For those that don’t know, Tenchi Muyo! War On Geminar isn’t really a Tenchi Muyo series, rather a spin-off. This series stars Tenchi’s half brother Kenchi Masaki. It also shares some minor connections with Photon: The Idiot Adventures which was born from the same creator, Masaki Kajishima.

In War On Geminar we first meet Kenchi Masaki as he pilots a sacred mechanoid in his attempt to assassinate a newly anointed princess. Being the series good guy Kenchi gets close but inevitably can’t follow through, losing out on the reward, being transported home to his own time and place (more on that later).

If you’ve been a fan of the Tenchi franchise you know that eventually our main hero finds himself pretty much the center of attention for a harem of women. Kenchi is no different, sadly.

Our first few episodes finds Kenchi being fleshed out as this bad ass mecha pilot that has amazing fighting skills, even a brief hand to weapon combat sequence where Kenchi pretty much takes out a small gang of baddies. Unlike his half brother Tenchi, Kenchi looks to be the center of attention with merit (not just a lucky guy who gets all the attention he can handle from the ladies for no specific reason. Kenchi is somewhat of a bad ass, but his reputation doesn’t stay afloat for long.

I enjoyed the part one release of Geminar because, like Tenchi, it’s just awkward funny. When the ladies offer up their attention (and more), Kenchi sometimes becomes his chibi character and cries like a baby. It’s funny because it just looks funny, but also funny because it’s so serious in a way. Kenchi finds himself in many scenario’s due to his popularity and with each new character on board we get even more hilarity.

As for Kenchi the bad ass. We only get glimpses of him from time to time. What’s even more distressing is how long it takes for the story to get back into gear. What we know form the first couple of episodes is that Kenchi was being tricked into helping the bad guys for a ticket back to his own time and place. Weather or not that’s a different planet, universe, or timeline is yet to be seen, but we lose track of that part of the plot. Once he comes into custody of his female wardens, that’s pretty much it.

There are a few characters that may or may not be trouble, but for a majority of this releases episodes it’s mostly all Kenchi being chased by girls and working on at The Holy Land Academy. It’s not until you hit the second disc that we get to the nuts and bolts of the story, and that’s where you are either entertained, annoyed because you had to wait that long for continuity, or on the fence.

PICTURE QUALITY:
Line definition is pretty sharp and color is absolutely robust. It’s an A grade effort from Funimation with just a tiny gap where picture goes soft now and again. The animation is pretty solid and you only get high detail when you’re close up to characters or we run into objects, mechanoids, or some architecture or forestry that play specific keys in their scenes or within the story. If it makes you feel better, the times that I can count soft picture disturbance can be done on one hand. Fans won’t be disappointed.

BONUS FEATURES:
~BD/DVD Combo
~Episode Commentary
~About Making The Closing Theme “Destino” by Alchemy
~Digest In Commemoration of Sales Release
~Still For Recording The Music For Tenchi Muyo! War On Geminar
~Pay Per View Program Sneak Peek
~Teasers
~Textless Songs
~Trailers
~Limited Edition Box Case To Hold Parts 1&2