This news is a few days old, but I only saw it now. They announced who is doing the OP and ED.
https://twitter.com/tenchi4th/status/1626405080290447360
https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000003939.000032953.html
I wonder if there's the faintest chance these will have multi-language subs.
0% chance of that.
Haha! I would have thought that too. Man, was I stunned when folks pinged me about this being on CR. I hadn't even heard of a licensing announcement.
My guess is that it's an OVA so it doesn't get a lot of coverage even though this is the "Main" story line
Maybe. But back in the day, FUNimation couldn't even release OVA 3 until the entire thing had released in JP, to prevent Japanese folks from buying the cheaper, English DVDs. I suspect CR has some sort of region-blocking on their website to prevent Japanese folks from watching it here without paying for a physical copy. And CR may have been forced to stay on the low. But that's just me speculating.
Paradise Starting is a pretty awkward title though.
I agree. Paradise Begins would have been better, in my opinion.
the pacing is so much better im excited for this even if it is retreading stuff.
I'm find with retreading. In fact, I would have preferred some additional information for those who've not read the GXP novels.
Just saw it, and overall I liked it.
Likewise.
NGL, even though I've known about it for years. it was squicky seeing a woman who was Seina's surrogate mom his whole life, tell him to his face that she has romantic feelings for him. Yes, I know that it's been established since the beginning that this universe has no incest taboo, but you don't think about it with Ayeka and Sasami because they met and think of Tenchi as more of an Earthling boy that they met than actual family.
I agree 100% with this. Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki was the harem title where I wanted Tenchi to pick a single girl. I remember debating with True Sheol and others about this. Eventually, they convinced me that Tenchi would marry all of the girls, including Sasami. I had a difficult time with all of that. But then from a story perspective, the political marriages made sense. So that caused me to accept the harem aspect. And Sasami being WAY older than she looked, combined with her actually being Tsunami caused me to accept that aspect.
However, even though Kajishima-sensei created a story reason for Tsukiko to be with Seina, I still can't get over the ick factor. It is just about as cringe as Airi wanting to bang her grandson, Tenchi. As you said, Tsukiko was like a mom to Seina. But not only that, she is his mother-in-law. I understand the oyakodon fetish, but whew! What happened to Tsukiko's husband? It has been a while, so I don't remember.
I love how she see's Jovia as an interloper
I really need to read up on Jovia. I didn't realize she'd been reborn/reincarnated multiple times and apparently originated on Earth. I guess it was mentioned in OVA 5? But I don't recall that.
Definitely invested in seeing more of Seina's story, since Tenchi has gone God mode for awhile, I find Seina to be a more interesting protagonist than him tbh.
Other than marrying his harem, Tenchi's story was over in OVA 3. OVA 4 is about Tenchi's dad and step-mom, not Tenchi. OVA 5 was about training Kenshi to go to Geminar, with a side for Tenchi to marry his harem. So yeah, Tenchi's story is over. But Seina's story continues.
It really sucks that the GXP novels won't get animated, nor the Paradise War novels. They should, IMO, providing they are ACCURATE to the source material. But I know Kajishima-sensei doesn't like to cover the same ground twice unless absolutely required (the GXP novels).
Anyway, glad to see CR had the first episode and presumably the series. It is a holiday weekend, so I will try to make time to do a video review. The "Paradise Starting" may be trash, but for the most part, I thought the adaptation was good.
Additional: Is that Masaki for the extra art?
