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Tenchi Muyo! Tenchi Universe S1E2 — No Need for Princesses!
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Tenchi Muyo! Tenchi Universe•Season 1•Episode 2

No Need for Princesses!

5.5/10 · 12 votesApr 9, 199530 min

Ranked #26 of 26 in Season 1•−0.7 vs season avg

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Princess Ayeka, first princess of planet Jurai, regrets responding to Mihoshi's distress beacon when she meets Ryoko on Earth. The two of them go back a long way, and have been enemies for years. During her time on Earth, Ayeka finds herself falling for Tenchi,

Directed byToshiaki Komura
Written byRyoe Tsukimura
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No Need for a Genius! stillE8 6.0

No Need for a Genius!

No Need for Memories! stillE9 6.0

No Need for Memories!

No Need for an Arch Rival! stillE10 6.9

No Need for an Arch Rival!

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Time and Space Adventures Part I

Time and Space Adventures Part II stillE12 6.0

Time and Space Adventures Part II

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Time and Space Adventures Part III

No Need for a Rebellion! stillE14 6.0

No Need for a Rebellion!

No Need for an Escape! stillE15 6.0

No Need for an Escape!

No Need for Hiding stillE16 6.0

No Need for Hiding

No Need for Hunger stillE17 6.0

No Need for Hunger

No Need for a Ghost stillE18 6.4

No Need for a Ghost

No Need for Runaways stillE19 6.0

No Need for Runaways

No Need for Swimsuits stillE20 6.5

No Need for Swimsuits

No Need for a Checkpoint stillE21 6.0

No Need for a Checkpoint

No Need for Knights! stillE22 6.0

No Need for Knights!

No Need for Karma stillE23 6.0

No Need for Karma

No Need for Ryoko stillE24 7.2

No Need for Ryoko

No Need for a Showdown! stillE25 6.0

No Need for a Showdown!

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No Need for a Conclusion

Cast12

Masami Kikuchi

Masami Kikuchi

Tenchi Masaki (voice)

Ai Orikasa

Ai Orikasa

Ryoko (voice)

Yuko Kobayashi

Yuko Kobayashi

Washu Hakubi (voice)

Etsuko Kozakura

Etsuko Kozakura

Ryo-Ohki (voice)

Yuri Amano

Yuri Amano

Kiyone Makibi (voice)

Norio Wakamoto

Norio Wakamoto

Kagato (voice)

Akiko Yajima

Akiko Yajima

Ken-Ohki (voice)

Mizue Otsuka

Mizue Otsuka

Nagi (voice)

Yumi Takada

Yumi Takada

Ayeka (voice)

Chisa Yokoyama

Chisa Yokoyama

Sasaki (voice)

Yuko Mizutani

Yuko Mizutani

Mihoshi Kuramitsu (voice)

Takeshi Aono

Takeshi Aono

Katsuhito Masaki / Nobuyuki Masaki (voice)

Crew4

R

Ryoe Tsukimura

Writer

T

Toshiaki Komura

Storyboard Artist

T

Toshiaki Komura

Director

S

Shinichiro Kajiura

Animation Director

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Episode Summary

"No Need for Princesses!" is episode 2 of Tenchi Muyo! Tenchi Universe season 1. It scored 5.5/10 from 12 votes, ranking #26 of 26 episodes this season (season average 6.2). Directed by Toshiaki Komura and written by Ryoe Tsukimura, it aired on April 9, 1995.

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