What order do I watch the Tenchi anime in?


I'm trying to watch the anime series _Tenchi_ and don't know what order to
watch the episodes in, including the OVAs and movies. What order are they
intended to be watched in?




Theres are allot of story pieces involved. But one of the easyest ways to
decide in which order to watch would be by [checking out this
website](http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=rel&aid=409). It has the
storys and their time settings layed down in detail (this might be a good
addition to the [How are tenchi timelines
related](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/2089/how-are-the-tenchi-
timelines-related))

For a casual viewing order you should watch it in this order

  * Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki (1992-1993)
  * Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki Omatsuri Zen `y.... (1993)
  * Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki (1994)
  * Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki (2003)

Then you can follow this up by the side story about his parents

  * Tenchi Muyou! Bangaihen: Galaxy Police (1994)
  * Mahou Shoujo Pretty Sammy (1995- 1997)

And from here on out you can either go check out alternative settings

  * Shin Tenchi Muyou! (1997)
  * Tenchi Muyou! Manatsu no Eve (1997)
  * Tenchi Muyou! (1995)

Or even the alternative version of the side story

  * Mahou Shoujo Pretty sammy (1996)

And the alternative version settings variant of this

  * Sasami: Mahou Shoujo Club (2006)
  * Sasami: Mahou Shoujo Club 2 (2006-2007)

And finally you can check out the Same setting story

  * Tenchi Muyou! GXP (2002)
  * Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari ( 2009-2010)
  * Dual! Parallel Runrun Monogatari

With this info it is pretty much up to yourself how to actually watch it. But
for story purposes I would advice at least watching the first 4 I stated in
that order.

