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

"Tenchi Muyo" is a Japanese pun. In normal usage, this kanji compound means "This side up", and is often seen on boxes and crates. (This is why the North American dubs use a "stencil" font for all the English titles.) In this series, however, it is read quite differently. "Tenchi" refers to the main character, and "Muyo" means "useless". The title could be translated into English as "Useless Tenchi", or "No Need For Tenchi".

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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

Ryoko: [Ryoko walks towrd Tenchi, and hits him. They fall to the ground, and Ryoko gets up] Oh, I'm sorry. Are you all right?
Tenchi Masaki: What? Ryoko, what's the idea?
Ryoko: I'm sorry. I wasn't paying attention. I'm so clumsy.
Ryoko: [Tenchi gets confuse] My name is Ryoko, and I'm...
Tenchi Masaki: Huh?
Ryoko: Oh, embarrassed.
Ayeka Masaki Jurai: [to Sasami] What are you doing?
Sasami Masaki Jurai: Uh, Ayeka.
Ayeka Masaki Jurai: What? What is it?
Ryoko: Uh, can I ask you your name?
[...]

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Connections

Spin-off Tenchi Muyô! GXP (2002)

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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.