Thinking about how properly several of the other milestone anniversaries this year have been handled (The Digimon 20th anniversary is especially notable, Bandai has been doing everything they need to with it so far but that's going off topic already), I'm surprised that nobody really started a specific discussion about Tenchi's big 2-5 this year yet. That way, we can discuss what we hope is done with the anniversary and so on and so forth. I'll start with my own thoughts.
First of all. If they're doing an anniversary series, it DEFINITELY needs to be something that's part of the actual canon. OVA 5, redo of GXP to add the stuff that Nabeshin cut out / take out the stuff that he forced in, continuation of War on Geminar, or heck, even an anime iteration of Paradise War. The anniversary series needs to be something canonical at this point. Yeah, I'm hyped for the new Pretty Sammy, but I seriously think that if New Sammy is the anniversary series, it's gonna backfire and explode in everyone's face. Remember, the last time an anniversary series was something non-canon, we got Ai... which not only backfired and exploded in everyone's face, but also did so VERY hard. The 10th anniversary, on the other hand, was handled PERFECTLY. We got GXP and OVA 3, albeit GXP had interference from Nabeshin.
As for merchandise. A new artbook or something similar is a must. Maybe new plush and stuff would work, too. Heck, maybe even some kind of video game. I mean, what the video game would end up being if it's purely Tenchi would likely be a visual novel or something similar. However, do keep in mind that many Kadokawa owned properties (Of which Tenchi will be one soon) such as Sword Art Online, Irregular at Magic High School, and so forth have had games done by Bandai Namco (Albeit Irregular only get one in Japan). And something that Bamco is known for every once and a while is crossover stuff... Super Robot Wars being one of those massive crossovers. I bring up the possibility of Tenchi being in SRW for one reason... the latest game in the series, Super Robot Wars V, includes Space Battleship Yamato 2199, which is NOT a super robot franchise. It could happen, especially if we get War on Geminar inclusion.
...yeah, that's all I've got right now. Short version, I've got high hopes for the merchandise, and I'm hoping that whatever anniversary series happens is part of the canon, much like they did with the 10th anniversary. The rest of you are up now. Shoot. :)
Maybe a Tenchi manga done by Kajishima himself? I dunno if he's the kind of guy to do stuff like that but the idea can potentially open the avenue for other things.
Quote from: Monster Man on August 09, 2017, 06:41:10 PM
Maybe a Tenchi manga done by Kajishima himself? I dunno if he's the kind of guy to do stuff like that but the idea can potentially open the avenue for other things.
+1 to you, sir - VERY good option there, one that I didn't even consider. Keep in mind, Kajishima never did a manga for the series. On the other hand, if it's all the anniversary gets... that would actually backfire and explode faster than Ai did. Tenchi started as an anime, so the fanbase is gonna expect something anime. It doesn't have the "adapted from a manga, light novel, and / or video game" card to play that so many other anime franchises do. Doing something like that therefore has no safety net like it does for say a Dragon Ball, Naruto, One Piece, or even Sword Art Online.
I say they should do a new anime AND a new manga, the first to be written by Kajishima. If Kajishima's gonna do a manga, that's awesome. But if they don't do an anime... the 25th anniversary is dead much faster than Ai killed the 20th. Here's to hoping.
How about an anime film that actually takes place within the ova canon!
Quote from: CajunShaun on August 10, 2017, 01:31:59 AM
How about an anime film that actually takes place within the ova canon!
All the good ideas. ALL OF THEM. :getin:
Seriously though... I'm loving these ideas. A manga that is part of the actual canon is something that hasn't happened yet. A movie that is part of the actual canon is also something that hasn't happened yet. So many things they can do. Here's to hoping that Kajishima and Kadokawa's dream team can knock it out of the park. :D
Hentai OVA, Each episode is focused on one of the girls. :ground:
Quote from: Dr.Soviet on August 10, 2017, 08:00:22 PM
Hentai OVA, Each episode is focused on one of the girls. :ground:
yuri ova, eash episode if focused on two of the girls :parrot:
no need for tenchi indeed
Quote from: Dr.Soviet on August 10, 2017, 08:00:22 PM
Hentai OVA, Each episode is focused on one of the girls. :ground:
The Sasami episode would sell like hotcakes. Enough to fund a 26 episode OVA and a movie. :swink:
If there is a Sasami episode set it 100 years in the future. Otherwise nuke from orbit
Quote from: Dr.Soviet on August 10, 2017, 08:00:22 PM
Hentai OVA, Each episode is focused on one of the girls. :ground:
I hate to be the bearer of bad news for the good doctor... but that's no longer a possibility. Yeah, AIC COULD have potentially allowed that (Points at Masquerade, Anata Dake, Agga Rutter, etc), but let's face it... that WON'T happen under Kadokawa's watch.
Quote from: Ricin on August 11, 2017, 11:13:32 AM
If there is a Sasami episode set it 100 years in the future. Otherwise nuke from orbit
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The Kadokawa buyout means that the possibility is already nuked. :smug:
Finally finishing Pretty Sammy Ova which while never happen.
Also a movie about Tenchi's wedding and the honeymoon that happen just after.
an episode where washu invents the greatest vibrator in the galaxy and field tests it on the harem.
Quote from: Monster Man on August 09, 2017, 06:41:10 PM
Maybe a Tenchi manga done by Kajishima himself? I dunno if he's the kind of guy to do stuff like that but the idea can potentially open the avenue for other things.
I'm wishing he teamed up with up with someone back in the 90s, where the writer/artist churns out the bread and butter stories but followed the big picture overall.
Why not get Okuda to do a new manga? He doesn't seem to be doing anything other than Tenchi stuff right now anyway.
Quote from: Dr.Soviet on August 10, 2017, 08:00:22 PM
Hentai OVA, Each episode is focused on one of the girls. :ground:
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I'd love a film on Tenchi getting married, if they did that I'd forgive them having the next ova series about his kids.
What are the odds of this going on?
Quote from: Tenchifan30 on September 03, 2017, 08:53:20 PM
I'd love a film on Tenchi getting married, if they did that I'd forgive them having the next ova series about his kids.
What are the odds of this going on?
^ THIS. So, much, THIS. Truthfully, the odds of another movie finally might be higher than we think, given that the anniversary's coming up coupled with the fact that there have only been 3 Tenchi movies... the last one being all the way back in 1999. We're far overdue is what I'm saying, and given how well OVA 4 has been with sales, I think it's high time that AIC cashes in Money in the Bank. :)
Quote from: Tenchifan30 on September 03, 2017, 08:53:20 PM
I'd love a film on Tenchi getting married, if they did that I'd forgive them having the next ova series about his kids.
What are the odds of this going on?
On this note, what if they made a standalone film capturing the older essence of Tenchi before all this convoluted stuff started clogging things up?
It could start all slice-of-lifey before diving into the space opera aspect of the series. Plays out like Trigun Badlands Rumble where it has no bearing in the grand scheme of things, making it pure and simple fanservice; radiating that OVA 1 feeling.
Is AIC even capable of making a movie right now? They seem to have a lot of stuff in the works and their output has been pretty low. Since November of last year they've only released ova 4. They just crowd funded an anime, there's the Saber Marionette J sequel they announced a few years ago, and possibly ova 5. They should just let ova 5 be the anniversary series and maybe release an artbook or something instead of forcing something out for the anniversary. When they make things just for the sake of the anniversary you get garbage like the Digimon Tri films.
Quote from: Ryo-Okay on September 06, 2017, 11:51:38 AM
Is AIC even capable of making a movie right now? They seem to have a lot of stuff in the works and their output has been pretty low. Since November of last year they've only released ova 4. They just crowd funded an anime, there's the Saber Marionette J sequel they announced a few years ago, and possibly ova 5. They should just let ova 5 be the anniversary series and maybe release an artbook or something instead of forcing something out for the anniversary. When they make things just for the sake of the anniversary you get garbage like the Digimon Tri films.
-Megazone 23 reboot, yeah, that's crowdfunded. Can't argue against that fact.
-The Saber Marionette J sequel. As we've noticed, nothing ever came out of that despite the announcement happening a few years ago. I seriously believe that it's safe to say at this point that it's been scrapped.
-Yes, OVA 5 can (And likely will) be the anniversary season. But the point is, if the only focus in the OVA itself is Tenchi's kids plus Kenshi, people are gonna complain about us having Nobuyuki and Rea's wedding focused on not once, but TWICE, while Tenchi's wedding gets the Willy Wonka treatment (YOU GET NOTHING!). We've already seen at least 2 people here on this very board get up in arms about it (Based Fap and Tenchifan30), and quite frankly, I don't blame them because that IS a legit problem. The main hero's wedding doesn't get focused on while his dad's does not once, but TWICE? COME ON NOW! ...anyway, the idea is that the movie can cover Tenchi's wedding which would allow OVA 5 to carry out its intended goal. And given that right now all AIC is doing is the Megazone reboot and Tenchi, combined with Kadokawa giving them a financial boost... it's actually more plausible than some may think on paper.
-Digimon Adventure Tri being garbage, yeah, agreed there too. (But that's going off topic because that's not in AIC's jurisdiction.)
I throw my hat in with the disappointed fans. I WANTED TENCHI AND HIS GIRLS! NOT TENCHI AND HIS... uh... girls.
I'm not holding my breath for Tenchi's wedding or, more importantly, the setup to his wedding. I'll still hope though.
I'm disappointed, but I'm sure I'll still enjoy it. I'd rather this oav5 than no oav5.
Quote from: Y_Anthony_Who on September 06, 2017, 03:19:23 PM
I throw my hat in with the disappointed fans. I WANTED TENCHI AND HIS GIRLS! NOT TENCHI AND HIS... uh... girls.
I'm not holding my breath for Tenchi's wedding or, more importantly, the setup to his wedding. I'll still hope though.
I'm disappointed, but I'm sure I'll still enjoy it. I'd rather this oav5 than no oav5.
+1 to this man. Yes, it would be disappointing if they skip Tenchi's wedding (Which I hope they don't skip that, especially given they shoved Nobuyuki's wedding down our throat TWICE... hence why I am in agreement with those who want to see Tenchi's wedding), but I have the same overall mindset as Anthony. An OVA 5 like that is better than us getting nothing for the anniversary at all, or worse... another case of a non canonical anniversary season run by Nabeshin. *coughaicough*
Quote from: WarOmnimon on September 06, 2017, 03:52:19 PM
Quote from: Y_Anthony_Who on September 06, 2017, 03:19:23 PM
I throw my hat in with the disappointed fans. I WANTED TENCHI AND HIS GIRLS! NOT TENCHI AND HIS... uh... girls.
I'm not holding my breath for Tenchi's wedding or, more importantly, the setup to his wedding. I'll still hope though.
I'm disappointed, but I'm sure I'll still enjoy it. I'd rather this oav5 than no oav5.
+1 to this man. Yes, it would be disappointing if they skip Tenchi's wedding (Which I hope they don't skip that, especially given they shoved Nobuyuki's wedding down our throat TWICE... hence why I am in agreement with those who want to see Tenchi's wedding), but I have the same overall mindset as Anthony. An OVA 5 like that is better than us getting nothing for the anniversary at all, or worse... another case of a non canonical anniversary season run by Nabeshin. *coughaicough*
QUACK EXPERIMENTAL PUNI PUNI ANIME TENCHI DAIKON MUYO BROTHERS SAGA !
... I'd watch it...
I will like to see one project to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Tenchi Muyo. The first project can be a spinoff like Tenchi Universe. The spinoff start out like when Tenchi is starting high school. Ryoko happens to be one of the childhood friends of Tenchi's . Washu is Ryoko's mother. Washu is a Galaxy Academy professor who had chosen to stay on Earth. She is one the friends of Tenchi's parents. Tenchi's mother had died when Tenchi was young. Oddly, Tenchi has a kid sister who happens to be a tomboy.
Tenchi's maternal grandfather Katsuhito was supposed to be the Crown Prince of Jurai, but had decided not ascend the Jurain throne due to his mix heritage, and his brother having a greater talent of dealing with Jurain politics. Azusa is the name of Katsuhito's brother and the present King of Jurai. Katsuhito had decided to make a promise to Azusa for a betrothal between one of his grandsons, and one of Azusa's daughters. The name of the daughter who is betroth to Tenchi is Ayeka. Ayeka and her sister Sasami are sent to Earth as part of one of the Galaxy Academy's projects to prepare Earth for Contact.
The Kiyone and Mihoshi of this spinoff are great Galaxy Police officers. After working on a long project, Kiyone and Mihoshi are assigned to be two of the bodyguards of Ayeka and Sasami. Mihoshi is a very good and very intelligent detective who is often mistaken to be a dumb blonde. Mihoshi will often use the mistake as part of her job. For Mihoshi's assignment as one of Ayeka's and Sasami's bodyguard is a Phys. Ed. teacher. For Kiyone, her assignment is focus on being a high school student. Kiyone is not upset being one of Ayeka's and Sasami's bodyguards. The ideal of being a high school student for Kiyone is mix. Oddly, Kiyone sees her job as a challenge. Before coming to Earth, Kiyone finds out that she has been betrothed to the son of one of her parents' friends. Oddly, the name of the son's parents is Nobuyuki.
For this spinoff, Tenchi seems to be the main protagonist in the first episode. While Tenchi is the male protagonist, he is not the main protagonist. The spinoff's main protagonist is the female protagonist. Like Ryoko, the female protagonist is one of Tenchi's childhood friends. My name for the main protagonist is Hotaru Masaki. She is one of Tenchi's cousins. Tenchi and Hotaru are aware of their betrothal since childhood. Hotaru is well aware of Tenchi having other fiancees. Hotaru's and Tenchi's feelings for each other are very strong.
For Tenchi, he is only aware of a few major things about his clan the Masaki Family. Tenchi knows that he is a member of the Masaki Family's central branch. Oddly, Tenchi starts learning about the true Masaki Family history is the first episode. He meets his second, third, and fourth fiancees in the first episode. The fourth fiancee turns out to be Ryoko.
Now, I did wished that Masaki Kajishima had done a new spinoff for the Tenchi Muyo's 25th anniversity. The spinoff can be a lot like Universe. Imagine Kiyone as a high school student and Mihoshi as a Phys. Ed teacher.
:chill: :how: :omgwtf: :shyboy: :shygirl:
Alright, so instead of speculation, this post will be my thoughts on how they should approach the 25th anniversary overall, given what we know is happening. Specifically the fact that a Pretty Sammy reboot and OVA 5 are both coming up. First, let's look at how AIC handled the 10th anniversary. That's when we got Tenchi Muyo! GXP (As a TV series) and then OVA 3 in a 1-2 punch.
-GXP ran from April 2002 to September 2002.
-OVA 3 then started in September 2003, ending in March 2005.
That ran the course of 4 years for a single anniversary celebration. If they do the same thing with the Sammy reboot and OVA 5, we'll get a decent amount of content spread across a decent amount of time like that. This is of course provided that Sammy ends up being a TV series.
As long as we don't get Round 2 of the 20th (2 years late and then "You want OVA 4? TOO BAD HERE AI @#$% YOU!"), I'm sure we'll be fine. :)
Quote from: WarOmnimon on September 17, 2017, 07:48:32 AM
Alright, so instead of speculation, this post will be my thoughts on how they should approach the 25th anniversary overall, given what we know is happening. Specifically the fact that a Pretty Sammy reboot and OVA 5 are both coming up. First, let's look at how AIC handled the 10th anniversary. That's when we got Tenchi Muyo! GXP (As a TV series) and then OVA 3 in a 1-2 punch.
-GXP ran from April 2002 to September 2002.
-OVA 3 then started in September 2003, ending in March 2005.
That ran the course of 4 years for a single anniversary celebration. If they do the same thing with the Sammy reboot and OVA 5, we'll get a decent amount of content spread across a decent amount of time like that. This is of course provided that Sammy ends up being a TV series.
As long as we don't get Round 2 of the 20th (2 years late and then "You want OVA 4? TOO BAD HERE AI @#$% YOU!"), I'm sure we'll be fine. :)
heres how id do ova 5, I'd have part of each episode open with the -if- setting, every episode one of the girls is focused on and her children and then it flashes back to how they found out they had to bite the bullet and marry tenchi, and how they reacted to it and what happened between them and tenchi that led up to it. Resolving each of their story lines.
like ayekas covering how she eventualy resolved to forgive airi and move onto tenchi which was beifly shown in GXP.
or like how mihoshi's mental issue came to light and how washu fixed it and she was able to tell him her feelings.
or washu getting over her issues with parenthood and telling tenchi everything.
and noike could have an episode where FINALY GOES BACK IN FUCKING TIME BECAUSE OMG THAT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO WRAP UP THEN EVEN THE MARRIAGE OMG IF HE DOESNT CLOST THAT LOOSE END I SWEAR.
and the last episode would be sasami since she has almost no issues to resolve will be the last to have kids... so her episode could be short so that the wedding could happen at the end followed by a prologe like what happened after many years into the future, in time flashes and then eventualy what happened to tenchi long in the future when every one else was gone, because kajishima has already set up that tenchi is immortal and even the choushin are not. he eventualy will have to deal with the loss of members of his harem. it would be nice if in the end they all get absorbed into ryoko since she can assimilate with people and through ryoko they would be come a goddess like tenchi and they live forever all of them.
also id have dr. clay crash their wedding, since he has the PKW's and escaped in GXP 14, he can destroy the light hawk wings. he seems like he would get cocky and try to ruin washu's wedding just because he thinks he can.
I would love Dr. Clay to come back as a Kagato level big bad. Personally I don't think Noike's time travel is that important to show. We can assume one of the Choushin just sent her back. I mean it'd be cool to see exactly how but maybe that could be in a doujin.
Though I agree that I really just want to see Tenchi learn about the girls and heal their troubled souls with the power of love!
Also, doesn't Tenchi make everyone he cares about immortal too? Like on accident? Seina was all gung-ho about an existential Lovecraftian nightmare scenario, saying stuff about how it won't be so bad if they're all together or something.
to be honest I am not sure half of what I read in that section seemed to be everyone around me is imortal and the other was only I'm imortal and everyone's going to die except me and I'll be fucking trapped in this demention alone forever. actually the majority leaned that way. I honestly need a Japanese person to clarify that part
Pretty sammy has come into crowd-funding but it isn't Kickstarter.
https://twitter.com/ryuga/status/910739186793070592
https://camp-fire.jp/projects/view/26931
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Quote from: Eboshi on September 21, 2017, 03:49:58 AM
Pretty sammy has come into crowd-funding but it isn't Kickstarter.
https://twitter.com/ryuga/status/910739186793070592
https://camp-fire.jp/projects/view/26931
Can Americans donate money?
Quote from: Dr.Soviet on September 21, 2017, 05:19:53 AM
Quote from: Eboshi on September 21, 2017, 03:49:58 AM
Pretty sammy has come into crowd-funding but it isn't Kickstarter.
https://twitter.com/ryuga/status/910739186793070592
https://camp-fire.jp/projects/view/26931
Can Americans donate money?
Unfortunately it can not be done. That cloud funding is very domestic.
It is a tweet of the director of AIC, I taught him a kick starter by retweet. I can not understand his preference at all, but it will be meaningful for you to opinion.
*Looks at the crowdfunding page*
We've got initial information as well as Sasami and Misao's new designs. Sasami has short hair in civilian form, but she has her usual hairstyle as Sammy. Definitely seems like they're going with the magical girl motif moreso than ever here. It also appears that the following characters are gonna show up...
-Sasami Kawai / Pretty Sammy
-Ryo-Ohki
-Misao Amano / Pixy Misa
-Tsunami
-Lamia
-Rumiya
-Tenchi
-Ryoko
-Ayeka
-Mihoshi
-Kiyone
-Washu
And one new character who has a design sketch, but they didn't note her name (She's listed with question marks). They also show rough sketches for Sammy, Misa, Washu, Mihoshi, and Tenchi's designs. For the most part, the character roles appear to be the same as in the original OVAs, but interestingly enough, Tenchi, Ryoko, and Ayeka's roles are noted as question marks, which means they aren't revealing them yet. Different roles maybe?
But yeah, it's confirmed that they're bringing Kiyone (Makibi) back!
In Japan, Sasami's new hairstyle on Sasami (Pretty-Sammy) gets many negative claim... :Sas1:
And clumsy and domestic corporate activities of AIC seems to be because the leader have meaningless confidence.
But the ships that the captain has ever boarded has sunk or is sinking.
Quote from: Eboshi on September 22, 2017, 01:44:38 AM
In Japan, Sasami's new hairstyle on Pretty-Sammy gets many negative claim... :Sas1:
And clumsy and domestic corporate activities of AIC seems to be because the leader have meaningless confidence.
But the ships that the captain has ever boarded has sunk or is sinking.
its not that bad.
Quote from: Fap_fapperson on September 22, 2017, 03:02:02 AM
Quote from: Eboshi on September 22, 2017, 01:44:38 AM
In Japan, Sasami's new hairstyle on Pretty-Sammy gets many negative claim... :Sas1:
And clumsy and domestic corporate activities of AIC seems to be because the leader have meaningless confidence.
But the ships that the captain has ever boarded has sunk or is sinking.
its not that bad.
As it is still in the planning stage, that short hair may change as well.
Wow Rumiya and Ramia return. Is that a sequel or just a new version of Pretty Sammy? The two adults on the group pics who seems to be Sasami's parents look like the one in TV Pretty Sammy version but Rumiya's bird form is purple likes the OVA version so I am confused. :duck:
Quote from: Gaston on September 22, 2017, 05:29:35 AMWow Rumiya and Ramia return. Is that a sequel or just a new version of Pretty Sammy? The two adults on the group pics who seems to be Sasami's parents look like the one in TV Pretty Sammy version but Rumiya's bird form is purple likes the OVA version so I am confused. :duck:
According to ANN, it appears to be a sequel to the OVAs, with Sasami and Misao now in middle school (Sasami is noted to be 14 years old).
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-09-21/pretty-sammy-sequel-project-starts-crowdfunding-for-promo-video/.121678
Quote from: WarOmnimon on September 22, 2017, 06:40:19 AM
Quote from: Gaston on September 22, 2017, 05:29:35 AMWow Rumiya and Ramia return. Is that a sequel or just a new version of Pretty Sammy? The two adults on the group pics who seems to be Sasami's parents look like the one in TV Pretty Sammy version but Rumiya's bird form is purple likes the OVA version so I am confused. :duck:
According to ANN, it appears to be a sequel to the OVAs, with Sasami and Misao now in middle school (Sasami is noted to be 14 years old).
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-09-21/pretty-sammy-sequel-project-starts-crowdfunding-for-promo-video/.121678
If that a sequel, why her parents looks different?
Quote from: Gaston on September 22, 2017, 08:08:59 AMIf that a sequel, why her parents looks different?
Change of art direction. I mean, they changed Sasami, Misa, Sammy, and Misao's looks (Sasami moreso than the others given the new hairstyle), so yeah, it's gonna be applied to the other characters, too. Common sense basically. :babble:
There is a little announcement.
The Japanese Doujin club "Kitakirisuzume (キタキリスズメ)" is seeking contributors of Doujin regarding "Kajishima's works" to publish at Comiket 93 (C 93). Manga, Fan art, columns, comments, and research results and so on. Sexual things are forbidden.
If there are a lot of entries, I will ask the boss how many people can participate.
https://twitter.com/tenchi_zin/status/900483052106797057
http://twipla.jp/events/273981
If you are interested and have a question please contact me.
I am considering whether to ask for consultation also at DeviantArt.
Today is the 25th anniversary of Tenchimuyo! Ryo-ohki!
Tenchimuyo! Ryo-ohki OVA1 episode1 released on 25 September 1992.
Thanks and blessings to all fans and officials and Kajishima Masaki-san!
Quote from: Eboshi on September 25, 2017, 01:17:12 AM
Today is the 25th anniversary of Tenchimuyo! Ryo-ohki!
Tenchimuyo! Ryo-ohki OVA1 episode1 released on 25 September 1992.
Thanks and blessings to all fans and officials and Kajishima Masaki-san!
It's hard to think that the series is this old now! The SNES was Nintendo's hottest product in 1992, George H. W. Bush was president, and the Soviet Union hadn't been dissolved for more than a year yet.
"Somebody should do something about this!"
(http://www.etherella.com/ryokomuyo/blackwidow.JPG)
Man, 25 years, that's amazing, I was only 5 at the time, geez where does the time go. I wouldn't watch anime until 3 years later, when I caught an episode of Dragonball at my grandparents house. Hell, I'm impressed that I can remember something so random from my childhood
YTV (the Canadian version of Nickalodeon), started showing a lot of anime in the mid-'90's, but I had to catch a lot "older" shows like Tenchi by going online.
Man, watching anime is different nowadays, but TM is probably still the king of harem anime. DxD and To-Love-Ru may be raunchier, but they wouldn't exist without Tenchi.
Happy birthday Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki!
I love you Kajishima Masaki!
And it is the exact date of the Tenchi Muyo! 25th anniversary. WE MADE IT, BOYS. :D
Quote from: GP cadet 87 on September 25, 2017, 02:01:38 PMMan, watching anime is different nowadays, but TM is probably still the king of harem anime. DxD and To-Love-Ru may be raunchier, but they wouldn't exist without Tenchi.
My. Point. EXACTLY. Heck, ANY harem anime has to thank Tenchi for being able to come into being. Not just stuff like DxD and To-Love-Ru. Even the more subtle harem anime such as Negima and so forth had their roots planted on this day 25 years ago.
And let's not just stop there, let's look at how Tenchi is still going 25 years later. Even though specific plans for the anniversary haven't been announced yet, this is probably the best milestone that we've gotten since the 10th (Which as we all know bought us GXP and OVA 3). OVA 4 just finished up, a sequel to the original Pretty Sammy OVAs is coming up, and we know OVA 5 is also coming up. MUCH better than what the 20th got (Looks at Ai, sticks his tongue out, and looks away immediately).
Here's to 25 more years, folks. :goodman:
Quote from: GP cadet 87 on September 25, 2017, 02:01:38 PM
Man, 25 years, that's amazing, I was only 5 at the time
I wasn't even born yet.
Congratulations to Masaki Kajishima and our long-lived Tenchi Muyo community then. :)
Happy birthday to my favorite anime.
Only other harem series I like so much is DXD who wouldn't exist probably without Tenchi.
Quote from: Ryo-Okay on September 25, 2017, 03:53:04 PM
Quote from: GP cadet 87 on September 25, 2017, 02:01:38 PM
Man, 25 years, that's amazing, I was only 5 at the time
I wasn't even born yet.
My brother wouldn't be born for another 4 years. Man, y'know, Tenchi is one of the very few early '90's anime I'm still a fan of. Captain Tylor, Dragonball, Nadia:Secret of Blue Water, Bubblegum Crisis. There's so much stuff released every year that it's harder and harder to watch older anime
Quote from: GP cadet 87 on September 25, 2017, 11:30:31 PM
Quote from: Ryo-Okay on September 25, 2017, 03:53:04 PM
Quote from: GP cadet 87 on September 25, 2017, 02:01:38 PM
Man, 25 years, that's amazing, I was only 5 at the time
I wasn't even born yet.
My brother wouldn't be born for another 4 years. Man, y'know, Tenchi is one of the very few early '90's anime I'm still a fan of. Captain Tylor, Dragonball, Nadia:Secret of Blue Water, Bubblegum Crisis. There's so much stuff released every year that it's harder and harder to watch older anime
I kind of agree. I also Loved Tylor. Seina feels like the opposite of Tylor. Tylor was the luckiest idiot in space. Seina is smart and has bad luck. It seems like they would have a lot of fun together though
Quote from: Dr.Soviet on September 25, 2017, 06:13:17 AM
The SNES was Nintendo's hottest product in 1992, George H. W. Bush was president, and the Soviet Union hadn't been dissolved for more than a year yet.
Times were relatively good then.
And further congrats to everyone who helped with the initial scanlation.. what am I saying, this thing debuted per viam anime,
subs of the core Ova 1. Speaking of translations, why it's oh so important, you might miss an absolute gem, like 85 / 101 things about Tenchi:
http://www.uselesstenchi.org/Forum/index.php?topic=289.0
A cat called Chibi appeared in ep.1 but was never seen again. It was used by Ryo-ohki.
More precisely it was assimilated into Ryo-oh-ki. Therefore. Ryo-oh-ki is Chibi and Chibi is Ryo-oh-ki at the same time.
Tenchi found Chibi on the first day of his summer holiday (ie, just before ep.1 starts), lying near the steps and nearly dead.
He took care of it, which recovered by the time ep.1 started. But it was Ryoko in her astral body who really saved Chibi.
She felt so sorry for Tenchi that she used her energy to keep it alive. When Ryoko eventually revived completely, she had to withdraw her energy from Chibi and allow it to die.
She did her best by assimilating it into the second generation Ryo-oh-ki. Tenchi, having seen Ryoko holding Chibi's bell in her hand (ep.1), may think Chibi was Ryoko herself.
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i have a copy of the original translation on my site its kinda rare these days. btw theres a whole 50ish or so pages of early conceptual stuff we dont have translated in that book
Quote from: Fap_fapperson on September 26, 2017, 11:37:05 PM
i have a copy of the original translation on my site its kinda rare these days. btw theres a whole 50ish or so pages of early conceptual stuff we dont have translated in that book
According to my scanlation of said pages, image 7 onward has a surprising reveal: :woop:
(https://i.imgur.com/Ss4gefg.jpg)
Saitama vs Ryoko. Who would win?
Quote from: Ricin on September 29, 2017, 06:51:01 PM
Saitama vs Ryoko. Who would win?
My guess is Saitama is part Quincy, judging by when he had hair.
A fight would look something like this:
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dont forget ryoko has become the series punching bag. she always one hit ko's after ovs one
Quote from: Fap_fapperson on September 29, 2017, 10:02:04 PM
dont forget ryoko has become the series punching bag. she always one hit ko's after ovs one
That was only cuz she was mass preggers
Alright, so they updated the Campfire page for the new Pretty Sammy with some new info. We now know who the staff working on this thing is gonna be and we have some more character designs... one in particular which indicates a change of roles somewhere.
Main Staff (Reference page - https://camp-fire.jp/updates/view/38538#main)
-The character designer is Kenji Terao, whose previous works include the Love Live! series and Princess Principal. We have clear shots of Sammy and Misao's faces here, too.
-The director is Yuuta Takamura, whose previous works include Lyrical Nanoha ViVid and Non Non Byori Repeat. Given Nanoha's reputation among magical girl fans, I've got serious high hopes now.
-The story is being written by Aoidai Ishikawa. It looks like this is someone completely new to the business, with the page noting that this individual is a young writer that AIC has high expectations for.
TLDR Some heavy hitters are working on NEW! Sammy (Especially Terao and Takamura), and yeah, Nabeshin thankfully isn't even remotely near this thing. Which is good because the original iteration of Sammy didn't have him involved in the first place (Magical Project S, however, did). I guess that's our confirmation that AIC booted him out after Ai Tenchi Muyo!, much like Saban booted Johnathan Tzachor out after Power Rangers Megaforce (Remember, both Ai and Megaforce were anniversary seasons that weren't received well by the fans).
Character Designs (https://camp-fire.jp/updates/view/39290#main)
We've got Tsunami, Ramia, and Ayeka's designs. And interestingly enough, Ayeka appears to be wearing the Julyhelm robes. In the original Pretty Sammy, which we know this is a sequel to... she was a regular high school student. That's quite the shakeup. Now I understand why Tenchi, Ryoko, and Ayeka's roles are listed as unknown (Question marks), because they've been completely changed up compared to the original.
This had my curiosity since it was first announced / teased several months prior... but now it has my attention. LET'S GO! :parrot:
QuoteAnd interestingly enough, Ayeka appears to be wearing the Julyhelm robes.
Just like in MPS, where she was Romio..
Quote from: Harls on October 16, 2017, 10:37:53 AM
Just like in MPS, where she was Romio..
Precisely my thought. But she's referred to as Ayeka rather than Romio, which leaves more questions than answers (At least for now). And Ryoko's name was also different in MPS (Oryo). This confirms that things just got VERY interesting. We know this is a sequel to the OVAs rather than MPS, yet MPS stuff is showing up (Albeit Romio and Oryo have their usual names of Ayeka and Ryoko). I'm starting to think that this is either going to lead to a continuity migraine at some point, or maybe, just MAYBE, Ayeka ends up somehow becoming a part of Julyhelm's camp. And we still haven't seen Ryoko's design, so yeah.
(Joke - If this ends up being continuity migraine stuff, I'll just blame Kamen Rider Decade as everyone else does in these cases and use that as my explanation. :P )
So that a sequel to the tv version or what? The two continuities meating together would makes sense, but knowing AIC records to makes their great anime likes El Hazard or Tenchi Muyo turning into shit, they probably just fusion the two show together and don't care about continuity sense.
Quote from: Gaston on October 16, 2017, 12:33:55 PM
So that a sequel to the tv version or what? The two continuities meating together would makes sense, but knowing AIC records to makes their great anime likes El Hazard or Tenchi Muyo turning into shit, they probably just fusion the two show together and don't care about continuity sense.
Well, that's the thing. It looks like a continuation of the Pretty Sammy OVA rather than Magical Project S (TV). For starters, the roles of Washu, Mihoshi, and Kiyone appear to be the same as what they were in the OVAs. And then there's the fact that Ayeka and Ryoko are noted to be named, well, Ayeka and Ryoko rather than Romio and Oryo. If they had used the Romio and Oryo names, that combined with Ramia being around would be a dead ringer that this was a sequel to the TV series... but they didn't. And the revealed roles for the others (Sasami, Misao, Washu, Mihoshi, Kiyone) match the OVA moreso than they do the TV series.
You know what, given the response, there's already a continuity migraine, so I'm just gonna bust Narutaki out anyway. ONORE DIKEIDO!
(https://i.imgur.com/fZ3bHTP.jpg)
(But hey... at least Nabeshin isn't involved.)
The Decadence :rad:
Hopefully it will have more update that would make thing clear. After all, it is AIC. Did they ever fuck up something?!? :shepicide:
Quote from: Gaston on October 16, 2017, 06:26:08 PM
Hopefully it will have more update that would make thing clear. After all, it is AIC. Did they ever fuck up something?!? :shepicide:
In terms of Tenchi, I can name Tenchi in Tokyo, Tenchi Forever, Tenchi Muyo! GXP, and Ai Tenchi Muyo! that all got busted up somehow... but let's face it, those screwups were more on Nabeshin and / or Negishi than they were AIC as a whole. The good news is that neither of them are anywhere near NEW! Pretty Sammy, and OVA 4 turned out nicely, so I'm not worried about it.
That, and when you've got a competent director that worked on something as well known and praised as Lyrical Nanoha working on this, I have confidence that this will turn out to be at least mediocre, if not great. It's not gonna be a pile of steaming you know what is what I'm saying, and that's why I'm excited despite the potential continuity migraine.
Quote from: WaitoKon on October 16, 2017, 02:57:34 PM
The Decadence :rad:
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Well, at least around here it is lesser used, given that I don't know of too many around these parts who are also Kamen Rider fans... but you know what I meant. :)
I will like to have another spinoff to the series. The new series can be a composite of Tenchi Muyo Ryo-Ohki and Tenchi Universe. In my ideal spinoff, Mihoshi is a smart detective who is often mistaken by many to be like the Universe's Mihoshi. The mistake by many people is a result of the spinoff Mihoshi's carefree view of life. Mihoshi is smart enough to use the mistake to her advantage.
:christ: :how: :popcorn:
I agree takahata, that would be a nice change. Imagine Mihoshi laying claim to the entire solar system and bumping Sirius XM, all the other GXP patrols re-routed through her tinkering.
So this what we've got to deal with Hu? Guess they don't care about the fan base that got the series so popular in the first place. I never liked this Ova series or Tv series of this character so boo :/
Quote from: Tenchifan30 on October 18, 2017, 11:13:38 AM
I never liked this Ova series or Tv series of this character so boo :/
Mihoshi's character? What about the huge reveals in OVA 3?
Quote from: Tenchifan30 on October 18, 2017, 11:13:38 AM
So this what we've got to deal with Hu? Guess they don't care about the fan base that got the series so popular in the first place. I never liked this Ova series or Tv series of this character so boo :/
We got a troll now or somethin?
Quote from: takahata on October 17, 2017, 11:03:56 PM
I will like to have another spinoff to the series. The new series can be a composite of Tenchi Muyo Ryo-Ohki and Tenchi Universe. In my ideal spinoff, Mihoshi is a smart detective who is often mistaken by many to be like the Universe's Mihoshi. The mistake by many people is a result of the spinoff Mihoshi's carefree view of life. Mihoshi is smart enough to use the mistake to her advantage.
:christ: :how: :popcorn:
We need a pure evil Mihoshi who is smart enough to utilize her own abilities for universal supremacy/genocide.
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Quote from: Y_Anthony_Who on October 18, 2017, 03:17:28 PM
Quote from: Tenchifan30 on October 18, 2017, 11:13:38 AM
So this what we've got to deal with Hu? Guess they don't care about the fan base that got the series so popular in the first place. I never liked this Ova series or Tv series of this character so boo :/
We got a troll now or somethin?
Not sure if trolling, or he completely missed the fact that we're also getting OVA 5 as recently confirmed by the man himself (Kajishima). :\ With that being said, I seriously believe that AIC will be handling this the same way they did the 10th anniversary. Spinoff first (The 10th anniversary kicked off with GXP), and then OVA 5 later (OVA 3 episode 1 released not long after GXP's run ended).
And let's face it. Rather a new Pretty Sammy than letting Negishi (Who I must remind you all isn't anywhere near NEW! Sammy) do another AU for another anniversary that would cause the franchise to almost completely crash and burn like Ai did for the 20th, right? Say what you want about OVA 4 not being the anniversary season, but at least it helped make sure that the 25th anniversary would be stable and not fall off course and get THE worst received AU since Shin / Tokyo like the 20th did. Would you want a repeat of that for 2 straight anniversaries?
...didn't think so. Count your blessings, man. If you're not down with a new Pretty Sammy, look for the light at the end of the tunnel. It's called OVA 5. At least AIC is showing at minimum a semi-decent amount of competence this time.
The Pretty Sammy crowdfunding is crashing pretty hard. It's only at 5% of its goal after a month and a few weeks. With only 30 days left it's not looking so good.
Quote from: Ryo-Okay on November 08, 2017, 08:55:09 AM
The Pretty Sammy crowdfunding is crashing pretty hard. It's only at 5% of its goal after a month and a few weeks. With only 30 days left it's not looking so good.
People have fucking shit tastes these days so... :emot-commissar:
Quote from: Tensami on November 08, 2017, 10:34:39 AM
Quote from: Ryo-Okay on November 08, 2017, 08:55:09 AM
The Pretty Sammy crowdfunding is crashing pretty hard. It's only at 5% of its goal after a month and a few weeks. With only 30 days left it's not looking so good.
People have fucking shit tastes these days so... :emot-commissar:
My bigger concern is the fact that those fans are willing to just throw the Tenchi Muyo! 25th anniversary to the wolves after the Tenchi Muyo! 20th anniversary failed. And all in favor of the Megazone reboot... when it isn't even Megazone's year for an anniversary commemoration. Keeping in mind that the crowdfunding is only open to Japanese fans, of which OVA 4 was tailored for... I honestly don't know what to say right now. I don't know if I want to be angry at those fans for causing not one, but TWO Tenchi anniversaries in a row to completely fall apart (Granted, the 20th failing was on Negishi, not on the fans), or to just be sad. ESPECIALLY considering that we don't know when OVA 5 will even get started given Kajishima's comments. After seeing this, I hope that Kadokawa just says "@#$% it" and instead of giving AIC financial boosts like was said before just completely buys AIC out to save the fans from another disaster. In fact, as of this very moment, I no longer trust AIC to handle Tenchi properly... and coming off of OVA 4 (Which I liked) with OVA 5 already confirmed, it is an absolute SHAME that I have to say that.
Yes, I know that Kadokawa is coming under a bit of fire lately because of some stuff involving Kemono Friends, but that's not really a problem in my eyes given that there's only one franchise involved in that controversy, coupled with the fact that they've handled their other stuff consistently at all times in recent years. I'd definitely trust them to handle everything Tenchi over AIC at this point, hence the new signature pic (That's a Chris Jericho SAVE_US.Y2J reference, of course).
Do most people care all that much about these anniversaries? I certainly don't. I can't really blame people for not tossing money at this. AIC is asking people to fund a promo video with no guarantee that an anime will actually get made.
Quote from: Ryo-Okay on November 09, 2017, 08:49:08 PM
Do most people care all that much about these anniversaries? I certainly don't. I can't really blame people for not tossing money at this. AIC is asking people to fund a promo video with no guarantee that an anime will actually get made.
I know some people around here really like pretty sammy but, would it do well in this day and age?
Quote from: Ryo-Okay on November 09, 2017, 08:49:08 PMDo most people care all that much about these anniversaries? I certainly don't. I can't really blame people for not tossing money at this. AIC is asking people to fund a promo video with no guarantee that an anime will actually get made.
My. Point. EXACTLY. Especially the crowdfunding. The problem is that the Tenchi 20th anniversary failed (All it got was Ai which completely bombed), and the 25th was actually succeeding (We got OVA 4 which episode 1 alone outsold Ai in its entirety)... but then AIC put the sudden brakes on that HYPE TRAIN. This is exactly why as I said above, Kadokawa seriously needs to suck it up and buy AIC out completely instead of throwing them additional funds so that stuff can actually get done. AIC is preventing Tenchi from succeeding right now, and the fact that their crowdfunding tactic might mean we get nothing until OVA 5 (Which Kajishima doesn't even know when that will happen) is definitely AIC trying to put the brakes on the momentum they actually started. That's why I no longer trust them to be in charge of Tenchi as of last night when I first saw that the Pretty Sammy reboot / sequel only has 1 month left and hasn't even hit 5%. Kadokawa can solve that, given how consistent they are with everything they do... but they have to axe the middleman (In this case the middleman is AIC) first so to speak.
As for the anniversary stuff, I certainly DO care. When an anniversary fails and does so HARD (Such as the Tenchi 20th and Power Rangers 20th), I want to see the franchise in question recover HUGE during or before the next one. Power Rangers did so already - as soon as Megaforce / Super Megaforce failed, Saban axed Johnathan Tzachor completely and then bought in Judd Lynn to handle Dino Charge / Dino Supercharge and Ninja Steel / Super Ninja Steel, which are MUCH better than Megaforce... and oh, Super Ninja Steel is going to be the anniversary season. That, and we got the new movie this year which a few people actually liked. PR made a quick recovery. Tenchi, not so much. We didn't get a recovery until OVA 4 started in 2016... right next to the 25th anniversary. And the damage was doubled because Ai came 2 years AFTER the 20th anniversary. At least OVA 4 started right before this year and therefore can be considered the anniversary season.
Quote from: Dr.Soviet on November 09, 2017, 09:59:52 PMI know some people around here really like pretty sammy but, would it do well in this day and age?
A bunch of magical girl shows such as Sailor Moon and PreCure are still running (Albeit Sailor Moon Crystal's current situation seems a bit weird, because the next season is going to be 2 movies instead of a TV show setup) and still have decent fanbases. So yes, it does have the potential to do well.
And I will say it again... color me shocked that the Japanese fans, whom OVA 4 was tailored to especially, might be what actually causes the Pretty Sammy sequel / reboot to not happen rather than someone like Negishi meddling in things. I mean, these are the same fans who are actually funding the Megazone sequel / reboot which is being handled the SAME, @#$%ING, WAY. It just screams of something weird going on, and honestly, this seems like AIC trying to kill Tenchi just as they almost did in 2014. Which is absolutely SHAMEFUL given that OVA 4 was actually received positively (Ai was not) and yet they still seemingly want to kill it. This is exactly why I am stressing that Kadokawa needs to buy AIC and get it over with to secure an actual future for the franchise as of last night, and guess what? I'm going to continue to do so until the cows come home. Fight me bruh.
Quote from: WaitoKon on October 18, 2017, 02:06:54 PM
Quote from: Tenchifan30 on October 18, 2017, 11:13:38 AM
I never liked this Ova series or Tv series of this character so boo :/
Mihoshi's character? What about the huge reveals in OVA 3?
Excuse me, I meant the Sammy series which an ova series too right?
I know Ova 5 is confirmed but the spoilers don't intrest me, nothing about Tenchi and his wives just his daughters or sons no conclusion to Tenchi's story let's skip a head instead.
Guess having a different opinion = Troll.
I had mention the ideal for a spinoff which is a reboot of the Tenchi Muyo: Ryo-Ohki series. My propose series is one like Universe and Ryo-Ohki. The series will still have Tenchi as the male protagonist. The main protagonist happens to be the female protagonist. Having the female protagonist as the main protagonist is an unique for the harem series genre. The harem genre had it share of lemons over the years. Some of the best harem series are not for anyone under the age of eighteen. One of the mature series which is To Love-Ru.
For my spinoff, Mihoshi is not like her Universe counterpart. Mihoshi is a very good GP detective whose carefree view of life make a lot of people to think that she is a dumb blonde. Mihoshi and her partner Kiyone take advantage of the mistake. Mihoshi of my spinoff series will not fall in love with Tenchi. Her role in Tenchi's harem is that of a very good friend. Mihsohi and Kiyone are assign as two of Ayeka's and Sasami's bodyguards. Kiyone's assignment causes her to be in Grade One or to be a high school freshman.
I aware of the reports of OVA 5. I do expect a sequel which focuses on Tenchi's oldest son. For my ideal of the sequel, it is the same ideal for my ideal spinoff. Having a female perspective of a harem series like Tenchi Muyo is likely going to be a first.
:emot-iiam: :duke: :how: :really:
8 days left for Pretty Sammy and it's only at 8% of its goal.
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Water is Wet, Sunshine is Bright and Pretty Sammy is not worth backing
All is right with the world
Quote from: Ryo-Okay on November 29, 2017, 09:42:33 PM
8 days left for Pretty Sammy and it's only at 8% of its goal.
(https://s8.postimg.org/3qn3lqxxh/5a1aa632-2254-4253-865a-38860a7ea167.png)
As much as I like Tenchi I just can't see this doing well.
So the kickstarter's still not even at 10%. Regardless of people's feelings about Pretty Sammy (Which I understand and respect those feelings - it isn't everyone's cup of tea, so I have no problem with admitting that, hence why the good doctor just got a +1 from me for the above post even though I personally feel it COULD do well), this isn't looking good for the Tenchi Muyo! 25th anniversary at all. OVA 4 and then... RADIO SILENCE. I'm calling it now... this is likely to be a repeat of the Tenchi 20th anniversary at this point. Yeah, we know that OVA 5's coming (We didn't know OVA 4 was coming until AFTER Ai Tenchi Muyo!), but the problem is that even Kajishima doesn't know when he can start work on it. I'm even calling it now that with this result, AIC's gonna scrap the Sammy sequel / reboot, bring Negishi back for something stupid in 2019 (For the 5th anniversary of Ai perhaps) before OVA 5 can even happen... and then BOOM, that will bomb just like Ai did and then "he's dead, Jim"... meaning no OVA 5.
That, and we STILL don't have an anniversary logo. Which means we likely ain't getting one. There's your proof that AIC is trying to kill the franchise. Plain and simple. Kadokawa needs to buy Tenchi as a whole like yesterday and prevent that, or else we might not even GET that OVA 5 that Kajishima promised us.
I mean, even PreCure of all things is celebrating its 15th anniversary a year early as confirmed by Toei yesterday, yet Tenchi can't get any actual anniversary content on the exact year... what is AIC's major malfunction here? THIS is why I've been preaching to the moon about how Kadokawa needs to save the franchise. Drops mic
RIP Pretty Sammy. You only managed to get 12% of your goal. At least we'll always have the cute short haired Sasami design.
Quote from: Ryo-Okay on December 07, 2017, 10:07:50 AM
RIP Pretty Sammy. You only managed to get 12% of your goal. At least we'll always have the cute short haired Sasami design.
Press F :neg:
Quote from: Ryo-Okay on December 07, 2017, 10:07:50 AM
RIP Pretty Sammy. You only managed to get 12% of your goal. At least we'll always have the cute short haired Sasami design.
GIMME THIS @#$% MIC!
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, THIS RIGHT HERE. Regardless of what some people may think of Pretty Sammy (Some people like it, others don't, and I respect that), this right here is why I've been saying it since the kickstarter opened and bombed that Kadokawa needs to buy Tenchi completely and save the franchise. AIC did have a good thing going with OVA 4, there's no question about that... but yet, they STILL managed to mess up two anniversaries for Tenchi in a row (20th got jacked because of Ai, 25th got jacked by mishandling, most notably AIC not labeling OVA 4 as the anniversary season, which given that there was nothing else this year is something that THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE). I mean, if Tenchi Muyo! GXP was allowed to be labelled as the 10th anniversary season back in 2002, why can't OVA 4 be the 25th anniversary season? It makes absolutely no sense to me at all and it makes my head spin every time I think about it.
I mean, even Kadokawa did a better job with the anniversary. We're getting the True Tenchi novels over here, something we never thought we'd get. And guess what? That's printed material, so that falls under Kadokawa's jurisdiction. As for OVA 4? NOPE. STILL no word on that coming over at all, and that falls under AIC's jurisdiction. And then when you also consider the fact that Kajishima doesn't even know when OVA 5 will be started... yeah. It's like AIC knew how to succeed, but also found a new way to feed Tenchi to the wolves. It's probably because they blew so much money into Ai back in 2014 and now the fans are the ones paying the price for it.
TLDR I'm not happy with AIC at all right now and I sincerely hope that Kadokawa makes some serious moves to save the franchise. *Drops mic*
(And oh, as of earlier this week, now we know that even the Mega Man 30th anniversary is making up for damage done from the previous milestone which was bad, just as the Power Rangers 25th anniversary is going to do. It's official. AIC doesn't give a rat's you know what. SAVE_US.KDK)
I agree with the Chris Jericho reference.
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-12-15/relife-nanbaka-momokuri-manga-expire-on-crunchyroll/.125353
Looks like OVAs 1 to 3 just got added to Crunchyroll (Or will be), which of course would more than likely require AIC's approval. But honestly, I don't know if I should be happy that AIC is actually doing something or if I should be preparing for another "it won't mean anything for OVA 4's chances of being licensed" type situation, which is of course because Crunchy added Tokyo / Shin back in September... BEFORE they added the OVAs (That's a crime in itself IMO). It is at least a start, though...
Quote from: Y_Anthony_Who on December 10, 2017, 06:01:51 PM
I agree with the Chris Jericho reference.
Drink it in, man. ;)