series on June 16, 2003, later confirming its release for March 4, 2004. A new anime project titled Tenchi Muyo! GXP Paradise Shidō-hen was announced by EXNOA on December 23, 2022. It was later confirmed that the project would be an OVA series animated by AIC and Saber Project and directed by Takashi Asami, with Hiroshi Negishi serving as chief director, Hideki Shirane writing and supervising series' scripts, Nana Hiiragi designing the characters and Digital Network Animation credited for animation production assistance. Broadcast historyTenchi Muyo! GXP aired on Colours TV's Funimation block in 2006 from June 24 to September 17. Also aired in Hawaii on KIKU starting September 2006. Aired periodically on Funimation Channel. It began airing on Adult Swim's newly revived Toonami programming block on November 11, 2012 at 12:30 a.m. ET where it remained for 3 weeks until it was bumped to 1 a.m. to make way for Naruto, which claimed the 12:30 a.m. slot. 2 weeks later, it was moved to 3 a.m. due to lower than expected ratings where it remained for the rest of its run. GXP is the fourth Tenchi Muyo! series to air on Toonami (the original OVAs, Tenchi Universe and Tenchi in Tokyo having been aired on the original Toonami in an edited form). ReceptionTenchi Muyo! GXP was met with mostly positive reception. It was initially believed that the premiere would not draw noteworthy attention, but the midnight screening of the first episode on September 9 reportedly garnered a 4.0% viewing share, a figure considered double that of other premiers such as Aquarian Age and Kanon. The localization of Tenchi Muyo! GXP was met with generally positive reception as well. In a report by Right Stuf International on February 28, AIC became flooded with so much mail from American fans about its release that the company requested fans stop. Industry aggregator Mania.com gave the commercial releases ratings A through B, citing that "the GXP series was a lot of fun" but that "[it] was over by the time you really get into it." Animefringe.com, an online magazine, published a positive review as well, citing a "well balanced storyline" and that GXP "still has plenty of potential to go forward and compete in today's booming anime world after its long absence from the spotlight." Media Anime Manga Masaki Kajishima, original creator of the Tenchi series, wrote and illustrated a manga for GXP, serialized