Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar, Part 1 (Blu-ray/DVD Combo)

Im a massive Tenchi fan with this one being one of my favorites.

Tenchi Muyo! is used almost as a trade name here. In anime, the character always similar in appearance stemmed from a series of direct to video adventures of a boy who didn't know his hidden powers. When his curiosity gets the better of him he awakens both his powers and Ryoko a 700 year old demon trapped in a cave on his grandfathers shrine property. Tenchi, often studies swordsmanship with his grandfather or by himself with a wooden sword so he has skills, and a hidden power within him to use an alien technology. Once he awakens Ryoko he attracts a bunch of other characters, may of whom seem to have a romantic attachment to him, making this one of the more popular harem type anime. I'm talking the original now and the reason is if you haven't seen it or one of the tv season remakes (there are two complete remakes of the OAV series, which dumb the storyline down for kids), is that you'll lose references in this story to that other world of Tenchi!This character is named Kenshi Masaki, the last name of Tenchi, and supposedly a cousin or some such of him, but it's never really made clear. He doesn't come off as clueless as the original Tenchi character, and seems to have his own agenda most of the time. The plot has him sent from a parallel universe (apparently the real world of Tenchi), and there is some sort of purpose. He becomes a pawn in a complicated political struggle, that eventually turns into an all out war. Like the Tenchi series that long proceeded this, the lines of good and evil although the motivations of the characters are blurred make strongly drawn plot lines, so not much is really muddled. It makes for some entertaining fare. The authors have a nose for amazement and light comedy, and this is a very good anime. Recommended for most anime fans except the type that like a lot of blood and guts. Themes are harem, mecha, magic, parallel world, superhuman, empowered girls, and a lot of RPG elements.

The box came out perfect. I'm glad that I own it.

Kenshi Masaki is the half brother of Tenchi Masaki. Somehow he was summoned to another planet called Geminar. He doen't know why or how he got there though. Fortunately, this planet is mostly inhabited by hot chicks that are all crazy about Kenshi. Kenshi enters a school for young mecha pilots. Part 1 of this series mainly covers his daily life and develops his relationship with the girls at the school. There is, however, trouble brewing on Geminar. A mysterious group has plans that threaten the people of Geminar, and somehow, Kenshi fits into their plan.I expected a little more action from this series, because of the title, "War On Geminar". I think that the war actually starts in part 2. There are some major differences with this series and the original Tenchi Muyo series that this spins off of. The characters are the main difference. They are all good though. This set has 7-50 minute episodes. So it is actually a long as a 26-episode series if you include part 2. The situations are more suggestive than the original series, but there isn't any nudity. I think it should be rated PG-13, but whatever. The animation, voice acting and soundtrack are all top notch; as you probably expected from the Tenchi franchise. Although different from what I expected, this series did entertain me. I hope it picks up a bit in part 2, and I wish that it was a little cheaper. Other than those 2 little details, I think this is a good buy. If you like the older Tenchi series, you'll probably enjoy this one too.

Well in this case the half brother of Tenchi is in a bit of a pickle. The series starts off with Kenchi not on Earth and they don't go into detail on how he got where he is. Episode one starts off with plenty of action and an introduction to many of the girls in the series. I'm not going to reveal spoilers but Kenchi is much like his elder brother and has the hard working thing down pat thanks to the time spent with his "nee-sans" as they all taught him something as he was growing up. A fun start to a series and I can safely say it is worth giving a chance.

If you like the tenchi muyo animes then you would like this. It somewhat links to the other tenchi muyo shows and takes place 15 years after GXP I'm not going to ruin it for you but it is worth watching.Why did I rate it 5 stars? Cause I have seen all the other tenchi muyo show and I like this one too. I also like how it is some what all connected well not all but some and the others are different.

Haven't seen this yet, but soon. Not sure how this new tenchi series will compare to the original Tenchi that started out many years ago. I liked the entire series and storyline, universe (tenchi and gpx universe). Haven't seen any of the Tenchi Muyo War on Geminar trailers, so cant say much, other then should be funny, humorous and action/drama. Cant wait to watch the latest instalment of the tenchi muyo.

I know alot of ppl are saying this isnt cannon but it actually is if your familiar with the entire series then youll see it does relate to the tenchi muyo ova series true tenchi and his harem are only mentioned by our new hero but the story is sooooo amazing and well written and kenshi is what tenchi would be if he wasnt so scared of fighting