[AiTM] The new "Tenchi Muyo" series is a Negishi created AU

[Harls]

The show's website updated again, btw. 

[antvasima]

Hmm. Going by that the introduction image only features Tenchi and the bland schoolgirls, it doesn't seem like the original cast will be featured much in the show.

On the other hand, there is also another new image that features all of them.

http://www.ai-tenchi.jp/
http://t.co/Jde2NrUEu9
http://t.co/Ly37dzQmqt

[جبريل 無道]

This huge cast is a mystery to me.

[Tensami]

Still somewhat bummed about the changes to Sasami, they even removed her Pretty Sammy color scheme and fucked up her triangle. YOU DON'T FUCK WITH PERFECTION GUYS! But they did add the freckles back in so I'm happy.

Aoi looks adorable. Guess I'm gonna be drawing some Sasami x Aoi art ifyouknowwhatimean

Tenchi actually somewhat looks like Tenchi again.

Ayeka got her red-ish eyes back.

Hell, even Ryoko looks surprisingly good.

All in all, looks good. Really liking the art style.

This huge cast is a mystery to me.

The idol group needs to have their own characters.


And has anyone noticed the very strange lack of Ryo-Ohki?

[Tenchi Ryu]

And has anyone noticed the very strange lack of Ryo-Ohki?

[antvasima]

Kiyone isn't in it either, so I'm guessing that this isn't a continuation of Negishi's Tenchi Universe TV series?

[جبريل 無道]

And has anyone noticed the very strange lack of Ryo-Ohki?

Noticed it weeks ago.

Kiyone isn't in it either, so I'm guessing that this isn't a continuation of Negishi's Tenchi Universe TV series?

That much was obvious from the character bios weeks ago, like Washu being 20K years old.

I have a sinking feeling from the Promo art that this will be TinT2, at least in spirit.  Where Tenchi is going off somewhere, and the alien girls follow him to school, but with a much heavier emphasis on the new girls.  Look at the pic with ALL of the girls, and notice how Momo and Beni are dominating to Tenchi's left and right even with Ryoko and Ayeka there.

Am I wrong with these bios to think that the original girls were shoved in late in the process just to appease angry fans?

[antvasima]

Am I wrong with these bios to think that the original girls were shoved in late in the process just to appease angry fans?

I think that it is more likely that they expected angry old-timers either way, and as such first subjected them/us to a shock disappointment to then appease them/us by displaying a less disappointing truth.

It is fairly obvious that they are almost exclusively aiming for a new audience with this through more easily relatable/less unusual bland and generic school children viewpoint characters. They might reason that fantastic space aliens in a mostly slice of life genre may be harder to relate to for the average target audience viewer?

[جبريل 無道]

I just noticed.  6 out of 8 of the new girls have shortish hair.  Washu and I think Mihoshi also got their hair shortened.  Short hair must in voge now in anime characters.

First main Tenchi girl with short hair didn't come until Mayuka, Sakuya and she was the last until Noike cut hers to much consternation.

[Dr.Soviet]

>Ryoko daki finally comes out
>it's the Ai Tenchi version

[Mewshuji]

Now now, we all know the only merch that'll be made will be of the new girls because AIC is sure that they'll sell but don't think the originals will. Let's not get our hopes to have our hopes shattered up now. 

Though I would kill for new TM! Merch of any of the originals, regardless of the design...

[جبريل 無道]

Yeah, if they have a sketch book or what not, might order one.

[Surgeon Of Death]

More Tenchi merch would be awesome....I'd love to see AIC and Max Factory step their game up and release some figma of the old Tenchi cast. Hell I'd even take nendoroids if they had any.

[جبريل 無道]

More AiTM promotional art going around:
https://twitter.com/S_OHYASHIKI/status/511140102513238016/photo/1

Now this looks really touristy.  Again, no original cast to be seen.  That's starting a trend.  Hopefully the touristy thing is just once in a while.

[antvasima]

I collected most of the known Ai Tenchi Muyo information on this Tenchi Wiki page: http://tenchi.wikia.com/wiki/Ai_Tenchi_Muyo