Tenchi Muyô! Ryô Ôki (1992– )

Tenchi Masaki is a normal high school student in Japan, who spends the summers doing chores around his grandfather's family shrine. One day, Tenchi manages to steal the key to a mysterious ... See full summary »

Creator:

Masaki Kajishima

Stars:

Masami Kikuchi, Yûko Kobayashi, Yûko Mizutani

Cast

Credited cast:
Masami Kikuchi	...	Tenchi Masaki
Yûko Kobayashi	...	Washu Hakubi
Yûko Mizutani	...	Mihoshi
Ai Orikasa	...	Ryoko
Yumi Takada	...	Ayeka Masaki Jurai
Chisa Yokoyama	...	Sasami Masaki Jurai
Petrea Burchard	...	Ryoko (voice) (as Celeste Burch)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dan Butler	...	Galaxy Police Officer (voice)
Zita Campisi	...	Innkeeper - OVA 1 (voice)
Lara Cody	...	Mashisu Makibi (voice)
Jennifer Darling	...	Ayeka Masaki Jurai (voice)
Debi Derryberry	...	Ryo-Ohki (voice) (as Marie Cabbit)
Mari Devon	...	Tokimi (voice)
Jack Fletcher	...	D3 - OVA 2 (voice)
Rebecca Forstadt	...	Mihoshi Kuramitsu - OVA 3 (voice) (as Becky Olkowski)

Storyline

Tenchi Masaki is a normal high school student in Japan, who spends the summers doing chores around his grandfather's family shrine. One day, Tenchi manages to steal the key to a mysterious cave where an oni (Japanese demon) is said to have been sealed away by his ancester Yoshou, whose sword still stands guard over it. When he enters this cave, he finds that, much to his surprise, the legend is indeed true when the oni's dessicated skeletal form ("mira"--Japanese mummy) comes to life and attacks him. Tenchi flees the cave in a panic, and later returns to high school, taking the hilt--seemingly all that remains of the ancestral sword--with him. At school, Tenchi is again attacked by the oni, whose name is Ryouko, who has now completely revived herself. Tenchi manages to defeat her with the sword's help, but this is only the beginning of a hilarious Japanese romantic comedy OAV (Original Animation Video, the Japanese equivalent of American made-for-video movies) series which has spawned...

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Plot Keywords:

sword | high school student | joy | demoness | spacecraft | 

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

25 September 1992 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-oh-ki

Company Credits

Production Co:

AIC Animate Film, FUNimation Entertainment, Geneon Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (20 episodes)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Another possible meaning for Tenchi Muyo can be "No need for Heaven and Earth."

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Goofs

Kari Wahlgren was originally credited as as Kari Walhgreen in the first Dvd volume of OVA 3 that was released by Funimation. This was corrected in the second volume.

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Quotes

Washu Hakubi: No, unless...
Ayeka Masaki Jurai: Unless?
Washu Hakubi: Unless you call me Little Washu!
Ayeka Masaki Jurai: [Ayeka falls] Huh? Excuse me, Miss Washu?
Washu Hakubi: No! I won't do anything unless you call me Little Washu!
Ayeka Masaki Jurai: [thinking] How can I call you 'little' when you're over 20,000 years old?
[talking]
Ayeka Masaki Jurai: All right then, Little Washu. Can you do me a favor? Can you help me plant Ryu-oh?
Washu Hakubi: Of course! I can do that! That's easy!
Ayeka Masaki Jurai: Of course! After all you're the number 1 scientic genius in the glaxay.
[...]

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Connections

Featured in Assassin(s) (1997)

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Soundtracks

"Tenchi Muyo! Theme Of Ryo-Ohki"
Written by Seikou Nagaoka & Kyoko Matsumiya
Performed by Chisa Yokoyama

User Reviews

The best anime comedy ever

If you are reading this and you are not familiar with anime, then Tenchi is an excellent point to start with. It is bright, light, cheerful, fun, romantic, and last but not least, incredibly cute! Cuteness factor 10000! Very nice (already sort of a classic) character designs, extremely loveable characters, state-of-the-art animation, great music. All in all, a must see for anyone interested in anime.