So today is a double post, since I didn't get to yesterday. I just watched "Tenchi The Movie: Tenchi Muyo in Love!" and "Tenchi The Movie 2: The Daughter of Darkness". I haven't watched these movies for about 4 years, and the last time I really invested in them was when I was in Junior High, so these brought back lots of memories.
Tenchi Muyo in Love!:
This is the first film in the Tenchi movie collection. A lot of you remember these characters from the OVA's and Tenchi Universe. "Tenchi Muyo in Love!" was released in 1996.
The story starts out with the Galaxy Police HQ, where there is a prisoner named Kain, who has been trapped in sub-space for 100 years. Kain breaks out of the sub-space prison, and obliterates the Galaxy Police HQ. He then, sets out to destroy the house of Jurai to make sure that there will never be one who will have power to surpass his own.
That takes us to Tenchi, who is just starting his daily routine, but then he starts to vanish. His vanishing spells are an effect of something happening in the past. Tenchi is a prince of the House of the planet Jurai. He gets that from his mother's side. The prisoner, Kain is trying to eliminate Tenchi's mother from the past.
Washu, the science genius, figures out a way to send them all 26 years in the past to 1970. It is there where Achika, Tenchi's mother, is due to disappear. Ryoko and Ayeka become classmates of Achika and Nobiyuki(Tenchi's father). Mihoshi assumes the role of their teacher, while Kiyone gets to be the janitor. Sasami helps hide Tenchi so that he doesn't come in contact with his mother.
Tenchi and his friends follow and protect Achika, til the precise day that Kain sets to attack her. They set a trap for Kain in Tokyo Tower, and he gets pulled into a dimensional prison. Unfortunately, Kain pulls Achika and Nobiyuki into the prison with him. Washu then has to figure out a way for Tenchi, Ayeka, and Ryoko, to go save them from being killed, and save Tenchi from non-existence.
The Daughter of Darkness:
This is the 2nd film in the Tenchi movie collection. It was released in Japan in 1997.
The film opens with Yosho(Tenchi's grandfather) as a young boy, with a little girl who is giving him a gift for "Startica" (a Juraian version of Christmas). When she shows him her gift, they are ambushed by Juraian guards. They take the girl, beat her, then kill her. When she is killed she merely sheds her human form, and re-appears as the true demon of darkness she is.
The opening scene is a dream of the past from the demon. She wakes up and decides to look into the outside world. It is Christmastime, so she can see everyone is cheerful and having a good time. She then sees Yosho among the humans. She vows to get revenge on Juraians because of what they did to her. She pulls out one of Tenchi's hairs and her own hair and creates a young girl.
Tenchi is finishing up at the shrine and starts to walk down the stairs. He sees a young girl sitting there. He says hello to her, and she replies and calls him "Daddy". This of course throw him into a storm of shock and confusion, and throws all the women in the house into a storm of anger.
The young girl's name is Mayuka. She has a lot of energy and is very naive. She loves Tenchi (Daddy), but can't remember a thing about her mother. Washu pulls a hair from Mayuka to do a DNA test, and sure enough, she is in fact Tenchi's daughter.
Little does Mayuka know that she at times is being controlled by the demon, Yuzuha. Yuzuha commands her to bring the "Prince"(Tenchi) to her. The way that Mayuka does that, apparently is to sexually seduce Tenchi. (O.o weird)
After time, Mayuka becomes aware of the bad things she's doing and runs away. Sasami goes looking for her, but Mayuka is already being controlled by Yuzuha. She then takes Sasami into the lair of darkness to her "mother". Tenchi and Ryoko then set off to rescue Sasami from Yuzuha and Mayuka.
Thoughts:
My favorite out of these first 2 movies (there are 3 in the collection), is Tenchi Muyo in Love!. I love how everyone works together for the sake of saving Tenchi. This was my first time watching any "Tenchi" in Japanese, and I do believe this is the one series where I actually prefer the dubbed version. The 2nd movie is ok, it's just a little bit too weird for my liking. I watched this one in the English dub, and still can't believe how perfect the voices are. (especially Ryoko's)
The Verdict:
"Tenchi Muyo in Love!": 9.5/10! Great movie!
"The Daughter of Darkness": 5/10 OK movie.
These movies, especially the 2nd one, are not children appropriate. So these are something you may want to watch when your kids are already asleep or not home. You can find both on hulu.com. You can also buy the movie trilogy for a great price at http://www.rightstuf.com/1-800-338-6827/catalogmgr/4ANTtu6x5gSyZq963w/browse/item/74087/4/0/0 .
If you want to know more about the multiverses of Tenchi, I am currently going through and watching them all. Follow me on tumblr: http://jewelyjay.tumblr.com/.
Hope you all have a great weekend! I will be back with more on Monday!
Hugs and Kisses!
~Jewely
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