Tenchi Muyo! American Comics Omnibus Kickstarter

[Ryo-Okay]

No date yet on when the Kickstarter campaign will start.
Kickstarter Link

This campaign aims to rejuvenate interest in the longstanding and storied Tenchi Muyo! franchise. If successfully funded, Armiger Entertainment will reprint 6 comic issues from 1997 into a single omnibus volume, in physical and digital PDF formats.

These comics only ever had a single print run back in the late 1990s and have never been reprinted. Armiger Entertainment believes that the story within these comics deserves to be enjoyed and owned by fans of Tenchi Muyo!, old and new alike.

Plus, if this project is deemed to be successful enough by rights holders in Japan, Armiger Entertainment can continue to tell fresh Tenchi Muyo! stories!

Armiger Entertainment has secured the right of first refusal, meaning the possibility of future Tenchi Muyo! installments in any medium featuring familiar favorites like Kiyone Makibi rests entirely on whether backers can go above and beyond the $US20,000 goal.

You know, the carnival comes and goes... well, it's finally back! So, don't miss it!

Promotional video narrated by Ryoko's English voice actress, Petrea Burchard:

BIG OLE NOTE BY THE ADMIN TEAM:
Posting here since most users don't read past the first post. What ever you decide to do at least take the following in to consideration, A write up by our resident Lawyer:

Hey, thanks for reaching out. After looking at the Kickstarter , I'm honestly not feeling very confident about it. Crowdfunding is always risky, and even legit projects can fail.

There's a real risk involved. Project leads can be held liable, either civilly or criminally (especially for fraud, not just incompetence). But pursuing legal action is often impractical, which is why some frauds get away with it. Even projects with big names have failed to deliver.

Unfortunately, there are some red flags here. First, we don't know who's actually behind the company, or the creative team that's supposed to be continuing the classic English Tenchi.

We also don't know the specifics of their deal with the Tenchi franchise owners. They mention a "right of first refusal," but a right of first refusal for what? Reprints? Continuing the story? Both? Those are very different things.

AIC/Toei have stated they intend to continue Tenchi directly, so it's unlikely they'd allow a competing product.

The fact that we don't know who these "Japanese rights holders" are is also concerning. Publicly, we know AIC and Toei co-own the Tenchi franchise. Exnoa seems to be a licensee, not a rights holder. It's possible Exnoa or another company holds subsidiary rights, like how Toei Animation is a subsidiary of Toei Studio.

What's concerning is that Armiger Entertainment hasn't said who they talked to. Licensing is usually handled by a legal department. They're being vague. Which company did they even reach?

Their claim that the rights holders need to "see enthusiasm" is also suspicious. If they actually talked to them, they'd be asking for money, not "enthusiasm."

There's no information on who's handling reprints or distribution, either.

I think we should be very skeptical of this project. It's possible they're telling the truth, maybe they're well-meaning but naive fans. But they haven't given enough proof of their claims or how they plan to achieve their goals to give any confidence.

Admin: Just wanna highlight the above here as this could be the case but we really don't know. Use caution and your best judgement.

[DishonorableKnight]

This is either a scam by Tenchiforum or a very ambitious project that we should support because it generates more interest in the series. Not sure which one it is yet.

[AstroNerdBoy]

This is either a scam by Tenchiforum or a very ambitious project that we should support because it generates more interest in the series. Not sure which one it is yet.

If it is legitimate, great. However, I don't want to own the American comics. I read them and there's a reason they couldn't make it past six issues--they are cringe-awful (as I recall).

That said, this smells like a scam. Some undocumented publisher is able to get the rights from Kajishima-sensei and EXNOA? I suppose it is possible, but from my limited experience "in the biz" working on the True Tenchi Muyo! novels, Japan won't license to just anyone.

Further, does this new publisher even have the original artwork to use for a reprint? Or are they going to scan the comic books and try to get away with that? I have tons of questions.

Update: I made a video about it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV41x-FMV7A

[RyannVonDoom]

Patrea posted about this, so I am assuming it's legit?

[Harls]

It seems to be as legit as it can be, they've even delayed the start to make sure.

[AstroNerdBoy]

> Publicly, we know AIC and Toei co-own the Tenchi franchise. Exnoa seems to be a licensee, not a rights holder. It's possible Exnoa or another company holds subsidiary rights, like how Toei Animation is a subsidiary of Toei Studio.

Just wanted to add this, as it came up in my research. AIC no longer has the rights to Tenchi in a direct sense. They created a new company called AIC Rights and that company owns the Tenchi rights. It is AIC Rights that got into the partnership with Toei.

As to EXNOA, all of the copyright stuff is credited to them and Kajishima-sensei for the latest anime. AIC did work on the GXP Paradise Starting series, but aren't credited as a copyright holder for it. This is the first Tenchi title where AIC isn't listed as the copyright holder. When they hit me with a short-term copyright strike, it was as themselves and not as someone acting on behalf of AIC.

Patrea posted about this, so I am assuming it's legit?

She has a friendly relationship with those guys. I suspect they asked her to help promote it, hence why she was in the video and such.

[Dr.Soviet]

Patrea posted about this, so I am assuming it's legit?

Can't speak for her for Petrea

But a lot of celebs don't due diligence on this kind of thing. Take a look at all the celebs that had to pay out due to promoting FTX.

All I'm saying is a celeb endorsement does not mean anything.