Tenchi the Movie: Tenchi Muyo in Love
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| Directed by | Hiroshi Negishi |
| Produced by | Tak W. Abe Naoju Nakamura Hidemi Satani |
| Screenplay by | Hiroshi Negishi Ryoe Tsukimura |
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Tenchi Muyo! by Masaki Kajishima |
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Masami Kikuchi Ai Orikasa Yumi Takada Chisa Yokoyama Etsuko Kozakura Yuko Kobayashi Yuri Amano Yuko Mizutani |
| Music by | Christopher Franke |
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Toei Company (Japan) Funimation (North America) Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand) MVM Films (United Kingdom) |
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95 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Tenchi the Movie, also known in Japan as Tenchi Muyo in Love (天地無用! IN LOVE?), is a 1996 Japanese animated film and the first of three films set in the Tenchi Muyo! multi-verse.
The film takes place after the conclusion of Tenchi Universe, and so varies from the original OVAs at several points. Most noticeable of these is the inclusion of Achika as Tenchi's mother instead of Kiyone Masaki. It was followed by Tenchi Forever!, released in 1999.
The year is 1996, one year after the events of Tenchi Universe. After being defeated by the Jurai Emperor and the Galaxy Police (GXP) centuries ago, the monstrously powerful Super A-1 class criminal, Kain, was permanently imprisoned in a subspace container of the GXP's headquarters. However, Kain managed to escape and used his time-space powers to destroy GXP HQ. He then set his sights on Earth and travels back in time to take his revenge on Jurai's royal family. Before the GXP was wiped out, they managed to broadcast a warning about Kain's escape, but due to its weak signal, both Kiyone and Mihoshi didn't comprehend the gravity of the situation.
At the Masaki house, Tenchi was watching an old film of his mother, Lady Achika, with Ayeka, Ryoko, and Sasami. This was the first time the girls get to see how Tenchi's mother looks like when she suddenly vanished from the film. As everyone was tried to understand the situation, the Misaki Shrine, the house, and Tenchi all began to fade out of existence. Coincidentally, Washu noticed a change in the space-time continuum and quickly devised a temporal shield to protect everyone from the effects of the changed time line. Washu theorizes that someone tampered with the established timeline and wiped out the Misaki family. To prevent Tenchi from vanishing, Washu devised a special temporal net to prevent Tenchi from fading out of time. However, the shield is only a temporary solution; Washu sends the rest of the group back to 1970 (via a highly experimental time machine) to prevent Kain from wiping out the Misaki and Juraian royal family.
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