Tenchi Muyou! GXP (2002) — Story, Release Date, Rating

Synopsis:

Seina Yamada’s life has consistently been marked by misfortune, a pattern that unexpectedly shifts when he's drafted into the Galaxy Police. His natural clumsiness becomes a surprising asset as he rapidly gains a reputation for apprehending notorious space pirates. The series follows Seina’s journey to adapt to this new role, balancing his newfound responsibilities with his inherent awkwardness. He relies on the support of Amane Kaunaq, a capable officer, and Kiriko Masaki, a steadfast friend, as he navigates the challenges of galactic law enforcement. The narrative explores themes of personal growth within an extraordinary environment, blending action with character-driven moments as Seina strives to prove himself and find his place among the ranks. The anime offers a blend of lightheartedness and earnestness, examining how ordinary individuals can rise to meet extraordinary circumstances.

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Streaming Platforms:

Crunchyroll

Episodes:

Episode 1: Seize the Day (Aired: 04/03/2002)
Episode 2: Invasion (Aired: 04/10/2002)
Episode 3: The Devil Princess of Jurai (Aired: 04/17/2002)
Episode 4: True Love, Truly Painful (Aired: 04/24/2002)
Episode 5: Seeing is Believing (Aired: 05/01/2002)
... and 21 more episodes

Characters:

Balta, Ryoko (Main) - Voice Actors: Hisakawa, Aya, Goodson, Barbara
Kaunaq, Amane (Main) - Voice Actors: Elias-Fahn, Dorothy, Suzuki, Mariko
Masaki, Kiriko (Main) - Voice Actors: Lee, Wendee, Sakuma, Kumi
Na Melmas, Neju (Main) - Voice Actors: Mizuki, Nana, Fox, Sandy
Yamada, Seina (Main) - Voice Actors: Oliver, Tony, Mogi, Shigeru
Alan (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Fukuyama, Jun, Fahn, Tom
Barl, Kenneth (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nojima, Kenji
Barry (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Thornton, Kirk, Nagano, Kouichi
Cohen (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Numata, Yusuke, Lorge, Dan
Erma (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Forstadt, Rebecca, Kumagaya, Nina
Fuku (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kaneda, Tomoko, Cody, Lara
Ga Waura, Rajau (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Chiba, Susumu
Gyokuren (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takamori, Nao
Hakubi, Washuu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kobayashi, Yuuko, George, Jessica Gee
Hakubi, Ryouko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Orikasa, Ai, Marshall, Mona
Kamiki Jurai, Noike (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shindo, Naomi, Marshall, Mona
Kamiki Jurai, Seto (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Harte, Melora, Nozawa, Yukari
Kamiki Jurai, Misaki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sakakibara, Yoshiko
Komachi, Kyo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Park, Romi, George, Jessica Gee
Kuramitsu, Mikami (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Spevack, Melodee M., Sugita, Ikuko
Kuramitsu, Minami (Supporting) - Voice Actors: McConnohie, Michael, Matsuoka, Fumio
Kuramitsu, Misao (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Midorikawa, Hikaru, Mallow, Dave
Kuramitsu, Mitoto (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Wahlgren, Kari, Mizutani, Yuuko
Kuramitsu, Mihoshi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Forstadt, Rebecca
Makibi, Mashisu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Wahlgren, Kari, Onodera, Keiko
Masaki, Katsuhito (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Aono, Takeshi, Papenbrook, Bob
Masaki, Aeka Jurai (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takada, Yumi, Forstadt, Rebecca
Masaki, Sasami Jurai (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Wahlgren, Kari, Yokoyama, Chisa
Masaki, Airi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Wahlgren, Kari, Tamagawa, Sakiko
Masaki, Minaho (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Wahlgren, Kari, Nagashima, Yuko
Masaki, Tenchi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kikuchi, Masami, Smith, Christopher Corey
Masaki Jurai, Azusa (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ootsuka, Akio, Mallow, Dave
Masaki Jurai, Funaho (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sakuma, Rei
NB (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Watanabe, Shinichi, Papenbrook, Bob
Ryou-Ouki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Marshall, Mona, Kozakura, Etsuko
Shank, Tarant (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Strauss, Kim, Matsuda, Yuki
Tennan, Seriyou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Thornton, Kirk, Madono, Mitsuaki
Yotsuga, Kazuki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Murozono, Takehiro

Staff:

Inoue, Hiroaki (Producer)
Ueda, Yasuo (Producer)
Watson, Barry (Producer)
Kobayashi, Mikiko (Assistant Producer)
Watanabe, Shinichi (Director, Storyboard, Theme Song Lyrics)
Egami, Kiyoshi (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Hanyuu, Naoyasu (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Ishiodori, Hiroshi (Episode Director)
Izumi, Akihiro (Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation, Assistant Director)
Okazaki, Yukio (Episode Director)
Shiraishi, Michita (Episode Director)
Takashima, Daisuke (Episode Director)
Tsuchiya, Hiroyuki (Episode Director)
Yamauchi, Tomio (Episode Director)
Yamazaki, Shigeru (Episode Director)
Burgmeier, John (Script)
Satou, Shouichi (Script)
Shirane, Hideki (Script, Screenplay)
Whitley, Sean (Script)
Fukuta, Jun (Storyboard)
Iwata, Yoshihiko (Storyboard)
Hisakawa, Aya (Theme Song Performance)
Mizutani, Yuuko (Theme Song Performance)
Suzuki, Mariko (Theme Song Performance)
Abe, Junko (In-Between Animation)
Aoi, Kiyotoshi (Key Animation)
Aoki, Tetsurou (Key Animation)
Fujita, Masayuki (Animation Director)
Fukuda, Naomasa (Special Effects)
Genma, Nobuhiko (Key Animation)
Hamatsu, Takehiro (Key Animation)
Hasegawa, Kazuo (Key Animation)
Hashiguchi, Hayato (Key Animation)
Hirabayashi, Takashi (Key Animation)
Hisatsune, Naoki (Key Animation)
Horiuchi, Hiroyuki (Key Animation)
Hosoda, Naoto (Key Animation)
Iida, Hiroyoshi (Key Animation)
Ishida, Keiichi (Animation Director)
Ishikura, Keiichi (Chief Animation Director)
Itabe, Hiroaki (Editing)
Itou, Mina (In-Between Animation)
Kaizu, Toshiko (Background Art)
Kajishima, Masaki (Creator)
Kanbara, Masahito (Key Animation)
Kaneko, Hayato (Production Manager)
Kanesaka, Hideyuki (Key Animation)
Karasu, Hiroaki (Key Animation)
Kataoka, Kouji (Key Animation)
Katou, Yuuko (Key Animation)
... and 73 more staff

Reviews:

User Granten (Score: 4/10):
I'd say that this is a Tenchi story that certainly had potential. The focus was changed from Tenchi Misaki and Earth to a new character and outer space. The problems were different and instead of the cast simply staying in a house until some new alien came to blow things up, here people were moving around and trying to do their job. The premise is definitely one that could work. The problem is the execution. The main character, Seina Yamadal, doesn't show much in the way of character and frankly really isn't that different from any other harem anime protagonist. He's unlucky, average in looks, knowledgeand physical capabilities and only obtained his chance at life in the Galactic Police by accident. If he was made a Juraian who obtained a sudden superpower when a girl was imperiled he'd basically be Tenchi-lite.nnSeina's life prior to the series and his family effect almost nothing in the story. Indeed, his parents barely seem to care that he's left and his new life and friends don't seem to faze them in any way. His poor luck which has prevented Seina from making more than one friend prior to the series only appears for comedy's sake and honestly doesn't seem to mentally affect him any more than typical bad luck affects any harem lead.nnHis harem cast is equally average. They're all good looking women of the standard variety for a harem anime who are attracted to Seina for reasons that aren't really explained. There is little effort given to develop them beyond perhaps a single episode each for a few of the characters and several of the harem members never receive even that. Indeed, one of them had more personality while in disguise than as herself.nnThe villains are mostly weak and unimpressive. Admittedly there are two who have enough color to be interesting to watch, but sadly one fell from being a menacing threat to a joke and the other was only there to be a joke.nnUltimately I'd say that the problem with the story was the problem with Seina. It was just Tenchi-lite. A regular boy being forcibly introduced to an interstellar community, being forced to struggle to match his fellow recruits and not realizing that he's joined an organization that goes to the front lines of fighting crime until it's too late for him to get out could have provided one of the best stories in the Tenchi Muyo series and its most compelling character. Instead they went with what was safe and easy and for the last episode seemed to give up on a decent story altogether in favor of trying to keep hardcore fans of harem anime happy.
User chuckles79 (Score: 7/10):
It's hard to review this one, but the standard I will use is not to treat it as part of the franchise it belongs to, but as a wholly separate entity. Story:The Tenchi Muyo OVA's are marked by having an unusually strong plotline despite being a "harem" anime. GxP however, takes a step away from that. Directed by the frequently manic Watanabe Shinichi (aka Nabeshin, aka the guy who dropped Excel Saga and Puni Puni Poemi upon an unsuspecting world) the maestro himself jumps from plot-point to plot-point with reckless abandon. While obviously having some respect for the original material, he takesliberty with the original canon when it suits him and creates the giant continuity cluster$#@! that was the 3rd OVA (and the scramble to fit it in with the original plot). The series takes a different slant from the other series in that it's got a lot more slapstick, and it's more risque in many places.nI will say that the crossover attempts and the AWFUL episode 17 (people at Funimation are going to hell for the dubbing of that episode BTW) were weak and really not necessary. The fact that this series came out before OVA 3 but referenced many parts of it, was also very disconcerting.nnArt: Nothing stood out. Again, the artwork was heavily influenced by the director's style and his input is very clear.nnSound: I liked the opening credits music. But then all the Tenchi series have strong music.nnCharacter: Enter the main character, Seina Yamada, the hopelessly cursed young man with legendary bad luck. While dropping by to see his friend Tenchi (who's also related to his best friend...don't get me started on the first of many continuity snafus) he's present for a Mihoshi-style crash landing of a Galaxy Police shuttle. The pilot, the sex object/mentor figure Amane, mistakenly things he's "in-the-know" to the wacky condition as Casa de Tenchi and hands him a recruitment brochure.nSeina then finds himself in the GP. I'm drifting into a synopsis, but work with me.nThe GP, and the Jurai royals, soon discover Seina's unique ability to draw space pirates in like moths to a flame and they quickly decide to make use of that fact.nSeina is joined by the aforementioned Amane, model turned detective. His crush from back on Earth joins them as well, Kiriko. It's a mindbending rip of belief how Kiriko gets to GP HQ ahead of Seina, and if she was already aware of her royal status (yes, not even Tenchi knows that even his cousins on Earth get the royal treatment as well) what the heck she was doing on Earth before this point (reality bending, a Nabeshin special!)nOthers include Ryoko Balta, who disappointingly does not share any of the roguish charm of her namesake but is also horribly miscast as a polite, almost prissy space pirate.nThen there is the child-like Neju, who true to anime stereotype, calls Seina "big brother" but is really 10,000 years old and also has designs on him.nThe one standout character is…
User ariffmontel (Score: 8/10):
i don't usually watch animes which dates back more than 5 years but i tried giving this 1 a try. i did not regret. STORY: it starts of real slow, it didnt even look like it was gonna be good, a boy with bad luck going to space, attacked by pirates... all the usual stuff. it was just fair, i didnt expect much of it anyway. but the story starts to go quite random but i would say, in a good way. some of it isntrational but who cares -,- its a comedy anyway.nn after a while, the story grows and you get a typical harem anime. the romance isnt much but i still liked it because the way the anime is presented.nits simple but executed in a good way. this is one of those animes which makes you feel like you've watch a lot when actually, theres just 26 episodes.nprobably because all the different settings and the adventure. to begin with, i don't really see a main plot. you would probably think the main antagonist is daruma but it isnt. the crew goes here and there making the story look longer than it really is. nn one other thing i liked is the substories. the sub stories are just comedy scenes and some of them are quite funny. its shows the things happening at seina's ex-crew members and tennan after he was captured by pirates.nn what really surprised me is the climax of the story which is around episode 22~24. i don't want to spoil it or anything but the mecha seina used to defeat the bad guys is very very similar to the mechas in isekai seikishi no monogatari. the climax was good, it'd give it an 8/10 just because of that. nnnART: nn the art is just everage for a 2002 anime, didnt expect anything much. nothing interesting herennSOUND:n n the sound was also everage. the op wasn't that good but it did give me the impression of a comedy anime. my favourite soundtrack is the juraian emperror sound. it just makes the battle scenes feel epic :)nnCHARACTER:nn the caharcters were ok. some are just maniacs and some are just perverts. the funniest character is NB and tennan. they make the comedy scenes shine. as for the girls, theres 3+1. i did '+1' because the final girl appeard quite late compared to the other 3 which were already there during the beginning of the episode. and she looks too young evethough shes already 2000+ year old. n nENJOYMENT/OVERALL:nn for a 2002 anime, this was good. for harem lovers- a must watch, for romance lovers- not so much nnn*please don't critic too much >.<
... and 3 more reviews

Genres: Action, Comedy, Detective, Harem, Mecha, Sci-Fi, Space
Themes: Detective, Harem, Mecha, Space
Studios: AIC
Producers: Arts Pro, BeSTACK, Nippon Television Network, VAP
Licensors: Funimation
Rating: 7.14 / 10
Rank: #3777
Popularity: #4254
Users Listed: 33,196
Users Scored: 15,353
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 11/23/2022
Aired: April 2, 2002 – September 25, 2002 (Spring)
Type: tv
Source: original
Age Rating: PG 13
Episodes: 26
Broadcast: Wednesday at 00:55 (JST)

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