Tenchi Muyou! GXP

It's hard to review this one, but the standard I will use is not to treat it as part of the franchise it belongs to, but as a wholly separate entity.

Story:The Tenchi Muyo OVA's are marked by having an unusually strong plotline despite being a "harem" anime. GxP however, takes a step away from that. Directed by the frequently manic Watanabe Shinichi (aka Nabeshin, aka the guy who dropped Excel Saga and Puni Puni Poemi upon an unsuspecting world) the maestro himself jumps from plot-point to plot-point with reckless abandon. While obviously having some respect for the original material, he takes ... liberty with the original canon when it suits him and creates the giant continuity cluster$#@! that was the 3rd OVA (and the scramble to fit it in with the original plot). The series takes a different slant from the other series in that it's got a lot more slapstick, and it's more risque in many places.
I will say that the crossover attempts and the AWFUL episode 17 (people at Funimation are going to hell for the dubbing of that episode BTW) were weak and really not necessary. The fact that this series came out before OVA 3 but referenced many parts of it, was also very disconcerting.

Art: Nothing stood out. Again, the artwork was heavily influenced by the director's style and his input is very clear.

Sound: I liked the opening credits music. But then all the Tenchi series have strong music.

Character: Enter the main character, Seina Yamada, the hopelessly cursed young man with legendary bad luck. While dropping by to see his friend Tenchi (who's also related to his best friend...don't get me started on the first of many continuity snafus) he's present for a Mihoshi-style crash landing of a Galaxy Police shuttle. The pilot, the sex object/mentor figure Amane, mistakenly things he's "in-the-know" to the wacky condition as Casa de Tenchi and hands him a recruitment brochure.
Seina then finds himself in the GP. I'm drifting into a synopsis, but work with me.
The GP, and the Jurai royals, soon discover Seina's unique ability to draw space pirates in like moths to a flame and they quickly decide to make use of that fact.
Seina is joined by the aforementioned Amane, model turned detective. His crush from back on Earth joins them as well, Kiriko. It's a mindbending rip of belief how Kiriko gets to GP HQ ahead of Seina, and if she was already aware of her royal status (yes, not even Tenchi knows that even his cousins on Earth get the royal treatment as well) what the heck she was doing on Earth before this point (reality bending, a Nabeshin special!)
Others include Ryoko Balta, who disappointingly does not share any of the roguish charm of her namesake but is also horribly miscast as a polite, almost prissy space pirate.
Then there is the child-like Neju, who true to anime stereotype, calls Seina "big brother" but is really 10,000 years old and also has designs on him.
The one standout character is the "Devil Princess of Jurai" Lady Seito. Her character is the one unique standout and plays very well in the 3rd OVA off of Washu. The other characters are quickly forgettable, but Seito will remain as one of the franchise's more memorable characters.

Enjoyment: This series was fun. It didn't wow me, it didn't make me think. It did give me headaches when they decided to screw with the established canon, but since it was continued in the 3rd OVA we have to assume that the Director and writers had some sort of blessing in this.
I recommend this to anyone who enjoys a raunchy slapstick comedy. However, this series did lack the tenderness of the rest of the franchise and will doubtlessly turn off female fans. (I know this because the series is one of my wife's favorites).

Overall: Watanabe Shinichi's unique take on the Tenchi world is refreshing and entertaining, especially after the semi-flop of Tenchi in Tokyo. It's clearly in it's own little section of the universe and is certainly a different take on things. The satire of the Galaxy Police (shown as vain and fashion obsessed) and the Jurai family (shown as a little kooky and not completely sane) is very fun given that one has seen other installments of the Tenchi franchise (namely the OVAs)

i don't usually watch animes which dates back more than 5 years but i tried giving this 1 a try. i did not regret.

STORY:

it starts of real slow, it didnt even look like it was gonna be good, a boy with bad luck going to space, attacked by pirates... all the usual stuff. it was just fair, i didnt expect much of it anyway. but the story starts to go quite random but i would say, in a good way. some of it isnt ... rational but who cares -,- its a comedy anyway.

after a while, the story grows and you get a typical harem anime. the romance isnt much but i still liked it because the way the anime is presented.
its simple but executed in a good way. this is one of those animes which makes you feel like you've watch a lot when actually, theres just 26 episodes.
probably because all the different settings and the adventure. to begin with, i don't really see a main plot. you would probably think the main antagonist is daruma but it isnt. the crew goes here and there making the story look longer than it really is.

one other thing i liked is the substories. the sub stories are just comedy scenes and some of them are quite funny. its shows the things happening at seina's ex-crew members and tennan after he was captured by pirates.

what really surprised me is the climax of the story which is around episode 22~24. i don't want to spoil it or anything but the mecha seina used to defeat the bad guys is very very similar to the mechas in isekai seikishi no monogatari. the climax was good, it'd give it an 8/10 just because of that.


ART:

the art is just everage for a 2002 anime, didnt expect anything much. nothing interesting here

SOUND:

the sound was also everage. the op wasn't that good but it did give me the impression of a comedy anime. my favourite soundtrack is the juraian emperror sound. it just makes the battle scenes feel epic :)

CHARACTER:

the caharcters were ok. some are just maniacs and some are just perverts. the funniest character is NB and tennan. they make the comedy scenes shine. as for the girls, theres 3+1. i did '+1' because the final girl appeard quite late compared to the other 3 which were already there during the beginning of the episode. and she looks too young evethough shes already 2000+ year old.

ENJOYMENT/OVERALL:

for a 2002 anime, this was good. for harem lovers- a must watch, for romance lovers- not so much


*please don't critic too much >.<

From what i remember of watching this anime almost a year ago i loved it, but since i have forgotten mostly everything i plan to rewatch it. This anime has the same feeling as the newest tenchi spinoff Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari, or as i should say isekai has the same feeling as gxp. But i do remember that i did love this anime and would recommend it to any tenchi fans.
Thank you.

Ok, i finally got done re-watching this series and i must say it was great. Although there were a couple fillers, it in general was quite funny. The story ... in my opinion was quite good, but it did get a little boring towards the end. All in all i would give it a 9 because it was fun to watch and it kept my interest through out most of the series. However if you do plan to watch this series the i recommend watching the other tenchi muyo series first because if you don't, it may be hard to figure out whats going on about half way through. I do hope that you like the series and if you do then please try watching Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari as it is quite similar and in my opinion even alot better.

the story of this anime is about Seina Yamada He is the anime hero, and the bad luck that follows him, Anime is much fun, especially with the events that happen to him because of his bad luck, Tenshi series I always liked it, and if you liked this series, you would like the anime and for me the anime is the best,
the story is good But I expected that there would be a large harem as we were used to see in this series "Tenchi" and some strong Ecchi events, but unfortunately not.
In the end, the anime will like you as much as ... I like, and I recommend it, especially the story is somewhat strange and I like this kind of story