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Matt K. Miller, Megumi Hayashibara, Petrea Burchard

In this first feature of the popular animated franchise, Tenchi and company find their lives disrupted by the time-traveling entity Kain, who escapes from subspace and threatens revenge upon the Jurai... read more read more... royal family (including its emperor, Tenchi). Kain goes back in time to 1970 to kill Tenchi's mother before he is born, so Tenchi and friends follow him. Seeing his now-dead mother alive in the past opens old wounds for our hero.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 35 min.

Directed by: Hiroshi Negishi

Release Date: August 16, 1996

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DVD Release Date: September 30, 1997

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  • January 10, 2010
    It was pretty good. The plot was kind of confusing at times but I understood it for the most part. The dub was kind of awful at points ("Hehehe, hehehe, that's funny.") The show is still better but this was like a really long, awesomely actiony episode of the show. I want to see ... read morethe second movie now!
  • May 9, 2008
    Great movie. Tenchi's mom is someone to be reckoned with. Very well done. I love time travel plots.

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