Editing Tenchi Muyo! (section)

==Concept==
[[Masaki Kajishima]] and [[Hiroki Hayashi]] cite the ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]'' OVAs, which they both worked on, as being the inspiration for ''Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki''. In an interview with AIC, Hayashi described ''Bubblegum Crisis'' as "a pretty gloomy anime. Serious fighting, complicated human relationships and dark Mega Tokyo." They thought it would be fun to create some comedy episodes with ideas like the girls going to the hot springs, but it was rejected by the sponsors. He also said that there was a trend to have a bunch of characters of one gender and a single one of the other gender, and asked what if Mackey (Sylia's brother) was a main character, reversing the ''Bubblegum'' scenario. This became the basis for ''Tenchi Muyo!''.<ref name="hayashi interview"/>

In designing [[Ryoko (Tenchi Muyo)|Ryoko]], Kajishima and Hayashi were inspired by the American sitcom ''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]'' and wanted to use her in their works. In the first episode, Tenchi would open the sealed cave, which was a reference to the Jeannie's bottle, and a "cute witch" would jump out. Hayashi said that Tenchi is "sort of" based on Mackey, and that after Tenchi and Ryoko, the other girls were designed to be characters to balance the picture in the very early concepts of the series, and that they are original characters.<ref name="hayashi interview">{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110705232238/http://www.aicanime.com/about/interview_hayashi.html | archive-date=July 5, 2011 | url-status=dead | work = AIC Anime English Website | publisher=[[Anime International Company]] | title=Interview with Hiroki Hayashi | date=February 2011 | url=http://www.aicanime.com/about/interview_hayashi.html  }}</ref>