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| Tenchi Forever! | |
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 Region 1 DVD Cover released by Pioneer | |
| Directed by | Hiroshi Negishi |
| Written by | Masaharu Amiya |
| Starring | Masami Kikuchi Ai Orikasa Yumi Takada Kikuko Inoue Chisa Yokoyama Yuko Mizutani Yuri Amano Yuko Kobayashi |
| Music by | Tsuneyoshi Saito |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | GAGA Communications (Japan) Funimation (North America) Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand) MVM Films (United Kingdom) |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Tenchi Forever!, also known in Japan as Tenchi Muyo in Love 2: Distant Memories (天地無用 IN LOVE 2! − 遙かなる想い, Tenchi Muyō in Rabu Tsū!: Haruka naru omoi), is a 1999 Japanese anime film based upon the popular Tenchi Muyo! series, and was directed by Hiroshi Negishi. It was released in America under the title Tenchi Forever!, possibly because it was to be the last Tenchi Muyo!-branded product created.
The film is the final story arc of the second Tenchi Muyo! television series, known outside Japan as Tenchi Universe. TMiL2 is also notable for its radically different tone from its source material.
Tenchi Universe excised much of the overt sexuality and violence featured in the OVAs in favor of a more comedy-themed atmosphere. The subsequent movie sequel, 1996's Tenchi Muyo in Love, was, at its core, an action movie. However, Tenchi Muyo in Love 2 is a significant departure from its predecessors; instead of the usual comedy-flavored action, the film is a downbeat melodrama, shedding light on Katsuhito's past, the depth of Ryoko and Ayeka's feelings for Tenchi, and Tenchi's hidden desires.
This film marked the last time Petrea Burchard would voice Ryoko for the English dubbed releases of the Tenchi franchise until Ai Tenchi Muyo! was released in North America in 2018.
The DVD released in 1999 by Geneon, then known as Pioneer, is one of the few released by that company to have THX-certified audio and video.