Tenchi Muyou! GXP

Review from unknown reviewer who created a 2nd GXP page...

This is not classic Tenchi Muyo but is entertaining in it's own right. It concerns the adventures of Siennia who is just about the most accident prone character ever and his quest to become a member of the Galaxy Police. Most of the regular T.M. characters make cameo apperances. This series is 26 episodes long and has a lot of very funny characters. My favorite has to be the perverterd robot. This is a definite series for any Tehchi Muyo fanperson to checkout.

Last updated Monday, May 24 2004. Created Monday, May 24 2004.

When you combine the talents of Kajishima Masaki and Watanabe Shinichi, anything can happen. What does happen is a story set in the Tenchi Muyo OAV continuity (canon) which is filled with interesting characters, an interesting world, an interesting story, some parody, and a ton of fanservice! In some ways, GXP is a parody of the original Tenchi Muyo. Seina is surrounded by a bunch of babes but this time, ALL of them are fighting for his attention. And to make it worse, the age difference is much more severe here.

As to the story, we get a good one as one might expect from Kajishima-sensei. I really liked the exploration of the pirate problem facing this world and how Jurai and the Galaxy Police had to deal with it. The supporting cast is very strong with characters like Ayeka's and Sasami's grandmother Seto-sama (who is determined to resolve this pirate issue one way or another), Yosho's wife (and Tenchi's grandmother) Airi-san, who is in charge of Galaxy Academy, Mihoshi's mother Mitoto (who has a knack for being able to cross the galaxy without the benifit of a spaceship), and more. The cast of Tenchi Muyo show up in full for episode 17 which is a real treat, especially since this takes place a year after Tenchi Muyo! OAV 3. Washu makes a few additional cameos as does Ryo-Ohki. In the final episode, we see most of the Tenchi gang again in a pan shot.

A weakness of the series is that the fanservice and ecchi content have been raised pretty high. It's not surprising though and the R2 DVD has even more nudity of the female characters! Got to love digital technology. Watanabe's sense of humor also comes into play several times, and there are times when it seems to clash with Kajishima's story. The character of NB (Watanabe's insertion of himself into the story) is so annoying. While Nabeshin may have worked in "Excel Saga", NB is nothing more than a serious distraction. No wonder NB is almost non-exsistant in Kajishima-sensei's GXP novel or in episode 17, which K-sensei directed. Nabeshin's direction has put off some fans as well. Otherwise, I didn't have any real problems with the series.

Bottom line: Fans of the original OAV series will want to have this one since there's a lot of cool, new stuff learned about this universe Kajishima has created. Fans of harem anime titles or "Excel Saga" should feel right at home too. If this wasn't Kajishima's title in the TM!R continuity, I would have only given it a Rent though.

Last updated Saturday, December 24 2005. Created Saturday, April 19 2003.