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...does not appear to be for its artistic or stylistic values.

a friend of mine, a director at AIC repeatedly laments: "We are soooooo cheap!".

budgets for anime are very low, animation companies are often in dire financial situations. CG is a way to reduce production costs, not necessarily produce better quality animation or better overall product.

This has been floating around for awhile. A Kajishima (the guy who originally came up with Tenchi) interview put up on AIC's web page a while ago said in not so offical words that he was ready and wanted to do a 3rd OAV. This is just the offical icing on the cake. ^_^

In any events here is a little run down on why a 3rd OAV is need to tie up loose ends in OAV lines.

- Who are these 3 Goddess: Washu, Tsunami, and Tokimi? Why are they so interesting in our universe?

- Obviously Tenchi and Ryoko are special and critical to what ever is to come. They can generate LHW(Light Hawk Wings...what a bizzare term that just can't be translated ^_^) because Tsuanmi and Washu gave them that ability. Where is Tokimi's "avatar"?
*picks up the Magic 8 Ball(tm)* Tokimi's choosen is probably a girl. I'm sure that will make Tenchi nervious. ^_^

- Either Mihoshi is the luckiest person in the universe or the smartest. Which one is it? ^_^ There is something paculiar about her past...hurm...

- What is in store for Sasami? What is Tsunami's true modivations? Washu isn't so covert but then again it appears she might be missing some memories or something.

- Will Ryo-ohki like sauteed carrots? Okay this one isn't so critical but it might turn out to be. ^_^

Some people may think "Whoppie...what the world needs now is another Tenchi series?" Yes it does! The story was designed to leave elements open and mysteries to be solved later. A 3rd OAV if done with Kajishima's touch will bring back the wonder in the 1st OAV with a sane conclusion (hopefully ^_^).

The new series will follow the OAV storyline, that's been known for months. Read the interview.

Hiroki Hayashi of AIC. Co-creator of Tenchi, creator of El-Hazard and more directing credits.

Tanaka-san of AIC. Sound director for Rurouni Kenshin, Hand Maid May, etc.

Aro-sensei, manga-ka.....

ADV's announcement that they had taken the rights to Sailor Moon away from DIC was well-recieved.

Below are more details about Maho Yugi, Hayashi's new series.

First of all, for those of you who don't
want to bother to read the rest, here
are the highlights..

1) El Hazard is _done_. To quote Mr. Hayashi
(creator of El-Hazard). "Makoto goes back.....
that's it...they live happily ever after."

2) AIC is planning on a new Tenchi OVA,
(This probibly means that they are in the investor
stage right now) early next year. Hayashi-san
will not be involved with it, but he thought that
the other creator (Mr. Kajishima) might be.

3) Mr. Hayashi is working on a new Anime
entitled "Mahou Yugi" (Magical Play or Magical
Games). This anime loooks really really cool.
Partially this is because the entire Anime is
100% redered, and then CG-shaded. They can
do some pretty impresive shots that were never
possible w/ Cells (or at least, not very fesable.
Hayashi thought that they were about 6-9
months away from finishing it (not
neccessarily releasing it.)

Ok More details:

Mr. Hayashi and Mr. Kazuya Tanaka were invited
to NDK in colorado this year. I had the pleasure
of working with them for about 5 days for the con.
For the record, Both of them are just a blast to have
around. Mr. Hayashi is really laid back, a lot of fun
and very approachable. Mr. Tanaka is also a blast
to have around, and is very energetic ^.^

Hayashi-san directed Sol Bianca, Tenchi, El-Hazard,
Daiundokai, BGC2040 (as well as some of the original)
and more series then I can count. He also created some
of these series (Tenchi and El-Hazard in particular).

Tanaka-san did sound direction on anime's like the
new Sol Bianca, Rurouni Kenshin etc.

Hayashi-san speaks fairly good english.

Maho Yugi has to be seen (in motion) to believe.
Some of the animation stuff they can do is amazing,
and they come up with some shots that you never
think about when you are doing anime. The animation
is incredibly fluid, and while your mind knows that it
is CG, none of the usual problems (anti-aliasing,
"blurryness", etc) show up in the animation.

There was a AIC promo tape that had a high number
of series and remakes that I have never heard of before.
AIC has definitly returned to their original genre (Girls
w/ Guns) and there were two different new series that
just smaked of BGC.

ADV announced that they now had the rights to Sailor
Moon, and Sailor Moon R, not DIC.

Cowboy Bebop 25/26 aired at the con...... aiyaaaaaa.
...................i.c.a.n.t.s.a.y.a.n.y.t.h.i.n .g.m.o.r.e.o.r
...................i.w.o.u.l.d.s.p.o.i.l.y.o.u.

Mari Ijima was there, but I never had enough time to hit
her concerts...

I think that above does it.

Next year is going to be a blast. Find out more Here . Pre-registration forms are up.

Here is a bit more from my write up on the TenchiML (A fan group for the Series Tenchi Muyo

Hiroki Hayashi of AIC. Co-creator of Tenchi, creator of El-Hazard and more directing credits.

Tanaka-san of AIC. Sound director for Rurouni Kenshin, Hand Maid May, etc.

Aro-sensei, manga-ka.....

ADV's announcement that they had taken the rights to Sailor Moon away from DIC was well-recieved.

Below are more details about Maho Yugi, Hayashi's new series.

First of all, for those of you who don't
want to bother to read the rest, here
are the highlights..

1) El Hazard is _done_. To quote Mr. Hayashi
(creator of El-Hazard). "Makoto goes back.....
that's it...they live happily ever after."

2) AIC is planning on a new Tenchi OVA,
(This probibly means that they are in the investor
stage right now) early next year. Hayashi-san
will not be involved with it, but he thought that
the other creator (Mr. Kajishima) might be.

3) Mr. Hayashi is working on a new Anime
entitled "Mahou Yugi" (Magical Play or Magical
Games). This anime loooks really really cool.
Partially this is because the entire Anime is
100% redered, and then CG-shaded. They can
do some pretty impresive shots that were never
possible w/ Cells (or at least, not very fesable.
Hayashi thought that they were about 6-9
months away from finishing it (not
neccessarily releasing it.)

Ok More details:

Mr. Hayashi and Mr. Kazuya Tanaka were invited
to NDK in colorado this year. I had the pleasure
of working with them for about 5 days for the con.
For the record, Both of them are just a blast to have
around. Mr. Hayashi is really laid back, a lot of fun
and very approachable. Mr. Tanaka is also a blast
to have around, and is very energetic ^.^

Hayashi-san directed Sol Bianca, Tenchi, El-Hazard,
Daiundokai, BGC2040 (as well as some of the original)
and more series then I can count. He also created some
of these series (Tenchi and El-Hazard in particular).

Tanaka-san did sound direction on anime's like the
new Sol Bianca, Rurouni Kenshin etc.

Hayashi-san speaks fairly good english.

Maho Yugi has to be seen (in motion) to believe.
Some of the animation stuff they can do is amazing,
and they come up with some shots that you never
think about when you are doing anime. The animation
is incredibly fluid, and while your mind knows that it
is CG, none of the usual problems (anti-aliasing,
"blurryness", etc) show up in the animation.

There was a AIC promo tape that had a high number
of series and remakes that I have never heard of before.
AIC has definitly returned to their original genre (Girls
w/ Guns) and there were two different new series that
just smaked of BGC.

ADV announced that they now had the rights to Sailor
Moon, and Sailor Moon R, not DIC.

Cowboy Bebop 25/26 aired at the con...... aiyaaaaaa.
...................i.c.a.n.t.s.a.y.a.n.y.t.h.i.n .g.m.o.r.e.o.r
...................i.w.o.u.l.d.s.p.o.i.l.y.o.u.

Mari Ijima was there, but I never had enough time to hit
her concerts...

I think that above does it.

Next year is going to be a blast. Find out more Here . Pre-registration forms are up.

Here is a bit more from my write up on the TenchiML (A fan group for the Series Tenchi Muyo

Alan Zabaro

• Ayashi-no Seles
  • Ayashi.net
• Bubblegum Crisis
  • Bubblegum Crisis page
  • Tokyo 2040: Rare and Useless Pages
• Neon Genesis Evangelion
  • Neon Genesis Evangelion site
• A.D.V. Films
• AnimEigo
• Anime Grapevine
• Anime Hideaway
• Anime International Company
• Anime Marriage Prospects
• Anime Nation
• Anime On DVD
• AniPike
• AniSound
• Ex
• OX-11 ("Gall Force: The Web Page")
• U.S. Manga Corps