With the pickup of the rights last month and a dub cast reveal at the end of April, Funimation is now getting their first dubbed preorder trailer out for the Ai Tenchi Muyo anime series. The set arrives on July 10th, 2018 priced at $49.98. It has a 200-minute running time for the fifty shorts that were produced and so far the DVD/BD combo bilingual release is only listing trailers as its extras. It’ll be kept to one Blu-ray disc and two DVD disc.
Steve Kramer is serving as the ADR director and main scriptwriter working with Melora Harte, Deborah Crane, and Scott Page-Pagter on them. This show was done a bit different in terms of production as it was recorded at CDP Sound – Burbank CA and was produced by Del Casher AMI Inc. The English cast includes Matthew K. Miller as Tenchi Masaki, Julie Maddalena as Momo Kawanagare, Cindy Robinson as Beni Kinojo, Laura Post as Tori Fueyama, Petrea Burchard as Ryoko, Melora Harte as Ukan Kurihara, Brianne Brozey as Yuki Fuka, Sherry Lynn as Sasami, Cherami Leigh as Ayeka, Mona Marshall as Hachiko, Dorothy Elias-Fahn as Hana Saryu, Stephanie Sheh as Rui Aoi, Karen Strassman as Washu, and Rebecca Forstadt as Mihoshi.
The series was directed by Hiroshi Negishi who co-wrote it with Hideki Shirane, who worked on both GXP and War on Geminar. Takeshi Oda is on board for the character designs and AIC handled the animation production.
The original series debuted back in 1992 and serving as the launching point for Pioneer LDC to bring anime to North America.
The Japanese cast includes Masami Kikuchi as Tenchi Masaki, Ai Orikasa as Ryoko, Haruhi Nanao as Aeka Masaki Jurai, Chisa Yokoyama as Sasami Masaki Jurai, Michie Tomizawa as Mihoshi Kuramitsui, Yūko Kobayashi as Washu Hakubi, Etsuko Kozakura as Ryo-Ohki, Naomi Shindoh as Noike Kamiki Jurai, Ken Uo as Katsuhito Masaki, Katsuyuki Konishi as Nobuyuki Masaki, Rio Natsuki as Rea Masaki, Yuko Nagashima as Minaho Masaki, Rei Sakuma as Funaho Masaki Jurai, Emi Shinohara as Tennyo Masaki, Sakiko Tamagawa as Airi Masaki, Yumi Touma as Tokimi, Kenichi Ogata as Azaka, Satsuki Yukino as Tsukiko Masaki, Yoko Soumi as Mikami Kuramitsu, Rui Tanabe as Ringo Tatsuki, Risa Yuzuki as Mizune Masaki, Azusa Satou as Otoka Masaki and Miya Amamiya as Fūka Masaki.
Plot concept: Thanks to Washu, the universe has been thrown into chaos and it’s up to Tenchi to clean up the mess. But to do so he’s going undercover as a teacher—at an all-girl’s school! What awaits him beyond the attention of cute girls at this not-so-ordinary school? And will he be able to balance timelines and trouble that come with this latest adventure? Join the harem and the fun in this series of shorts!