Tenchi Muyo!
Series, 1992, The Moltar years, Set in The Masaki shrine
Tenchi Muyo! is #5 of 16 in release order and #5 of 16 in chronological order in the Toonami Classics.
The story
Tenchi is an average guy who just accidentally freed the space pirate Ryoko after 700 years of captivity! Attractive alien girls from all across the galaxy are about to descend on Tenchi and make his life more outrageous than ever imaginable!
Tenchi Muyo! recap
Tenchi Masaki is a teenager who lives at his grandfather's shrine in the countryside. Exploring a forbidden cave, he releases Ryoko, a space pirate sealed there 700 years ago, and she soon moves into his house along with her cabbit ship, Ryo-Ohki. Princess Ayeka of the planet Jurai crashes on Earth hunting for her missing half-brother Yosho, bringing her little sister Sasami, and the clumsy Galaxy Police officer Mihoshi and the genius scientist Washu join the household too. Ryoko and Ayeka compete for Tenchi. The first OVA series builds to Kagato, a powerful villain who once controlled Ryoko and wants to seize Jurai's power, and reveals that Tenchi's grandfather Katsuhito is really Yosho, making Tenchi heir to the Jurai throne. The second OVA series brings Dr. Clay, who sends a copy of Ryoko to capture Washu.
Tenchi Muyo! ending explained
In the first OVA series, Tenchi summons the Light Hawk Wings and defeats Kagato, and everyone settles back into life at the Masaki home. The second OVA series, which is what Toonami aired along with the first, ends on a cliffhanger as Washu outwits Dr. Clay. Later OVA series followed in 2003, 2016 and 2020, and the franchise also includes the separate retellings Tenchi Universe and Tenchi in Tokyo.
Where to watch Tenchi Muyo!
Tenchi Muyo! is streaming on Crunchyroll in the US.
Ratings
IMDb 7.6/10
Where it fits
- Release order: after Sailor Moon, before Yu Yu Hakusho.
- Chronological order: after Sailor Moon, before Yu Yu Hakusho.
Cast
- Ai Orikasa as Ryoko (voice)
- Masami Kikuchi as Tenchi Masaki (voice)
- Chisa Yokoyama as Sasami Jurai Masaki (voice)
- Yumi Takada as Ayeka Jurai Masaki (voice)
- Takeshi Aono as Nobuyuki Masaki (voice)
- Norio Wakamoto as Kagato (voice)
- Kenichi Ogata as Azaka (voice)
- Wataru Takagi as Kamidake (voice)
- Takehito Koyasu as Youshou Jurai Masaki (voice)
- Yuko Mizutani as Mihoshi Kuramitsu (voice)
- Toshiharu Sakurai as Kazuhiko Amagasaki (voice)
- Hiroshi Masuoka as Shouchou Anderson (voice)