And don't forget to read my Anime & Manga Blog where you can hear me pontificate about anime that isn't Tenchi. I also blather about certain manga titles and other Japanese-related items too. 

Some news from Kajishima-sensei's latest Comiket doujinshi was posted on 2ch. Apparently he's in the middle of writing the GXP novel slated for this year, and there's also a "next period" in the planning, but he can't make any definite promises about that. He's definitely aiming to get the novel out this year. With the "next period" or 次期 in Japanese it's a little unclear which show he's talking about, not just to me but also to the Japanese on 2ch. It could mean GXP because he mentions it in the same sentence with the GXP novel, or the OVA because it uses the same 期 suffix as OVA 3's 第三期, or even Seikishi because it's a Seikishi themed doujinshi. The only thing certain is that a continuation to something is being planned and I think that's good enough for us to hope and speculate about. I'm sure he'll give an update in December as usual.

Source: http://kamome.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/magazin/1269273395/798

Thanks to the anonymous tipster.  ^_^

Update (27-Aug-2010):

The doujinshi title is "Omatsuri Zenjitsu no Yoru Seikishi Ban 10.8" and the contents are mostly about Seikijin according to the 2ch poster. It has Rea and Doll on the front cover and I think it's young Rea Masaki on the back.

As you all know by now, FUNimation has license-rescued Tenchi Universe, Tenchi in Tokyo, Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki OVA 1, Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki Night Before Carnival, Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki OVA 2, and the three Tenchi Muyo! movies.  I'm checking with FUNimation about the Mihoshi Special, the Pretty Sammy OVA series, and the Pretty Sammy TV series.

Because of the need to have accurate subtitles for the canon Tenchi titles, I'm lobbying FUNimation to have the first 13 episodes re-translated from scratch.  It is almost certain this won't happen, especially if this is a distribution-only license, but it never hurts to ask.  If you are like me and would like to see the first 13 episodes brought up to the OVA 3 subtitle standards, let FUNimation know.  ^_^

First, AFC forums are dead considering the utter fail of Invision+.  So, JGZinv has officially opened up new sections on the Alternative Worlds forums.  I would like to thank Kenshi and Auir for their offer to host the AFC though.

Speaking of Auir, he has good news for all of us Tenchi fans.  They have a translator working on various Tenchi projects, whether Kajishima-related or not.  Obviously, my preference would be the canon Kajishima stuff, but I'll take whatever they give.  Their first gift is to correct an error in a translation received here for 21st Century.  The name of the first Emperor of Jurai's sister was translated as "Masaki."  Auir tells me that this is an understandable mistake, but showed that this is actually supposed to be "Misaki."  So, I have corrected it accordingly.

What all are Auir and company going to work on?  Well, it appears they are working on 21st Century right now to spot the translation error.  They have some of Kajishima-sensei's doujinshi in the queue as well as all his novels.  This is on top of the work being done by the gang at Hakubi (101).

We are also considering some other options, but I won't list those here until we've made a final decision.  Either way, we hope to have a board of some sort back at some point in the not too distant future.

Our hosts went offline for several days and have only recently come back. They are adding and replacing servers to try to relieve the problem. It hit all of InvisionPlus, not just us.

In the mean time, posts are restricted in length, and everything is very slow.

WARNING! THERE ARE SPOILERS IN THIS FAQ!

Initially, this FAQ was created by Death Quaker to be a resource for those participants of the AIC BBS board's Tenchi Muyo section.  Now that AIC is no longer providing a message board, this FAQ will attempt to answer any questions you may have regarding the canon Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki (天地無用! 魎皇鬼) universe, but will also have some stuff regarding the spinoff titles.  There is a stronger focus on the TM!R since that is where it all began.

The first section covers general Tenchi information, general Anime information, and information on the various Tenchi continuities.

The second section covers the canon materials regarding TM!R to include the various TM!R OAV's, GXP, books, novels, and doujinshi from Kajishima-sensei.

The new third section will contain links to additional sites that provide great Tenchi information and some other Tenchi discussion boards.  I'm also going to include articles by various Tenchi experts (for lack of a better term) in which they go into much greater detail certain aspects of Tenchi. 

If you have questions not answered here, please ask and we'll do our best to answer you!

FAQ Creator:  Death Quaker
FAQ Maintainer: AstroNerdBoy
Various Contributors (in no special order):  True Sheol, Rolf, CuSO4, Watotsu, Mato, Oni Shin, S.Naoe, MaryRN51, Tiger Cow, MU, Quon, R-Balouta, Yakami Makibi, Atonashi, Tokyokara, BlaqueTalon, Punistation,  Harls, Zigra, Jeff Harris, TW, and more whom I'm forgetting.

Most contributor entries have been done without special acknowledgement. Where I feel appropriate, I have noted the contributor. Thanks a ton to everyone for the help in expanding upon the excellent work started by Death Quaker!  Hontoni domo arigato gozaimashita!

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