FUNimation licenses Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar (Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari)

[WTK]

via PR...

FUNimation Entertainment announced today at Otakon that it has acquired the streaming, broadcast, home entertainment, video on demand, pay-per-view, and DTO/DTR rights to the complete anime OAV series, Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar. This spin-off series takes place roughly 15 years after the events in Tenchi Muyo! GXP.

From the animation studio (AIC SPIRITS) that brought you Ga-Rei Zero and Tokko and the director of Baki the Grappler (Koji Yoshikawa) FUNimation is pleased to announce the acquisition of streaming, home entertainment, theatrical and merchandise rights to the complete Tenchi Muyo! franchise.

Synopsis: Kenshi – half-brother of intergalactic hero Tenchi Masaki – has been summoned to the mysterious world of Geminar, and his only hope of returning to Earth is piloting a bio-mechanical weapon in a shocking assassination attempt! When the mission fails and Kenshi is captured, he discovers he’s been lied to by the very culprits who transported him to this strange new world. Luckily, Princess Lashara kindly welcomes Kenshi and invites him to live amongst her followers. Now, caught up in a political whirlwind – and hotly pursued by Geminar’s female population – Kenshi must find a way to get home while civil war erupts all around him!

Additional information may be found at: http://www.funimation.com/tenchi-muyo-war-on-geminar

[Rootsofjustice]

Strange, the episode count on their info page for Fairy Tail disappeared too:
http://www.funimation.com/fairy-tail

[WTK]

According to AstroNerdBoy, the page has been up for a while now.

[WTK]

17:14:52 <bay|Ota|FUNi> tenchi muyo war on geminar
17:14:55 <bay|Ota|FUNi> brand new tenchi muyo
17:14:58 <bay|Ota|FUNi> never released before

[Damius]

And here we have the confirmation.

[WTK]

I will just note this here...ANN's panel report mentioned this:

Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar OAV series (as well as the entire rest of the Tenchi Muyo! franchise)

This really makes me wonder. Would FUNimation consider Magical Girl Pretty Sammy and/or Magical Project S (not dubbed) part of the Tenchi Muyo! franchise?

[animeman]

Judging from big license news release that was posting on ANN, it looks like they licensed the original OVA 1 and 2 of Tenchi Muyo since they already released OVA 3. Is this true? Because I was thinking of really adding to my collection if everything Funi licensed is altogether now.

[Ingraman]

I'm not recalling having heard about this OVA series when it was released, and I don't have too much interest in Tenchi right at the moment. Maybe later.

[NewPrinceDarian]

Originally Posted by WTK

I will just note this here...ANN's panel report mentioned this:

This really makes me wonder. Would FUNimation consider Magical Girl Pretty Sammy and/or Magical Project S (not dubbed) part of the Tenchi Muyo! franchise?

If they do, I hope they bring in Sherry Lynn to reprise her role as Sasami.

[AoNtIaMkEu]

Originally Posted by animeman

Judging from big license news release that was posting on ANN, it looks like they licensed the original OVA 1 and 2 of Tenchi Muyo since they already released OVA 3. Is this true? Because I was thinking of really adding to my collection if everything Funi licensed is altogether now.

If I recall, the answer to one the Q&A questions was that they had all of Tenchi: Tenchi Muyo! 1 & 2, the movies, Universe, Tokyo... unsure of Pretty Sammy though.