Tenchi Universe - Volume 4 - Time and Space Adventures

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In these linked episodes, supergenius Washu invents the Dimensional Cause and Effect Controller, a machine that produces a world corresponding to the user's desires. When she explains it to the other women from outer space, a five-way battle for the controls erupts. The machine overloads, sending the cast to a succession of alternate worlds that represent each woman's fantasy, but where their quarrels continue. Ayeka's servants, Azake and Kamidake, introduce the segments from a modified Kabuki stage. Ayeka imagines herself as a Japanese princess; Tenchi is a samurai; and Ryoko, a demon. Kinoye becomes a pulp-fiction Woman with a Past in a remote village, where Tenchi runs a noodle stand and Ayeka and Sasami are tavern keepers. As high school students, school president Ayeka and juvenile delinquent Ryoko (in matching plaid skirts) fight over Tenchi until Sasami intervenes as Pretty Sammy the Magic Girl. Tenchi becomes a salaryman and Ayeka a fussy sister-in-law in Mihoshi's fantasy of domesticity. Tenchi, incongruously clad in a fedora and bow tie, finds himself an unwilling Clyde to Ryoko's Bonnie in a spoof of crime movies. Seeing the characters in these parts is like watching familiar actors in a comedy sketch on a variety show, and very funny. Rated 13 and up for cartoon violence, drinking, and nudity. --Charles Solomon

Description

Washu invents the Dimensional Cause & Effect controller that is designed to alter the world to the user's wishes. Unfortunately, her grand unveiling results in a mad-dash for the controls which leave Tenchi falling from one parallel universe to another experiencing each girl's ultimate fantasy lifestyle! Contains episodes 11, 12, & 13: Time and Space Adventures Part 1 - 3

Customer Reviews:

The world is about to be split..........2004-06-19

In the fourth DVD of the Tenchi Universe Washu has invented the Dimensional Cause & Effect controller. It allows you to shape the world into any form you want. When the girls ALL try to use it at the same time it, of course, goes haywire and ends up putting them all into one parallel universe after another. Each world SHOULD be the ultimate fantasy world, but these dreams seem to end up as nightmares. The first world seems to be old Japan, where Ayeka is a noblewoman and Tenchi is engaged to marry her. When Tenchi is sent by the Emperor to deal with a demon, Ryoko, things are not what they appear to be. Ayeka's world becomes a nightmare when she finds out that Ryoko is Tenchi's mistress!
The next world is just as weird. Kiyone has escaped Mihoshi by leaving her career as a police officer behind her. She ends up getting a job in a sleeply port town at a diner-tavern. But Mihoshi finds her. It turns out the dimwit has been searching for her and plans to be her "Partner forever..."
As Kiyone runs screaming into the night we pop over to the next world - Sasami's world of the Magical Girl Pretty Sammy. She uses her magic power to make Ryoko and Ayeka stop fighting over Tenchi. In fact she uses too much magic and they fall in love, but the episode ends before they can kiss. The next two worlds are just as interesting. Mihoshi's world is one where she and Tenchi are married, yet her sister-in-law is Ayeka and Ryoko, a widow from next door, comes to flirt with Tenchi. Mihoshi cries. Ryoko's world is set in the roaring twenties, with Ryoko and Tenchi as bank robbers. The interesting thing here is that, while Ryoko is having great fun she figures out that everything is fake. She allows Washu to cancel her world, like the redhead did to the others as they came to a end, and everything is back to normal. This DVD is just pure fun. It not only allows you to dive right into the characters' minds, but really allows you to laugh at events that would never of happened without Washu's weird machine. Kind of a "What-If" series of episodes.

Cool series.......2004-04-01

INTRODUCTION:
Although the Tenchi Muyo anime series became a massive hit in its native Japan and other neighboring nations, it was never fortunate enough to gain that kind of success in the United States. That's a real shame, because this is one of the best anime series out there. It DID air briefly in America on the Cartoon Network, but it never really won the audiences over the way series like Pokemon and Dragon Ball Z did. But this series is every bit as good as the animes that DID achieve fame in America. Read on for my review of this set.

BASIC PLOT:
It's hard to describe this series because there are so many twists and turns in the plot, but I'll try my best. The story follows a young man named Tenchi Masaki, who has just returned to school from a long break. Soon enough, he meets up with a rather strange cast of characters, and discovers that he may be the last hope for saving the universe! To make things even more difficult for him, many of these strange characters he has met fall in love with him, and this creates some competition amongst them that results in some rather comical scenes.

SERIES OPINIONS:
Why is this series so underrated in America? This is one of the best animes out there. It combines the samurai-style action of Dragon Ball Z with the romance/slapstick humor stylings of Sailor Moon, and this creates a series that is universally appealing. And believe me, over time this series will grow on you.

THE DUB:
Surprisingly, the dub version of this series isn't that bad. A few scenes have been mistranslated or toned down for American audiences, but it's nothing major like with other animes. Here's a little tip, if you're curious about what has been changed - while you're watching the Japanese subtitled version of the DVD, hit the Audio button on your DVD remote and switch to the dub track. This way you can watch the English dub with the English subtitles for the Japanese version - there's no better way to see how different some of the translations are!

DVD:
Once again, DVDs featuring an uncut dub and an uncut sub have been released. This is great because you get both versions of the series. There are also some bonus features as well. There aren't a whole lot of bonuses, but at least there are some - a number of anime DVDs don't have any at all!

OVERALL:
Overall this is an excellent DVD set, and it's good to have all the episodes of this classic series on DVD at long last. Still, the DVDs could have been done a little better. If you're an anime fan, this is a strongly recommended release.

No Need for Pretty Sammy.......2002-04-26

Washu invents a machine that can create alernate dimensions, such as the Pretty Sammy universe where Sasami rips of Sailor Moon and Ryo-ohki can talk. Ryoko, Kiyone, and basically everyone get sent to these weird dimensions, in the meantime, Washu is trying to bring everyone back to their own dimensions. Time and Space Adventures Parts 1,2 and 3 are all on the DVD.

most imaginative volume in entire series........2002-03-09

This is volume 4/8, but it's by far my favorite of the series.

The base story
Washu's most recent ingenious invention is hijacked by the dreams of Ryoko, Aeka, Mihoshi, Kione and Sasami. Washu's device is one that creates alternative realities based upon the wishes of the user. So, the girls' deepest desires (ummm, basicly involving Tenchi) become manifest...

Poor Tenchi. Now the girls are chasing him across alternate dimensions of spacetime! Each alternative reality is a stand-alone mini story in its own right. Nice segway between the "on earth" and "in space" Tenchi Universe episodes.

My favorite is Sasami's reality, where she becomes Pretty Sammy. (This is the 2nd instance of the Pretty Sammy character. She first appeared in the Mihoshi Special and later got her own OVA and TV series.) In this story, she comes up with a most interesting strategy to win Tenchi's affections while addressing the emotional needs of Ryoko and Aeka! Absolutely hilarious! Perhaps the funniest moment in the entire series.

Must buy for dedicated Sasami/Pretty Sammy fans.

Tenchi Universe Sampler.......2001-09-04

Not sure if Tenchi Universe is for you? Try these 3 episodes which make up a self-contained adventure in the midst of the Tenchi Universe story. In other words, seeing these episodes out of sequence from the rest of the series will not leave you completely baffled to the whole plot, as is often the case when seeing anime series out of order. Also, since these episodes are not central to the main plot of Tenchi Universe, if you don't feel like investing into the 8 dvd set, they stand on their own as a 'mini-series'.

Anyway, after that unusually long introduction, here is the main idea of "Time and Space Adventures"...

Washu has invented her latest amazing technological wonder, a machine which can alter time and space to anyone's idea of a 'perfect' world. Leave it to Ryoko and Ayeka to sneak in at night to try and use the machine for their own 'perfect' worlds with Tenchi. After all the noise that ensues, and all the girls are fighting over the machine (much to Washu's horror), the button gets pushed, and space-time is changed around. Each girl is cast off into their own 'perfect' world except Washu, who manages to stay in 'reality' and has her work cut out to eliminate the fantasy worlds one by one and get everything back to normal. Everything goes smoothly until one girl has second thoughts about giving up her fantasy... you can guess who. -_^

In all, a fun way to spend 3 episodes, and a bit of a side excursion if you are watching the entire series in sequence.

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