Great video, no complaints.

Not bad, alittle soft.

Not bad, alittle soft.

Love the series, just don't buy the vcd. I got screwed, they cut every little thing. If you have the extra money get this don't waste your money on the vcd.

Looks very good, probably a R1 rip. Unfortunately they hardcoded the Famous M logo in the Video ! It appears a couple of times. No Emails though as far as i remenber.

Sounded good to me with no problems.

Sounded good to me with no problems.

Menus are in English/Japanese. Contains a extra segment in the end of the last OVA . I believe it's just a r1 rip without the english audio, athough some of the subs got kinda screwed specifically with the lack of space between some words.

Video: 3/5 The picture gets pretty bad, when black is faded to another colour. You see a lot of colr banding then. This happens always when there is black, but fortunately there is not so much black. Audio: 5/5 Don't have e good speaker set, but there were no probs for me. Subs: 5/5 There may be minor mistakes, like words not being separated, but besides that everything is perfect. Right names, correct grammar and perfect timing. P.s.: Sorry for posting this as a synopsis first, was my first try.

I must say that I really really enjoy tenchi Muyo. And it's take a while for someone to release a quality version of this set. I was a bit disapointed with the As/AV version of the OVA, and was really looking forward to a worthy set without having to shell out $80+ for the R1 pioneer set. This set is really really awesome and it delivers in many ways. Video 4.8/5 I rated this pretty high because not only does the video quality compare with the best HK DVDs out there, but it also looks about as good as a lot of the R1s out there (and certainly a lot better than most of the manga Corps and Manga Video releases which have tons and tons of glitches, telecine and rainbowing problems). The anime is very pretty with tons of bright and wonderful looking colors, and this DVD brings out the colors with no bleeding or washing out. It may be a direct rip of the Pioneer R1 releases. The reason I didn't score it a perfect 5 was because there still is some macroblocking on a few scenes (the biggest one being in episode 12, but then that scene is made with Tons of jitters, a dark red and lots and lots of lightning, so It's pretty hard to make a scene like that look good at all). The macrolocks don't come out until you get scenes that are as motion intensive and as jittery as scenes like that. All in all the video is very nice looking, and I have no complaints. Audio 4.9/5 The japanese audio track is very nice sounding. It's crisp and crystal clear, with no break up of any sort. The EQ done on this track was very well done, and uses an entire band making it sound very broad and Full. However, I took points off because of the lack of an English Dub inclusion. I'll be honest that I really like the Tenchi Muyo Dub. I watched the whole series and the first movie Dubbed already, and prefere it more than the japanese track. It's not to say that the japanese track is bad or anything (far from it), but It's all a matter of preference. in most people's cases, it won't make a difference as most people tend to dislike the dubbed versions of anime. however, the japanese track is flawless with no hisses, hums or drop outs that i could tell. Subtitles 5/5 The subs are perfect. Almost totally likely that they were ripped from the pioneer R1 release. There are no Dubtitles (hearing impared Subs) that were present in the AS/AV set, and they are all perfectly lined up, and coherent. All in all, this set is a shining example of a great looking DVD. Like I've said before, I did prefer the Dub to the Japanese audio with Subs, and I still hold onto my belief, however I can compromise and take the subtitles version since not only is the video perfect, but the audio is as well. This set excels way past the AS/AV sets because not only is their video kinda ugly, but so is their audio. The audio on the English Dub was out of sync in a lot of episodes, and the japanese audio was very muffled and dull (sounded like 20khz rather than 41.1 or 48). Also the subtitles on the second disc were Dubtitles and they even raced ahead of the audio (so you couldn't even watch the last episode, and had to switch to the English audio). The AS/AV set has a lot of problems, and this set is definately a lot better to get. edited by kakomu on 06 Aug 2002 11:16 am

Video: 4/5 Colors and details look fine. Some minor grain and pixellation during "busy" scenes, but it's not too noticeable. I was sitting one foot from my TV screen. Audio: 4.5/5 Sounded OK from me. Feel guilty about giving it 5 stars since I have no surround sound to judge it on, just Sanyo TV speakers. This is Japanese audio only. No English dub audio this time. Also, no audio sync problems either. Subtitles: 5/5 Almost perfect copies of the Region 1 Subtitles. Even includes the Region 1 subs' grammar mistakes (example: incorrectly uses "you're" instead of "your" for instance). Occasionally there's a missing word or they forget a space in between two words, but that's about it. None of the timing problems from the AV/AS versions. Episode Distribution: Disc 1: 1-7, Disc 2: 8-13 + "14" ("14" is actually a slide-show discussion b/w Washu and Mihoshi) Chapters: First Chapter on each disc is the Manga International logo. Second chapter is the opening credits (only appears once per disc). Then each 30 minute episode is broken into 2 chapters, and the double episodes have 4. Then a chapter for the end credits (only appears once per disc). Note: The Tenchi Encyclopedia is not included in this set. Overall: Unless you need perfect video and audio (and you dig the Tenchi Encyclopedia thing), this is a great alternative than shelling out $90 for the Region 1 set. edited by btzillaguy on 31 Jul 2002 6:06 pm