 "One of the Best Animes I have Ever Seen" | 2005-09-01 |
| - Reviewed By Anonymous |
| I'm not kidding in the title. I watch so many different animes (yet no other Tenchi Muyos) and not anyone could guess a show (both anime and american stuff) that I would give a 10.0 out of 10. They asked stuff pretty close like Yu Yu Hakusho (9.9) or Family Guy (9.9)... but they gave up and I told them it was Tenchi Muyo! GXP. Here's the story. Seina Yamada is an unlucky kid on Earth with only one riend named Kai. Seina seems to have a little bit of true feelings for Kai's older sister, Koriko. Then it happends. While riding his bike near Tenchi's house, he gets run over by a Galaxy Police ship. Of course, Seina is used to this sort of thing. He wakes up to see a beautiful woman named Amane that gave him CPR to make sure he was fine. She leaves a form to enter to enter the GP. (Galaxy Police) His family forces him to join and so he becomes part of the GP! But on his way to the academy, he finds himself in danger with pirates. But luckilly, Lady Sato (Devil Princess of Jirai) gets their distress signal and captures that huge group of pirates. What's this??? They get attacked again, by a woman named Ryoko. But, when she barges in, she get's an actual welcoming party from the ship's three goons. She doesn't attack this time. You'll find out why. Anyways, they make it to the academy and he finds a huge suprise. Koriko!!! She works there! So, Seina gets two roomates. He gets a little suprise with machines giving intruders embarrasing zits that are hard to wear off. But, once they get out... let the party begin!!! Wait a sec, it's Amane... or is it??? It's really Erma in disquise. So she... wait rewind... who is Erma??? Actually, she's someone Seina met once he reached the academy. Could there be a secret behind her??? Now to continue. She does human hunting. (experimenting) What experiments you ask??? You'll just have to find out for yourself. Those are the plots of the first 5 episodes, which are all in this volume. Sadly, all the other volumes contain only three episodes each. (instead of 5) You'll find many other characters in the theme song. But, they won't say their names in the theme song, but you can live with that, can't you??? Keep watching to see other adventures, like Seina living with 3 girls at one of their houses. Maybe something like... oh I don't know... Captain Seina Yamada!!! There are also many great enemies in his path like Shank, Seiryo, and even the great Daluma. But what happends when Seina comes back home with so many nnew people. You finally see Tenchi for one episode. Plus, you see how his family reacts to well... Amane, Koriko, Ryoko (that's right, she's after Seina), Neju, Fuku, and NB. You'll find out who they are. There are so many different characters. Plus in the end, what about graduation and marriage??? Trust me, you won't be as satisfied as you think you will in the marriage part. Watch Tenchi Muyo GXP. Then again, because of the marriage part on the final episode... I would give it a 9.9. But still, you must get it... even if you haven't seen a different Tenchi Muyo. (like me, at least for now) |
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 "Just ok, not as Good as the original OVA or Tenchi Universe" | 2005-08-03 |
| - Reviewed By User: AR4M3G9QT33MM |
I watched this series and I have to say I cannot like the main male character lead (who's name is Siena) at all. He is even more whiny, nerdy and annoying then tenchi was. At least tenchi wasn't such a bad character and he definitely grew on you as you watched the series but the new hero you spend the entire GXP series with is quite a bit of a let down, it's difficult to imagine the women in GXP liking such badly written, badly voice acted and ugly looking character (Drawn well, but drawn purposely ugly), not to mention the the main Hero Siena in the original Japanese soundtrack was just the wrong voice actor to choose to play Siena, it really breaks the suspension of disbelief whenever you hear Siena speak when comparing to the other decent-to-excellent voice actors they enlisted to act the other girls who all love him.
The new girl characters that fawn all over the new hero are alright but much of the charm, humor and character in the new women leave a lot to be desired when comparing it to the original Tenchi OVA and Tenchi Universe, which had better scripts/writing for how the women act when the women fawn all over the hero over (like they do in all tenchi series). In Tenchi GXP the relationships between Siena and most of the women he meets feels jarring and unnatural, except the girl kiriko (his childhood friend/caretaker). One character who's love/attachment to Siena sticks out as fake especially is the "new" space pirate ryoko, the way it was written there was just not enough "new" ryoko time on the screen to develop any kind of meaningful attachment to Siena which feels weird while you're watching the series. The "New" ryoko is named after the original space pirate, who she is not related to and the blonde girl Siena meets in the first episode who leaves a brochure so he can choose to join the Galaxy Police.
The series starts out pretty slow and many of the characters are just plain immature as the relationships between the women and the hero (Seina) are dumbed down over the more subtle and complex characters in former Tenchi series like the older orgiinal OVA and Tenchi universe. For hardcore anime fans who always listen to Japanese soundtrack and turn on the subtitles, the voice acting in this series is below that of the prior Tenchi series (Tenchi Universe and Tenchi Muyo OVA).
The animation is pretty hit and miss, most of the characters are well drawn but the animation quality is all over the map throughout the episodes, lots of stills and cheap animation tricks like still frames with only easy things to animate like laser blasts that just appear. Overall the animation effort only gets grade C- from me. |
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| "Seina is a dud" | 2005-06-12 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1VCLTAGM5RLND |
| Seina Yamada is a geek who is also a classmate of Tenchi and he's living in Tenchi's home town of Okayama, Japan. He wanted to become a Galaxy Police but the joke's on him when he finds out he was training for space force with two familiar faces, Mihoshi and Kiyoni from Tenchi Universe $ Tenchi in Tokyo. Tenchi Muyo GXP isn't like the series that was shown on Toonami. This show has no romantic comady and sci-fi adventure but the anime is good coming from Funimation. |
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| "What is Tenchi?" | 2004-12-27 |
| - Reviewed By alucardsquest |
Tenchi is more than just an anime and manga series, it's now a pop-culture phenominon in Japan, and a cult classic in the US. This television series seems almost an apology letter to Tenchi fans who have been waiting for new episodes for several years. It is chock full of interesting characters and much needed hilarity. True if you kept your ear to the ground Magical Project S has helped ease the wait for new Tenchi, (not to mention The Wanderers, El Hazard and Dual) but like that tv series this one may not be exactly what you were hoping for either.
The Tenchi name has become a subtext for intergalatic hijinks and sincere but unforced heart... so the true meaning of Tenchi Muyo (No Need for Tenchi) is exemplified in this series. Tenchi and his friends are reduced to cameos to delve into the world of Galaxy Police. But even First Class Detective Mihoshi of the GP isn't seen very much, (unless you count her twin sister Mitoto). And her missing in action partner Kiyone is apparently still stuck in space after what happened in the Pretty Sammy OVA (Original Video Animation, as opposed to a movie or tv show) DVD. So what do we have here?
Seina Yamada, an underclassmen of Tenchi, has quite possibly the worst luck in the universe. One day as he goes for a usual bike ride (if that's what you want to call it, you lose count of how many parts on it break in the first episode due to his luck) when his tires go flat. He decides to go to Tenchi's house for help, when he is nearly drowned by a spaceship landing near the lake at Tenchi's house. Nope it's not main-stay Mihoshi, but rather a young beautiful detective named Amane. Amane gives Seina a pamplet after some very fast talking and even faster flirting before she blasts off. Seina's mother and sister make him sign the pamphlet, (thinking that they've won a prize of some sort) and the next thing you know Seina wakes up in space. Dealing with bad luck all his life, Seina eventually decides to become a Galaxy Police officer... much to the dismay of his childhood friend and love interest Kiriko, whom we discover later is also a member of the GP.
Perhaps the attempt to "cash-in on the popularity of Tenchi" can be forgiven because the characters and the humor is so good, (unlike Tenchi in Tokyo, which you might have noticed that I excluded earlier in this review since I deny it's very existence :). Let's face it, not everything has to make perfect sense, and sometimes it's good to watch something a bit "mindless" for lack of a better term. Sometimes the players fit their rather cliche' roles too well, but you can't help but love them because they mean well and usually end up fighting for the right causes and reasons.
What may not be so easy to forgive is the new publisher of this series. The English language version is awful, I've heard worse dubbing but not very many. The reason for my distaste in this is because important story, plot and even humor points are often ignored in the translation. This was not the case with earlier Tenchi Muyo series, but now it's quite abundant and intolerable. Avoid the English track at all costs, (real anime fans should only be watching in Japanese anyway).
Another downside is the very packaging of these DVDs. Apparently Anime companies figured out that they can make more money selling individual copies of a DVD series rather than putting together a whole box set. Hence this version, including only the first DVD a calender and an empty box. Not only that, but while other anime favorites like The Slayers puts 7 episodes on a disc, Tenchi Muyo! GXP only puts 5 on the first disc, and 3 episodes on the other seven. Talk about greed.
On the confusing end, this story takes place 2 years after the original Tunchi Muyo! OVA. So when Tenchi and everyone do appear, playing catch-up is more difficult than you can imagine. Even if you've been reading the No Need For Tenchi manga comics, (which explain what happened after the OVAs) you'll end up scratching your head at a few points. Especially at the fully expanded and possibly far more inbred, (or just plain bred) than anyone had suspected Jurian family.
However the content within more than makes up for any and all of the downsides. If you liked any of the Tenchi, Pretty Sammy or Magical Project S series (or their sister series The Wanderers: El Hazard, El Hazard OVA, and Dual: Parallel Trouble Adventure which has a surprize cameo near the end here)... then you'll love this guaranteed. If you're new to anime comedy, then this is a great place to start as well! Don't miss out! |
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| "The most unlucky boy in the world..." | 2004-06-21 |
| - Reviewed By barrie7 |
Seina Yamada is from Earth, but through a series of accidents and strange events, he ends up joining the Galaxy Police. He'll meet Pirates and Princesses, sexy Police Detectives and weird aliens (some of which are also sexy). Will he survive space travel? Will he survive having so many females trying to help him? Will he survive dorm life?
While he might be unlucky, he does have a few good points. He has a good heart and REALLY wants to explore space and learn about life off the planet Earth. So it looks like he plans to stay with the Galaxy Police, no matter what happens.
This first DVD has five episodes, a few extras and a lot of fun. The GXP TV series is linked to the Tenchi Muyo! OVAs by using some of the same settings and some characters related to the OVA characters. We get a glimpse of Ryoko, we meet Mihoshi's mom, it seems that the dorm security system was designed by Dr. Clay, and we learn that the Jurai Family Tree is more of a over-cooked bowl of spaghetti. The artwork is great, with heavy use of computer graphics for the ships and many of the combat scenes. I just loved the pirate Rats and the marks that could not be shown on TV. Warning: The subtitles for the Japanese version IS different from the English version (which I believe is meant to help the hearing impaired). So if you want a direct translation listen to the Japanese audio with the subtitles - it does seem to make more sense too. Keep the pause button ready.
125 minutes of life off the planet Earth - keeping the peace was never so wild! |
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 "Good but not the best" | 2004-05-18 |
| - Reviewed By tweedldum65 |
| Tenchi muyo gxp is a very good show it is very funny especiall when Tenchi's grandmother is around. It is very good, but does not get the five star rating because it has a few slow spots. It gets boring sometimes. The first disk does introduce you to all the characters, and gets the show going so by the second and third disk its all good. This show has very good dubbing which surprised me though because they also made Dragonball Z which had horrible dubbing. Overall this show is good and everyone should buy it. Its very funny and has great characters. |
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