May 30, 2013
Joy!
Himawari has been making me very happy. Playing a time consuming game with all the graphic features ON instead of off... And best of all, I re-discovered that a while ago I had downloaded the Tenchi Muyo OVA series in 1080p a long time ago, but I could never watch it because the opening sequence, with that flashing pattern, was pretty much instant death for any codec on Dystopia. For Himawari, she wasn't even breathing hard, and I got to remember why, for the first six episodes anyway, why it was one of my favorite series.
I was in love with Ryoko, at first. She was like Lum, with an edge. and I particularly liked the history she had with Tenchi before he was even aware of her - that was a sweet backstory. Of course, after the big storyline in the first six episodes, they fell back on fairly standard Harem tripe, and that dimmed my enthusiasm, but still, I haven't seen it since I was eagerly buying it up on VHS. And I've always loved that opening theme.
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I was in love with Ryoko, at first. She was like Lum, with an edge. and I particularly liked the history she had with Tenchi before he was even aware of her - that was a sweet backstory. Of course, after the big storyline in the first six episodes, they fell back on fairly standard Harem tripe, and that dimmed my enthusiasm, but still, I haven't seen it since I was eagerly buying it up on VHS. And I've always loved that opening theme.
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"Himawari has been making me very happy. Playing a time consuming game with all the graphic features ON instead of off" made me think you meant playing a game named Himawari. Completely forgot about that hostname thing.
Posted by: Pete Zaitcev at May 30, 2013 09:59 AM (RqRa5)
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Yeah, it's probably not credible to misinterpret that as say, a girlfriend named Himawari....
I'll go somewhere and cut myself now....
(j/k)
I'll go somewhere and cut myself now....
(j/k)
Posted by: Mauser at May 30, 2013 12:37 PM (cZPoz)
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Since you mentioned VHS, is the legend true? I mean that the Geneon made six-month pause right after
, producing the mother of all cliff-hangers.
Posted by: Pete Zaitcev at May 30, 2013 12:48 PM (RqRa5)
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Frankly, I can't remember.
Posted by: Mauser at May 31, 2013 12:32 AM (cZPoz)
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I can't help but smile when I see Hiawari's name. The way she would run in the intro to Vivdred Operation was so absurd...
And Tenchi Muyo was the second anime I ever watched... the first being Bubblegum Crisis. A friend had it on Laserdisc and showed them to me. I later bought the OVAs on Laserdisc, despite not having a player. I think they're still out in the garage.
And Tenchi Muyo was the second anime I ever watched... the first being Bubblegum Crisis. A friend had it on Laserdisc and showed them to me. I later bought the OVAs on Laserdisc, despite not having a player. I think they're still out in the garage.
Posted by: Tom Tjarks at May 31, 2013 12:38 PM (T5fuR)
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The only other place I've seen that goofy, arms-down run is Hank Venture in the opening of "The Venture Brothers."
Tenchi Muyo still holds up, at least the first 6. But I can't sit through the embarrassment of Episode 7 and Ryoko trying to pick up on Tenchi with something she learned from a girls manga Sasami gave her.
The TV series wasn't as strong, and really diluted Ryoko's connection to Tenchi. And Tenchi in Tokyo was bought through force of habit.
I think that level of investment entitled me to the torrent of GXP I just pulled down, although halfway through episode 1, there's no trace of the original cast but an empty house.
Tenchi Muyo still holds up, at least the first 6. But I can't sit through the embarrassment of Episode 7 and Ryoko trying to pick up on Tenchi with something she learned from a girls manga Sasami gave her.
The TV series wasn't as strong, and really diluted Ryoko's connection to Tenchi. And Tenchi in Tokyo was bought through force of habit.
I think that level of investment entitled me to the torrent of GXP I just pulled down, although halfway through episode 1, there's no trace of the original cast but an empty house.
Posted by: Mauser at June 01, 2013 12:02 AM (cZPoz)
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I watched some kind of continuation for OVA (not TV continuity) with a pile-up of sisters. It was pretty lulzy with all the justification, and also
But it also reminded that the OVA was running out of steam after the 6 episodes.
Posted by: Pete Zaitcev at June 01, 2013 05:00 PM (RqRa5)
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Maybe Tenchi in Tokyo? He goes off to college and meets a nice Earth girl, and Washuu constructs a hyperspace tunnel from the house to his bed, IIRC, and they all pester the crap out of him. Might have involved some extra-dimensional loli girl screwing with things too.
GXP so far sucks. Ryoko made a brief cameo in the first episode, but the whole show focuses on a new boy with absurdly phenomenal bad luck who somehow gets inducted into the Galaxy Police aboard a Transport ship. He is irritating the way he just smiles through shit happening to him.
It's almost like a fan-fic someone set in the Tenchi universe where they had to avoid using the original cast. A BAD fan-fic.
GXP so far sucks. Ryoko made a brief cameo in the first episode, but the whole show focuses on a new boy with absurdly phenomenal bad luck who somehow gets inducted into the Galaxy Police aboard a Transport ship. He is irritating the way he just smiles through shit happening to him.
It's almost like a fan-fic someone set in the Tenchi universe where they had to avoid using the original cast. A BAD fan-fic.
Posted by: Mauser at June 01, 2013 08:43 PM (cZPoz)
Posted by: The Brickmuppet at June 02, 2013 06:26 PM (F7DdT)
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Ah, I'll have to put that in the proper thread. Thanks!
Posted by: Mauser at June 02, 2013 09:12 PM (cZPoz)
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GXP is an entirely independent storyline that has nothing to do with Tenchi but the name and a lot of secondary characters. (The originals show up for one episode.) Nabeshin did the series, and he did an outstanding job of it -- even if he did give the creators some continuity headaches. IMHO, it's actually better than TM itself, because it was done as a single series, all at once, and hangs together very well.
It's certainly better than that execrable OVA series about Tenchi's half-brother.
It's certainly better than that execrable OVA series about Tenchi's half-brother.
Posted by: ubu at July 11, 2013 07:30 AM (GfCSm)
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I thought it was pretty awful. Although I did like the character designs for Elma and Ryoko. It strained credibility for them to back-continuity have Ryoko BE Elma. And doubling the size of the harem in the last episode was the crowning moment of stupid writing.
I guess what I'd like to see in a Harem is one where the center of it all is an ACTIVE element, rather than a beach ball being batted around by all these girls with inexplicable devotion to him.
I guess what I'd like to see in a Harem is one where the center of it all is an ACTIVE element, rather than a beach ball being batted around by all these girls with inexplicable devotion to him.
Posted by: Mauser at July 11, 2013 12:01 PM (cZPoz)
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