[AiTM] (Month 1) Weeks 1-4 Episode Talk

[Dr.Soviet]

Is the show really promote tourism? The only thing that promote so far is rape.

[shades of blue]

"When touring the country side, always bring protection. Our sexually promiscuous female students are known to rob unsuspecting males of their sperm!"

"Ai Okayama! Tour our government sponsored penis milking farms."

"Okayama! Even you worthless beta can get laid."

"Visit today. We'll have you saying Ai rabu Okayama."

[tourism intensifies]

[Dr.Soviet]

The question is can I meet THE Ryoko if I go there?

[جبريل 無道]

If today's episode is any indication, the series has just killed itself.  It's even worse than when MK or whoever decided a recap was needed for OAV3ep1.

Impressions:
I don't want to spoil it for anyone.... so I say the animation is better than I expected.  There is less time than I expected, if the current credits hold, they only give 3.5 minutes each ep.  1 minute I guess in that 5 is for commercials.  That's 175 minutes of animation.  That's like 4 shorter OAV eps or 7-8 TV episodes.

Revise estimates 20% down.  40 x 3.5=140 minutes animation.  Like just over 3 OAV episodes.  Or 6 TV episodes.  I assume the last week will have some ultra recap AMV thing or a bonus episode if we're lucky.

Back in the summer, I started out with 250 minutes for this series, 10 TV episodes, stupidly not taking commercial time into account, and it just keeps going down.

People are arguing whether this is fresh OAV offshoot or TU add-on continutiy.  Idk, but I just will point out that the Washu scene on Wednesday reminded me of her role TU Time and Space Adventures (a Kuroda radio play originally), in TMiL, and TMiL2 also dealt with AU of sorts with Washu reprising that role.  Washu floating on her chair playing with a Time and Space Machine seems to be Negishi's envisioned role for her.  I didn't find it fresh and exciting the second time around in TMiL, the 3rd time around in TMiL2, and not on the 4th time now.

[Tenchi Ryu]

Wait? What the fuck happened? People mood shifted like a motherfucka after episode 5, was it that bad?

[Lоиεѕомεиεѕѕ]

Wait? What the fuck happened? People mood shifted like a motherfucka after episode 5, was it that bad?

Well, I find ep. 5 to be an odd one. It reminds me of ep. 1 through 4.

[antvasima]

Well, for some reason Tenchi is now stuck in a lowest common denominator, nonsensical, panty-shot, molestation, and torture happy, submissive S&M show which doesn't even use more than 16 minutes of new time for every 5 episodes... The one bright spot was the segment in which Washuu sent Tenchi on a multidimensional rescue mission. We'll see if that develops into anything, or whether this will overtake Tenchi In Tokyo and Nabeshin as the biggest turds ever inserted into the Tenchi Muyou franchise?

[WarOmnimon]

Recap episode already?  Regardless of the content, this series has already just killed itself and we're not even 30 minutes in... the overall content just makes it worse as antvasima said (Which I'm giving him a +1 for in a moment).  Now I'm not even bothering to watch this.

Ball's in your court Kajishima... give us something worthwhile for the series' 20th anniversary, please.  The man still has about ten months to do so as that would still be the anniversary year, but like I said before... every other anime, manga, and even Tokusatsu (Power Rangers type shows) franchise with a recent anniversary season gave us something worthwhile.  It would sicken my stomach to see that not happen with Tenchi. 

[antvasima]

You can watch episode 3 alone and none whatsoever of the other 5 first epsodes if you wish. That one was almost okay taken by itself.

[takahata]

AI: Tenchi Muyo sounds like it is another spinoff of the regular OVA series.  It seems to combine elements of the Ryo-Ohki series and the Universe.   In epsode 3,  Tenchi's house is the one in the Universe series.   The OVA house has a porch, and a bridge on the lake.   For awhile,  I will treat the setting of the series to be another dimension  familiar to Tenchi Muyo: Ryo-Ohki's.

Mihoshi is on an assignment for the Galaxy Police.  Washu is like her Universe counterpart.

[Tensami]

Personally been enjoying it so far except for the inexcuseable recap episode. I've always felt recap episodes are an absolute waste of time, and to have one for four 4 minute episodes is just insane.

Now.

WHERE THE FUCK IS MY SASAMI?

[جبريل 無道]

I've always felt recap episodes are an absolute waste of time, and to have one for four 4 minute episodes is just insane.

I have a feeling it will become a weekly Friday thing.

[جبريل 無道]

Check for subs here:
http://www.anime-koi.com/

RAWS:
MON - EP6:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv0pC_wePS4

Look who finally showed up.  Ayeka's new voice sounds fine and a good past match.  Sasami's is also ok.  Ryoko's matches, but the actress I think has hints of having gotten older, much like Tenchi himself.

TUES - EP7:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9kYC-YH6MA

WED - EP8:
http://himado.in/242308

THUR - EP9:
http://himado.in/242417

FRI - EP10: RECAP AGAIN.

[Gaston]

Wow I found a few jokes funnies. Mihoshi was kinda pointless.

[takahata]

Of the first four episodes, Three was the best one.  Even 3 was meant mostly to be a flashback, it gives us the first hint what is likely going on.  Mihoshi had made he first appearance in the fourth episode.  Mihoshi's  appearance states the Galaxy Police is interested in the activities going on at the school.  There is a lot more going than a routine conflict between the school's student government and  one of its clubs.  The student club happens to be the Science Club.  Now, I have notice that the tablets are a sign of the use of advanced technology. 

When I had seen Mihoshi, I was expecting to see Kiyone as well.   Unfortunately, Kiyone is not one of the series' characters.