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#1
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki / a review for the first tenchi ...
Last post by shades of blue - April 13, 2025, 10:04:31 PM
from one of the more obscure channels I follow, enjoy

#2
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki / Re: Abarth U.G.E. Connection
Last post by BobSchlotkin - April 12, 2025, 11:51:03 PM
I first saw this on an obscure Pastebin post with the list of Tenchi doujins up to about 2016.
Haven't been able to find it since. I put it in a spreadsheet and have been adding to it as I find and process new doujins.

Anywho, here is the english translation.
https://e-hentai.org/g/3313411/2880f8f15e/

Also listed on that weird little Pastebin post were these two items that are no longer available on e-hentai for some reason.

I found both of them at nHentai
[Bluelagos] Shot a Shota [Bluelagos] Shot a しょた (オリジナル ショタ) [one page (p30)]
https://nhentai.com/en/comic/bluelagos-shot-a-shota

[System Gzzy] Tenchi Touraku DDT [おいでやす本舗&SYSTEM GZZY] 天地頭落DDT [cover art (p1,p70)]
https://nhentai.com/en/comic/system-gzzy-tenchi-touraku-ddt-tenchi-muyou

if anyone is interested.

I figure that posting them here should be no problem as everything I've uploaded to e-hentai has been copied on hHentai by somebody!

Enjoy!
BoB





#3
Other Anime / Re: Digimon
Last post by Ryo-Okay - April 09, 2025, 08:21:36 PM
Somebody made a petition to try to get an English release of the Digital Monster X3. Probably won't lead to anything, but it would be nice if Bandai saw and started releasing v-pets in the US again instead of just importing them from Premium Bandai. Sign it if you're interested or share it if you know anybody that likes Digimon v-pets.
https://www.change.org/localizethex3
#4
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki / Re: Nontan Project Translation...
Last post by BobSchlotkin - April 08, 2025, 04:13:17 AM
>>Here are the four images I found on Aucview and Mandarake.  Seems it was sold in January.

Yeah, I found the one on Madarake.

>>Or was he running the Nontan Project?

That's a good question. He seems to have been pretty close with several of the Nontan folks.

I've added it to my weekly search list.

I found ABARTH U.G.E Connection (吉本拓二個人原画集) on Mercari last week. I'm checking them frequently now.

BoB
#5
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki / Re: Nontan Project Translation...
Last post by جبريل 無道 - April 07, 2025, 08:47:41 PM
Quote from: BobSchlotkin on April 07, 2025, 07:58:36 AMのんたんプロジェクト (梶島正樹) おためしぼん
Nontan Project (Masaki Kajishima) Trial Bon

It's sold out, of course! I'll add it to my list of weekly search items.

Anyone ever heard of this one?

No, new to me.  Here are the four images I found on Aucview and Mandarake.  Seems it was sold in January.









Given that it isn't EH OAV, but a later one based on the Rune Venus design, probably late 1995 or later (TV show start actually predated OAV's end release).

Kajishima had no involvement in EH iirc, so I assume his name is attached because of PS.  Or was he running the Nontan Project?
#6
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki / Re: Nontan Project Translation...
Last post by Dr.Soviet - April 07, 2025, 03:55:08 PM
That seems new to me as well.
#7
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki / Re: Nontan Project Translation...
Last post by BobSchlotkin - April 07, 2025, 07:58:36 AM
I was poking around doing my usual searches for the missing Nontan Project Doujins and ran across this thing.

のんたんプロジェクト (梶島正樹) おためしぼん
Nontan Project (Masaki Kajishima) Trial Bon

It's sold out, of course! I'll add it to my list of weekly search items.

Anyone ever heard of this one?

Thanks!
BoB
#8
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki / Re: Nontan Project Translation...
Last post by BobSchlotkin - April 07, 2025, 07:43:20 AM
I finally finished the machine translation of (C46) Tenchi Youhou.
https://e-hentai.org/g/3306350/0f4964d23a/

(C47) Tenchi Sokuhou is still missing.

I guess (C48) Tenchi Zokuhou is next.

Enjoy!
BoB
#9
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki / Re: Tenchi Muyo! American Comi...
Last post by Harls - April 07, 2025, 06:41:32 AM
That's DishonorableKnight's BlueSky, btw. ;)
#10
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki / Re: Tenchi Muyo! American Comi...
Last post by جبريل 無道 - April 06, 2025, 02:05:08 AM
I have seen more information here:

https://bsky.app/profile/sayokomishima.bsky.social/post/3llcuqergic2v?fbclid=IwY2xjawJe77BleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHpV8JdrSEqlarFmLhACOLDLgV1WlLNU7CZ_7wpiO--3h5X4B4YOZYg_cvnF3_aem_xU3J-eohp0aPif9V5u4Law



&

https://bsky.app/profile/sayokomishima.bsky.social/post/3ll67lsrm7s25




I would assume this project is an outgrowth of their experience of localizing and selling that Tenchi Super Nintendo video game cart long ago.

Imo, I don't think they are doing this for money, per se.  They probably could have printed this up with little pushback from the copyright holders, as rampant Tenchi fantasy and fanmade merchandise have existed on amazon and ebay for years without takedowns, some of it like wall scrolls that are direct pirate copies from official Japanese Tenchi art -- mostly from the 90s.  This is further muddied by the defunct Geneon Pioneer company that probably would only make a takedown even less likely.

Like the Tenchi Muyo wiki project, I think the real motivation is what they allude to the end, making further comics.  But then these would be "official"!  Then they can finally have the "official" story they want.  It's a bit of a sad stretch.

Most normal people would be content to make fanart and fanfiction to see the alternative stories/endings they want... well, maybe not normal people , but most semi-normal fans.  I suppose that's not good enough.

Anyway, there was a good scan of these comic floating out in one of the torrents compiling Tenchi series a long while back iirc.  These stories are fundamentally very much if someone read a summary of Tenchi muyo somewhere along with storyboard art and the very rudimentary basic plotlines, and then executed it in an 1970s-1990s American comic book art style, drama, and storylines to them. 

It's a really baffling vehicle to attach this strange attempt...

I have asked Matt Lunsford, original artist of this comic and who semi-regularly posted some time back in a Facebook Tenchi Muyo fangroup, if this was legitimate and what he knows about this, but he just replied, "We'll see what happens."