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Tenchi Muyo! was created by Masaki
Kajishima.
It follows the adventures of a Japanese teenager named Tenchi
Masaki, who leads a normal life until some very beautiful and unusual
girls become a part of it. Beginning as an OVA (Original
Video
Animation, created specifically for home video), it grew as its
popularity did. A second OVA came, and much later a third.
There were 2 TV series, Tenchi Universe and Shin Tenchi Muyo
(Tenchi in Tokyo). The worlds of the OVA and 2 TV series are
similar, with the same main characters, but are three separate
timelines, differing in such ways as how the characters came
to be
together. Shin Tenchi Muyo is much different from the other
2, in
story as well as visual style. There are 3 movies, Tenchi
Muyo!
in Love, Tenchi the Movie 2: Daughter of Darkness (or Manatsu no Eve),
and Tenchi Forever (or Tenchi Muyo! in Love 2: Harukanaruomoi).
The first and third movies continue Tenchi Universe.
The
second movie is in it's own continuity, yet takes place after the first
OVA. Kiyone is the one main character that appears in all the
above except the OVA, in which Mihoshi's partner is the robot confined
to her space ship.
"Tenchi Muyo" seems to
have multiple meanings. The whole thing can mean "this end
up",
which would make sense if you consider that Tenchi Masaki's life is
turned upside down after he makes contact with the girls from outer
space. "Muyo" apparently means "no need", so "No Need for
Tenchi"
is another meaning, as well as "No Need for Heaven". "Tenchi"
could very well be a reference to heaven. While looking over
a
book on Japanese, I saw "ten" referring to heaven and sky, among other
things, and I saw "chi" referring to earth and ground, so the full
translation might be "No Need for Heaven on Earth". Either
way,
it's very clear that Ayeka and Ryoko find Tenchi to be more than worth
fighting for.
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