Tenchi Muyo! No Need for Tenchi!
Genres: adventure, comedy, drama, fantasy, romance, science fiction, supernatural
Themes: aliens, harem
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Tenchi Masaki was a normal 17-year-old boy until the day he accidentally releases the space pirate, Ryoko, from a cave she was sealed in 700 years ago as the people thought she was a demon. In a series of events, four other alien girls show up at the Masaki household as Tenchi learns much of his heritage he never knew about and deal with five alien girls who each have some sort of romantic interest in him.
Number of episodes: 6
Vintage: 1992-09-25
Tenchi Muyo! Tenchi Universe
Genres: adventure, comedy, drama, romance, science fiction, supernatural
Themes: aliens, harem
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Tenchi Masaki may be a 17-year-old young man in rural Japan, but little does he know how bad his day will be getting. When a space pirate chased by a pair of Galaxy Police officers crash-lands at his grandfather’s temple, Tenchi is sucked into a new adventure that will literally blast him off into outer space and beyond.
Number of episodes: 26
Vintage: 1995-04-02 to 1995-09-24
Magical Project S
Genres: comedy, fantasy
Themes: magical girl
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: In the magical kingdom Juraihelm, Tsunami is in line to be crowned as queen but must complete a test first. She must choose someone to make the world a better place. Sasami is given the task of delivering a CD from her mother’s store to a spooky mansion. When she gets there she is met by Tsunami who tells her she will become a magical girl. She endows Sasami with magical powers and sends Ryo-Okhi with her as a guide. Matters are not easy, however, as Tsunami’s rival, Ramia, wants the crown and will do anything she can, including creating her own magical girl, Pixy Misa, to stop Tsunami from being crowned.
Number of episodes: 26
Vintage: 1996-10-04 to 1997-03-28
Tenchi in Tokyo
Genres: comedy, drama, romance, science fiction
Themes: aliens, harem
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Tenchi decides to move to Tokyo in order to lead a normal life in the big city. While in Tokyo Tenchi meets a girl named Sakuyo. They soon fall in love but as it turns out a dark sinister force has created Sakuyo to get at Tenchi and rule the earth. Now Tenchi must balance love, friends, and life while defending the earth one last time.
Number of episodes: 26
Vintage: 1997-04-01 to 1997-09-23
Tenchi Muyo! GXP
Genres: adventure, comedy, science fiction
Themes: aliens, harem, police, space
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Seina is unlucky, so unlucky that when he stumbles upon a recruiter looking for his senpai Tenchi he gets taken instead. Forced into the Galaxy police, his luck begins to change. A natural to randomly jumping near pirates, he is assigned his own decoy to draw out pirates. His luck brings him into the lives of four women who have a habit of cancelling out his bad luck, turning it into good. Armed with this luck, they pilot the most powerful ships in the Tenchi Universe to defeat the Barta pirates. Now the only uncertainty is whether the sexy Kaunaq, a former model turned GXP officer, sturdy Kiriko, who has known Seina for years, the mysterious Ryoko, a former pirate named after the legendary one, or the childish Neiju, a powerful witch, will win Seina.
Number of episodes: 26
Vintage: 2002-04-02 to 2002-09-25
Sasami: Magical Girls Club
Genres: comedy, magic
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: In this world, there live a group of people who call themselves “Majo” or “Magical Girls”. They hide their powers so as to assimilate into the environment. They have been living together in harmony with the humans for many years to come, and their predecessors continue to do so. Sasami was enthroned with magical powers since her birth. However, at the age of three, she was told by her parents never to use her innate powers and from then on, had kept it a secret from everyone. On the day of a new school term, a new transfer teacher by the name of Wajuu arrives and from then on, Sasami’s life begins to change tremendously.
Number of episodes: 13
Vintage: 2006-04-13 to 2006-07-13
Sasami: Magical Girls Club Season 2
Genres: comedy, fantasy
Plot Summary: The girls are taken to the magical world for a summer camp. Washu goes and brings them back after learning this. Misao however wanted to stay. Back home she drops out of the magical girls club, now back to a cooking club only. She returns only to feel left out as the girls seem to ignore her and rally around Sasami. Then when Monta unknowingly rejects her for Sasami, Misao then decides to returns to magical world where she believes she belongs. The other girls go to save her but she not only refuses, she even attacks them, now much stronger than before. She soon learns that all the witches really wanted from her was Sasami. Later Amitav is brought to the real world where he becomes overly attached to Sasami’s father.
Number of episodes: 13
Vintage: 2006-10-05 to 2007-01-11
Ai Tenchi Muyo!
Genres: comedy
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: In order to save the world from the side effects of Washu’s latest experiments, Tenchi Masaki goes undercover as a teacher. He is immediately swept up in a conflict between the student council and the science club, who each have a member that is key to Tenchi’s mission.
Running time: 5 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 50
Vintage: 2014-10-06
Tenchi Muyo! The Night Before The Carnival (OAV) Vintage: 1993-09-25
Tenchi Muyo! Mihoshi Special Vintage: 1994-03-25
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki (OAV 2)Vintage: 1994-09-25
Magical Girl Pretty Sammy (OAV) Vintage: 1995-08-25 to 1997-08-24
Magical Girl Pretty Sammy Bonus Theatre (OAV) Vintage: 1997
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo Ohki (OAV 3) Vintage: 2003-09-18
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo Ohki: Final Confrontations (OAV) Vintage: 2005-09-14
Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar (OAV) Vintage: 2009-03-20
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo Ohki (OAV 4) Vintage: 2016-11-30
Tenchi Muyo Movie 1: Tenchi in Love Vintage: 1996-04-20
Tenchi Muyo Movie 2: Daughter of Darkness Vintage: 1997-08-02
Tenchi Muyo Movie 3: Tenchi Forever Vintage: 1999-04-24
