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> >At 01:25 PM 10/5/97 -0600, you wrote:
> >>Hey everyone, I've been taking a break from the list lately which is why
> >>you haven't seen me post for awhile but I just got the new Dragon and there
> >>are a couple of interesting pictures. First of all there's a page length
> >>picture of the casts of all of AIC/Pioneer's series together. Great pic.
> >>Tsunami playing w/ Makoto's cat :) Then there's pictures of TMME and STM
> >>and about 2-3 pictures of Sakuya and Mayuka together. Dragon seems to like
> >>doing this. There's a great one of them sitting under a tree looking sad.
> >>OK most importantly there's a picture of Ryoko. In full OAV body armor
> >>although it seems to have been upgraded a little. All three gems :) Tsunami
> >>marks on her forhead!!!! and featherlike tendrils of energy coming out of
> >>her neck jewel. It's a incredible picture. But most importantly there's a
> >>paragraph next to it all in Jap. so I couldn't understand it but the one
> >>english word in it was OAV. Could this be the announcement we've all been
> >>waiting for?? :)
> >>Ben
> >>

ARGH! Must have this translated!!! Ok, two things... Jeez All three
OVA episodes.... Second, did they say "OAV" or "OVA?" Next Thing, they
may just be announcing that the next movie is OVA. But if they plan
on giving Ryouko all three gems in the next movie, they are going
to fall in the same pitfall they fell into with Manatsu where they
try to rush way too much storyline in a short period of time. However,
I have now heard from two seperate people from Japan that the next
movie is indeed OVA, and beyond that, it supposed to have a "shock" ending
with a huge suprise in it. 

The Plot line may be something along the lines of "Achika isn't
dead" and Tenchi and Crew leave to retrive her, _FROM_ TOKIMI. 


BTW, there is a very good chance that this movie, and OVA series 
will have a _huge_ budget. AIC has been looking at doing a series
to rival Escaflowne and EVA as a "signature" work.