6.8 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
One hot summer day, a young girl suddenly appears in front of Tenchi claming the he's her papa! Everyone wonders who the mother could be, and this greatly upsets Ryoko, and she wants the new rival to leave. Lurking in the background, Yuzuha, the Demon of the World of Darkness, is about to get her revenge! So it begins, Tenchi must fight for his friends and Mayuka, daughter or not!
Starring: Yûko Mizutani, Yûko Kobayashi (I), Ai Orikasa, Yuri Amano, Masami KikuchiAnime | 100% |
Foreign | 97% |
Comedy | 29% |
Sci-Fi | 18% |
Action | 16% |
Adventure | 13% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.84:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: Dolby TrueHD 5.1
Japanese: Dolby TrueHD 5.1
English
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 2.5 | |
Video | 3.5 | |
Audio | 4.5 | |
Extras | 0.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
Note: This film is currently available only in this set: Tenchi Muyo!: Movie Collection.
Tenchi Masaki, the focal character of the huge Tenchi Muyo! franchise, has never been a model of discretion or
smart thinking. One of the central conceits of the original set of OVAs which gave birth to a huge glut of various
properties was the fact that Tenchi openly disobeyed his Grandfather (not to mention disbelieved him) by
opening a padlocked gate to a cave near his family shrine, and through a series of mishaps, letting out a sort of
demonic female alien named Ryoko who had been imprisoned there for 700 years. Now it’s arguable that that decision
wasn’t ultimately horrible, as it set the Tenchi Muyo! universe into motion, delivering several
more alien females straight into Tenchi’s harem, but it indicates the sort of impulsive behavior this young man
repeatedly demonstrates in many of the different offerings that Tenchi Muyo! provides. So in a way no one
should be overly surprised when a blue haired young lass shows up one day at Tenchi’s family shrine claiming to be his
daughter. Tenchi himself seems to be somewhat confused, though it’s never explicitly stated whether or not he’s been
sexually active enough to actually procreate. But we’ve already been let in on the fact that this ostensible daughter
may in fact be part of a larger revenge drama that is playing out across untold generations and which involves Yosho.
While that revenge drama lurks in the background and actually explodes into this rather short film’s final act, a lot of
this installment in the Tenchi Muyo! franchise tends to feel like a kind of warped version of Sister Wives,
with various members of Tenchi’s harem, notably Ryoko herself, not being all that pleased to have a new female in their
midst, even if that female is Tenchi’s own daughter.
Tenchi Muyo! Daughter of Darkness is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of FUNimation Entertainment with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 1.84:1. As with Tenchi Muyo in Love, I only have discs, no packaging, but my gut feeling is this is another SD native upconversion, though this one looks at least relatively better than the first film, with stronger, more stable line detail and better saturated color. There's an appealing layer of grain throughout this presentation and the elements are in very good condition, but the overall look here is, like in the first film, pretty soft looking and lacking the punch and sharpness that some fans may have been hoping to see.
Tenchi Muyo! Daughter of Darkness features two Dolby TrueHD 5.1 mixes, one in the original Japanese and another English dub. As with the first film, the English dub sounds just slightly more aggressive. Of all three films released together in the new FUNimation box set, Tenchi Muyo! Daughter of Darkness has some of the most effective sound design, with some incredibly effective surround activity and really boisterous, floorboard rumbling LFE in the final action set piece. Dialogue is presented cleanly and clearly and dynamic range is extremely wide.
There are no supplements included on this disc.
Tenchi Muyo! Daughter of Darkness is simply too short and undeveloped to ever generate much momentum. There's some good stuff here, to be sure, but this is the slightest entry in the Tenchi Muyo! feature film canon, and not just because it's the shortest film by far. The final showdown scene is a lot of fun, and longtime fans may want to check out this film for that alone. The video quality here is marginally better than in the first film, but the audio is probably the best of all three films.
(Still not reliable for this title)
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