No Need for Tenchi!, Volume 1

by Hitoshi Okuda

"Originally published in Japan in 1994 by Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd."--T.p. verso, v. 1. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1569311803
• ISBN13: 9781569311806
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Viz Media
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

"No Need for Endings" is not the end of Tenchi! Whew!

No doubt about it...I love Tenchi! And I have really enjoyed the "No Need for Tenchi" series by Hitoshi Okuda. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that Vol. 12 is the last of the "No Need for Tenchi" series. I was very sad to think that I wasn't going to be able to get a fresh Tenchi fix anymore! I have enjoyed the continuing adventures of Tenchi in this series so much that, as Ryoko says on the final page of the final story, "I can't imagine living apart from Tenchi...from everyone...anymore...."Then I discovered that Hitoshi Okuda has embarked upon a NEW comic series featuring Tenchi and company. Now I'm anxiously awaiting the next issue of "The All-New Tenchi Muyo!" Yippee!So get volume 12 of this great series, and enjoy -- there really is no need for endings!

What did you want?

If the answer is more Tenchi madness, this is what you'll get. I will admit that was was leery of any translation by Viz, but those suspiscions were put to rest after the first few pages. I managed to find a Japanese copy and worked out the translations on my own and was pleasantly surprised to find that the English version is farly close to the Japanese. I liked the direction the author was going with the series and look forward to more. If you are as big of a Tenchi otaku as I am, then you cannot pass this up. Go, buy it now! shoo shoo

Tenchi in Manga is wonderful!

I fell in love with the anime series and thought the manga would be a big rehash of the plot, but it's not!! The story is original, the art is even cooler than the animation sometimes, and it's great to get in the graphic novel form!

If you like Tenchi Muyo, you're SURE to love this book

The quality of this Manga is amazing--the art, the inking, everything-- and it helps that Tenchi Muyo is the best Anime/Manga ever. The only problem I had with it was a few annoying translations like having the Wings of the Lighthawk be the Lightning Eagle Wings... it even calls them Lighthawk Wings on the back.... but thats certainly no big deal.

Funny,Great art and REAL ANIME IN ENGLISH!!: - )

WOW it even tells you what happened before the book,the plot is Minagi{Ryoko's double}comes and gets ammnesia,she leaves and the the villian YAKAGE comes and want tenchi's sword and kiddnapts Aeka ......but read to find the conclusion.If you like Tenchi and anime you'll love this!!