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Rating:  -
the same thing happened to star wars episode 1
every one said it was OK,
but they like the old star wars better.
after episode 2 to 3 every one loved it.
the thing is some people don't like change
I respect that,
Im a big fan of the tenchi series
it was the best anime on cartoon network,
and reminisce the old show on DVD,
but I also like to see more.
this new ova is not a made up for USA
like robotech 2 the sentinels
it is a true continue done by the same
people that did the anime series,
it's about 10 years has past
in the story.
plus voices actors have to get into
there characters and that will take about
some episodes,just check how deferent
they are in the first episode on tenchi muyo ova
and the later episodes.
and funimaton try to get most of the cast
to make it a part, not an adaption like "batman the animated
series" and "the batman."
I know about ryoko's new voices
but you don't know if she will be back
to do the rest of the ova.
the thing is tenchi is back
and I as well as others
want to see how the story continues.
if people that give it a bad rap
funimation might not finish the rest of the episodes.
for the Engilsh speakers,
and we will never get to see how it ends.:(
only to wach the old DVD'S and wonder.
I'll find out from manga comic,
but I rather enjoy it on DVD to add to my
tenchi collection.
Rating: -
And I watched the entire series. Sadly, I have no opinion on the new voice actress for Ryoko. I only watch the original Japanese with subtitles. I do remember the old voice actress however, and can't imagine her being replaced. I think I'll stick to the Japanese just for that, if nothing else.
I'm seeing a little conflict over the whole Kiyone thing. Yes, Kiyone was the name of Mihoshi's partner in the Mihoshi Special. Remember that no one had their true names except for Mihoshi! She probably knew that Tenchi's mother was named Kiyone, and used that name. But Kiyone was the name of Tenchi's mother long before the GXP version. And really, the OVAs are the only true canon anyway.
I really did enjoy this series, and again, I got a sneak peek at the end. I will say that if Tenchi chose someone, I can't tell who it is. I have not seen the special however (Ep 20), so there might be something there. The girls haven't really changed, except maybe Ryoko herself a little. It might be the result of her merging with Zero, or it could just be that she's maturing a little, but you get to see a slightly softer side to her. There's also quite a bit with Ryo-ohki as a child. This third OVA does give quite a bit more closure, which is what I'm glad for. I'd love to see a fourth ova, but I just don't see it happening. With this story revolving around the three goddesses of the universe, the spectacular ending leaves little storyline left to follow.
While the series is a lot of fun, there are indeed some questions left to be answered. As of yet, pasts and backgrounds are still a little incomplete if you don't plan on reading a little. With the big fan base in Japan, it seems like us in America will only get half the story.
Rating: -
I really liked it. I was a bit upset at first with Ryoko's new voice, not because it is bad I think the new person did a good job, its because its different and it always upsets me when things have changed but I didn't seem to notice after a while.
The animation in this series has changed, but its really good. Definitely better than in the other series (especially Tenchi in Tokyo which I didn't like). The people look more realistic and are well drawn and look almost the same as they did in the first half of this series.
I have to say though I do not like Tenchi's fiancée. I am keeping my fingers crossed he doesn't end up marrying her. She's bossy, spiteful and annoying and it will totally ruin the whole Ryo ohki series if he does. I would like to see Tenchi and Ryoko get together as would many Tenchi fans. They would make such a good pair and it seems as if Tenchi could have feelings for her. Take a look at Tenchi movie 3 and the end of Tenchi universe. In the movie he could only remember Ryoko out of them all and would draw her. Come on make all us Tenchi fans happy!
I am very pleased they have decided to finish the Ryo ohki series it has always been my favourite
Rating: -
I guess I could join the chorus of nay-sayers about the new voice of Ryoko, however change IS the only constant in the Universe. And I can only hope the voice actress can mature into the strong character that Ryoko really is supposed to be.
As for the comment about Kiyone (Mihoshi's partner in the Tenchi Universe series... which has NOTHING to do with the storyline of the original 13 ep. OAV) it just reflects a lack of familiarity with the variety of Tenchi series and their intent (experiments in marketing and technique).
This new series is the continuation promised at the end of the original OAV.
This is the unwinding of all the questions that arise in the original. And though it seems confusing to some it is based on a lot of ancient Japanese culture... which is what Kasijima Musaki was reflecting in the original story.
The whole idea of the Three Shinto Goddesses of Nature, Waashuu, Tokimi and Tsunami of which one (Waashuu) has a 'daughter', who is of course Ryoko. The term 'Devil' or 'Demon' is to be taken in a gollum-type sense concerning Ryoko, she is really the daughter of a Goddess and not a 'devil'. And if you really follow the story, Kasihito (Tenchi's grandfather) son of the first wife (Funaho) of the Emperor (Azuza) and Ayeka and Sasami are the daughter of his second wife (Misaki). So Ayeka and Sasami are Tenchi's Great Aunts. Ayeka was to be Kasihito's wife according to royal tradition. Being they had the same father but different mothers. But as we see in this series, Kasihito has taken a wife previously. Then there is the matter of Mihoshi. According to some sources Mihoshi is related to Waashuu through the son Waashuu had with the man she became human and resigned her memory for... sound familiar all you students of mythology? Dr. Clay was hinting that he suspected something much the same and was digging to find out what was beyond that in the before time of that.
What I am waiting to see is if all the questions that were raised are answered: Who was Tenchi's mother and what is her lineage? Why does Kasihito not take the throne in line with the wishes of his father? What is the Karamitsu Family madness about? What was the origin of Waashuu's feud with her younger sister Tokimi? Why is Tsunami on the Earth as well? Will Tenchi in the end marry BOTH Ryoko and Ayeka and take the throne?.. What is Noike's real family line... is she related in some strange way to Tenchi? She claims that the person she sees in her dream is Tenchi... also she is pictured with Deep3 in the beginning sequence, is he her 'brother'? OR is she a manipulation of Tokimi and Deep3 thrown into the melieu? And what is with Mihoshi's past and the arranged marriage she underwent? And what is with her brother (who looks a lot like Mihoshi) Misou? I WANT TO KNOW!!!!
Now IF Funimation will kindly get the show on the road and distribute volume two... (ahem!) being it has been nearly a year since the release of volume one!... I guess one could just learn Japanese and get an all region DVD player and order the original Japanese series of the new OAV. At least we wouldn't have to worry about cheesy 'censorship' in the form of editing of the series by the Funimation people... Sorry, these are just my opinions. All in all the first three episodes on "Here Comes the Bride" are worth the viewing and to dyed-in-the-wool fans of Tenchi... well what can I say...YEA! IT'S MORE TENCHI! (P.S. that is a 'HINT'! to the folks at Funimation...
Rating:  -
Now I am a Tenchi Fan in all forms. I have the original OVA's, Tenchi Universe, Tenchi in Tokyo, all 3 Theatrical movies, the Tenchi Muyo GXP series, and even the Pretty Sammy series just for completion purpouses. Oh yeah, that Mihoshi special too. I've watched them all, if not more than twice, and whether I liked one more than the other have re-watched them just to be knowledgeable about them. I originally saw my first Tenchi on Toonami:Cartoon Network, and was instantly hooked.
I will mark what is a spoiler so read past the lines of doom as your own risk.
----Spoiler----
The 1st episode on this volume starts out with a 10 more minutes than usual episode of flash backs, trying to recapture your Jeopoardy on what you remember of the original episodes. All the characters are revisited and given a moment for you to have that "Yay, good ol'e -Character name here-" moment. It ends with a special visitor at the end. In the 2nd episode she is introduced as Tenchi's sister, Tenyou, even though she looks uncannily like his own mother (although she admits to filling in for his mother on many occasions due to their alikeness). Tenchi's father reveals in a misconception that Tenchi's real mother's name is Kiyone (Okay guys, you really messed up here) over the heavily popular idea that her name is Achika based on one of the Tenchi Movies in which she played a large role. This is a bit of an issue considering that Kiyone was the name of Mihoshi's partner in all the other series casts, however the rumor is that they simply made her name Achika for the movie she was in to prevent confusion(Kiyone was in the movie as well). Kiyone is non-existant however in this series' timeline, so onward. After Tenchi clears up from crying thinking it was his mother for 5 minutes, Tenyou introduces a woman named Airi who happens to be Grandfather Yosho's wife. The bad news comes when Tenyou reveals that Ayeka's grandmother Lady Seto, the Devil Princess of Jurai, has arranged for Tenchi to marry Noike. Tenchi finds Noike by accident while doing the feilds and inturn she is invited to dinner where Tenchi evidently figures out she is to be his wife. Of course, a few of the cast is left unsettled by this (Can you guess who? :]), but they are left powerless to do anything to get rid of her because she is so incredibly polite/nice. She helps Tenchi in the feilds and even does his chores for him during a 3 day period in which Tenchi became unhealthy due to a stress factor from all the news he had recieved (Hey, if you had met your 80 year old sister, your Mistress of Galaxy Police Grandmother, and figured out you were to marry the adopted daughter under the order of the most powerful enitity in the galaxy, wouldn't you be surprised?) It is later discovered that Noike's intentions are a bit above and beyond just marrying Tenchi...
----End Spoiler, read on now!----
Here's how it looks. Tenchi Muyo is obviously the most popular of the Tenchi Series and releases, as it is the only series that skillfully combines a more serious vibe with the silly story and setting that we know as Tenchi Muyo, provides more interesting character development over the silly and somewhat bad introductions and stories of the cast in Tenchi in Tokyo, has not shown any conclusive signs whereas the TV series "Tenchi Universe" ended promptly after he defeated an enemy he defeated midway through the first few episodes of Tenchi Muyo OVA original (Prequel series to the item I'm reviewing), and pretty much a perfect example of an anime you watch that sets you apart from watching Trigun, or Pokemon (Tenchi In Tokyo provided a very joke and kid feel). It is the only series left frayed, and people have been waiting years for this to finally come out and this is the turn out...
Good god...what happened?! What you knew and loved out of the Tenchi cast, story progression, and good ol'e "just another wierd day" episodes is about to get rocked. I'll begin with the horrible lack of supportive story. These 3 episodes are buckets of unneeded plot twists that make you indcredibly uncomfortable and confused. New characters all over the map(Introduction of Tenchi's Sister, His Grandfather Yosho's wife, and his set fiancee by Ayeka's grandmother Lady Seto) make the current high profile characters (Such as Ryoko and Ayeka/Washu ect) seem somewhat unwanted. The addition of a wife to the humble grandpa Yosho we know, especially a wife that is full of immature antics of being offended over her position on the family tree is a very disconcerting new relative. It's like watching your favorite episode of Batman, and then Batman gets married to Sailor Moon. Tenyou is an okay character, but what bothers me in summation of the two is that both of them seem to flirt with Tenchi, even though they are closely related to him which in an essense might not seem SO bad considering Tenchi would be marrying family if he married Noike, but in the atmosphere that the Tenchi Muyo series has created that surpasses all the other Tenchi stories, it is just awkward. The character Noike is a super boobed out woman with long green hair(which she cuts short in the 3rd episode because it was "in the way of her chores")who is way too nice, and has such an annoying niceness to her that it seems like it is a disease, but this could be part of her plan, who knows. The animation is revamped, which no doubt is a positive thing, but inspite of all the negatives they succeed in only making it feel like you are watching digimon(not to mention, one of the new voices IS from one of the main characters of Digimon but I'll rant about that later). It's definetly cool to see a continuation of the series we all know and love, but before I conclude, allow to address the most stellar issue of this new edition...
Voice Acting. I can't exactly think of where to begin...I'll start the not as bad to the terrible.
Mihoshi: Over the voice actor that portrayed Mihoshi in the original OVA and the Tenchi Universe series that is by far my favorite, it is a huge misconcpetion when they say "All but Ryoko" have returned for the cast. The Mihoshi voice used is the actor that played in Tenchi and Tokyo and the 2nd movie. You got used to it, but compared to the muyo series, it didn't even stand. In muyo, she sounded gawky, clumsy, but they managed to do it while still giving her a sense of femininity and maturity. Now her voice (same one from the Tenchi in Tokyo series) is an incredibly annoying high pitched chirp that makes you want to completely dislike the character. She continuously talks, for instance when she is alone. She gives a constant play by play of what she needs to do like her brain is forcing her mouth to speak out everything she needs to do. Although most anime characters tend to brainstorm aloud when they are alone, she makes it seem like downright constant conversation with herself and it gets annoying pretty darn quick. Don't be fooled when you read that the original cast has come back besides only Ryoko. Adding to all of this, her voice acting is undoubtedly terrible, with tons of uneeded dialogue, and horrid expression of her feelings and what she is thinking. Mihoshi is far from her original.
Yosho/Noboyuki: Again, the Muyo and Universe voices > the Tenchi in Tokyo ones. Tenchi in Tokyo seemed like one big laughable joke, and using the voice cast that was not same to the Original Muyo, makes this seem like a joke. Not to mention the same guy does both of them and does a bad job differentiating between the two. There is a scene where the camera is placed well above both of their heads while they are in conversation, and it took a few minutes of matching what I think that character would say to them to figure out who was talking because they sounded exactly the same. Voice acting for them is par, but nothing astounding as what I'm about to reminisce on...
Ryoko: Okay, here's the big cheese. This is the all purpouse biggie reason that canned my final opinion on their choices in this extension of my favorite series. Petrea Burchard was replaced with Mona Marshall. Ever see Izzy in Digimon? Yeah, that voice. I must say I am absolutely shocked whenever I hear her speak now. It is just mind boggling to me how they made the connection between her voice, and Petrea's voice and thought "Oh, that's definetly our new Ryoko!" I'm shocked, dissappointed and absolutely disgusted with the new choice. I'm not saying the replacement is a bad voice actor. I'm just saying she is literally(from what I've heard thus far) INCAPABLE of reproducing what we know of Ryoko. The flash backs are utterly butchered because of the re-dub and make you want to watch the original over and over to cleanse your mind of the horrid new vocal pick. Here's a letter Petrea sent in response to a fan letter, reproduced with her permission...
"I appreciate your taking the time to write.
Indeed, it's no secret that I won't be returning as Ryoko.
I feel it would be unprofessional to reveal the details of
why and why not. We just weren't able to work it out. I loved playing the part and have enjoyed correspondence
with many fans over the years.
In my experience, most actors will give their all and do
their best, and I'm sure whoever plays Ryoko in the new OVA
will be no exception. I hope the fans will give her a
chance. Thanks so much for writing!
Sincerely,
Petrea Burchard"
The new voice is squeaky, unstable and downright annoying. It takes all of Ryoko's past personality placements away, and gives her a complete make over in to a truly inverse character. It sounds as though she is sick with a stuffed nose, and can't breath most of the time. Petrea offered a wonderful, alto, feminine feeling to Ryoko, one that made her character mature and indeed a "woman" but has now been blown to literally bits by this replacement. I can barely imagine a romantic scene between her and Tenchi or like if something fatal were to happen to Tenchi like when he was blown up in Tenchi Muyo before coming back to life, how this new talent would even come close to pulling of an eleagant drama to the clip that Petrea most certainly would. They've ruined Ryoko. They've obliterated her completely, I'll give Mona a few more episodes to shape up, and given there hasn't been any dramatic dialogue yet in these first 3 episodes, I'll give her the benefit of the doubt for now. But I adore a lot of the drama in Tenchi, and you know what I mean-those parts where you just KNOW you want to cry (don't lie :]) like when she apparently "dies" near the end of the universe series(although she comes back but it is made very clear as though she passed in the actual episode), or when Tenchi defeats the final nemesis in Tenchi Universe and the wonderful score of Tenchi's previous composers plays in the background while Ayeka cries on his shoulders. It is just those moments that all the silly slap-stick comedy only support, that make Tenchi the anime for me and many others. I can only cross my fingers, but I still see the worst to come. But who knows, she may turn around and blow me away.
The composition thus far seems weak. Unlike in Muyo where you had these little atmospheric tracks that played through your mind even when you weren't watching Tenchi, and wonderful drama-esque music that opens your eyes, we have little to no music at all, much worse when it does play it's these little annoying jingles. And as I said, I can barely imagine an emotional scene as of now with my current view on the new voice replacements.
All in all I am all but pleased with this new edition of the Tenchi Series, although I still recommend it for Tenchi fans, because it will complete your collection and god knows we all want to keep knowing what's gonna happen to this series and where it's gonna go. So if you are a Tenchi fan on the same level as I, then it is a must get, but not on the level of must get that it is an amazing addition to the powerful and wonderful Tenchi experience we had through the first OVA Tenchi Muyo's. Thanks for reading.
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