Tenchi Muyo! In Love (1996)

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Beautiful, moving film.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

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.

A great installment to the Tenchi Muyo series. As a stand alone movie it is great as well. The story draws you in and keeps you on the edge to the very end. All along the way you get the great angst and humor that goes with the territory that is Tenchi Muyo... **************POSSIBLE SPOILER*************** Of course once again the whole gang finds themselves clinging to Ryoko for help as she has to teleport everyone to subspace to save Tenchi's mother. ************************END SPOILER************************* All in all solid and entertaining. (10 out of 10)

This truly is the best of any of the Tenchi's. I bought this one on a whim, and at the end of the movie my wife couldn't stop crying (which is a good sign for this movie). A few months later we watched it again, and she had the same reaction.This movie has some top animation and a good solid story. I recommend it to anyone who wants to start to break away from all the generic Mecha stuff being played on cable (the stuff that got old back in the 80's in Japan).

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)