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Tenchi The Movie
Tenchi In Love
review by Anime Freak
Written by: Ryoe Tuskimura
Directed by: Koji Masunari
Studio: Pioneer
Retail Price: $14.99
Features: Interview with Composer Christopher Franke,
Theatrical Trailer, TV Spots, Production Notes
Specs: 1.85:1 Widescreen, English Dolby Digital 5.1,
Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1, English Subtitles, Japanese
Subtitles, Scene Access, THX-Certified
The merciless criminal Kain has escaped from sub-space
where he has been captured! Kain, who was deprived of his
freedom by the Jurai royal family and Galaxy Police, has
demolished the Galaxy Police headquarters, and attacked the
Jurai King. His next target is Earth!
Around the same time on Earth, Tenchi's house has
suddenly disappeared. What's even worse is that Tenchi's
body is disappearing too! Something must have happened in
the past to Tenchi's mother, Achika! So the gang must now
leave for a journey to the year 1970.
This anime is a great piece of work. If you've seen the
series on TV then you'll love this movie. This is the first
of a three-part trilogy, since it is the first movie made
from the television show they made great strides to impress
the fans with its great artistry, and plot that keeps you
glued to the couch. The characters in the story are
hilarious, with some sadness towards the end. The movie is
full of jokes corny and can be sexual, but Ryoe Tuskimura
(the writer) does a great job keeping the story going and
show the love between Tenchi and his mother who died in the
past. Chistopher Franke, the composer, does a stupendous job
making you feel the love the story shows. Tenchi with his
problems and with six girls, including two who fight over
him all the time, makes this story comical, along with a
evil villain who doesn't need to be seen till the end makes
the climatic battle more enjoyable.
The evil villain in the beginning does something in the
past that involves Tenchi's mother; Tenchi will disappear if
Ryoko, Ayeka, Washu, Kiyone, Mihoshi, and Sasami don't help
him find his mother who died before Tenchi was old enough to
remember her.
The go under cover in a 1970's high school to find and
protect Tenchi's mom, along with getting his dad and mother
to get married. When everything seems to be going well a
weird personc ontinuously follows the group around, the man
looks odd and seems to know something, but what? This is a
great animé comical thriller.
The images are wonderfully drawn; the animation is
immense with wonderful design of the characters and
beautiful scenery shots that help set great backgrounds for
the characters to live in.
This is the first Tenchi Movie is in 5.1 Dolby Digital
quality which made the orchestrated music sound perfect for
each scene. The audio comes out crystal clear, you can even
understand crowds of people in the background.
An Interview with Composer Christopher Franke can
be found in the extras. He talks about how he found the
music for each show, and you see him playing the music to
some of the shots in the movie. They also have the
Theatrical Trailer and TV spots, which are in
Japanese. And the final thing that really stands out is in
the Production Notes. It shows shots of the
characters that are pencil drawn and sketches of the
background, a great thing to go through to see how they map
out all the great scenes.
This Anime is a great DVD to have; this is a movie you
could watch over and over again. It was written perfectly to
capture the viewer. I love this movie. This movie along with
the music makes it a must watch, there is no reason to not
see it as it is as good as any great live action movie.
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