×
  • remind me tomorrow
  • remind me next week
  • never remind me
Subscribe to the ANN Newsletter • Wake up every Sunday to a curated list of ANN's most interesting posts of the week. read more

Forum - View topic
NEWS: Crunchyroll Adds Tenchi Muyo! GXP Paradise Starting Anime




Note: this is the discussion thread for this article

Anime News Network Forum Index -> Site-related -> Talkback
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
Takkun4343



Joined: 19 Jul 2007
Posts: 1499
Location: Englewood, Ohio
PostPosted: Fri May 26, 2023 4:13 pm Reply with quote
Tenchi Muyo! GXP: It Just Won't Stay Dead!
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message My Anime My Manga
Top Gun



Joined: 28 Sep 2007
Posts: 4575
PostPosted: Fri May 26, 2023 4:22 pm Reply with quote
GXP was one of the worst anime series I've ever had the displeasure of watching...so let's make more I guess!
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Nobuyuki



Joined: 22 Mar 2004
Posts: 536
PostPosted: Fri May 26, 2023 6:21 pm Reply with quote
There will be 6 episodes, btw.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message My Anime
pachy_boy



Joined: 09 Mar 2006
Posts: 1323
PostPosted: Fri May 26, 2023 6:54 pm Reply with quote
Hiroshi Negishi's name is literally the only thing that provides me any semblance of hope of it being remotely decent--Universe is the only Tenchi that counts to me after watching Seasons 4 and 5 of Kajishima's OVA. Still, with Kajishima primarily running the show there is only so much Negishi can do.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Cardcaptor Takato



Joined: 27 Jan 2018
Posts: 4820
PostPosted: Fri May 26, 2023 8:29 pm Reply with quote
I'm glad there wasn't a long wait for the new GXP anime to be licensed like there was for OVA4.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Chiyosuke



Joined: 06 Oct 2003
Posts: 368
PostPosted: Sat May 27, 2023 12:01 am Reply with quote
Takkun4343 wrote:
Tenchi Muyo! GXP: It Just Won't Stay Dead!


Lmao. I remember vaguely liking GXP, although it's been like 18 years since I collected the DVDs, so memory may be failing me a bit.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message My Anime My Manga
Ggultra2764
Subscriber



Joined: 21 Jan 2004
Posts: 3875
Location: New York state.
PostPosted: Sat May 27, 2023 6:38 am Reply with quote
If this is continuing the recent pattern of the prior OVA installments making nods to supplemental material that never left Japan (in this case, the extended GXP novels), hard pass from me.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website My Anime My Manga
louis6578



Joined: 31 Jul 2013
Posts: 1861
PostPosted: Sat May 27, 2023 7:55 am Reply with quote
I only saw the first disc of GXP before stopping because it wasn't grabbing me, but it sure wasn't the worst thing in the Tenchi franchise. Unless something happens later, I appreciated what little world building it did for the universe outside of Tenchi's house.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message My Anime My Manga
Beatdigga



Joined: 26 Oct 2003
Posts: 4371
Location: New York
PostPosted: Sat May 27, 2023 10:45 am Reply with quote
Someone has to be buying these light novels to justify these weird spin-offs. I doubt Kajishima is funding this out of pocket. But let’s be honest, if AIC or Toei was running the show, we would have had a reboot years ago.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
louis6578



Joined: 31 Jul 2013
Posts: 1861
PostPosted: Sat May 27, 2023 12:04 pm Reply with quote
Beatdigga wrote:
Someone has to be buying these light novels to justify these weird spin-offs. I doubt Kajishima is funding this out of pocket. But let’s be honest, if AIC or Toei was running the show, we would have had a reboot years ago.


We need a new thing in the same vain as Universe or Ryo-Ohki 1. This current direction of 2000s to now is just lifeless. There's a weird amount of fetish appeal and fanservice that wasn't really present in the 90s Era.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message My Anime My Manga
Cardcaptor Takato



Joined: 27 Jan 2018
Posts: 4820
PostPosted: Sat May 27, 2023 7:14 pm Reply with quote
Beatdigga wrote:
Someone has to be buying these light novels to justify these weird spin-offs. I doubt Kajishima is funding this out of pocket. But let’s be honest, if AIC or Toei was running the show, we would have had a reboot years ago.
The light novels sell very well with fans in Japan and it's primarily Tenchi that's keeping AIC afloat. AIC did Ai Tenchi a few years ago. I don't know how well that did in Japan but it was a flop for Funimation even after they tried to bring back as much of the classic dub cast as they could.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
louis6578



Joined: 31 Jul 2013
Posts: 1861
PostPosted: Sun May 28, 2023 8:18 am Reply with quote
Cardcaptor Takato wrote:
Beatdigga wrote:
Someone has to be buying these light novels to justify these weird spin-offs. I doubt Kajishima is funding this out of pocket. But let’s be honest, if AIC or Toei was running the show, we would have had a reboot years ago.
The light novels sell very well with fans in Japan and it's primarily Tenchi that's keeping AIC afloat. AIC did Ai Tenchi a few years ago. I don't know how well that did in Japan but it was a flop for Funimation even after they tried to bring back as much of the classic dub cast as they could.


Oof. That was the full extent, huh? Ayeka's VA is pushing 80 or 90 so I don't blame them there, and Mihoshi has been replaced for a while, but I was shocked that they couldn't get Washu back.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message My Anime My Manga
Display posts from previous:   
Reply to topic    Anime News Network Forum Index -> Site-related -> Talkback All times are GMT - 5 Hours
Page 1 of 1

 


Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group