Tenchi Muyô! In Love 2: Haruka naru omoi (1999)

Director:

Hiroshi Negishi

Writers:

Masaharu Ayano (writer)
Marc Handler (English version)

Genre:

Animation | Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Romance

Plot:

This film takes a more serious turn from the Tenchi TV series and movies. One day, Tenchi disappears in the forest near his house...

Plot Keywords:

Anime

Cast

Masami Kikuchi	...	Tenchi (Japanese cast member)
Ai Orikasa	...	Ryoko (Japanese cast member)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Petrea Burchard	...	Ryoko
Richard Cansino	...	Yosho (voice: English version)
Jennifer Darling	...	Aeka
Debi Derryberry	...	Ryo-Ohki / Haruna
Rebecca Forstadt	...	Mihoshi
Wendee Lee	...	Kiyone
Sherry Lynn	...	Sasami
Matt K. Miller	...	Tenchi Masaki
Bob Papenbrook	...	Nobuyuki / Lord Katsuhito
Michael Sorich	...	Kamidake (voice: English version)
Doug Stone	...	Azaka (voice: English version)
K.T. Vogt	...	Washu

Also Known As:

Tenchi Forever (USA) (video title)
Tenchi Muyo: Tenchi in Love 2 (Australia)
Tenchi Muyo: Tenchi in Love 2: Distant Memories

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

Spain:13 | Peru:14 | Chile:14 | USA:PG-13 | Venezuela:PG-13

Company:

Anime International Company (AIC)

Quotes:

Tenchi: I know her! She's real!
Ryoko: Oh yeah! Wait til you see how real!

Movie Connections:

Follows Tenchi Muyô! In Love (1996)

Excellent

I was personally attached to the Tenchi Muyo! series more than any other television show I've ever seen. The characters, personality-wise, really reminded me of my friends, so it was like I knew them. I suppose that makes me biased. To indicate how biased I am (for the sake of the reader), I will tell you that I cried my eyes out over the credits at the thought that the series was truly over. But back to the critical side of things. I gave this movie a 9. I liked the animation in Tenchi Muyo! in Love 1 the best, and this one was drawn more like the Shin-Tenchi series. It was still beautiful animation, with flowers again being the dominant symbols. The only real differences occurred when the characters were seen up close. That's about all I can say negatively about the movie. On the positive side: I'm a huge Ryoko fan, and this was her movie, so I really liked that. She catches a lot of heat because of her bad points throughout the series, and I liked seeing her determination and her love for Tenchi show through. (For more of that, see Universe episode Number 24, "No Need for Ryoko. Also one of my faves.) I was very sad to hear that this was the last Tenchi movie; in a way, I almost didn't want to see it. But it certainly didn't ruin my memories of the series -- though I doubt that would have been possible. I really think the first movie was the best of the lot, but it wasn't by much, and so I gave this one an equal rating. Thanks for the memories, gang!