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Tenchi the Movie 2: The Daughter of Darkness (1997)

Tenchi the Movie 2: The Daughter of Darkness poster
Original title
天地無用!真夏のイヴ
Directed by
Satoshi Kimura
Genre
harem, fantasy anime and manga, romance anime and manga, adventure anime and manga
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 21 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Tenchi meets a girl who claims to be his daughter from the future. She brings trouble with her that the whole gang has to deal with.

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What happens

Tenchi the Movie 2: Daughter of Darkness, known in Japan as Tenchi Muyō! Midsummer's Eve (天地無用!真夏のイヴ, Tenchi Muyō! Manatsu no Ibu) in Japan is the second of three films set in the Tenchi Muyo! multi-verse directed by Tetsu Kimura and written by Nahoko Hasegawa. The film was released in Japan on August 2, 1997, as a double feature, along with Slayers Great. The film was later released in North America on Laserdisc on 31 March 1998 and DVD on August 8, 1998. Tenchi Muyo! Daughter of Darkness was later re-released along with Tenchi the Movie: Tenchi Muyo in Love and Tenchi Forever! The Movie in a collectors' pack. Funimation announced distribution of the film, along with several other Tenchi properties, on July 2, 2010, at Anime Expo. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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