Ah, well I'm glad I bought it. There's…really a lot to say about it...
I enjoyed it, but I really REALLY wanted to see more Tokimi, Tsunami, and Washu stuff....guess I'll have to wait for the next DVD. Grr... >_> Z, love him. I can't wait to see him more in action. Ok, now for the dub and sub opinions.
Dub:
Well to be honest...I was disappointed. Really. It took me completely out of the story, hearing everyone's rusty performances (excluding Sasami). Miller was very weak in the first episode as Tenchi, but got...sub-par by episode 3. Nowhere near his first performance in Tenchi. Second, I didn't HATE Marshall's Ryoko, but I didn't really like it too much either. Too...young sounding....And Mihoshi...a little too dumb. Her old english VA had just the right mix I thought. And....I don't even know if Katsuhito is the same, damn he had an AWESOME voice in the first dub. Nobiyuki had a great voice too in the first dub, but I don't know if it was the same guy in that though, like in the sub. If it is...and he returned...he's HORRIBLY out of practice. All the new characters however, had very good voices.
Sub:
GREAT. GREAT GREAT GREAT. Loved it all. Brought me right back in. All the original VAs, great stuff. All of them spot-on-perfect in the original. From Nobiyuki's great funny lines to Tenchi's screams, everything is great.
The music and animation has changed, but I see no HUGE problems in them.
The music isn't the same, but it's still very good and has it's own quality I enjoy about it. So I give it 9/10.
The animation...well it's upgraded and a lot of the characters look great, but my personal complaint was that Washu just kinda...looks off. And Ryoko's GREEN tail kind of annoyed me a tad. But still good and it's not like they COMPLETELY changed the style, so that's good. The thing I don't like about new animation though is that "trucks" are CG...and they look like CRAP. Can't anyone draw a TRUCK now adays? So I give it 8.5/10.
All in all, a great buy...but if you're looking for a revisit into the old dub...you WILL be disappointed.
So sub: 9.5/10
Dub: 6.5/10