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Tenchi Universe - Volume 4 - Time and Space AdventuresRating:
Release Date: 14 November, 2000 Retail Price: $29.98 OUR Price: $26.98 You SAVE: $3.00! Cast: |
Tenchi Universe - Volume 4 - Time and Space Adventures Reviews
The world is about to be split...
In the fourth DVD of the Tenchi Universe Washu has invented the Dimensional Cause & Effect controller. It allows you to shape the world into any form you want. When the girls ALL try to use it at the same time it, of course, goes haywire and ends up putting them all into one parallel universe after another. Each world SHOULD be the ultimate fantasy world, but these dreams seem to end up as nightmares. The first world seems to be old Japan, where Ayeka is a noblewoman and Tenchi is engaged to marry her. When Tenchi is sent by the Emperor to deal with a demon, Ryoko, things are not what they appear to be. Ayeka's world becomes a nightmare when she finds out that Ryoko is Tenchi's mistress!
The next world is just as weird. Kiyone has escaped Mihoshi by leaving her career as a police officer behind her. She ends up getting a job in a sleeply port town at a diner-tavern. But Mihoshi finds her. It turns out the dimwit has been searching for her and plans to be her "Partner forever..."
As Kiyone runs screaming into the night we pop over to the next world - Sasami's world of the Magical Girl Pretty Sammy. She uses her magic power to make Ryoko and Ayeka stop fighting over Tenchi. In fact she uses too much magic and they fall in love, but the episode ends before they can kiss. The next two worlds are just as interesting. Mihoshi's world is one where she and Tenchi are married, yet her sister-in-law is Ayeka and Ryoko, a widow from next door, comes to flirt with Tenchi. Mihoshi cries. Ryoko's world is set in the roaring twenties, with Ryoko and Tenchi as bank robbers. The interesting thing here is that, while Ryoko is having great fun she figures out that everything is fake. She allows Washu to cancel her world, like the redhead did to the others as they came to a end, and everything is back to normal. This DVD is just pure fun. It not only allows you to dive right into the characters' minds, but really allows you to laugh at events that would never of happened without Washu's weird machine. Kind of a "What-If" series of episodes.
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INTRODUCTION:
Although the Tenchi Muyo anime series became a massive hit in its native Japan and other neighboring nations, it was never fortunate enough to gain that kind of success in the United States. That's a real shame, because this is one of the best anime series out there. It DID air briefly in America on the Cartoon Network, but it never really won the audiences over the way series like Pokemon and Dragon Ball Z did. But this series is every bit as good as the animes that DID achieve fame in America. Read on for my review of this set.
BASIC PLOT:
It's hard to describe this series because there are so many twists and turns in the plot, but I'll try my best. The story follows a young man named Tenchi Masaki, who has just returned to school from a long break. Soon enough, he meets up with a rather strange cast of characters, and discovers that he may be the last hope for saving the universe! To make things even more difficult for him, many of these strange characters he has met fall in love with him, and this creates some competition amongst them that results in some rather comical scenes.
SERIES OPINIONS:
Why is this series so underrated in America? This is one of the best animes out there. It combines the samurai-style action of Dragon Ball Z with the romance/slapstick humor stylings of Sailor Moon, and this creates a series that is universally appealing. And believe me, over time this series will grow on you.
THE DUB:
Surprisingly, the dub version of this series isn't that bad. A few scenes have been mistranslated or toned down for American audiences, but it's nothing major like with other animes. Here's a little tip, if you're curious about what has been changed - while you're watching the Japanese subtitled version of the DVD, hit the Audio button on your DVD remote and switch to the dub track. This way you can watch the English dub with the English subtitles for the Japanese version - there's no better way to see how different some of the translations are!
DVD:
Once again, DVDs featuring an uncut dub and an uncut sub have been released. This is great because you get both versions of the series. There are also some bonus features as well. There aren't a whole lot of bonuses, but at least there are some - a number of anime DVDs don't have any at all!
OVERALL:
Overall this is an excellent DVD set, and it's good to have all the episodes of this classic series on DVD at long last. Still, the DVDs could have been done a little better. If you're an anime fan, this is a strongly recommended release.
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