7.2 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
One day, Tenchi disappears in the forest near his house. Six months later, Ayeka and Ryoko locate Tenchi living in a city, but with a mysterious woman. What's more, Tenchi appears to have aged several years. Whenever Ayeka and Ryoko catch up to him, he disappears into thin air, apparently existing in a fabricated alternate dimension where he has no knowledge of his past. An attempt to rescue Tenchi from the mysterious woman is mounted by Ayeka, Ryoko, Washu and the others.
Starring: Yűko Mizutani, Yűko Kobayashi (I), Ai Orikasa, Yuri Amano, Masami KikuchiAnime | 100% |
Foreign | 97% |
Romance | 21% |
Sci-Fi | 20% |
Action | 17% |
Adventure | 14% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
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 | 4.0 | |
Video | 3.5 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 0.5 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
Note: This film is currently available only in this set: Tenchi Muyo!: Movie Collection.
There’s no getting around the often confusing promulgation of various entries in the vast Tenchi Muyo! universe,
and that confusion spills over into what would seem to be a fairly clear cut group of three feature films. But due to
these
films having been released with various titles in different markets, sometimes with numbers attached to them that don’t
really accurately convey their actual chronology, some may think that Tenchi Muyo in Love 2 (which also bears
the
name Tenchi Forever! in some releases) is a direct follow up to 1996’s Tenchi Muyo in Love, but the similarly multi-named
Tenchi Muyo! Daughter of Darkness actually came in between the two. Tenchi Muyo in Love 2 is actually
fairly divorceable from both of the previous feature film entries, for it’s a much more somber, even melancholic,
affair that deals with Tenchi being drawn into a sort of trance state where his real memories are slowly erased and he’s
led to believe he’s in love with a long ago paramour of Yosho. The first Tenchi Muyo in Love really had very little
to
do with romance, but the title is decidedly more apt for this third film, at least if one takes being put under a spell of
sorts
as one form of romance.
Tenchi Muyo in Love 2 is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of FUNimation Entertainment with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 1.78:1. As with the first two Tenchi Muyo films, I only have discs in hand, no packaging, and so can't state with certainty how FUNimation is describing these new releases, but this third film looks about the same as the second film in terms of general sharpness and clarity, though in some scenes it might have just a slight edge on the second film (see the screenshot of Ryoko looking at food for a good example). Colors are generally very robust, but a lot of this outing is pretty soft looking, and not just the intentionally "fuzzy" parts that indicate Tenchi's dream state.
Tenchi Muyo in Love 2 features two Dolby TrueHD 5.1 mixes, one in the original Japanese and another English dub. This is a fairly quiet film, aside from a few manic moments here and there, but the surround activity is quite effective, especially in some relatively subtle ambient environmental effects like the rustling of leaves in a breeze. There's not much dynamic range in this film, as a lot of it tends to be quieter dialogue scenes between two or three characters, but fidelity is very good and the both tracks feature clean and clear dialogue is an overall very appealing setting.
If I were forced to choose only one Tenchi Muyo! film to keep in my collection, this one would probably be it. That might strike some fans as kind of strange, as this is by far the least typical Tenchi Muyo! outing maybe in the entire franchise, let alone the three feature films. But there's something so undeniably hypnotic about this film that gives it an emotional power that is really not just surprising, but actually becomes unforgettable. This isn't "your father's Tenchi Muyo!, so to speak, and someone experiencing only this film would probably not have a very good idea of the franchise as a whole, but it's a really unique little property that is among the best things this sprawling, sometimes unmanageable, franchise has ever offered. This Blu-ray features the same middling video quality as the other two releases, but the audio is very good, and unlike the other two films, this one at least has its trailer attached as the lone supplement. Recommended.
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