Tenchi Muyo is essentially a harem anime that spreads throughout the galaxy. It follows a young high school boy, Tenchi, who accidentally releases a space pirate, Ryouko.
This event forms butterfly effect, and soon Tenchi finds himself surrounded by intergalactic beauties, all of whom grow a soft spot for him.
The anime is an amalgamation of various TV series, OVAs, movies, and specials, all of which fall under Tenchi Muyou! Ryo-Ohki, Tenchi TV Universe and Spin-Offs.
There are 7 TV series, 3 movies, 12 OVAs, and 4 specials in Tenchi Muyo.
Apart from the space harem, there’s a lot of sci-fi action and humor present in the series.
Aliens constantly attacking Earth and women throwing themselves at Tenchi provide excellent contrast and balance the humor and seriousness of Tenchi Muyo.
Check out what the harem genre was like back when it present in every other show with Tenchi Muyo!
1. Release Order
I. TV Series
- Tenchi Muyou! (1995)
- Magical Project S (1996)
- Shin Tenchi Muyou! (1997)
- Tenchi Muyou! GXP (2002)
- Sasami Magical Girls Club (2006)
- Sasami Magical Girls Club 2 (2006)
- Ai Tenchi Muyou! (2014)
II. Movies
- Tenchi Muyou! in Love (1996)
- Tenchi Muyou! Manatsu no Eve (1997)
- Tenchi Muyou! in Love 2: Haruka Naru Omoi (1999)
III. OVAs
- Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki (1992)
- Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki: Heianmuyo! Picture Drama (1993)
- Tenchi Muyou! Ryo-Ohki: The Night Before The Carnival (1993)
- Tenchi Muyou!: Galaxy Police Mihoshi Space Adventure (1994)
- Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki 2nd Season (1994)
- Magical Girl Pretty Sammy (1995)
- Photon: The Idiot Adventures (1997)
- Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki 3rd Season (2003)
- Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki 3rd Season: Tenchi Seirou naredo Namitakashi? (2005)
- Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar (2009)
- Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki 4th Season (2016)
- Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki 5th Season (2020)
IV. Specials
- Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki 2nd Season Picture Drama (1995)
- Magical Project S Specials (1997)
- Shin Tenchi Muyou! Specials (1997)
- Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki 3rd Season Picture Drama (2003)
- Ai Tenchi Muyou! Recaps (2014)
2. Where To Watch
3. Chronological Order
I. Tenchi Muyou! Ryo-Ohki
- Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki
- Tenchi Muyou! Ryo-Ohki: The Night Before The Carnival
- Tenchi Muyou!: Galaxy Police Mihoshi Space Adventure
- Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki 2nd Season
- Magical Girl Pretty Sammy
- Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki 3rd Season
- Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki 3rd Season: Tenchi Seirou naredo Namitakashi?
- Tenchi Muyou! GXP
- Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar
- Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki 4th Season
- Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki 5th Season
II. Tenchi TV Universe
- Tenchi Muyou!
- Tenchi Muyou! in Love
- Tenchi Muyou! in Love 2: Haruka Naru Omoi
III. Spin-Offs (Standalone)
- Tenchi Muyou! Manatsu no Eve
- Shin Tenchi Muyou!
- Shin Tenchi Muyou! Specials
- Magical Project S
- Magical Project S Specials
- Photon: The Idiot Adventures
- Sasami Magical Girls Club
- Sasami Magical Girls Club 2
- Ai Tenchi Muyou!
4. Conclusion
The recommended order to watch Tenchi Muyo is its chronological order. You can leave out the parts not mentioned in the chronological order since they’re either recaps or picture dramas.
The spin-offs occur in the same universe as the OVAs but can be viewed without any prior knowledge about the main OVAs and series.
5. How much Time Will It Take To Watch?
It will take you 91 hours and 10 minutes to watch all the installments in Tenchi Muyo.
This includes all the TV series, movies, ONAs, and specials.
If you follow the chronological order, you can complete the series in 89 hours and 51 minutes.
Here’s a quick list of each installment and their run time in order of their release:
- Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki – 174 minutes
- Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki: Heianmuyo! Picture Drama – 10 minutes
- Tenchi Muyou! Ryo-Ohki: The Night Before The Carnival – 43 minutes
- Tenchi Muyou!: Galaxy Police Mihoshi Space Adventure – 27 minutes
- Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki 2nd Season – 198 minutes
- Tenchi Muyou! – 598 minutes
- Magical Girl Pretty Sammy – 129 minutes
- Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki 2nd Season Picture Drama – 7 minutes
- Tenchi Muyou! in Love – 94 minutes
- Mahou Shoujo Pretty Sammy – 598 minutes
- Mahou Shoujo Pretty Sammy Specials – 21 minutes
- Shin Tenchi Muyou! Specials – 24 minutes
- Shin Tenchi Muyou! – 598 minutes
- Tenchi Muyou! Manatsu no Eve – 59 minutes
- Photon: The Idiot Adventures – 192 minutes
- Tenchi Muyou! in Love 2: Haruka Naru Omoi – 95 minutes
- Tenchi Muyou! GXP – 624 minutes
- Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki 3rd Season – 180 minutes
- Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki 3rd Season Picture Drama – 25 minutes
- Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki 3rd Season: Tenchi Seirou naredo Namitakashi? – 30 minutes
- Sasami Magical Girls Club – 325 minutes
- Sasami: Mahou Shoujo Club 2 – 325 minutes
- Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar – 585 minutes
- Ai Tenchi Muyou! – 200 minutes
- Ai Tenchi Muyou! Recaps – 40 minutes
- Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki 4th Season – 116 minutes
- Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki 5th Season – 180 minutes
6. About Tenchi Muyo
Tenchi Muyo is a collection of OVA created by Masaki Kajishima. After the massive success of the first series, it was adapted into 4 more series.
The plot follows the life of Tenchi Masaki, an average high school student who suddenly has to deal with the appearance of several women from outer space.
It is a hilarious collection of Tenchi’s antics as he tries to save the Earth from aliens as well as deal with the collective affection of these women.
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