That was an excellent one.

I gave it a 7.5 out of 10

disgusting, overrated, pointless

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

The first movie of Tenchi, is, well, okay. But I still don't get it. This is based on the Tenchi Universe series, and not on the OVA, what is up with that? I don't understand. I don't believe that they will ever make one based on the OVA, but at least they are continuing that one. But despite that this is still worth viewing for the average Tenchi fan. It has more background on Tenchi's past, and his mother, and father, and it mostly has Ryoko and Ayeka posing as high schoolers and Mihoshi as a teacher, a dull one though, but it is memorable. But I can't help feel that this is so familiar somewhere, I think it was that episode in the Time and Space adventures one where they live their lives as high schoolers or something. And Sasami is cute as always in this one. I like her in those clothes very cute, enough to give Chiyo of Azumanga Daioh a run for her money. Watch it.

This movie is one of my favorite Anime movies of all time, and I believe it is better than the other two, but the second was great as well, except this one was much better. The plot was wonderful, and the art/animation was of excellent quality. It doesn't exactly follow the timelines of any of the Tenchi series, however, the movie's quality makes up for it. The battle scenes were absolutely spectacular, and the dubbing was great. A Must-See anime movie for Tenchi Muyo fans and for even the casual anime fan.

I waited to see this movie for two years, and had almost given up hope... But it was more than worth the wait. The central storyline is quite tightly scripted, though using a few too many (and now inaccurate) time-travel cliches and occasionally tripping over itself with continuity. It's presented with a visual style that ranges from pulp SF to classical Japanese, and with character designs that are among the best ever used in a Japanese film. Christopher Franke's wonderful soundtrack alternates between dramatic, soft, and tearjerking. The excellently-cast voice acting is indicative of what Pioneer does best, with particular kudos to Grace Zandarski, whose voice does so much to emphasise her character's loveliness. The script, however, does have numerous problems, and tends to over-rely on certain characters arguing, which does get ludicrous after a while. Still, despite its flaws, this is a spectacular film.

Having not yet seen any other Tenchi Muyo, but enjoying anime I had high hopes for this movie. In part, these were met - the humor generally works very well, the animation quality is uniformly high, and the emotional parts almost convince.Therein though, lies (in my opinion) the main failing of this film - enough time is never spent fleshing out the relationships between the characters. This can be explained by its origin as a series, but weakens its qualities as a standalone film. Also, as it is based upon a series, you know that no major characters can die (to maintain continuity with the series), which removes some of the excitement.I expect you would get more out of it as a fan of the series, so you then already know most of the characters.In conclusion I like the film, and will watch it again, but cannot agree with some claims that it is a masterpiece...(7/10)