Month: December 2014

Ai Tenchi Muyo! Review

Ai Tenchi Muyo! Review

If ever there were modern-day testament to my former professor’s adage of a particular work being “art masquerading as popular culture,” in the anime world it would surely be Ai Tenchi Muyo! (2014).  The latest installment in the multifaceted Tenchi Muyo! franchise, Ai essentially resurrects what would otherwise be a dying (albeit classic and fondly remembered)…

Ai Tenchi Muyo! – 56-60 Super Cut ENG SUB release!

Ai Tenchi Muyo! – 56-60 Super Cut ENG SUB release!

Locked in a strange world, Tenchi and Momo run circles around each other in a place built from Momo’s memories. While they fruitlessly attempt to gain control over the machine that tosses them from place to place, Washu teases the Galaxy Police into setting her free. Her bargaining chip? How’s the universe still existing in an…

Hiroshi Negishi takes to twitter, “Inoue made plans for an in Love 3”

Hiroshi Negishi takes to twitter, “Inoue made plans for an in Love 3”

With Ai Tenchi Muyo‘s finale airing today, Director Hiroshi Negishi (Tenchi Universe/in Love/in Love 2) spent considerable time interacting with Japanese fans via Twitter. On top of thanking fans for watching the first Tenchi project he’s worked on for 15 years, he let a few small interesting tidbits out. Fans will most likely be interested…

Ai Tenchi Muyo! Episode 60 – Once in a Lifetime Encounter ENG Sub release!

Ai Tenchi Muyo! Episode 60 – Once in a Lifetime Encounter ENG Sub release!

A morning breeze peacefully rustles the trees around the Masaki shrine as Tenchi ascends the steps. Ryoko takes this opportune moment for another quiet moment, soon to be interrupted by the traveling thunderstorm of drama, Ayeka. Mihoshi seems interested in dowsing for buried treasure. As the girls run off to eat the dinner Sasami prepared,…

Ai Tenchi Muyo! Episode 59 – One and Only Again ENG Sub release!

Ai Tenchi Muyo! Episode 59 – One and Only Again ENG Sub release!

Momo and Tenchi are united once more at the Hokoku Station, stuck between dimensions. A light snow dances around them as they spend a final moment together. Momo, delicate as a flower pedal, comes to terms with who she was and what she must return to. Thanks to Tenchi, she feels ready to face what…