Ai Tenchi Muyo
 
 

 
Ai Tenchi Muyo's Premise, New Characters Unveiled
 
Series of 5-minute episodes to premiere in October
 
The official website for the new Tenchi Muyo! series, Ai: Tenchi Muyo!, updated on Friday with an introduction to the story and six new character designs.
 
In the story, the world is in trouble because Washu is stirring up trouble again. In order to save the world from crisis, Tenchi goes undercover as a teacher in a girls' school. However, many problems arise as Tenchi is predisposed to finding trouble.
 
Characters include:
 
Many of the characters have corresponding characters from the Japanese legend of Momotaro.
 
Character designer Suzuhito Yasuda (Durarara!!, Yozakura Quartet) is designing the characters for the new series, Hiroshi Negishi (Tenchi Universe, Saber Marionette J) is returning to the franchise to direct, and Masaki Kajishima is credited as the original creator.
 
The city of Takahashi in Okayama Prefecture announced in May that it is sponsoring the new anime. The anime will be set in Takahashi, as the city hopes fans will come on a "pilgrimage" to see the setting of the anime, and plans to sell goods and host related events. The series is slated to run for 50 five-minute episodes on Tokyo MX starting in October.
 
The anime studio AIC is producing the series. AIC previously produced the first Tenchi Muyo! original video anime series and the projects that followed. Thefranchise is celebrating its 20th anniversary with this new project.
The series is slated to run for 50 five-minute episodes on Tokyo MX starting in October.
 
@ANN
 
 
Ena, 50 episódios de 5 minutos. Porque assim é muito mais difícil que os espectadores se esqueçam de ver os mini-episódios ou que percam o seguimento da história do que se isto fosse um normal animu de um cour