Video:

R1 ripped. Very good, no pixelation. There are some few glitches at the top of the screen during scene changes, but this may also have been in the originals.

Audio:

Nothing to complain about on my simple stereo TV. I only listened to the Japanese audio, so I can't comment on the English dub.

Subtitle:

R1 ripped. On the first 3 disc there are almost no lines missing. On the 4th dics there are some more lines missing. In average there are 1-2 lines missing per episode, which was no big problem for me.

Comment:

In the menus there is no chapter selection. Normally this wouldn't present a problem, but since each episode has something around 10 chapter stops, it's hard to jump to a specific episode. It took me ages to finish this title. I found the first disc so boring, that I left the others lying for a long time. But when I decided to continue watching, I had the feeling that it got slightly better from disc 2. So if you really have to watch this, be patient and try to endure until the 2nd disc. This set is not perfect, but very good. But even for Tenchi fans, this is no must-buy, since the actual series is definetely the weakest Tenchi anime.

Video:

To tell the truth i did no notice any pauses. Maybe i don't watch that closely. It is true that the animation is cheap but that is nothing to do with the rip.

Audio:

I watched the english dub and had no complaints. Everything sounded fine to me.

Subtitle:

I also had one of the 2 subtitle tracks on throughout - usually the hairing impaired track. I wasn't reading them all the time since the english dub was on. I did notice very rarely a line would be missing or the timing seemed out but the latter could be explained as being differences between the english dub & the subs.

Comment:

The previous review about covers everything so i am jsut going to add my perspective. As mentioned the gatefold was generic but no big deal. The lack of scene selection was annoying since you had to memorise the place you were at or leave the disc in the drive. There were bookmarks on the dvd and you could manually navigate with your controller. If i was to compare the rip and the series itself: the rip is far superior to the series. This series is so crap. -_-

Video:

Clear with no significant problems. I assume it's a R1 rip - the cheeky eight-disc originals have been squeezed into a reasonable four-disc set. There were at least two instances of slight pauses during playback (out of the whole set), but I was not using my preferred DVD player. Tenchi in Tokyo uses the most basic and cheapest animation of the entire Tenchi series - exact sequences are repeated time and again and they are often 'wooden' at best. The characters are also drawn slight differently (to the OAvs and Universe series) and, to my eyes, Tenchi appears different in almost every single episode! The series is also more comic or manga-like in appearance and in convention - use of SD, exclamation marks, etc.

Audio:

Clear with no distortion. Basic 2.0. Since this is a R1 rip there is the choice of both Japanese and English dialogue. However, I did not watch using the latter option.

Subtitle:

Big, clear subs in good, clear English. The tone of the series doesn't really require 'poetic' language - this translation is more than adequate although Ryoko has a penchant for the word 'bastard'! One annoyance, which is why it isn't a perfect score, is that sometimes lines of dialogue go unsubbed. It's not a major problem, particularly for a show like this, but it is apparent. Since this is a rip there is a hearing-impaired option - I didn't try this out, but I guess it's a welcome addition.

Comment:

Usual MAC packaging - sleeve with art/graphics with plain gatefold. Menus and options are in English and easily navigable. One major bugbear is that although everything is split into chapters - opening credits/part A/ Part B/ closing credits/Next episode preview - they are not selectable from the menu screen. In some instances you might have to 'skip forward' 50 chapters or so to watch the last episode on a disc. Obviously, if you watch a disc at a time this isn't a problem, but if you watch, let's say, two episodes a day it can become frustrating. I approached Tenchi in Tokyo knowing that the general consensus was that it was the worst of the animated Tenchi series. After watching it, I can only agree. To offer something fresh, the usual Tenchi conventions are scrapped, i.e. his Jurai heritage, and his powers and status are given a new (and laughably poor) explanation as is the reason for the girls coming together to live in the Masaki household. The main plot is slow to get going and even then it is hardly absorbing - many of the episodes are of a low-grade slapstick nature and there is no discernible character development. There are a few funny moments, but nothing compared to the OAVs - 'Night before the Carnival' for example. I guess this is for Tenchi completists only, but since it's a snip compared to $200 original set, I shouldn't complain too much. Let's say that the actual DVD set is technically impressive, but the content is not up to scratch.