Tenchi Muyo! GXP
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| 天地無用!GXP (No Need for Tenchi! GXP) |
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| Genre | Adventure, harem, sci-fi | ||
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| Director | Shinichi Watanabe | ||
| Studio |  AICVAP |
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| Licensor |  FUNimation Entertainment |
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| Network |  NTV |
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| Original run | 3 April 2002 – 25 September 2002 | ||
| Episodes | 26 | ||
Tenchi Muyo! GXP (天地無用!GXP Tenchi Muyō! Jī Ekkusu Pī?) is an anime spinoff of Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki.
Tenchi Muyo! GXP: Galaxy Police Transporter, released in Japan in 2002, goes back to the original Tenchi Muyo! OVA timeline. However this time the main character of this 26-episode TV series is Seina Yamada, a spin off of Tenchi Masaki who is forced by his family to join the Galaxy Police. Unlike all previous Tenchi Muyo! incarnations, which were licensed by Geneon, GXP was licensed in the United States by FUNimation Entertainment (along with the third OVA series) and was released on DVD in from March to December 2004.
Behind this show is Shinichi Watanabe, the director of Excel Saga.
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[edit] Major characters
- Seina Yamada (山田 西南 Yamada Seina?)
- The main character of Tenchi Muyo! GXP and a friend of Tenchi Masaki, a series of mishaps lead Seina into joining the Galaxy Police force. He is "blessed" with the worst luck in the universe, and after being drawn into the GP Academy quickly becomes captain of his own ship, with his ill-fortune acting as bait to lure in the Daluma pirate guild.
- Voiced by: Shigeru Mogi (Japanese), Tony Oliver (English)
- Amane Kaunaq (雨音・カウナック Amane Kaunakku?)
- Former fashion model and the person responsible for Seina entering the G.P. Academy. She also has a rivalry with Kiriko Masaki and Ryoko Balta over the boy.
- Voiced by: Mariko Suzuki (Japanese), Dorothy Elias-Fahn (English)
- Kiriko Masaki (正木 霧恋 Masaki Kiriko?)
- Seina's childhood friend, she becomes a member of the Jurai Royal Family.
- Voiced by: Kumi Sakuma (Japanese), Wendee Lee (English)
- Seiryo Tennan (天南 静竜 Tennan Seiryō?)
- Originally appearing briefly in the Episode 13 "Here comes Jurai," of the Original OVA. Seiryo is a teacher at the GP academy who is prejudiced against Earthlings, in particular Seina Yamada. His hatred of Earthlings could be tied to his loss to Tenchi in a duel for Ayeka. After being captured by pirates, Seiryo eventually rises up through their ranks to become leader of their group and captain of the flagship Unko, and now challenges his "nemesis" and those who abandoned him at the GXP. He has a lust for Amane who grew up with him as kids, but when Seina came along, he became even more of a nuisance.
- Voiced by: Mitsuaki Madono (Japanese), Kirk Thornton (English)
- Ryoko Balta (リョーコ・バルタ Ryōko Baruta?)
- A space pirate of the dreaded Daluma Guild, who happened to fall in love with Seina, and who later joined him in the Galaxy Police.
- Voiced by: Aya Hisakawa (Japanese), Barbara Goodson (English)
- The disguise Ryoko Balta used, which was that of a Wau office clerk in the Galaxy Police.
- Voiced by: Nina Kumagaya (Japanese), Rebecca Forstadt (English)
- Neju Na Melmas (ネージュ・ナ・メルマス Nēju Na Merumasu?)
- A 2000 year-old high priestess and a powerful telepath who joins the crew of the Kamidake II.
- Voiced by: Nana Mizuki (Japanese), Sandy Fox (English)
- The young cabbit that acts as the Kamidake II's principal power supply, and the younger sister of Ryo-Ohki.
- Voiced by: Tomoko Kaneda (Japanese), Lara Cody (English)
- Mitoto Kuramitsu (九羅密 美兎跳 Kuramitsu Mitoto?)
- Mihoshi's mother, cleaning lady for the Galaxy Police, and friend of Seina.
- Voiced by: Yūko Mizutani (Japanese), Kari Wahlgren (English)
- NB (NB Enubī?)
- Originally, this was a standard helper robot that Seina Yamada was issued when he enrolled in the G.P. Academy. However, Kiriko and Erma, not trusting Amane Kaunaq with Seina, added a video camera for surveillance. However, a short circuit, caused by Amane's modifications had altered the personality of the robot.
- Basically, NB's still the helper robot it was originally designed for, but now it has the personality of a voyeuristic pervert. NB is almost never found without its camera, hoping to catch girls in various stages of undress. However, the girls do catch it, the end result is NB getting dented.
- The name "NB" is a reference to Nabeshin, Watanabe Shinichi's character in Excel Saga and Puni Puni Poemi.
- Voiced by: Shinichi Watanabe (Japanese), Bob Papenbrook (English)
- Daluma (ダ・ルマー Da Rumā?)
- The criminal mastermind that started the pirate guild that bears his name. A perpetual thorn in the side of the Galaxy Police, Daluma is behind most of the illegal activity in a large section of the galaxy. Giving himself the title "General", he oversees his empire inside a huge ship called The Great Daluma. To combat Seina's convenient bad luck, he forms the Good Luck Fleet, a collection of the luckiest pirate crew members aboard ships adorned with lucky charms.
- Daluma's operations are finally thwarted by Seina Yamada and the Kamidake II, and the General himself is taken into GP custody. Strangely enough, his capture brings about a change of personality, from a bloodthirsty pirate leader to a peaceful individual.
- Voiced by: Toshihiko Nakajima (Japanese), Mel Dasher (English)
- Kyo Komachi (コマチ・キョウ Komachi Kyō?)
- A member of the dreaded Daluma pirate guild, this muscular female has a rare trait among pirates - a sense of personal honor. She despises Tarant Shank because of his underhanded and cruel methods and has been known to secretly work with the Galaxy Police and Airi Masaki to thwart unjust plans that Shank may be involved in, not to mention embarrassing him in front of Daluma.
- For example, Shank had kidnapped the families of Ryoko Balta's crew. The ransom - Ryoko was to kill Seina Yamada. Kyo had freed the families by secretly arranging a breakout by Seiryo Tennan. During the disturbance he caused, she had managed for the families' escape, as well as the recovery of a second-generation Jurai tree seed.
- From time-to-time, Kyo also found herself involved with Seiryo. When Seiryo found that a common item she had in her home was a tremendous good luck charm, she had become his second-in-command on board the Unko. They become friends over time and in the final episode, engaged.
- Voiced by: Romi Paku (Japanese), Jessica Gee (English)
- Mikami Kuramitsu (九羅密 美守 Kuramitsu Mikami?)
- The oldest child of Mikumo Kuramitsu (who was the son of Washu Hakubi) and his wife Miyuki Kuramitsu, Mikami Kuramitsu is the true power behind the powerful Kuramitsu family from planet Seniwa. It was her who had demoted her brother Minami from Marshal of the Galaxy Police to the G.P.'s director of maintenance after the Chobimaru incident. She often works closely with Seto Kamiki Jurai and Airi Masaki and rarely loses her temper. She's been even known to smile cheerfully while handing out disciplinary measures, like assigning Seiryo to toilet cleaning detail for trying to interfere with Seina's body enhancements.
- Voiced by: Ikuko Sugita (Japanese), Melodee Spevack (English)
- Tarant Shank (タラント・シャンク Taranto Shanku?)
- A member of the dreaded Daluma Guild, Tarant Shank is a bloodthirsty, cruel individual who bears a deep grudge against Seina Yamada. As a sadistic and notorious space pirate, he is feared by both his associates and the Galaxy Police.
- Voiced by: Yuki Matsuda (Japanese), Kim Strauss (English)
[edit] Minor characters
- Yoshiko Yamada (山田 吉子 Yamada Yoshiko?)
- Seina's younger sister, she seeks no end to torment her brother. For a little while, NB was enamored to her, but only because she thought he was a dog. Later, on the date of Seina's wedding, she pledged herself to Kiriko's brother Kai.
- Voiced by: Mamiko Noto (Japanese), Kari Wahlgren (English)
- Kai Masaki (正木 海 Masaki Kai?)
- Kai, who is Kiriko's younger brother, is one of the few people who will ever get near Seina. Because of Seina's bad luck, Kai will often be seen fixing or totally replacing bicycles that were wrecked as a result.
- Voiced by: Hisayoshi Suganuma (Japanese), Brad MacDonald (English)
- It could be said that these three individuals can be counted as a single character. These three made their appearance in the second episode. All three of them were on board the G.P. cruiser that had picked-up Seina to transport him to the G.P. Academy. It was during the trip that they ran into Ryoko Balta's ship, where they immediately "surrendered". It turns out that the three are rabid fans of the space pirate, but were crushed when she took a liking to Seina.
- From that point forward, the three would be found from time-to-time, either with the G.P. or the Daluma pirate guild. They even served on board Seriyo Tennan's ship Unko. They were also originally chosen as the Unko's captain after beating Seiryo in a game of Janken (The Japanese term for Rock-Paper-Sissors). But later when Alan, Barry, and Cohen idiotically used all the money they were given on throwing a wild party instead of spending it towards preparing the Unko as they ordered to do, the three begged Seiryo to become the Unko's new captain in order to avoid blame for spending all of the funds. During Seiryo's duel against Seina, Alan, Barry and Cohen lost the Unko when the three had used it as collateral for betting on Seriyo.
- After the collapse of the Daluma guild the three became waiters at the space station owned by the Tennan family and the three still serve under Seriyo who is the head waiter.
- Alan voiced by: Jun Fukuyama (Japanese), Tom Fahn (English)
- Barry voiced by: Kouichi Nagano (Japanese), Kirk Thornton (English)
- Cohen voiced by: Yūsuke Numata (Japanese), Dan Lorge (English)
- Kanemitsu Hirata (平田 兼光 Hirata Kanemitsu?)
- Voiced by: Juurouta Kosugi (Japanese), Dave Mallow (English)
- An army officer serving under the Juraian military and captain of the 7th Armada, he is one of Lady Seto's trusted advisors next to Minaho. During the series, it's partially revealed that he is from Earth and possibly, had the same circumstances as Seina in which he joined the Juraian army.
- Minaho Masaki Jurai (柾木 水穂 Masaki Minaho?)
- Minaho Masaki is the older sister of Kiyone Masaki and is the daughter of Yosho and Airi Masaki. She is Tenchi and Tennyo's aunt, and works for Lady Seto as her personal aide. Minaho also has a minor role in the final episode of the third Tenchi Muyo! OVA. Unlike her older sister, Minaho doesn't have the playful character trait that her mother has, and is more business-oriented.
- While Minaho possesses a treeship of her own, its name has yet to be revealed.
- Voiced by: Yūko Nagashima (Japanese), Kari Wahlgren (English)
- Kenneth, a human and Rajau, a Wau, were Seina's classmates at the G.P. Academy. Occasionally, the two would be featured in some point in Seina's life in the G.P., sometimes monitoring a satellite guarding Earth, mostly to protect members of the Jurai Royal family living there.
- Kenneth voiced by: Kenji Nojima (Japanese), Steve Staley (English)
- Rajau voiced by: Susumu Chiba (Japanese), Tony Oliver (English)
- Jun
- One of Amane's few friends during her modeling days. She helped out Amane when she participated in a G.P. fashion show.
- Voiced by: Mamiko Noto (Japanese), Jessica Gee (English)
- Vega (ベガ Bega?)
- This buxom model had been Amane Kaunaq's rival during the G.P. officer's modeling days. After Amane had agreed to briefly model for a G.P. show, Vega showed no mercy as she taunted Amane, mostly calling her an "old girl". However, when Amane showed great skill during a live-fire demonstration during the show, Vega stupidly tried to do her own demonstration... and promptly failed.
- Voiced by: Yūko Nagashima (Japanese), Wendee Lee (English)
- This couple showed up on Jurai in episode 25. Although very youthful, they are, in fact, the parents of Emperor Azusa Masaki Jurai. Seina met them briefly.
- Kazuki voiced by: Takehiro Murozono (Japanese)
- Utsutsumi Kamiki Jurai (神木 内海 樹雷 Kamiki Utsutsumi Jurai?)
- This is Lady Seto's husband. They had met at the G.P. Academy, where Seto gave him a choice... marriage or death (Utsutsumi never makes the easy decisions). He is a great friend of Emperor Azusa Jurai and worked with him to find a missing Jurai tree seed, which was found by Seina. He was also present along with Azusa when Kiriko was bonded to Miyuki.
- Voiced by: Masashi Hirose (Japanese), Richard Epcar (English)
- While at first appearing as Lady Seto's ladies-in-waiting, they are in fact citizens of the Rezma Union (Jap)/Renza Federation (Eng), who are seeking protection from Jurai. In the last episode, these four ladies kidnapped Seina before his wedding... and publicly seduced him. Seina ended up marrying them as well as Amane, Kiriko, Ryoko and Neju.
- Gyokuren voiced by: Nao Takamori (Japanese), Lara Cody[1] (English)
- Hakuren voiced by: Yumiko Kajihara (Japanese), Julie Maddalena (English)
- Karen voiced by: Shiho Kawaragi (Japanese), Kari Wahlgren (English)
- Suiren voiced by: Asako Shirakura (Japanese), Mona Marshall (English)
- Mr. and Mrs. Kaunaq
- Amane's parents, who are the head of the Kaunaq fashion industry. Although Amane originally worked as part of the fashion house, they became distraught when Amane decided to join the Galaxy Police. The difference is that while Mrs. Kaunaq partly supports her daughter's decision to become a Galaxy Police officer, Mr. Kaunaq does not and wants her to rejoin the family business.
- Mr. Kaunaq voiced by: Kazuhiro Nakata (Japanese), Michael McConnohie (English)
- Mrs. Kaunaq voiced by: Kei Hayami (Japanese), Kari Wahlgren (English)
- NaBiko (ナＢ子?)
- A female robot that has taken an extreme liking to NB. NB, however, is scared to death of her.
- Voiced by: Yūko Mizutani (Japanese), Sandy Fox (English)
[edit] Broadcast information
Tenchi Muyo! GXP was originally broadcast in Japan during 2002, where all 26 episodes were initially aired from April 3rd to September 25th. The episodes were also slightly edited for airing on Japanese TV with some changes in content for the DVD releases.
The English version of GXP was also aired on the FUNimation Channel with other anime licensed by FUNimation Entertainment. The airings began in 2006 and the reruns are still being shown on the FUNimation Channel.
[edit] Music
- Opening: Mayonaka no Taiyō [Midnight Sun] (Japanese version performed by Kayoko Kurota)
- Ending: Anata ga Saitei... [You're the Worst...] (Japanese version performed by Aya Hisakawa, Yuko Mizutani, Kumi Sakuma, and Mariko Suzuki)
[edit] Novels
Rumor has it that Kajishima-sensei wasn't entirely pleased with the work done on GXP. As such, he began writing the GXP story in novel form. Currently, four novels have been published. The novels go into much greater detail story-wise than the anime did.
[edit] Trivia
Tenchi Muyo GXP contains several references to Masaki Kajishima's earlier works, besides Tenchi Muyo!:
- Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure protagonist Kazuki Yotsuga shares the same name as Tenchi's great-great-grandfather.
- The Shank pirate guild (or "Shiunk", depending upon translation) were originally the main villains of the hentai series Spaceship Agga Ruter.
- The mecha that appears near the end of the series bears a striking resemblance to Dual!'s Zinv.
- The title of episode 24 is a direct reference to Dual!, which is a parallel universe to the Tenchi OVA universe.
- In Kajishima-sensei's third GXP novel, he has characters who have "twins" in Dual! (one seen on the cover).
- In episode 20, Neige comments the giant ants chasing the girls on Jurai might be bugrom (an El Hazard reference)
[edit] Notes
- ^ Gyokuren was briefly voiced by Rebecca Forstadt in episode 13.
[edit] External links
- Tenchi Muyo! GXP - FUNimation official site
- Tenchi Muyo! GXP (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
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