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Television series

Tenchi Muyo! GXP (天地無用! GXP) is a Japanese anime television series animated by AIC and broadcast on NTV from April 3, 2002 to September 25, 2002. It is the fourth installment of the Tenchi Muyo! line of series, succeeding Tenchi in Tokyo, localized in North America by Funimation. On November 11, 2012, it began airing on Adult Swim's revived Toonami programming block. An anime OVA project titled Tenchi Muyo! GXP Paradise Shidō hen by AIC and Saber Project premiered in May 2023.

Seina Yamada is a young Japanese high school student living with his parents and younger sister in rural Okayama, Japan. One morning, following a hapless bike ride through the country, a large spacecraft crashes into the lake behind the Masaki residence, causing a violent tsunami that Seina is unable to escape from and he sinks, almost drowning. He regains consciousness shortly after, meeting Amane Kaunaq, the spacecraft's pilot, who gives Seina an application. Seina takes it, and shows it to his family at home. Mistaking it for a contest entry, his mother and sister aggressively force him to fill it out; afterwards he retreats to his room and falls asleep. The following morning, awakened aboard a vessel in orbit, Seina is informed by an official that he has successfully joined the Galaxy Police. It also revealed that the Galaxy Police originally meant to recruit Tenchi, but they got Seina instead.

Unlike Tenchi Universe and Tenchi in Tokyo, which are spin offs of Tenchi Muyo! Ryo Ohki, GXP occurs during the same time period, making it a parallel series to the show. As such, the more recognized cast do not play central roles, though they do make cameo appearances.

Tenchi Muyo! GXP aired on Colours TV's Funimation block in 2006 from June 24 to September 17. Also aired in Hawaii on KIKU starting September 2006. Aired periodically on Funimation Channel. It began airing on Adult Swim's newly revived Toonami programming block on November 11, 2012 at 12:30 a. m. ET where it remained for 3 weeks until it was bumped to 1 a. m. to make way for Naruto, which claimed the 12:30 a. m. slot. 2 weeks later, it was moved to 3 a. m. due to lower than expected ratings where it remained for the rest of its run. GXP is the fourth Tenchi Muyo! series to air on Toonami (the original OVAs, Tenchi Universe and Tenchi in Tokyo having been aired on the original Toonami in an edited form).

Tenchi Muyo! GXP was met with mostly positive reception. It was initially believed that the premiere would not draw noteworthy attention, but the midnight screening of the first episode on September 9 reportedly garnered a 4.0% viewing share, a figure considered double that of other premiers such as Aquarian Age and Kanon. The localization of Tenchi Muyo! GXP was met with generally positive reception as well. In a report by Right Stuf International on February 28, AIC became flooded with so much mail from American fans about its release that the company requested fans stop. Industry aggregator Mania. com gave the commercial releases ratings A through B, citing that "the GXP series was a lot of fun" but that "[it] was over by the time you really get into it." Animefringe. com, an online magazine, published a positive review as well, citing a "well balanced storyline" and that GXP "still has plenty of potential to go forward and compete in today's booming anime world after its long absence from the spotlight."

Masaki Kajishima, original creator of the Tenchi series, wrote and illustrated a manga for GXP, serialized in Comic Dragon (now Monthly Dragon Age) from June to September 2002. It was collected into a single volume and published by Kadokawa Shoten on August 29, 2002.

In addition to the manga, Kajishima also writes an ongoing light novel series retelling GXP from his perspective. The books were published by Kadokawa Shoten and go into more detail than the anime. The first volume was released on April 25, 2003. As of June 11, 2021, 17 books have been released.