Ryoko's OG dub voice is my favorite, I love hearing her speak. The actress did such a great job.

@glair

Ай бұрын

I miss her so much...

@greygremlin1248

Ай бұрын

Mihoshi Kuramatsue was my favorite. But it was funny to see Ryoko loose her shit

@rrobz3948

25 күн бұрын

Nah, she doesn't hold a candle to Orikasa Ai (the original VA)

@RoysWorld1985

16 күн бұрын

For me, Kiyone is my favorite Tenchi Muyo! girl.

@lukejones7164

15 күн бұрын

Ryoko's English dub voice is better than the original Japanese. Great performance

The ova dub was my introduction to Tenchi, still is my favorite of the Tenchi series.

@BunBun299

Ай бұрын

Right there with you.

@RoysWorld1985

16 күн бұрын

Me too, my friend. When it first premiered in 2000 on Toonami, I was instantly hooked on this series.

Christ, I remember when I was little and had Ryoko as an imaginary friend because I liked her so much...

@kimchi_no_video

Ай бұрын

This might be the best comment so far!

@ChibiKami

17 күн бұрын

loves you absolutely, can fly and make laser swords, and has a starship? Best imaginary friend ever

@sparklesparklesparkle6318

14 күн бұрын

@@ChibiKami i agree. my imaginary friends are similar to the waitress from the Smiling Friends Spamtopia episode.

This and El Hazard, 100% wild!

@naenre21

Ай бұрын

IMHO El Hazard is superior to Tenchi Muyo. HEAR ME OUT! Because...Jinnai, best villian ever. He's my super favorite. Bad guys help make the series fantastic.

@soranezumi5359

26 күн бұрын

Hubba Hubba Zoot Zoot

@HimitsuHunter

Күн бұрын

Oh good lord I loved the two of those shows!

i love that tenchi! ryoko is my waifu for lifu!

@kimchi_no_video

Ай бұрын

I'm more of a Washu guy myself, but Ryoko is still an acceptable Tenchi girl!

@yogashima3

Ай бұрын

She's everyone waifu!!

@TearDownGenesis

Ай бұрын

Mihoshi, sorry bro, but you're entitled to be wrong.

@Shadow_Sonata

Ай бұрын

More drawn to Kiyone. Shame she wasn't in the OVAs but just the TV series.

@ChibiKami

17 күн бұрын

@@Shadow_Sonata well there was a Kiyone in the OVA, but she's Tenchi's mother there

Tenchi Muyo didn't just popularise the harem genre it created it. Also your right about them throwing everything into it. It's origins began with the crew that made it working on Bubblegum Crisis. At the time they thought the show was too dark and wanted to ease back on that with some lighter elements. They were told no and just saved up all their ideas and threw them into this.

@rrobz3948

25 күн бұрын

I've seen that argument but don't buy it - it requires crazy mental gymnastics to claim Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma 1/2 (which was 3 years earlier) somehow isn't harem.

@ChibiKami

17 күн бұрын

@@rrobz3948 It's kind of an anti-harem in a way, Ranma probably wouldn't complain if they all vanished overnight. Ranma's a trendsetter in a lot of ways; Akane is sometimes considered the first tsundere in anime but because the trope hadn't been codified she's a lot more nuanced. Ukyo best girl

@LegendOfKaguya

13 күн бұрын

Ranma 1/ created it both are my favorite 😊

@LegendOfKaguya

13 күн бұрын

@@rrobz3948she is my inspiration🎉 beat me to it

@LegendOfKaguya

13 күн бұрын

@@ChibiKamiI love that it can be antiharem and the first at the same time🎉 Peak manga

This and Ranma 1/2 were my first two anime I ever watched. The 90s were great.

@BunBun299

Ай бұрын

To this day, Ranma & Tenchi are the standards by which I judge anime.

@rrobz3948

25 күн бұрын

My first introduction to anime was a weekend binging on Kimagure Orange Road, Aa Megami-sama, Tenchi Muyo, Bubblegum Crisis, Ranma 1/2 OAVs, Record of Lodoss Wars, and Five Star Stories. IUnfortunately, I peaked pretty early - it's been downhill since.

@martinkoehler3631

25 күн бұрын

@@rrobz3948 RoLW is one I watched right before making my first ever D&D (2nd ed) character. Good times.

First time I saw Tenchi was the early nineties on my cousin's SciFi UK recording. She taped so much anime, from Dominion Tank Police to the Guyver, she was our entire anime library until it gained enough traction to be sold in main Street stores.

@shaynemaskall6984

9 күн бұрын

Freaking sweet man! I started watching anime regularly as an adult, I have to say it is one of the best times to watch anime! I have seen close to 200 animes.

Tenchi Muyo was the OG Harem anime. Tenchi Universe was the BEST!

Ryoko having observed Tenchi since his childhood may have been deemed creepy by some in Western audiences, but at least it provided some explanation for her fondness for him, unlike later harem shows, which often don't even bother to try to give a real reason for the romantic enthusiasm for the male main character. I always appreciated that. Also, Tenchi is strong and resourceful when it counts, which made him a bit different from later hapless MCs. While I realize that many Americans may have grown up with these OVAs thanks to later appearances on local TV, let's not forget that the American anime market in its infancy was mostly just an afterthought to Japanese creators at the time, if even that. So these works were generally, Mad Dog included, just made for a Japanese audience, which is part of their unadulterated charm, questionable content and all.

@redfiend

8 күн бұрын

Strong and resourceful make for poor self inserts. 😑

@lainiwakura1776

2 күн бұрын

Tenchi created the harem anime and Love Hina ruined it.

Best Girl Washu indeed!!!

@kimchi_no_video

Ай бұрын

You have good taste indeed.

I love "Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki", its one of few Anime's that i am happy to watch Subbed or Dubbed, as both Voice Acting casts are awesome... I am happy that the "Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki" is still ongoing now, and i hope they keep releasing some new Seasons for "Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki" & "Tenchi Muyo! GXP!"...

@rrobz3948

25 күн бұрын

Haven't you seen Tenchi Muyô! Ryo-Ohki: Dai-5-ki (which I think is the latest)? It will spoil your childhood memories (Ryouki is shown to be pregnant, and yes, Tenchi and Ryouki , uhh, you know ...)

@lainiwakura1776

2 күн бұрын

GXP is hot garbage.

Fun fact the animators of Tenchi was so honi they made hentai spin offs which is kinda canon to the Tenchi OVA's. The more unfiltered 90's versions are the better versions because it's not holding back and not treating you like a kid reason why back in my day the 90's kids like me love watching anime because it treats you like an adult, from the violence and fanservice there's always something behind it story wise not just for show or shock value.

Good video, Tenchi Muyo is a great show, even for those who aren't a big fan of the harem genre, it's a lot of fun and its characters are very charismatic PS: a lot of people here are Ryoko fans, but I've always been an Aeka guy 😅

I still love Tenchi Muyo to this day. The girls were some of my first anime crushes. Sadly we don't get much media for the series these days (at least since 2020). My most random fact about the Tenchi series is that there was a hentai spinoff that takes place in the same universe and by the same people before Tenchi Universe was greenlit called "Spaceship Agga Ruter".

@kagato3

Ай бұрын

You must have missed Tenchi Muyou! GXP Paradise Shidou Hen from last year. it's a OVA that links the GXP light novels with the Paradise War light novels. Kajishima Masaki (the primary TM!R creator) also tends to release 1 or 2 Doujinshi a year since the 90's including the -IF- series which details the canon kids of Tenchi and Senia. Fun fact nearly all Kajishima's works are related. Photon is set in the distant past of Geminar, Dual takes place about a billion years ago and was the founders of the great prehistoric civilization mentioned in TM!R ep 13 and Agga Ruter. The cast of GXP are direct reincarnations of the cast of Dual. Even his other Adult works Masquerade and Anata Dake Konbanwa are connected as the MC of the Doujinshi Tenchi Muyo -If- "Nanika o Sodateru nante Shougakkou Irai da (Kari)" Sono Ni goes to the school from them and much of the cast shows up in it and the book it self seems to have some connection with the juarian tree ships.

@maliciousfry

Ай бұрын

@@kagato3 I knew that the majority of his work takes place in the same universe but I didn't realize there was a GXP novel last year. I've never consumed any of the LN work for the series (since most of them stay JP exclusives) but have read manga works. I generally stick to the animation works. Thanks for letting me know!

The grandfather of all harems. The OG definitive standard for all harem anime.

Tenchi Muyo was one of my favorite Toonami episodes with Tenchi being one of the original harem lords with OP abilities. I especially loved the English voice case for Ryoko, Ayeka, Washu, Sasami and Ryo-Ohki. It was amazing. And I especially loved the opening theme “I’m a Pioneer”

Man, hearing Renai no Sainou at the end of this video (Talent for Love, the first ending sung by Chisa Yokoyama, who I shook hands with at Anime Expo back in the day) hit me right in the feels. I memorized the lyrics and still remember them to this day. "'Suki da yo' to, iwanai de ..."

300 subscribers in a niche that I like and good audio and editing. You get a sub.

Tenchi Muyo is such a great show. I still remember watching it all those years ago when it first aired on Toonami. Even now I still watch a few episodes every now and then for the feeling of nostalgia that it brings. It has a great story and music, fun characters, and a wonderful animation style. It is truely a fantastic anime for its time.

Man, some serious fond memories here, love to see this show get some recognition. Remember racing home to watch Tenchi Muyo on toonami after school, and then waking up early on saturday mornings to watch it on toonami rising sun....definitely more carefree days, when a boy had the right to dream. Anyhoooo, great Retrospective Man! Subscribed!

I remember Tenchi Muyo when it aired on TV. It is one of the many reasons I still watch anime dubbed instead of subbed...

This was the first anime series I watched where I was fully aware of the fact that it was Japanese. To that point I'd seen the dubs of things like Pokémon, Sailor Moon, Cardcaptor Sakura and Noozles but they had been so westernized that a lot of the charm was lost. I think I was around 15-16 when it aired and it started a life long appreciation for anime proper.

I really wish they would finish this series with the dub

I did a nostalgic rewatch of this last year, and I was not prepared for the amount of nudity lol. It blows my mind that it was shown on TV (for the western release they actually drew bikinis on the characters in the hot-springs episode, frame by frame, gotta respect those absolute mad lads). And btw everyone knows Ryoko is best girl 😜

Watched Tenchi Muyo during covid on my NEC CRT 🙌🙌 . It looks amazing on a CRT

Just remember my friend, a lot of productions including artists and directors who worked on 80s ovas were allowed to do so in the 90s. Bringing with them, their art, charm, color schemes and of course talent to help push what 90s anime will become.😊

Dude, I remember seeing a single episode of this as a kid. I had completely forgotten about it. Going to have to watch it again. I kind of miss the 90s style character design.

Riding Bean chase scenes and Gunsmith Cats chase scenes were on a level that is unmatched.

That theme song! I swear it's the best! The raw nostalgia!!!

Ryoko is my 2d girl. Loved her. Was hoping Tenchi and Ryoko would marry. Was impressed by the Princess, but rooted for Ryoko.

3:09 the Juraian royal family invention incest also that how royalty was in the past

@sjmcc13

19 күн бұрын

Some ancient ones yes, at least Ayeka and Yosho were half siblings who had different mothers.... So Ayeka is Tenchi's half-great aunt. But if I recall at least Tenchi's Sister, aunt Minaho (Seto's aide) and EXTREMLY thirsty grandmother (Airi) do not really try to get in his pants.

Thanks for making this. Teaching doesn't have a lot of analysis on YT. I'm one of the rare Aeka fans and her Japanese VA does so much for her character. The dub just doesn't do her justice, and her character is complex to the point of irrationality, so it is really hard to get her right.

@thatsnotoneofmeatsmanyuses1970

Ай бұрын

Edit "teaching" should say "Tenchi".

8:11- 9:44 Same this is why it’s hard to watch the newer Ryo-Ohki seasons when it doesn’t have a dub

I still love tenchi, it'd be great to see it get the urusei yatsura treatment with a modern remake.

*Tenchi, my first Love* ❤️

The Best OVA Ever... uhm Now I really need to check Tenchi Muyo, I waited too many years! It will need to be really good to beat FLCL, Gunbuster and Giant Robo in my personal chart xD Oh I forgot my favorite screen-saver, Yokohama Shopping Log :P

dont even have to watch the video, yes to Ryoko!

Tenchi Muyo was my introduction to harem anime and to this day I still enjoy it a lot.

Hopefully you cover OVA series 2 someday, Seriyou needs more love 😅 _”I_ am ready if _you_ are ready!” 😆

@sjmcc13

19 күн бұрын

That would require GXP as well...

Yes, the correct answer is yes

Sci-fi used to show Saturday morning anime. Tenchi Muyo in Love was my first taste of it. Loved Kain, loved the characters. Realized, there has to be more of this. Hastings, a popular media store in Colorado, had some from universe for rent. Bro, sis, and I loved it. Then Toonami did the teaser of Tenchi walking up the stairs in the snow with his umbrella one night, we all had a huge nerd cheer ha ha ha. It still is one of my all time favs next to Urusei Yatsura and Cowboy Bebop. Ironically enough, I am watching Universe during the week after work. My memories of my high school days are flooding big time

The sequel OVAs did good too. I much prefer the OVAs to the Universe and Tokyo versions. It's just a shame that GXP (same universe) is adapted so poorly. Golden Boy may be a little better of an OVA.

@Bird-Birdy-Love

5 күн бұрын

GXP wasnt adapted poorly it was its own spin off, masaki just decided to redo it with his own novel vers if you look at the release date for the books vs the anime you will see the anime came out first.

@TearDownGenesis

5 күн бұрын

@@Bird-Birdy-Love The translation was trash. Dub is bad, even by dumb standards. I'm not sure what the localization has to do with whether the books or anime came out first.

@Bird-Birdy-Love

5 күн бұрын

@@TearDownGenesis Cause you said adapted which i tough you meant they adapted from the books cause they didnt. it came after, cause the og was so bad he had to redo it in the books.

@TearDownGenesis

5 күн бұрын

@@Bird-Birdy-Love MB

I remember renting the OVAs and the first episodes of Universe from BlockBuster and got excited when it was going to start airing on Toonami. I remember years later looking it up again and finding out he ended up with all the girls and even had kids. Still my top favorite series.

@Bird-Birdy-Love

5 күн бұрын

For the ova vers he ended up with all of em, in universe he only ended up with ryoko.

I remember so many fan sites and fan stories dedicated just to Tenchi. I collected everything tenchi for a while and even shipped stuff from japan from mandrake and ebay. Its ashamed this series has been mostly forgotten and hasn't got its proper send off.

The first two series are my favorite, but original Bastard OVA was amazing and it would have been nice if it continued. I have picked too much merch and a few cells over the years,

I mean, with the power of hindsight, Mihoshi is the only realistic choice, as the only age appropriate character. It's her, one of his two great aunts, or the ancient space pirate and her more ancient-er mother. And it's not like ACTUAL best girl Kiyone had been introduced yet...

i thank tenchi to this day for getting me into so many anime

There was just "SOMETHING" about Tenchi Muyo that caught me as a kid, I can't explain it, freaking love the series. I ended up taking a break from anime in general, but when I came back, Tenchi became some sort of mega franchise now, I still remember seeing this on Toonami, which thinking about it today. How in the hell did this get on here?!

I agree, Tenchi Muyo is one of the very very few anime where the dub doesn't completely suck. I absolutely love all the characters, especially Ryoko and Washu. And Kagato is an epic Big Bag. Ryo-Oki is the best ever and since mascot character.

I loved the Tenchi OVA's it's definitely one of my first animes that i've ever watched and I still have a crush on Ryoko

I'm not even that big on anime and I love this show. I caught it on Toonami back then and it just had so much charm and it was filled with fun characters. I have the DVD box set of this and Universe which I also enjoyed. I tried going back to Tenchi in Tokyo but I couldn't stand it.

Heck, YEAH! In answer to your question.

Way back in the mid 90s, I had managed to purchase most of the Tenchi Muyo OAVs on LD. I didn't have a LD player, but my uncle and aunt did. So, one day, I went over there to record them to VHS. I still remember my aunt's confusion at what she was watching... Aunt: Um...why is that rabbit meowing? Me: Well, it's not a rabbit. It's a space ship. Aunt: Why is the space ship meowing? Me: I...touche.

This OVA was originally released exclusively on Laserdisc in the USA before it came out on VHS later on.

Toonami put us on to game back in the day

Tenchi is Easily ONE OF THE GREATEST Ova series as Studio AIC/ Pioneer did a large amount of great hits! Lets not forget Moldiver, Armitage and Photon to name a few!

@Solitaire001

21 күн бұрын

I enjoyed "Moldiver". One of the interesting things is that each form Moldiver takes is based on a different genre: Moldiver 1: American Superhero Moldiver 2: Magical Girl Moldiver 3: Battle Mecha

yes.. Tenchi Muyo is the best and there is nothing anyone can say other wise.

I remember seeing the promos for Tenchi Muyo for Toonami and I was so excited to watch it that i put it on my calendar and counted down the days until it aired. It was my first anime and i love it. Ryoko is best girl.

I always preferred the Tenchi OVA over the TV stuff. Tenchi Universe and Shin Tenchi Muyo are fine, but the OVA will always be the best way to consume Tenchi.

Tenchi was my Anime back in the day.

The Ryo-ohki ova series isn't just tape and laserdisc, there's a DVD box too -- I have it, quality stuff.

I fell in love with this anime

Second best. El-Hazard was the best.

3:07 No it's the weird anime way. She's one of the progenitors.

Big Fan of Tenchi he's my favorite

Dragon's Heaven is clearly going for people who dig French comics, which includes a lot of manga creators and vicariously their fans.

was awesome

Hmm... a product by the subsidiary of a company known for its audio equipment has great sound? Surprising.

When you get unlimited budget from pioneer ldc at the time when they riches and totally win Lasers disc wars want to demonstrate the first Dolby ac3 (Dolby digital) on laser disc ... That is what Tenchi OVA 1 look like.

I'm not mad, but I watched it in Japanese ... on VHS tapes special ordered from Japan for $40 per tape back in the late 90s

Megazon 23, an OvA released in theater under Carl M’s Robotech brand

I use to like Ryoko more but now it's 110% Ayeka, I love Jennifer Darling's "British Mini Mouse" toned voice acting

Tench doesn't get enough love

Tenchi got crazy in later seasons, tho.

I still never understand why that seems to be kind of a low key thing in anime. Suggesting that kids want to grow up to marry their parents and it's on some adorable juvenile stuff. But realistically that's a weird suggestion that they turn into a bit of a reoccurring meme in the genre as a whole. Like I get it kids love their parents but like I literally never heard in reality af a child saying something like; “I want to marry Daddy when I grow up”, If it's someone's daughter usually. And the parents just laugh at all like it's normal and something to ignore. But in anime they kind of take it to an almost extreme in the suggestion like that kid will literally grow up waiting for the day they turn 18 so they can marry their own blood related family member. And why the hell that is such a popular subgenre of the franchise I'll still never understand.

There’s something about each original voice actors that NAILED it, ayaka I won’t get over how she maintains a royal accent without it being some cliche British accent lol I LOVE TENCHI! I don’t… love GXP but I SUPER ULTRA love war on genmar and KENSHI! something about the first 3 seasons of the ova art feels so right, and war on g is also a great style. GXP and etc,,, less much

I would probably rank "Record of Lodoss War" higher, but I'm biased here since I do love me some D&D-style high fantasy. And now I'm in the mood to re-watch some 90s anime. Thx

you got my sub because you said washu is best girl.

@kimchi_no_video

Ай бұрын

YES!

3:29 Shutout to my fellow Mihoshi appreciators.

short answer, yes

This was the best Tenchi Muyo

Wait, you're telling me that if you give the people everything they want, your show will go down in history as one of the greatest ever?

well it introduce Sasami to fans one of the cutest anime characters ever so maybe.

Best OVA, that is a tall ask, considering LotGH, I will have to watch this show, but somehow I feel like you have set the expectations absurdly high.

in my mind, Ryouko's design is inspired by Aimee Mann

Tenchi is the best of the best!!!!

tenchi muyo is nice, you should check out the latest seasons that where added several years back, they got good graphics quality to and the story has realy been fleshed out alot more including all of the tenchi muyo universe except the supernatural highschool season, they erased that from the storyline because it did'nt work with all the other stuff to well also check out the spinn offs, their great and a fun watch if your into fantasy/sci-fi stuff.

Yep, that fine weeb-wine!

It was OAV back then, duder. The name eventually got changed to avoid confusion with AV, adult video.

Can you review Black Magic M-66. Its one of my all time favorites.

Man the early 90's was the Anime Golden Age. Anyone else remember the days of copying anime onto VHS and swapping it on tapes through the mail? I would trade tapes with people all over the country. It was a real underground activity. I actually started to lose interest in anime once you could get it at any Blockbuster or Suncoast video store... it lost it's illicit appeal. :D

Yes. Yes it is.

Saw the uncensored English dub on International Channel keke

I grew up watching Tenchi in English as well... and I'm not going to sit here and pretend the English dub is good just because I remember the show fondly. lol

Kristy Megaman.

Yes.

you do know that the ova continues. there up to ova5 now,

Best Harem Anime ever

you know the ova has 20 episodes in total right now