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. 

From Atonashi:

The main staff is pretty much in place and production is ongoing. Except for Kenji Masaki, someone other than Kajishima is in charge of original character planning. That's because of workload issues and because the idea is to have a different worldview from "Tenchi". Kajishima believes Seikishi will be formally announced later this year.

I'm not 100% sure if the name 剣士 is supposed to be Kenji or Kenshi. It means swordsman.

Exciting news from the world of Tenchi.  I'm pretty sure I'll start a section on Seikishi Monogatari soon.  As always, thanks to Atonashi for the news!

In the September (#9) 2008 issue of Dragon (which went on sale July 19, 2008), the official website advertised that there would be a Tenchi poster by Kajishima-sensei and a special feature about Tenchi Muyo! and Real Bout High School.  Since Atonashi already has that issue of Dragon (mine's still en route), he reports that the poster is there.  However, it is apparently pretty bland (mixing GXP and TM!R characters).  The back of the poster has a blurb about the GXP novels, the hugeness of the Tenchi franchise, and how even in America, Tenchi is popular.  There is a smaller ad for GXP5 (novel), which Atonashi figures caused the "GXPS" rumor to start.

Unfortunately, Atonashi reports that the special feature mentioned on the official website is not in the magazine.  So looks like I've wasted a bit of money to score this issue of Dragon, but fortunately, I scored my copy on the cheap.  ^_^; 

Thanks a TON to Atonashi for providing the information as to what was actually in the magazine and what was not (including NO information about Saint Knights Tale).

11:00MT -- JGZinv reports that the forum is back (which you can see for yourself).  The InvisionPlus people are saying it is likely due to a hacking attack (or something like that).

All the blurb says is that Seina gets on a battleship as a trainee and although Amane who's notorious for her 0 pirate encounters thus far is also on board, they get attacked by pirates. And the pirate lured in by Seina's power is the worst kind.

That sounds like the first Tarant Shank encounter to me. If it is that, he still hasn't gotten very far into the series. I guess all the extra stuff his adding in now is slowing things down.

Thanks Atonashi.  ^_^

That said, those with translations skills interested in doing so should contact me as we could host some book summaries to give people at least that much.  To date, all translation efforts have been to either doujinshi or Kajishima-sensei's old website (and believe it or not, work does continue, howebeit slowly).  We'll figure out something if we have interested parties.

Thanks to Atonashi and to everyone else who reminded me of this after him.  ^_^

Still, Tenchi is not without its fans, including new fans who are added all the time and who still have questions.  A fan named Cyrus e-mailed me to ask about some stuff from episode 19 (OVA 3 episode 6) and I thought that maybe I should bring some stuff back to life.  As such, I present the piece from the Kajishima Onsen doujinshi Zenjitsu no Yoru - Tenchi San-ki #6 which was graciously translated by Quon and presented by MU in 2005.  Click here (WARNING! This article is image-heavy and contains images that may not be safe for work!) to read what Kajishima wrote regarding a cut scene from OVA 3.

Thanks to all of you who write in and thanks to those of you who also support my blog! 

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 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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