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Techi Muyo! In Love 2
Tenchi Forever: The Movie
Genre: dramedy/sci-fi fantasy
Length: 95 minutes (Theatrical Film)
Audience Age: 16+
Length: 95 minutes (Theatrical Film)
Audience Age: 16+
Opinion: The only addition
to the series that can make any anime fan respect "Tenchi Muyo!".
This is a review of the dubbed
VHS version.
Die Hard Game Fan's
critic's favorite anime of 2000.
Like every other "Tenchi Muyo!" theatrical addition, the film starts with a seemingly normal day for Tenchi
that is until an argument between Ryoko and Ayeka forces him to flee into
the forest near their house. Looking for some peace and quiet, to his
surprise he sees a bud of a camellia tree, but it is out of season. He
searches for and finds this beautiful plant which seems to draw him into
it.
Six months later, Tenchi has
yet to return from his trek into the woods. Ayeka and Ryoko have gone
to Tokyo to find him while the other girls have gone to Planet Jurai and
the Space Science Academy to find out where he could have gone. Could Tenchi have gone to another
world or, as Washu has hypothesized, another dimension? What does Yosho
know about the tree he planted? If you recall why Tenchi ran off, does
he even want to comeback? Despite no one's life maybe on the line, this
could be one of the gravest scenarios.
No matter
how tedious Tenchi Muyo! is, I never mind seeing new stories
about the series' hero. Tenchi never seems to disappoint its
fans, so when "Tenchi Forever" came out, I had to pick it up. Surprisingly,
I did not expect it to be so great and that it also earned the 16 Up
rating by being the most mature and sophisticated Tenchi installment
ever.
What
a brilliant film for a TV/OVA (Original Video Animation) series. Tenchi
Forever's colors are bland (possibly for dramatic effect), there are
not many technical advances over the other series, and by no means is
it as funny as the lamest Tenchi episodes. But its ability of finding
how to use the main characters to their full dramatic potential puts it
above the rest of the series.
This film nearly being a total
drama justifies its Japanese theatrical release by having the essential
dark and dreary plot, but it makes it work which is a rarity for spin
offs to the big screen. Perhaps some characters are under utilized and
I found the ending somewhat disappointing (an issue of personal taste/ideals),
nothing else from the film can bring it down from being the top release
of all Tenchi series.
El Hazard 2: Promise for Reunion
Genre: comedy/fantasy
Length: 60 minutes (2 episodes)
Length: 60 minutes (2 episodes)
Audience Age: 13+
Opinion: No El Hazard
fan should be let down by this bonus story to the anime universe.
This is a review of the subtitled VHS version.
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