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• For the earlier episodes, the English voice actors had to assume pseudonyms as, at the time, the production was outside the actors' union system.
  
  
• Co-creator Masaki Kajishima named some of the characters after locations in his home locale of the Okayama prefecture, Japan.
  
  
• "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".
  
  
• Another possible meaning for Tenchi Muyo can be "No need for Heaven and Earth."
  
  
• When Tenchi catches Ryoko during her battle with Kagato in episode 6, he tells her "I still have feet". This was Tenchi's way of reassuring Ryoko that he's not dead. In Japanese folklore, ghosts are typically portrayed as legless.
  
  
• Katsuhito Masaki and Nobuyuki Masaki are named after AIC directors Katsuhito Akiyama, and Nobuyuki Kitajima, respectively.
  
  
• Ryoko name is a common Japanese name, yet the kanji used to write it is far from being a common reading. Translated, Ryoko is "One who summons the spirits of rocks and trees". Ryoko tells Ayeka this fact during their duel in episode 4, when she summons a water elemental.
  
  
• When Washuu dons her nurse outfit in episode 7, her computer says "Ben Casey". This is a reference to the 60's doctor drama "Ben Casey" (1961).
  
  
• The series originally ended on a cliffhanger, never explaining who Lady Tokimi was or why she wanted Washu, nor was this ever addressed in any other adaption of Tenchi Muyo. However, new OAV episodes were in production and distributed in Japan from 2003-2005. The new episodes will directly pick up where this series left off and will explain all of the dangling plot threads.
  
  
• The animation for the third OVA series was done with computer generated graphics rather than hand drawn animation.
  
  

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