Tenchi in Tokyo: A New Start

Tenchi in Tokyo seems to be aimed at an older audience despite the fact that the humor is rather tame. The series also seems to lack the flare and color of the first two series (Tenchi Muyo! and Tenchi Universe). Animation wise, it just seems to be pretty bland.

Even though the animation may not be up to par, the writing makes this series viewable by at least open-minded Tenchi fans. Despite the fact that this series starts the Tenchi story line over again, the character have all seemed to have matured. If anything, this is the only element that allows this series unique enough to tear up the continuity of the Tenchi stories. The only flaw with the writing of this series is that our heroes always end up facing some one shot, minor villain. These villains are cleverly made, but seem to only be an attempt to make the series marketable to kids. This flaw can almost be overlooked by the opportunities for the character to interact with the new, almost normal character, Sakuya, and that you get to see all of the neurotic traits of the characters rise up whenever they are in extremely stressful scenarios.

Tenchi's adventures in the "Neon Metropolis" are interesting for the newer attitudes of the great, established characters from the previous series, but it is not as laugh out loud funny as its predecessors. This is probably because of the tame humor. You have to want to enjoy a series based on character interaction to enjoy Tenchi in Tokyo. I guess the latest Tenchi series is an oxymoron of anime since the plots of each episode are almost identical to those featured in Sailor Moon.

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Production Credits:

Director: Nobuhiro Takamoto • Original Character Design: Masaki Kajishima • Series Structure: Mayori Sekijima • Animation Director/Character Design: Takeshi Tsuji • Art Director: Chitose Asakura • Director of Photography: Hideo Okazaki • Sound Director: Yasunori Honda • Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi • Production: AIC in association with Oniro, Office AO • Planning in association with: Genco, Inc. • Produced by Pioneer LDC, Kadokawa Shoten, Sotsu Eizo, TV Tokyo