TENCHI MUYO!


The title "Tenchi Muyo!" is a Japanese play on words. On one level, it means, quite plainly, "No Need for Tenchi," referencing series protagonist Tenchi Masaki. However, it also reads, literally, as "No Need for Heaven and Earth"--a colloquialism that basically means, "This Side Up." Tenchi is another of the early "elders" of anime, an early pioneer of the "harem" romantic comedy; it comes in three different flavors--the original OVAs; the first TV series, also known as "Tenchi Universe;" and the second TV series, "Tenchi in Tokyo"--as well as three movies.

Interestingly, an argument can be made that between the series and the movies, we have 3-5 unique and distinct continuities, sharing the basic characters and little else. Add the manga and the Japanese novels--which have their own distinct canons--to the mix, throw in two or three spinoff series, and you get a degree of author versatility unrivaled by any other fandom.

A Little Anime Fanfiction
Categories: Ranma, Tenchi
Story Count: 5
Comments: Last updated in September 2002.
7/3/06

Anime Spiral
Categories: Other Anime, Sailor Moon, Card Captor Sakura, Ranma, Evangelion, Slayers, Tenchi
Story Count: 9100 (?)
Comments: The library is composed primarily of Inu Yasha stories, with a smattering of other series. (How many stories, precisely, is in question--the site gives different statistics in different places, and given the size of the archive counting myself is impossible). It should be noted that this site is only navigable in Internet Explorer; other browsers (Mozilla, Sea Monkey, Firefox, and Opera were tested) superimpose an ad banner over the site's navigation menu at the top.
7/3/06

Bryan's Fiction
Category: Ranma, Sailor Moon, Tenchi, Other Anime
Story Count: 14
Comments: Last updated in December 2002.
7/18/06

Destiny's Gateway
Categories: Sailor Moon, Buffy/Angel, Movies, Star Trek, X-Files, Ranma, Tenchi, Slayers, Other Anime, Comics, Hercules/Xena, Lois & Clark, Other TV, Square-Enix, Cartoons, Harry Potter
Story Count: 2000
Comments: Archive devoted to "happy ending" romances (i.e. the couple gets together in the end). The three dominant series on the archive are Sailor Moon, Buffy/Angel (with a Willow emphasis) and the movie Labyrinth.
7/23/06

Donny's Anime Fanfic Archive
Categories: Ranma, Oh My Goddess, Tenchi, Other Anime, Sailor Moon, Evangelion
Story Count: 52
Comments: Home of the megacrossover series "Life and Times." Last updated in June 2003.
6/12/05

Doug's Fanfic Library
Categories: Ranma, Slayers, Tenchi, Oh My Goddess
Story Count: 13
Comments: Home of the Ranma story "The Nature of the Curse." Last updated in April 2001.
6/12/05

Fubar Fics
Categories: Ranma, Other Anime, Sailor Moon, Comics, Evangelion, Tenchi, Robotech
Story Count: 50
Comments: An archive of primarily Ranma crossovers. Home of the "Dragonball R" series.
7/18/05

Furinkan.net
Categories: Ranma, Sailor Moon, Oh My Goddess, Tenchi, Other Anime
Story Count: 50
Comments: Home of "newRanma," "Ranma's Apartment," "THE CLAN," "The Virus" (a Clearinghouse recommendation) and other stories.
8/1/04

HKMiller's Fan Fiction
Categories: Ranma, Tenchi, Other Anime
Story Count: 50
Comments: Home of the series "Much Ado About Ranma" and "Sketches of Tenchi."
8/26/04

icezer.itgo.com
Categories: Ranma, Oh My Goddess, Tenchi, Star Wars
Story Count: 9
Comments: Home of the Oh! My Goddess Story "Ai Shiteru."
8/26/04

Jeff's Wide World of Fanfic
Categories: Tenchi, Other Anime, Oh My Goddess, Cartoons, Star Trek, Other TV, Movies, Evangelion, Comics
Story Count: 114
Comments: Homepage of author Jeff Morris. Home of the Tenchi Muyo story "Bedroom Diplomacy" (a Clearinghouse recommendation).
3/28/05

Joe's Home Page
Categories: Ranma, Sailor Moon, Tenchi, Harry Potter, Cartoons
Story Count: 18
Comments: Homepage of author Joseph Fenton. Last updated in August 2003, though the author has informed me that an update is planned for later this summer.
7/23/06

KaraOhki's Pagoda
Categories: Ranma, Bubblegum Crisis, Tenchi, Sailor Moon
Story Count: 50
Comments: Home of the Ranma stories "A Change of Scene" and "A Kiss to the Victor."
11/8/04

The Lost Library of Florestica
Categories: Ranma, Sailor Moon, Evangelion, Tenchi, Oh My Goddess, Other Anime
Story Count: 42 authors
Comments: A site devoted to hosting authors without sites of their own. A vast array of stories spanning a wide array of anime fandoms can be found here.
1/14/05

Lurkerdrome.com
Categories: Sailor Moon, Ranma, Other Anime, Tenchi, Harry Potter, Card Captor Sakura
Story Count: 7
Comments: Homepage of the Eternal Lost Lurker, author of Dragonball Theta, Sailormoon Crystal, Ranmadate, and other works. Harry Potter stories can be accessed via the lightning bolt in the lower right corner of the fanfiction section.
1/14/05

Nikolesha's Fanfic Realm
Categories: Sailor Moon, Tenchi, Other Anime
Story Count: 5
Comments: Home of the Sailor Galaxy Chronicles. Last updated in January 2002.
7/1/06

Reid Carson: The Man, The Legend
Categories: Ranma, Sailor Moon, Tenchi
Story Count: 6
Comments: Home of the megacrossover "Apotheosis." Last updated in July 1999.
6/3/05

Ryan Mathews' Fiction Collection
Category: Other Anime, Bubblegum Crisis, Tenchi, Oh My Goddess
Story Count: 13
Comments: Home of the Dirty Pair story "Big Bang," widely believed to be the first fanfic posted on the Internet. Last updated in October 1998.
6/4/05

Tail Kinker's Fan Fiction Page
Categories: Ranma, Other Anime, Oh My Goddess, Tenchi, Robotech, Sailor Moon
Story Count: 12
Comments: Home of the Ranma stories "Risa" and "Risa: Courage."
8/5/05

Tenchi Muyo Fan Fiction Archive
Category: Tenchi
Story Count: 2400
Comments: Far and away, the largest collection of Tenchi fanfic in existence outside of fanfiction.net. Archive arranged in database format.
8/5/05

TheGrum's Fics
Categories: Ranma, Sailor Moon, Oh My Goddess, Tenchi, Other Anime, Harry Potter, Movies
Story Count: 10
Comments: Home of the "Breaking Chains" series.
8/5/05

There's no hot water? Imagine that...
Categories: Ranma, Tenchi, Oh My Goddess, Sailor Moon, Other Anime
Story Count: 17
Comments: Home of, among others, the Ranma/Tenchi crossover "Hearts' Healing" and the Ranma/OMG crossover "The Accidental Goddess." Last updated in May 2003.
9/5/05

Yggdrasil.org - The Works of Christopher Angel
Categories: Ranma, Oh My Goddess, Tenchi, Evangelion, Sailor Moon
Story Count: 26
Comments: Home of, among others, the Oh! My Goddess story "Oh! My Brother!" and the Sailor Moon story "Shieldsman."
12/23/05


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