Tenchi Muyô! Ryô Ôki (1992) (V)

User Rating:

8.3/10   

Directors:

Masashi Abe
Hiroki Hayashi

Release Date:

25 September 1992 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Comedy | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Tenchi Masaki is a normal high school student in Japan, who spends the summers doing chores around his grandfather's family shrine...

Plot Keywords:

Tenchi | Sword | High School Student | Royal Family | Martial Arts

Cast

Masami Kikuchi	...	Tenchi Masaki
Yûko Kobayashi	...	Washu Hakubi
Yûko Mizutani	...	Mihoshi / Mitoto Kuramitsu
Ai Orikasa	...	Ryoko / Zero
Yumi Takada	...	Ayeka Masaki Jurai
Chisa Yokoyama	...	Sasami Masaki Jurai / Tsunami
Petrea Burchard	...	Ryoko / Zero, Tenchi's Mother - OVA 1 and 2 (voice: English version) (as Celeste Burch)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jane Alan	...	Tokimi / Additional Voices - OVA3 (voice: English version) (as Mari Devon)
Dan Butler	...	Galaxy Police Officer (voice: English version)
Zita Campisi	...	Innkeeper - OVA 1 (voice: English version)
Lara Cody	...	Mashisu Makibi / Fuku - OVA 3 (voice: English version)
Jennifer Darling	...	Ayeka Masaki Jurai / Young Ayeka / Tokimi (voice: English version)
Debi Derryberry	...	Ryo-Ohki (voice: English version) (as Marie Cabbit)
Jack Fletcher	...	D3 - OVA 2 (voice: English version)
Rebecca Forstadt	...	Mihoshi Kuramitsu - OVA 3 (voice: English version) (as Becky Olkowski)
Crispin Freeman	...	Kamikura - OVA 3 (voice: English version)
Ellen Gerstell	...	Mihoshi Kuramitsu - OVA 1 and 2 (voice: English version) (as Jean Schwartz)
Eiji Hanawa	...	Z
Melora Harte	...	Seto Kamiki Jurai - OVA 3 (voice: English version)
Jay Hopper	...	Katsuhito Masaki / Nobuyuki Masaki / Galaxy Police Marshall - OVA 1 and 2 (voice: English version)
David Johnson	...	White Rock Commander / Galaxy Police Station Chief / Captain Nobeyama (voice: English version)
Sean Cw Johnson	...	Fujimasa / Additional Voices - OVA 3 (voice: English version)
Tomoko Kaneda	...	Fuku
Seizô Katô	...	Dr. Clay
R. Martin Klein	...	Seiryo Tennan - Toonami version (voice: English version) (as Bob Marx)
Katsuyuki Konishi	...	Sorunaru
Hisako Kyôda	...	Innkeeper (First and Second series)
John Rafter Lee	...	Seiryo Tennan - OVA 2 Uncut version (voice: English version) (as John Lee)
Wendee Lee	...	Female Kagato / Kiyone Masaki - OVA 3 (voice: English version)
Sherry Lynn	...	Sasami Masaki Jurai / Tsunami (voice: English version) (as Katie Ashley)
Brad MacDonald	...	Z / Additional Voices - OVA 3 (voice: English version)
Mitsuaki Madono	...	Seiryo Tennan
Wess Mann	...	Dr. Clay (voice: English version)
Mona Marshall	...	Ryoko / Rea Masaki - OVA 3 (voice: English version)
Fumio Matsuoka	...	Minami Kuramitsu / Galaxy Police Marshall
Michael McConnohie	...	D3 / Minami Kuramitsu / Additional Voices - OVA 3 (voice: English version)
Hikaru Midorikawa	...	Misao Kuramitsu
Matt K. Miller	...	Tenchi Masaki / Yosho (voice: English version) (as Kermit Miller)
Yûko Nagashima	...	Minaho Masaki
Rio Natsuki	...	Rea Masaki
Yukari Nozawa	...	Seto Kamiki Jurai
Kenichi Ogata	...	Azaka
Tony Oliver	...	Misao Kuramitsu - OVA 3 (voice: English version)
Peggy O'Neal	...	Tenyo Masaki / Additional Voices - OVA 3 (voice: English version)
Keiko Onodera	...	Mashisu Makibi
Ryûzaburô Ôtomo	...	D3
Bob Papenbrook	...	Katsuhito Masaki / Nobuyuki Masaki / Yosho - OVA 3 (voice: English version)
Michael Scott Ryan	...	Kagato (voice: English version) (as Weston Peese)
Yoshiko Sakakibara	...	Misaki Kamiki Jurai
Rei Sakuma	...	Funaho Masaki Jurai
Naomi Shindô	...	Noike Kamiki Jurai
Emi Shinohara	...	Tenyo Masaki / Kiyone Masaki
Yoshinori Sonobe	...	Baguma (voice)
Michael Sorich	...	Kamidake - OVA 3 (voice: English version)
Melodee Spevack	...	Mikami Kuramitsu (voice: English version)
Doug Stone	...	Azaka - OVA3 (voice: English version)
Kim Strauss	...	Sorunaru - OVA 3 (voice: English version)
Ikuko Sugita	...	Mikami Kuramitsu
Junichi Suwabe	...	Nakita Kuramitsu (voice)
Wataru Takagi	...	Kamidake / Kamikura
Sakiko Tamagawa	...	Airi Masaki
Kirk Thornton	...	Ikeda / Nakita Kuramitsu - OVA 3 (voice: English version)
Yumi Tôma	...	Tokimi (second and third series)
Mark Tracy	...	Kazuhiko Amagasaki / Azaka / Yukinojyo - OVA 1 and 2 (voice: English version)
Hidenari Ugaki	...	Fujimasa
K.T. Vogt	...	Washu Hakubi / Innkeeper (voice: English version) (as Gee Gee Loo Loo)
Kari Wahlgren	...	Airi Masaki / Noike Kamiki Jurai / Misaki / Mitoto Kuramitsu / Minaho Masaki - OVA3 (voice: English version)
Norio Wakamoto	...	Kagato
Dan Woren	...	Baguma / Additional Voices - OVA 3 (voice: English version)
Yasuhiro	...	Ikeda (as Yasuhiro Fujiwara)
Grace Zandarski	...	Lady Funaho / Lady Misaki (voice: English version)

Also Known As:

No Need for Tenchi
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-oh-ki (USA) (alternative transliteration)
This End Up!

Runtime:

USA:30 min (20 episodes) | UK:21 min (episode average)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Certification:

UK:PG | USA:TV-PG (edited tv version) | USA:Unrated (original uncut version) | UK:12 | UK:15 (one episode)

Company:

AIC Animate Film

Trivia:

Co-creator Masaki Kajishima named some of the characters after locations in his home locale of the Okayama prefecture, Japan.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: 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.

Quotes:

Ayeka Masaki Jurai: Do something brilliant! You created this ship, didn't you?
Mihoshi Kuramitsu: She's right. There's gotta be something you haven't thought of.
Washu Hakubi: Well, ok. There is just one more thing that we can try.
Ayeka Masaki Jurai: What is it?
Washu Hakubi: We can pray real hard.
[Washu starts to pray. Mihoshi and Ayeka fall]

Movie Connections:

Spin off "Tenchi Muyô!" (1995)

Soundtrack:

Talent For Love

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.