Yuko Mizutani, the voice actress for Mihoshi, recently passed away at the age of 51. She died on May 17, 2016 due to breast cancer. RIP (T_T)

@liamWagnon

3 жыл бұрын

RIP

@sceetsceet03

4 ай бұрын

I loved Mihoshi rip❤

@RitoReyes2033

Ай бұрын

😢

Petrea Burchard. Easily the funnier and more seductive voice; the stand-out performance for the dub cast.

@Wag-ue

10 ай бұрын

I think we, tenchi fans, should try to get petrea to do a dub for the last season of ryo-ohki. Like a fan dub or something

That "You've won, boy." is just awesome.

11:59 It's not that baffling when you consider Ryoko's personality and the circumstances of her first meeting with Tenchi in the cave. When she gave him what she thought to be a very tender and intimate show of affection, he ran away screaming in terror. Given Ryoko's temperament as well as her sensitivity about rejection, it's pretty consistent with her character to throw a massive temper tantrum afterwards.

@PlasmaMongoose

8 жыл бұрын

+LeCreuset05 YES!

@Deatheater4444

8 жыл бұрын

+LeCreuset05 Also, all the PTSD from her five millennia of serving as Kagato's personal mass-murder machine, centuries of isolation with Funaho parasitically draining her energy, and being very emotionally stunted in general.. She was bound to snap sooner or later. Having the only person she had any contact with in the last 700 years treat her like a monster was just the last straw. ;_;

@LeCreuset05

8 жыл бұрын

+ShufflingShoggoth Not to mention if Ryoko really wanted Tenchi dead at the school, she would have killed him in a matter of seconds. If anything, she thought having some fun at his expense would make for good foreplay. ( ͠° ͜ʖ °)

@judeskater93

8 жыл бұрын

There is also another idea that the energy gem that ryohko had during her slumber still had her under kagatos evil mind control, though not as controlled as later episodes due to kagatos being far off somewhere else, and when the gem got destroyed she lost the evil in her. Yeah it sounds far fetched and I'm more to the idea that she was just toying around with him, but it's something to think about.

@Deatheater4444

8 жыл бұрын

judeskater93 Nope. Kagato can only control Ryoko through the actual Gems. As in the ones that contain Washu's power. The gem she used to 'play' with Tenchi was a substitute she made. Same with the one she used to fight Kagato. If she'd used one of the real ones, Kagato would have just taken control of her again. She didn't get any of her actual gems back until Episode 2. So, yeah. The business at the school was all Ryoko.

Gendo being punched in the face needs to be a running gag on Anime Abandoned.

@ilove2draw322

6 жыл бұрын

When does that happen?

@judeskater93

6 жыл бұрын

AmiYumifan101 Up he was the fat guy that Tenchi punched.

@JCDenton2012Modder

5 жыл бұрын

24:40 XD

@tenchimuyo69

3 жыл бұрын

His name is Amagasaki. He has some disturbing lore too. He had an expanded role in Tokyo but he is also implied to be a lolicon in one of the CD Dramas called "otaku dare?" where he kidnaps Sasami...

"Maybe he's born with it....Maybe it's bullsh*t!" I'm going to be singing that in my head for weeks to come. Thanks, Sage.

@Rukunetsu

8 жыл бұрын

+Iffy O Yeah, that was a pretty awesome line lol.

For me it's Tenchi x Ryoko the rest are the harem

@judeskater93

8 жыл бұрын

Agreed, ryohko was my favorite out of all the girls, she was hilarious, sexy, badass, and knew how to fight, she's an awesome character.

@nosfonader8792

8 жыл бұрын

+judeskater93 Ayane sounds like a good second wife though. She needs to let loose on the hole proper princess bit though.👍🍺

@nosfonader8792

8 жыл бұрын

+Nosfonader87 I meant Ayeka 😄

@realar

8 жыл бұрын

+Nosfonader87 That's how it was SUPPOSED to be from the very beginning,

@nosfonader8792

8 жыл бұрын

+realar Really wish they kept it. That would've been some marriage: prince/heir of Jurai with infamous space pirate.

@24:37: You gotta love it whenever Sage breaks out the Gendo cosplay. He just looks so f**king awesome in it!

@Goleon

8 жыл бұрын

+Halotaku That was my favorite joke from the review. I rewound it to watch it again.

@Halotaku

8 жыл бұрын

Same here. Mainly because Surprise Gendo initially caught me off guard. XD

"the second TV series..." NO, KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!! Actually, I love when Tenchi punches that guy; such a realistic reaction from a teenage boy accused of f*cking a corpse. XD

@Zacman1123

4 жыл бұрын

You're not wrong.

I like to pretend the third season NEVER existed. Seasons 1 and 2, even through its flaws, is still near and dear to my heart and what got me to love the Tenchi series, introducing me to Tenchi Universe which is one of my favorites.

@anthonycentonze9772

8 жыл бұрын

+UtenaOfRoses same here

@BardandQueen

8 жыл бұрын

+UtenaOfRoses I agree. Much like mark the engineer said about the sonic the hedgehog movie. I like to say this about season 3 "it didn't happened!! "

@CaptainRufus

8 жыл бұрын

I watched the first volume of S3. I never continued. Every issue I had with the ova series amped up to 11.

@Eucep

7 жыл бұрын

Then hold onto your butt as OVA season 4 is apparently in the make.

@rgreed20081

6 жыл бұрын

OVA 3 had disclose the truth about the Three Chousin Sisters. Two of my disappointments about OVA 3 are focus on Noike being betrothed to Tenchi by Lady Seto and the way which the death of Tenchi's mother Kiyone was treated. Noike's engagement to Tenchi had turn out to be a partial hoax. Lady Seto was using Noike as sort of a spy on Tenchi and gang. Tenchi and his gang are considered by Lady Seto to have the third greatest concentration of power in the known universe. Like Tenchi's other girlfriends, Noike had fallen in love with Tenchi. Noike is going to become Tenchi's first wife. OVA 3 did disclose one fact about the true nature of Tenchi's powers. While Tenchi is still learning how to master his powers, he is going to become one of Anime's most powerful characters. Tenchi is going to become a kami like the Three Chousin Sisters. When it comes to the character being Tenchi's equal, the character is Dragonball's Goku.

As amazing as Adult Swim was, I will forever look upon Toonami's Midnight Run as the pinnacle of my anime watching. Outlaw Star, followed by Cowboy Bebop, followed by Tenchi...with occasional appearances from other shows...that was the TRUTH!

@hebrew26commandmentspower55

6 жыл бұрын

Seracen don't forget Rurouni Kenshin ..

@Outlawstar0198

7 ай бұрын

Ahhhhh the good days

I seem to recall that Kagato was originally going to be just a holographic projection and that Washu was meant to be the real "man behind the curtain", but the creators ended up liking her too much, and made her a part of the main cast instead of a villain.

@idiom2805

Жыл бұрын

Huh.

Man I must be the only person who thought Ryoko was playing with Tenchi in episode one, the way she was acting and down to the lines she said seemed like a little girl who's been let out to play for the first time after a period of grounding.

#TeamRyoko

@Neetaku86

8 жыл бұрын

#TeamWashu

@warbrush

8 жыл бұрын

+Marcus Allen #teamryokoGXP

@Sm00k

8 жыл бұрын

#TeamGenimar.

@MrGMoney1944

8 жыл бұрын

#TeamVegeta

@kagato3

8 жыл бұрын

+DevilJin #TeamHeMarriedThemAllAndHadKidSWithThemIncludeingTheCabbit.

Every harem anime ever made is just a shallow imitation of Tenchi Muyo.

@AldousShitbird

8 жыл бұрын

+Locutus Borg *araragi laughs in the distance*

@hemidas

8 жыл бұрын

+Locutus Borg What about Love Hina?

@tacaloking4

8 жыл бұрын

+Locutus Borg actually ranma one half was made before tenchi muyo so its ripping off ranma one half

@amanofnoreputation2164

8 жыл бұрын

***** Tenchi Muyo isn't the first harem, but it is one of the major codifiers of the genre; it defined everything that came after.

@tacaloking4

8 жыл бұрын

***** well i think ranma was possible the definer as its is one of the first harem anime to be ported to america and most animes even to this day copy the main idea of it even it down sides it deserves as much credit as tenchi muyo

I believe Ryo-Ohki shifted to the smaller form for control reasons. She was so used to living as a little cabbit that being a grown human woman was just too much for her to keep her balance, so she opted to start out with a more compact form and "grow" it up bit by bit.

i fucking loved tenchi muyo! so many good memories of when i was a kid.

I first saw Tenchi on Cartoon network.

@jeffreywilliams8499

4 жыл бұрын

Me too when I was a kid

@EvilCerealBoX

4 жыл бұрын

Toonami*

@TheSkullConfernece

4 жыл бұрын

Toonami is not the same as CN.

@filthycasual8187

3 жыл бұрын

​@@TheSkullConfernece Toonami used to be a programming block on CN back in the late 90s, early 2000s.

@backgroundnoise9310

3 жыл бұрын

So did I.

Ah, Tenchi Muyo. Along with DBZ and Gundam Wing, this was one of my favourite "first" anime shows.

@kellychuang8373

8 жыл бұрын

Also saw this anime as well during the early days of Toonami. Had some good moments I can say.

Washu is still my favorite character. She's smart, insane, playful and sexy when she wants to be. Also very manipulative and did I mention insane?

@Exmachinagamma

8 жыл бұрын

kinda like Kriger from Archer.

@Maximara

8 жыл бұрын

Except as shown in episode 13.5 "Here Comes Jurai 2" Washu has serious emotional problems. I mean what parent in their right mind mentally tortures their child and films their emotional breakdown commenting it is "cute"? And the Wushu's we see in the spin off series for the most part make the OVA one look sane by compassion.

@mexicanLOUBForce

7 жыл бұрын

oh god kriger with washu thatd be funny

@nicolasmeisel

3 жыл бұрын

To quote Abagail Thorn: "Ahh...Washu."

14:17, come on! How many of you were glad that Sage made that joke?

Wait a minute, a half-alien kind hearted boy lives in a house with numerous women of ancient ages while protecting the world from evil aliens... Tenchi Muyo's the prototype for Steven Universe!

@desmondmalone438

4 жыл бұрын

wdcain1 minus the harem elements

@autobotstarscream765

3 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/i6yfxNp8pN2nY9o.html

THANK YOU for allowing us to see Gendo getting punched in the face! I've been waiting since I first saw Eva around 2001 or so.

Wait, the woman who ran up to Sasami after she, for lack of a better word, came back from the dead wasn't her mom, she was a servant! There's no continuity error here! Unless the dub screwed it over, which would just be par for the course. Tenchi Muyo was one of the first anime shows I watched (and the second non-dubbed one I watched after Armitage III) and it has really stuck with me over the years. After watching the first two seasons, I was pretty damn sad that it ended because it didn't actualyy...well, end. A couple of years later, I found out a third season had been made and I was super excited! It was...well, as you said, disappointing. Sticking Tenchi with a completely new love interest and ruining his mom's backstory it...well, it kinda sucked. Doesn't mean I'm not psyched for the next season though! Tenchi Muyo 2016! Woohooh! Teak Ryoko and all dat jazz.

@BennettTheSage

8 жыл бұрын

+TheLittleTpot I double checked the whole second mom thing, and sure enough, in the Japanese dub, little Sasami called her "mama".

@XDRONIN

8 жыл бұрын

+BennettTheSage I always understood this from the point of view that royal families in the past had something called a wet-nurse, this was very common in medieval Japan & Europe and in fact, it was not uncommon for the child raise by the wet-nurse to called her mother. So, she was Sasami's wet-nurse/mother, but not her biological mother. Also, my understanding was that Sasami didn't die but merge with Tsunami (even in the Japanese version) and that is technically not the same as Sasami dying.

@KangaKucha

8 жыл бұрын

+BennettTheSage They both look pretty simular. Heck if you minus the head pieces, it's almost the same person. Yet doesn't help the scene much because why would the royal family be wondering around in civilian clothes during Ryoko's attack?

@kagato3

8 жыл бұрын

+BennettTheSage Mama is her name. Also the fact her head markings changed was recognized the Royal family knew Sasami had bonded with Tsunami they just didn't know it was beyond bonding into full on merging and as Tsunami explained Sasami was still the same being as before the attack and that the 2 at slowly becoming the same being (in fact Tsunami has been becoming more like Sasami for thousands of years. Yeah being an Omidimentional god is weird )

@LaineMann

7 жыл бұрын

And that has to be one of the most anticlimactic deaths I've ever scene. I've seen comedies with better death scenes. And I am NOT revisiting Kotoura San. That was torture.

Actually Anime was first put on Cartoon Network via their Toonami programming block in 1998 with Dragonball Z and Sailor Moon. Each year they had a different anime- 1999: Ronin Warriors 2000: Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Tenchi Muyo!, Tenchi in Tokyo, Tenchi Universe, And so on. Adult Swim and Toonamil aired anime depending on nelson ratings

@jeffreywilliams8499

4 жыл бұрын

Sailor Moon and Dragon Ball Z was my childhood I also like watching Sailor Moon Crystal on the internet on my Xbox One there's going to be a Sailor Moon movie in 2020 next year

@jeffreywilliams8499

4 жыл бұрын

I also forgot about Yu Yu Hakusho I love that show too

You should see Ayeka's real form in the manga. Very pretty. X3 And thanks, Bennett, you save me money and any fucking rage I might have endured having never watched Season 3. If I want more Tenchi stories, I'll reread my manga.

Great review! Out of all the moments I could remember of watching Tenchi Muyo on Toonami, I will ALWAYS remember the scene of Ryoko's mummified body rising out of that tomb.

Anyone else hope his last Adult Swim Month review is Paranoia Agent? That is the first anime I can seriously remember. I was really young, a bit too young to watch such a show, I couldn't grasp it properly at the time, but the imagery is so....haunting and well done that I remember it to this day, I didn't even know it's name for years. Seeing it on Adult Swim was a defining moment for me, got me into anime because it made me realize it existed and I could see it around that time on TV even though I should be asleep. It was, great. And I really want Sage to go over it.

If you think about it, the Jurai royal family are kind of like the Space Hapsburgs: there's a bazillion of them, they're all some degree of royalty, and their lineage trees are so messed up that inbreeding is almost inevitable. The Jurai merely take it one step further and not only recognize this fact, but institutionalize it. And to those who don't know who the Hapsburg family was, look up a KZread vid on European history, or tl;dr They were the family that once extended from Austria to Spain and ruled basically everything in and around the Holy Roman Empire, but eventually declined and ended up with just the Austro-Hungarian Empire until that too broke up in World War I. P.S. We do not speak of Season 3. Season 3 never happened.

Also, yeah, third season of this killed all future interest in it for me. I'd honestly rather have been allowed to draw my own conclusions than see the ending that it gave us.

Petrea Burchard returned for "Ai! Tenchi Muyo".

So Tenchi Muyo was an animated Sleepy Hollow? 1st season- great 2nd season- a whole bunch of flaws saved only by likable characters 3rd season- WHAT IS THIS I DON'T EVEN??? Seriously, though the 2nd season left me wanting more with its open-ended ending, I did get what I wanted with Tenchi Universe and really saw no need to go back to Muyo, so having a season 3 comissioned just made me question what the hell the producers were smoking. Tenchi isn't really the best Harem anime (I prefer Strawberry 100% due to the main character being a filmmaker, like myself) but its influence can clearly be seen in other Harem anime, ESPECIALLY Strawberry 100% (Aya is pretty much a shyer version of Ayeka, and Satsuke is basically Ryoko without powers). I just wish the creators decided to leave the legacy of Tenchi Muyo alone instead of expand on it, or, worst case scenerio, make an entirely new series with the same characters but in an alternate reality, like In Tokyo or Universe. Sometimes dead is better off staying dead.

@hebrew26commandmentspower55

6 жыл бұрын

vampman87 wow...dope bro

@lucasmartinez5703

6 жыл бұрын

To be fair, Universe was a fun alternate story but yeah your opinion is fair.

"Eheeee space Alabama" ;D"YOU SHUT UP" XDDDD I died

Nice Caddyshack reference, Sage.

Keep pumping these great reviews out Sage! I was introduced to this OVA by my uncle when i was 10 in 98

We do not talk about episode 9. WE DON’T TALK ABOUT EPISODE NINE! I was around that age when I first saw it. I cried myself to sleep. That had long reaching effects that you can still see to this day.

That Gendo bit was funny as hell. XD

The problem with Tenchi as a series is that it was made so early in anime's development as a medium. When you get down to it the premise is basically Archie with aliens, and because it lacks both the shlockiness of eechi that would come later and the evolution of storytelling in the medium it has nowhere to go as a premise. It's become so tired that even new attempts to return to the continuity end up not being about Tenchi at all. Maybe if you completely reworked the characters, the formula and the backstory of the world you could tell something interesting but as it stands it's this awkward series that wants to be epic and grand but also be sexy in the most PG way possible but also be funny. It's basically Inuyasha, and we all remember how that went.

Ryoko was my favourite character and having watched this series first in the UK this will always be my favourite with Universe just behind it.

bro, love all your episodes and marathoning your videos, this was very interesting, i have heard alot about it but have never fully seen it but i like discovering old school anime once in a while

This is probably the only harem story that I actually deeply enjoy.

If I ever do get round to watching _Tenchi Muyo!_ I'm going to be at least partly preoccupied trying to work out which sofa that weasel thing got trapped behind, poor thing.

Great job making the adult swim omage' for this episode! that was awesome and nostalgic bro's.

Tenchi Muyo was the anime that got me into anime, and is still one of my all-time favorites. It has some issues, some of which you mentioned, but as you also said, the characters and the comedy were usually so good that those flaws were worth overlooking. If you get really into it you can find little connections that make the plot make more sense (the gem Ryoko used in the first episode was probably just a duplicate; she uses another duplicate gem in episode 6) but yeah sometimes it's kind of a leap (we can assume Tsunami gave Tenchi that ring, but it really does just appear out of nowhere and disappear just as fast). Season one is just plain solid in my opinion, with complaints being few and far between, season two is a little shakier but still well done. Season three... yeah, season three doesn't count, as far as I'm concerned. Sitting through that mess was infuriating. I think the only line I liked was when Tokimi said something like "Oh I'm sorry, I've just been busy fixing that space/time continuum you guys just broke". Kind of funny. The only other thing I want to say real fast is that Sasami didn't die, she and Tsunami just share the same life force now, which actually is kind of important because it explains why Sasami can control the most powerful sentient spaceship in the entire universe. For the record, I actually really like that episode. But yeah, overall, this was a really good and really fair summary of one of my favorite animes, so thanks for making this video. Looking forward to the Samurai Champloo episode, because hell yeah, that's one of my favorites too. Edit: Oh yeah, I also really appreciated what you said about Petrea Burchard, because you're right, she absolutely nailed that role. One of the best performances in anime, as far as I'm concerned, and all from an era when English dubbing was usually terrible.

@karelfinn2343

8 жыл бұрын

Zachary Erickson I don't really remember. I only watched it once and it was years ago. It had something to do with whatever they did that sent Tenchi back in time to meet the female Kagato. Or I might have just made it up, for all I really remember.

@BodySprayMan

8 жыл бұрын

+Kurt Reinkemeyer Same with me. This show (and also Pokemon & Cardcaptors) is what got me into anime. Frankly, my favorite of the Tenchi series is still Universe. So much fun and the story made more sense.

@stefanoneil6937

8 жыл бұрын

mine is actually ninja robots and cyborg 009

In sad news the voice actress for mihoshi just died.

@NaglfarCommando

8 жыл бұрын

+Toby Gleeson-Stack Really? that sucks =(

@SgtTwilight

8 жыл бұрын

+Toby Gleeson-Stack She was also the voice actress of Sora from Digimon. Lots of sad fanart of Sora was made today..

@LightHawkAlchemist

8 жыл бұрын

+Toby Gleeson-Stack The Japanese VA to be exact

@LaineMann

7 жыл бұрын

I was gonna say. Colleen is still acting!

We need more Sage as Bill Murray. Can't tell if it's avoiding low hanging fruit not bringing up Duke or going full throttle with Star Fox Zero

I liked this video like 5 times during the duration of the episode. Jeez, I'm so excited for you to rip open Samurai Clampoo

'You've won boy' as he fades away....so badass to the end DAMN RETCONS

Tenchi Muyo! is probably my all-time favorite anime, and Ryo-Ohki my favorite telling of the story - and like Sage, I was introduced to it through the Saturday-night Adult Swim line-up. I love it, and yet - Sage's criticisms are so on point. The show is so charming that I accepted the plotholes and retcons without question - until Season Three. I think that part of the reason Season Three failed is that fans had had ten years (and two manga continuations in the OVA continuity) to patch up and paint over the flaws. So, when Season Three unleashed a whole new set of "fuck yous" against a decade of anticipation and speculation... It was downright heart-stomping. Anyway, very good and fair review, Sage!! It's important to examine even the things we like with a critical eye. :)

I loved the first season of Tenchi Muyo when I first saw it. There was a lot of interesting things going on that you didn't really understand but were fun none the less. Unfortunately it seemed like they had a ton of great ideas they just didn't know what to do with and it just kind of fell flat after that. I did watch the second season as well as Tenchi in Tokyo and while I still saw good things in both of those they just weren't as entertaining. I was hoping they would show more of what was going on in places other than Earth, send them on a real space adventure for a whole season before returning home. Instead they just sort of waited around for things to happen and when they did you soon realize it's not what you were looking for in this anime.

To answer the question about Ryoko's Gems, In the episode when the group was out in space, and Tenchi was attacked, Ryoko had a 4th Gem hanging from her left ear as an earring. It was the only one that was not embedded in her body so it didn't get absorbed bu the Sword of Jurai. It went unnoticed because it was not a part of her body but thought of as an accessory. Go through the series again and you'll see =)

@ricktorca1

8 жыл бұрын

Could just be explained as her wearing her gems as earrings when she doesn't require them for combat. Makes her look inhuman by having gems in her wrists.

"A boy growing up mythologizing his dead mom and then she turns out to be nothing like he imagined her..." You mean "Steven Universe"?

@Zacman1123

4 жыл бұрын

Ouch. I'll felt that.

@DemonicRemption

4 жыл бұрын

@MeganKoumori Where doy ou think Steven Universe got it from...

@joshuawaldorf9559

4 жыл бұрын

OMG YOU'RE RIGHT. But was it a coincidence?

Ah, Tenchi Muyo. Home of Baby's First Waifu for millions of current twenty something weebs.

@furydeath

3 жыл бұрын

yes first >.>

@DevAndVic2022

3 жыл бұрын

Am agreed. Everyones first waifu, was that chick who was tenchi's aunt. Head of the GP. I'll come back with her name when i re-watch the episodes.

*prays for a Paranoia Agent review*

@WinterFox1000

8 жыл бұрын

+Hidden Masquerade If hes doing an adult swim month then he should get to it eventually. Used to love watching Paranoia agent when it was still on.

@colleen4ever

8 жыл бұрын

+JustSomeGamer And after that Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex! That and Samurai Champloo are my second favorite adult swim anime right after Cowboy Bebop (and es, I know he already did Bebop. Bennet, you are my soul mate!)

One of my favorite shows ever TY sir! Never knew there was a third season to Tenchi though... kind of glad i didn't know till now since it was so bad :( but heres to hoping you do a Outlaw Star Anime Abandon!

A childhood anime of my fine. I remember renting the first VHS at Blockbuster back in 1998.

Kagato is my favorite anime villain of all time.

_Tenchi Muyo Ryo-Ohki_ actually isn't the only _Tenchi_ series to ever air on Adult Swim, _Tenchi Muyo GXP_ aired on the block a couple years ago.

@colleen4ever

8 жыл бұрын

+Atari Dad We do NOT speak of that one!

@AtariDad

8 жыл бұрын

colleen _Tenchi in Tokyo_ was worse, in my opinion. I mean yes it was pretty funny at times, but its plot was so stupid and was probably more disconnected to the franchise lore than any of the other series. At least _GXP_ follows the continuity of the original OVA.

@sonikku956

7 жыл бұрын

+colleen GXP isn't even bad, it just has a bad director (Nabeshin).

@Gyrono

7 жыл бұрын

Plus the pink-haired guy is absolutely hilarious. He becomes the universal buttman, and they emphasize it via the name he gives that eyesore of a luck ship.

i grew up watching Tenchi, and to this day i still say its one of the best animes, hell i fell in love with Ryoko, was bummed as hell her voice actress didnt come back for the third season, maybe we'll get lucky for the fourth

I have never seen a review that was so spot on with my feelings about the Tenchi series amazing job

I'm still going to watch the 4th iteration of the Ryo Ohki series.

OK..what did Dave do to piss off HAL's cousin?

Tenchi Muyo series was another part of my childhood my favorite was Gxp cause of random mecha

I love the return of the Adult Swim tribute bumpers. Sudden nostalgia rush

OMG YES SAMURAI CHAMPLOO! BEST VOICE ACTING CAST OF ALL FUCKING TIME!

@colleen4ever

8 жыл бұрын

+USAFace666 AGREED!! Right after Bebop! Did you know it's on adult swim Toonami now?

When it comes to the Ryoko "trying to kill" Tenchi thing, she did say she was only playing with him. Though, I'll admit, it could've just been a recon job, but I think it fits well with her character. And when it comes to Sasami's and Tenchi's personality shift, they both probably became more docile after realizing all the trouble they caused. Though, I admit that I wished they had explored that avenue.

Gendo and Suave's cameos made this video about ten times better than it already was. Can't wait for the Samurai Champloo review!

I liked the little Toonami commercial transition you had in the middle.

awwwwww shit son Champloo?! I can't wait to see this one.

@buckwade7151

8 жыл бұрын

+Ed Thomas Me too. I have my pitchfork ready.

One of my 1st animes. ^^

Ok even if you agree with Ben, Episode 9 is in my point of view a very strong episode. It still brings me to tears even when I frist saw it I was a young teen in the late 90s. It's worth watching. The previous episode with Washu looking after a baby is strong too,especially to me because I looked after a family with babies but it was all taken away...

I came across Tenchi after watching Evangelion for the first time, then heard of something called Dual Parallel which was described as a more lighthearted Eva, which then led me to Tenchi Muyo. And I gotta say, I sure wish I found this sooner. I love all these characters to death, even Mihoshi. I fully understand why people hate her, but I just can't stay mad at her, specially with the sugary sweet voice her voice actress gave her.

That middle cutaway brought back some serious nostalgia.

No. I've gotta point out THESE are the ORIGINAL characterizations and at least to me, these first 13 episodes are the closest the characters ever come to feeling like real human beings. The second two shows and the movies just turned them into anime genre cut outs. Granted Tenchi was creating many of those anime tropes at the time, but THESE episodes were when the ideas were fresh, and literally ANYTHING could happen in the following episodes before the more cliche television shows cut the cast and story into more predictable genre vehicles. Note: All complaints on season 3 are COMPLETELY justified.

Thanks for doing this. Tenchi and El-Hazard were my first real exposure to anime. The series were fun but you're right, there are big flaws. I think Tenchi Universe had the characters right with better writing. But I couldn't get through the other spin-offs even though GXP was respectable in the beginning.

Down right insightful analysis that I can appreciate.

Yosho keeping his appearance to look old takes away the original plot of him growing old over time. That's just a stupid twist that should never have happened.

@Jogeta5

5 жыл бұрын

It wasn't really needed as I assume they're capable of reversing his old age anyway.

There are novels which establish a deep backstory.

@mechajay3358

7 жыл бұрын

Meta Self Where can we find them?

@Meta_Myself

7 жыл бұрын

tenchiforum.com/v3.0/novelsmenu.html The first three links (Jurai, Yosho, and Washu).

It's November 14 2021, I am now seeing this. Love the Tenchi series. Still need to watch Ai Tenchi Muyo

Been waiting on this one for years. Good points. It's my favorite anime despite narrative flaws and season 3. Glad you brought up Burchard not being in S3, but a little disappointed that you didn't point out how jarring her replacement's take was by comparison.

I can already see sage ripping fuu a new one

Surely you "jest" with Nights and Starfox Zero. Also, that family tree is huge and I wonder if Tenchi's dad know's he married his half grandma.

What you said about Petrea Burchard's performance as Ryoko is 100% true. She _is_ Ryoko. Simply cannot be imitated.

Ahh...Tenchi Muyo. One of the very first animes from my childhood. Good Times. ^^

What were they thinking with this dub. WTF is Tenchi supposed to be sounding like?

@davidcage2646

8 жыл бұрын

+Nukleon idk what your talking bout, that voice makes me sploosh with every word hes says.

@ZeroRyoko

8 жыл бұрын

+My life has no meaning without Hentai The English voice cast for Tenchi Muyo is rubbish, they portray no emotion and i genuinely believe that using Microsoft Sam to voice the characters would instil more emotion!

+BennetTheSage what do you think of Samurai Pizza Cats?

i actually have to commend you for reminding me of this anime, i remember watching the first episode long ago on AS or Toonami, which ever aired it, and over the years could not remember the name, but remembered bits and pieces of it, like the sword and the school fight. too bad that it kinda got sucky after that

Damn man great job, hope to see you review of season 4 :D Subbed!!!

You do know that Toonami ran Tenchi muyo and many other anime before adult swim did as the original Midnight run right?

@The_Foxymew

8 жыл бұрын

+Dryboneszero 2:35

@Diraphe

8 жыл бұрын

+Dryboneszero Yeah I was thinking the same thing. But maybe he is talking about airing uncensored versions?

@The_Foxymew

8 жыл бұрын

Diraphe Probably just commented before watching. Happens to everyone.

The beginning of this review is baffling. Ben knows that this OVA came first, this is where all characters were established. Yet, he speaks as though the producers change their normal behaviors to suit the plot... But this is the first time their behaviors are shown. Tenchi doesn't change from a nice guy to a mischievous delinquent, it's the other way around, Ben! On Toonami, they aired the OVA first, then the first and second tv series in 2000. I don't know what order they showed them on Adult Swim in 2002, but they showed them in chronological order on Toonami. Sasami fused with Tsunami. Also she has two mothers (they're in a polygamous marriage). There really is no point to Yosho masking his face in seclusion.

@ZeroRyoko

8 жыл бұрын

+Dark Star (DARKSTAR) Its explained that he hides his true age to allay suspension and has in fact changed his appearance many times to hide the fact he is well over 700 years old!

The Lady who found Sasami was named "Mama". Sasami wouldn't call her mom "Mama" she would more likely call her "Okasama". Misaki would have been leading the battle against Ryoko, being that she is the head of the royal guards. Ryo ohki doesn't take the adult form because she has a hard time controlling it. she might be able to handle it as time go on.

Dammit Sage, even though i emphatically love the show as a whole, i dont think i've ever been this excited to see the next episode. Champloo is one of those shows where the music itself became a beloved character to me. Nujabes and some tracks from Fat Jon still play on my ipod to this day, some ten years later.

@battlion507

8 жыл бұрын

RIP Nujabes. Hell, he's the reason why I finally got into the lesser known, non-mainstream music, especially the instrumental stuff with bits of lyrics, like Bonobo, Amon Tobin, etc.

Personally, I prefer Tenchi Universe to the OVA, but I still think the first two OVAs are mostly enjoyable.

@piccolo56000

8 жыл бұрын

+Travis Bickle as just a viewer of the video, i think the OVA works all out better and more interesting with lesser information that messes up the universe.

@rocklobsterjwt

8 жыл бұрын

Agreed, the story feels more coherent.

*Fingers crossed* Hopefully he covers FLCL

@hebrew26commandmentspower55

6 жыл бұрын

Skoringo wish granted ....

I can't wait for the next episonde!

The transition from Ryo-Ohki to Universe was bizarre to me. I wasn't used to the idea of a continuity reboot at the time, since I grew up during that weird time when franchises weren't rebooted every couple years. The third season...had some interesting ideas. Though it's kinda hilarious how it was used more as an impetus for stories in spin-offs than continuing the franchise. A lot of what they went over with the OVAs, minus the introductions of the new characters, had already been speculated and stated by supplemental materials prior to the 3rd OVA's release. Tenchi Muyo GXP and War on Geminar both added some subtle touches and...well, mostly more branches to the damned Jurai Family Tree.

Masaki Kajishima interestingly enough did a hentai/ecchi title called "Spaceship Agga Ruter" which felt very "Tenchi Muyo" like. Well, by today's standards Spaceship Agga Ruter is very softcore as there is no gential shots or penetration. Just a fun fact. Disregard if this was stated in the review.

@xtroguyver

8 жыл бұрын

+USMC49er the funny thing is the 2 hentai titels Kajishima did are actual part of the tenchi oav multiverse. This includes all 3 OAVs, GXP and war on geminar the guy just loves for all his work to tie together

The monk who started genetics was Benedictine, not Florentine. The orders for monks are more different than you might think. But then, considering what I suspect your view on Christianity is, I guess you can be forgiven.

@andrewollmann304

7 жыл бұрын

jason thayer As a Christian myself, I don't know of any order of monks which are called "Florentine." Rather, "Florentine" is the proper adjective of people from Florence, Italy.

Regarding Ryoko's jewel in episode 1 the cannon explanation is that Ryoko can create replica jewels that aren't as powerful as the original 3. This also explains the jewel she uses as an earring in episode 5. Sasami showed the ability to summon Tsunami in episode 5 and 6, so they needed a way to explain this. Ep 9 was this explanation. Yosho pretends to be old because he doesn't want his semi-human family to know that he hasn't aged in centuries. In Japan they made a series of books about Tenchi which explained about the 3 Goddesses; mainly to explain who Tsunami was, Ryoko's jewels, and why Tokimi wanted Washu. So to the Japanese fans this plot revelation would make some sense. Washu made Ryoko, mentioned making other things, and was trapped by Kagato. So it's not that odd for her to have made Kagato. Though Kagato originally being a hermaphrodite was weird.

Glad you mentioned Toonami, for a moment I wondered if I was wrong about that being where I first saw it all this time xD

@colleen4ever

8 жыл бұрын

+Florence MacKenna And coincidentally Samurai Champloo is NOW being shown on adult swim Toonami! They're even gonna have a Memorial Day Weekend Marathon in two weeks!