"Tenchi Muyo!" TAKARA Doll Series (1995/1997?)

"Tenchi Muyo!" was a complete Phenomenon in Japan throughout most of the 1990's...
and Picked up real hard in popularity in the U.S. for a brief period in the early-2000's.

i was there at ground zero... and TM! was, essentially, the first major Anime series i was deeply invested in that was not Mecha-related.

In Fact; My TM! Fandom was centrally responsible for driving me into Anime Character Dolls and their Customization potential.

i started out with a full set of TOYNAMI's very clumsy 12in. TM! Dolls around 2001/2002...
and in 2023/2024, i came back Full Circle, after a fashion, by acquiring TAKARA's two-doll mid-90's Juraiian Alien-Princess pair,
both of which being long-time Grails of mine... and both being very amenable to an upgrade to the fabulous 2018 OBITSU 26cm. Doll Body~

 

Edited May 25, 2024 by Tasuke

They're so cute! I love seeing dolls from old-school anime. TM! was a favorite of mine back in the day as well. The new bodies look really good, and I'm sure they appreciate being able to move more freely now!

Edited May 16, 2024 by Tasuke

Congrats! I also picked up these two dolls in the last few months, I have yet to open mine. My Ayeka has damage to her outfit @.@

I also picked up the Pretty Sammy from the same series, I hope you find one too!

 

One Thing i did notice is that the 1997 Pretty Samy edition of TAKARA's Sasami has painted Underscalp hair at the nape of her neck;

the mid-90's first edition Sasami lacks that detail altogether... so i attempted to do something about that;