Product Details

• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Geneon [Pioneer]
• DVD Release Date: February 16, 1999
• Run Time: 75 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305261474
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #289,868 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

These three episodes of the extremely popular slapstick-romance series were broadcast on Japanese TV during its second season. The stories center on four girls from outer space: Ryoko, the dangerous galactic criminal; Ayeka, the proper Jurai princess; her more practical little sister, Sasami; and Mihoshi, a bubble-brained Galactic Police Officer. Ayeka, Sasami, and Mihoshi, who were trying to capture Ryoko, find themselves living with her on Earth after an unplanned landing. All four of them are interested in Tenchi Masami, whose attraction has to be taken as a given--the viewer sees very little of him.

Director Nobuhiro Takamoto keeps the action focused on the girls, whose adventures juxtapose interplanetary intrigue with such mundane difficulties as budgeting, keeping house, and cooking. Additional comedy is provided by Ryo-Ohki, Ayeka's spaceship, which has been transformed into a "cabbit," a fuzzy cross between a rabbit and a cat.

The animation is minimal, even by anime standards, although Takamoto sometimes uses the limits cleverly, e.g., reducing a group of roommates trying to borrow money to a clutch of begging hands. Many elements in the stories play off Shinto legends, references American viewers are not likely to recognize; in the U.S., Tenchi plays like a cross between The Archies and My Favorite Martian. In addition to the regular series, there have been TV specials and direct-to-video adventures for Tenchi and the gang. --Charles Solomon

Product Description

While Tenchi enjoys his new life in Tokyo, the girls back at home experience a financial crisis! They resolve to get jobs in Tokyo to earn money, but can the easily distracted and excitable alien girls really hold down a job? Can Tokyo even survive their attempt?!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tenchi's back!, February 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Tenchi in Tokyo, Vol. 2: A New Friend (DVD)

I loved this! Whether you're an OAV fan, or just the TV series...or even if you've only read the manga...you'll love it,too! It has lots of play of all the characters...but you barely see Washu :( But the comedy will make up for that! The usual fights between Ayeka and Ryoko,with a new girl named Sakuya joining thier battle for Tenchi's love. Mihoshi drives her partner nuts. Washu wows them with her new inventions. Sasami is her normal hyper self. Tenchi is dazed and confused half the time. And Ryoko-Ohki is her usual adorable self!! I give it two carrots up!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Bad series, December 28, 2003

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K-T Skye "Anime Explorer" (far, far away.....) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tenchi in Tokyo, Vol. 2: A New Friend (DVD)

The Tenchi in Tokyo series is no where near as good as the OAV or Universe series. The animation isn't as good, and Tenchi is a complete jerk to the girls. He betrays them and this series is nowhere near as funny as the others. The addition of Sakuya is interesting, but not enough to make up for Tenchi's rudeness to the girls. Washu dosen't get a big enough part, either. I am glad that Kiyone is in this series, but she seems meaner to Mihoshi than she was in the Universe series. In short, the Tenchi in Tokyo series is a complete letdown when you have seen the other two series.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a big change for Tenchi, March 9, 2001

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"jtav124230" (Bronx, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tenchi in Tokyo, Vol. 2: A New Friend (DVD)

Tenchi put his rural life away finally to go to Tokyo giving to the Tenchi we know a whole new route.This anime is great,the plot has a very good point even when the animation isn't that great as we use to see in Tenchi Muyo and Tenchi Universe but Tenchi is Tenchi,and you just have to accept what Tenchi brings us.Is Tenchi's encarnation doesn't follow the plot of Tenchi Universe at all but it is still good and very enjoyable too.I love the way they introduced us to a new generation of Tenchi.New characters were add to the Tenchi's Saga,new romances,new villains,but our Tenchi would be always our Tenchi wherever he goes and there would be his girls always by his side,I think that's what Make Tenchi one of the best anime ever made!!!