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Tenchi Muyo! GXP is an anime spinoff of Tenchi Muyo!.

Tenchi Muyo! GXP: Galaxy Police Transporter, released in Japan in 2001, goes back to the original Tenchi Muyo! OVA timeline. However this time the main character of this 26-episode TV series is Seina Yamada, a friend of Tenchi Masaki who accidentally joins the Galaxy Police. Unlike all previous Tenchi Muyo! incarnations, which were licensed by Geneon, GXP was licensed in the United States by FUNimation Entertainment (Along with the third OVA series) and was released on DVD in from March to December 2004.

Behind this show is Shinichi Watanabe, the director of Excel Saga.

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Major characters

Seina Yamada

  • (山田 西南 Yamada Seina) - He is the principal hero of Tenchi Muyo! GXP. He is a good friend of Tenchi Masaki and his parents run a small grocery at the beginning of the series. However, aside from Tenchi, Kiriko Masaki and Kiriko`s brother: Kai, Seina has very few friends... mostly because Seina also has the worst luck ever! Minor disasters often occur in his presence, and anyone near him stays a good distance away from him. Then one day, Seina just happened to be at Tenchi's house at a time when no one was there. Then a huge spaceship nearly lands on his head! Later, he was rescued by the pilot of the ship, Galaxy Police detective Amane Kaunaq. She hands him a packet to give to Tenchi and gives Seina an application to the Galaxy Police. What happens afterward sends Seina into a galaxy of adventure. He discovers that his friend Kiriko is also a member of the Galaxy Police. He also meets Mitoto Kuramitsu, the ditzy mother of Mihoshi and cleaning lady extraordinaire. From there, Seina is thrown into a plan to stop a pirate guild from taking over the galaxy. The kid's gonna have to find some good luck soon... he's gonna need it.

Amane Kaunaq

  • Originally the galaxy's greatest supermodel, Amane Kaunaq left the business to become part of the Galaxy Police. She was very good at her job (even earning the nickname "the Zero Goddess" because of her avoidance of pirate encounters), and was about to gain a promotion when she gave Seina Yamada an application to the G.P. Academy, not realizing that citizens of underdeveloped worlds could not apply. As a result, she ended up as an instructor in the G.P. Academy, along with Kiriko Masaki and old childhood friend (and lovesick puppy) Seriyo Tennan. After Seina would receive body enhancing modifications, Seina moved into Amane's private home, along with Kiriko and Erma (secretly, Erma was in fact the space pirate Ryoko Balta, who was spying on Seina). Amane's life would soon be revolving around Seina as the G.P. utilizes the boy's fantastic amount of bad luck, which seems to attract space pirates, in a plan to bring peace throughout the galaxy. Amane's family is also friends of the powerful Kuramitsu family, and Amane is acquainted with both Mihoshi and her brother Misao. In fact, Amane had trained Misao, and she still refers to the boy as "Rookie".

Kiriko Masaki

  • Seina's childhood friend, Kiriko Masaki would often be tending to the many injuries that Seina would suffer from his bad luck. She cares for Seina deeply and would fight to protect him from further harm. What was not known about Kiriko was that she has blood ties to the Jurai royal family... a small tie, but it exists. For a time because of this, she was one of Seto Kamiki Jurai's ladies-in-waiting, and that connection helped Kiriko to gain a position with the Galaxy Police's immigration department. But when she found out that Seina had enrolled in the G.P., she pleaded without success for him to leave. Soon afterward, she was assigned to the G.P. Academy, along with Amane Kaunaq. During Seina's training, she had moved into Amane's house at the Academy, more to keep an eye on Amane and keep her from making a move on Seina.

Seiryo Tennan

  • Though for years fans assumed Seiryo was a member of Jurai's Royal Family, he is actually only a nobleman. Due to his humiliating "defeat" at Tenchi's hands in episode 13 of OAV 2, Seiryo bears a grudge against Earthlings. He holds a teacher's position in the Galaxy Police academy, and immediately develops a distaste for Seina when he becomes a cadet. Seina becomes Seiryo's nemesis, constantly foiling his endless idiotic plots. He is madly in love with Amane, despite frequently being violently rejected; her attachment to Seina only serves to deepen his hatred for the young captain. Seiryo is brash and overconfident, often severely embarrassing himself through acts of sheer incompetence. However, he is also an accomplished fighter, and is quite proficient with a lightsword.
  • After being captured by the enemy, Seiryo learns the Daluma pirate guild has signed a supply contract with the Tennan family. Seiryo follows his father's orders to assist the pirates and becomes the captain of the Daluma guild's anti-Seina Good Luck Fleet. In a stunning display of idiocy, he names his flagship Unko, which could mean "Luck Bringer" in Japanese, but also translates as "poop".

Ryoko Balta

  • Although she named herself after Ryoko Hakubi, Ryoko Balta is hardly as bloodthirsty as she is rumored to be. A member of the dreaded Daluma pirate guild, Ryoko Balta is the most educated and cultured pirate. She is well-versed in many customs, including the Japanese Tea Ceremony. And her beauty is such that some male Galaxy Police members would willing desert their posts to join her (it is rumored that there are many "Ryoko Balta Fan Clubs" in some G.P. posts). Ryoko Balta is also a shape-shifter. She often uses this power to infiltrate Galaxy Police posts to gain information. One of her favorite forms is that of Erma, a Wau Galaxy Police clerk who works for Airi Masaki, the head of the G.P.'s Jurai office and the grandmother of Tenchi Masaki. This disguise was revealed when she was forced into a botched attempt on Seina`s life (forced by Tarant Shank), she was imprisoned. However, it was discovered that her DNA was disguised, because she was in-fact the last heir to the Balta Guild, which stands to become a member of the Galatic Union. With help from Seto, she was released as a subordinate of Seina.

Neju Ne Melmas

  • Although she looks like a ten year-old girl, Neju Ne Melmas is actually a 2000 year-old high priestess and spiritual leader of her planet. She had survived many assassination attempts through body doubles, and her great powers. Now that her denure as high priestess is coming to an end, she travels with Seina and the others to a safe place so that she can choose her successor.
  • Neju is a powerful telepath, able to affect movement and persuade others through intimidation. But lately, she, along with Amane, Kiriko and Ryoko Balta had fallen in love with Seina, already complicating an explosive situation.

Fuku

  • This is the young cabbit that acts as a power source for the Kamidake II, a battleship created by Washu Hakubi from the remains of the original Kamidake, which was a Galaxy Police decoy ship. Fuku is very powerful, just like her older sister Ryo-ohki (not to mention sharing a love of carrots), but being a newborn can get very frightened if she ends up in a big battle. Seina Yamada, however, likes the little cabbit, and has shown great confidence in her abilities. for which Fuku returns in kind.

Mitoto Kuramitsu

  • This cheerful woman is the daughter of Minami Kuramitsu, as well as the mother of Mihoshi and Misao Kuramitsu. Mitoto works as sanitation engineer (read: cleaning lady) for the Galaxy Police. She meets Seina when he was first taken from Earth to the G.P. Academy, and was taken by Seina's hair, which she constantly pets. Mitoto shares certain traits with her daughter... namely her odd luck and carefree, yet clueless attitude. Not to mention the odd habit of appearing in places where you least expect her to be; sometimes on a G.P. battle cruiser or a pirate ship, where she would be cleaning away without a care in the world. Other than appearing in the GXP series, Mitoto also made a brief appearance in the final episode of the third Tenchi Muyo OVA series.

NB

  • Originally, this was a standard helper robot that Seina Yamada was issued when he enrolled in the G.P. Academy. However, Amane Kaunaq, not trusting Kiriko with Seina, had tried to modify its circuitry for surveillance. However, a short circuit had altered the personality of the robot. Basically, NB's still the helper robot it was originally designed for, but now it has the personality of a voyeuristic pervert. NB is almost never found without its camera, hoping to catch girls in various stages of undress. However, the girls do catch it, the end result is NB getting dented.

Daluma

  • The criminal mastermind that started the pirate guild that bears his name. A perpetual thorn in the side of the Galaxy Police, Daluma is behind most of the illegal activity in a large section of the galaxy. Giving himself the title "General", he oversees his empire inside a huge ship called The Great Daluma. To combat Seina's convenient bad luck, he forms the Good Luck Fleet, a collection of the luckiest pirate crew members aboard ships adorned with lucky charms.
  • Daluma's operations are finally thwarted by Seina Yamada and the Kamidake II, and the General himself is taken into GP custody. Strangly enough, his capture brings about a change of personality, from a bloodthirsty pirate leader to a peaceful individual.

Kyo Komachi

  • A member of the dreaded Daluma pirate guild, this muscular female has a rare trait among pirates - a sense of personal honor. She despises Terrant Shank and has been known to secretly work with the Galaxy Police and Airi Masaki to thwart unjust plans that Shank may be involved in. For example, Shank had kidnapped the families of Ryoko Balta's crew. The ransom - Ryoko was to kill Seina Yamada. Kyo had freed the families by secretly arranging a breakout by Seriyo Tennan. During the disturbance he caused, she had managed for the families' escape, as well as the recovery of a second-generation Jurai tree seed.

Mikami Kuramitsu

  • The oldest child of Mikumo Kuramitsu, who was the son of Washu Hakubi, Mikami Kuramitsu is the true power behind the powerful Kuramitsu family from planet Seniwa. It was her who had demoted her brother Minami from Marshal of the Galaxy Police to the G.P.'s director of maintenance after the Chobimaru incident. She often works closely with Seto Kamiki Jurai and Airi Masaki and rarely loses her temper. She's been even known to smile while handing out diciplinary measures, like assigning Seriyou to toilet cleaning detail for trying to interfere with Seina's body enhancements.

Tarant Shank

  • A member of the dreaded Daluma Guild, Tarant Shank is a bloodthirsty, cruel individual. He has a grudge against anyone bearing the Yamada surname, namely because a family member of his was captured by a Yamada and was broken in prison, so he is after Seina in particular. His personal ship, the Daedalos, is one of the most powerful in the guild.
  • After the Daluma guild is dissolved and incorporated into the Balta Guild, Shank continued his reign of terror, first by trying to capture Fuku and the Kamidake II with help from a rogue faction of the Galaxy Army, in order to learn the ship's secrets. When that failed, he then boldly attacked Seina right before his wedding ceremony, which only lead to his final capture.

Minor characters

Alan, Barry & Cohen

  • It could be said that these three individuals can be counted as a single character. These three made their appearance in the second episode. All three of them were onboard the G.P. cruiser that had picked-up Seina to transport him to the G.P. Academy. It was during the trip that they ran into Ryoko Balta's ship, where they immediately "surrendered". It turns out that the three are rabid fans of the space pirate, but were crushed when she took a liking to Seina.
  • From that point forward, the three would be found from time-to-time, either with the G.P. or the Daluma pirate guild. They even served onboard Seriyou Tennan's ship Unko, which was lost when the three used it as collateral for betting on Seriyou.

Episode list

JP Title/(Eng Title)

  1. Rain, Followed by Fog, With Some Occasional Bad Luck (Seize the Day)
  2. Police and Pirates (Invasion)
  3. The Devil Princess of Jurai
  4. Fog of Confusion, Rain of Hindrance (True Love, Truly Painful)
  5. Darkness and a Sweet Trap (Seeing is Believing)
  6. Entering the GP Academy (First Tests)
  7. Living Together (Moving In)
  8. Days of Living Cheek-by-jowl (Meet the Parents)
  9. A Stormy Space Training Voyage (A Stormy Voyage)
  10. Baptism
  11. First Paycheck and Presents (First Paychecks)
  12. Kamidake Seriously Damaged (The Vengeful and the Wounded)
  13. On Jurai (Old Reveals and New Deals)
  14. A Tiny Adversary Appears! (Neju Who?)
  15. Runaway Fuku
  16. Homecoming
  17. Seina and Tenchi (Getting Reacquainted)
  18. Those Who Bear Good Fortune (The Price of Fortune)
  19. Show (Seiryo Attacks)
  20. The Ship That Brings Luck (Beware the Unko!)
  21. Introduction, Development, Conclusion (Reckoning)
  22. Showdown Between Good Luck and Bad Luck (Duel)
  23. Pursuit
  24. Parallel...!?
  25. Graduation
  26. Lunar Vows (Final Engagement)

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Trivia

Tenchi Muyo GXP contains several references to Masaki Kajishima's earlier works, besides Tenchi Muyo!:

  • Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure protagonist Kazuki Yotsuga shares the same name as Tenchi's great-great-grandfather.
  • Tarant Shank (or "Shiunk", depending upon translation) was originally the main villain of the hentai series Spaceship Agga Ruter.
  • The mecha that appears near the end of the series bears a striking resemblance to Dual!'s Zinv.
  • The title of episode 24 is a direct reference to Dual!
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