Tenchi Masaki thought he was just a normal 17 year old, living with his father and grandfather at the family’s Shinto Shrine. For the unsuspecting Tenchi, everything he knows is going to be turned upside down as a handful of crazy women are about to invade his life, each with their own interest in Tenchi. Together they’ll help Tenchi realize his destiny. But more importantly, Tenchi Masaki is about to learn that "love stinks."

Initially advertised as "Tenchi Muyo!" three separate Tenchi series aired on Toonami. The first, the "Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki OVA" premiered on July 3rd, 2000 at 5:30 pm. The second, "Tenchi Universe" premiered July 20, 2000 at 6 pm. And the final series, "Tenchi in Tokyo" premiered August 25, 2000 at 6 pm as well. On Febuarary 23, 2002, the Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki OVA made its return to Cartoon Network as a part of Adult Swim’s brand new all action themed Saturday night lineup, airing at the tail end of the block at 1:30 am.

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.:Episode Guide

Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki (OVA 1) 1: Ryoko Resurrected 2: Here Comes Ayeka! 3: Hello Ryo-Ohki! 4: Mihoshi Falls to the Land of Stars 5: Kagato Attacks! 6: We Need Tenchi! 7: The Night Before The Carnival Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki (OVA 2) 8: Hello Baby! 9: Sasami and Tsunami 10: I Love Tenchi! 11: The Advent of the Goddess 12: Zero Ryoko 13: Here Comes Jurai! Tenchi Universe 1: No Need for Discussions! 2: No Need for a Princess! 3: No Need for Worries! 4: No Need for Monsters! 5: No Need for Partners! 6: No Need for Resident Officers! 7: No Need for a Carnival! 8: No Need for a Genius! 9: No Need for Memories! 10: No Need for an Arch Rival! 11: Time and Space Adventures: Part 1 12: Time and Space Adventures: Part 2 13: Time and Space Adventures: Part 3 14: No Need for a Rebellion! 15: No Need for an Escape! 16: No Need for Hiding! 17: No Need for Hunger! 18: No Need for a Ghost!

19: No Need for Runaways! 20: No Need for Swimsuits! 21: No Need for a Checkpoint! 22: No Need for Knights! 23: No Need for Karma! 24: No Need for Ryoko! 25: No Need for a Showdown! 26: No Need for a Conclusion! Tenchi in Tokyo 1: Separation Anxiety 2: Four's A Crowd 3: Long Distance Lunacy 4: The Eternal Pledge 5: Money! Money! Money! 6: Play Date 7: The Day We Met 8: Tenchi Anniversary 9: The Guardians of Old 10: Ryoko's Big Date 11: Moon Mission 12: Stupid Cupid 13: The Eye of the Destroyer 14: Tokyo or Bust! 15: Love Match 16: Carnival! 17: Drifting Away 18: Game Over 19: The Lonely Princess 20: Old Friends 21: Real Friends? 22: Sakuya's Secret 23: Here, There, and Everywhere 24: Yugi's Shadow 25: The End of Time 26: Payback

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.:Misc.

• Tenchi Universe and Tenchi in Tokyo are "alternate retellings" of the Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki OVA series. Aside from featuring the same characters in similar situations each series is it’s own continuity and is not related to the others.



• Kiyone, Mihoshi’s perpetually ill-fated Galaxy Police partner makes her first animated appearance in the Tenchi Muyo! Mihoshi Special, which takes place between the first and second OVA series. For unknown reasons the Mihoshi Special was not included in the Toonami or Adult Swim broadcasts of the Tenchi OVA series, relegating Kiyone’s first network appearance to Tenchi Universe. In all likelihood, Kiyone blames her delayed television appearance on Mihoshi.



• Besides the two OVAs and two television series, there are still several Tenchi properties that have not aired on Toonami or Adult Swim. These include: a third OVA (taking place after the second OVA), Tenchi Muyo! GXP (set in the OVA universe), The Mihoshi Special, three movies, and two(!) Magical Girl Pretty Sasami series. To date Cartoon Network has made no announcements regarding the broadcast of these additional series.



• Due to inappropriate content, Tenchi Muyo! was censored for language, nudity, and alcohol references. The introduction of the "digikini" (a digital bathing suit used to cover up nude characters), as well as alcohol being called "tea" has resulted in several on-going jokes in the Toonami fandom.



• During its Adult Swim broadcast, Tenchi Muyo! aired with the same edits as the Toonami broadcast.



• The two-minute long Tenchi Muyo! promo is considered one of the best Toonami advertisements ever made.

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