Tenchi Muyo! GXP

TV (26 eps)
AIC
3.662 out of 5 from 3,109 votes
Rank #3,565

Seina Yamada is incredibly unlucky; everything he touches is horribly destroyed. One day while visiting his sempai Tenchi's house, he is mistaken for the man by a member of the Galaxy Police Force and becomes inducted into the force. However, his terrible luck gives him an advantage in his new role: Seina encounters pirates at every turn, allowing his GXP comrades to capture many of the galaxy's worst criminals! Armed with a ship cloned from Ryo-Oh-Ki, Seina sets forth with his mostly female companions to defeat the sinister Barta pirates. Only one question remains: which is more important - capturing criminals or capturing hearts?

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megaman12321
7.5

Story Now, everyone who's seen the original OVAs would probably expect Tenchi Muyo GXP to be about Tenchi himself, as the titular character. In actuality, it's a spin-off of the series Galaxy Police Transporter begins during episode 5 of the third Tenchi OVA and progresses further outwards from there, providing something of a detailed look at the aliens and life in space aspect, as opposed to the original, which, for the most part, takes place on Earth. Instead of invincible Tenchi, we get his human, and extremely unlucky friend, Seina Yamada, who gets recruited into the Galexy Police by accident and sent off into space.  While the OVAs had their moments of seriousness every now and then, Tenchi Muyo GXP doesn't follow that same formula. In all 26 episodes the show was meant to really be a comedy. Seina's bad luck gets him in trouble constantly, wheather it's from bad timing with the girls or getting attacked by space pirates. Alot of the fun was actually watching how they got through each situation. In contrast, many serious moments were resolved in a few minutes, thus migitating the effect. So, when it tries to be dark, its more glossed over then anything. By actual plot, it's like a slice of life in space really. When Seina goes out to space, his job is to moreorless act as bait, and that's really a big bulk of it. At times, instead of one coherent plot, it makes it look like it could be a episodic show. The story is not really that strong, and it is meant to be a comedy more then anything, so watching it with that mindset instead of expecting it to be a great Tenchi Muyo spinoff will make the ride alot smoother. Animation Considering the show was made in 2002, the animation is quite good. Of course, age doesn't really affect potential quality, as Cowboy Bebop has shown, but considering it was also the first Tenchi Muyo anime to be computer animated, it is very well done. However, there have been moments where characters are static and seemed to be reusing animations to stall for time. One episode in particular even replayed something that happened before in the episode for a good 2-3 minutes. On the bright side, there hasn't a noticeable reuse of stock footage or reused clips. If I remember correctly, there wasn't a single repeated clip at all. The sequences during fights in space are awesome, but fights between melee combat are generally lackluster. But again, it focuses on comedy, so it's to be expected. Sound I've argued with friends over this, but to this reviewer, the music was honestly not the best. There's a noticeable lack of variety regarding songs, and they seem to just have one song designated to a certain type of event. A jazz like tone to a slow choir-like chant, it is unique, but not exactly something you might listen to everyday. Opening theme is catchy though. For voice actors, I watched the sub, and no one really had a moment where I wanted to gut my ears with a fork. The VAs go well with their character's personalities and they do get into their roles. Well, except maybe Seina, as he's nice for almost the whole show. Characters Seina is your average nice guy, the ones you see in alot of other harem animes. I don't even think he's even yelled at one of the girls for doing something stupid. He's no Tenchi, but he's watchable if you're okay with that type. Kiriko and Amane, both girls that support Seina in GXP, are literally the nicer version of Ayeka and Ryoko. In retrospect, every of the girls are close expies to the original. Still, they are unique in their own ways and they interact with each other very well. It's hard to fit any one into a certain archtype, as they do have thier own backgrounds that get touched upon that make them different.  On the otherhand, there really is no character development. There maybe a episode or two were they act differently during circumstances, but for the most part, they are pretty much the same. No contrasting ideals or changing beliefs. On the bright side, none of their interacts feel forced or really out of character, except maybe a odd place or two. Once you know their base personalities, you can see them doing what they do as if it was their natural reaction. Teasing, being jealous, etc. Many of the characters are likeable, both main and reoccuring, if a bit bland, and the only character I truely hated was NB. He's like a robotic Happosai but is just plain terrible. He I would be glad to stab with a fork. Overall It's part of Tenchi Muyo, but it sort of stands out on its own. It doesn't match it's predecesor in terms of quality but standalone it's has it's moments. Comedy, characters, and it's nods to continuality are all shown and pretty well executed. Plot is decent, and is animation, but could have been executed better. Sound was my biggest complaint, but it varies from person to person. If you want a good comedy anime, Tenchi Muyo GXP is probably one of the best, and it's fanservice, both in terms of ecchi and continuality nods, would probably make any Techi Muyo fan appreciate the show as a good successor to the franchise. 

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