologically not the type that should be smoking, period
Yeah he should drop it. I quit because it made me nerotic and it was addicting af
I just stopped by to say, I don't remember how I discovered Tenchi Muyo! But after I saw Tenchi Universe I was hooked... I own tons of Tehnchi muyo media, including a poster on my wall.. My all time favorite anime... Oh, and I'm a Ryoko guy ;)
Ryoko is “waifu commander” lol OK you’re a guy so whatever, I mean I get it she’s got pretty eyes and a phenomenal voice actress for most of the series, I liked her a lot when I was younger but now I realize how much more there is to like Ayeka. Her hairstyle/cut to this day remains the most unique and ironically appealing thing I have ever seen, dark purple hair and fuchsia hewed eyes and fucking Jeniffer Darling, The British Minnie mouse herself…
Anyway I just had to get that off my chest but i’ve thoroughly enjoyed your interpretation of the all around wholesomeness… There were some spoilers but I generally appreciate spoilers😂 so that’s fine, I might have to check out the fifth season you said that just finished filming this year?! I’m so glad I clicked on this video!
The background music slection of this video was quite fitting and refined, you are indeed a man of culture GG!