Tenchi Muyo movies revisited – You know it, they got progressively worse
Wow, I have no idea how Japanese otaku can do nothing but like leech off their parents and watch anime. I’ve done nothing but watch anime for the past 5 days (and get horribly drunk, but that’s on teh personal blog) I’ve been home and I’m horribly burned out. I am seriously done watching anime for a while now, but not without one last entry for now. I just got done watching all three Tenchi movies in order and you know, they got worse as they went on…
If Final Fantasy VI and Chrono Trigger are what bring me back to the “good old days” of RPGs then Tenchi Muyo in Love is like that for me with anime. I mark the beginning of my dark path down the anime road with this movie which I seen one day in 1996 on the Sci Fi channel. They used to air anime on Saturday mornings for those that never knew or weren’t born yet.
Tenchi Muyo in Love isn’t a ZOMG MUST SEE but it brings back a lot of sentimental memories for me, and holds a special place in my heart as my first anime. This was my first time watching all three movies in Japanese and it sure was a lot different. Ayeka’s Japanese voice just doesn’t fit her at all, but neither does the English one. Megumi Hayashibara played the voice of Achika, Tenchi’s mom, and that was pretty cool. Even after all these years that final battle with Kain is awesome. I was expecting Alchemy of Love, the end song, to be sung in Japanese but oddly it wasn’t. Hm.
The second Tenchi movie is my favorite of the 3 just because it feels more like Tenchi. It has a good mix of drama, comedy and action. It just has that Tenchi atmosphere you’d be familiar with in the OAVs and TV series but just don’t watch Tenchi in Tokyo. I love the bright colored animation because I have ADD (not really) and I need bright colors to keep me interested.
The third movie which I actually hadn’t seen before was the worst. It didn’t even feel like Tenchi. It’s like they took the Tenchi characters and put them into something totally unrelated. The movie is pretty much drama/serious throughout the entire thing. This is fine because the first movie was pretty serious throughout but it’s just this third movie doesn’t feel like something Tenchi related. It’s an interesting experiment I guess. It’s like one big what if. What if Tenchi just settled down with a girl. How would the other girls react and what not. I think it’s pretty much hinted that Tenchi chooses Ryoko at the end of this.
Still, I DON’T WANT because everyone knows Kiyone is superior and if you’re into reading shitty fanfics. I would suggest reading the Mugen Tenchi Muyo fics. I was really into those back in the day. They present an alternate timeline where what if Tenchi and Kiyone developed a relationship. Sure it gets a little bogus but it’s a fanfic.
Maybe I should watch Tenchi in Tokyo some time. I seem to have a thing for shitty anime as of late.
You’re damn right Kiyone is superior!
Third movie was just really creepy. Didn’t need that one nude scene either, ick.
But yeah, first movie rocked. Great ED theme, too.
Oh how Tenchi was one of the great gateway anime series for all of us to progress from dub to sub.
Pfffffft! We all know Mihoshi is CLEARLY superior! ;]
But, yeah, this was my first real anime… I miss it. :’(
The third movie doesn’t seem so bad once you’ve watched it a few times- not that I’m even sure why I went to the effort of watching it more than once.
I was thinking about watching the Tenchi Muyo movies for the longest time- heck it was one of the first animes I heard about. But then I started reading the manga first, and was instantly “turned off”. I tried to read further, but I could only bear the pain for so long. Perhaps I just don’t have personality, and perhaps the anime is totally different, but I seriously avoided the anime since just because animes are rarely better than the mangas IMO, so it was too risky. I’ll check it out someday though just to say I tried…
exoticlogic@ I read some of the manga years ago. It’s okay, I guess. The manga I think actually is one of those instances where it came after the anime.
Wow, fail. You should definitely check out the series if you’re into harem comedy shows. One of the best out there or at least one that served as a base for future shows like it.
Baka-Raptor@ FUCK YEAH KIYONE!
Bobby@ Fail. Mihoshi is a stupid ditz.