Tenchi Muyo - Mihoshi Special and Pretty Sammy
The "Mihoshi Special" and three OAVs play like extended versions of the  fantasies Washu's Dimensional Cause and Effect Controller produced inTenchi Universe. The familiar characters take unlikely roles in  bubble-brained Mihoshi's account of her early career, which introduces  Sasami's alter-ego, Magical Girl Pretty Sammy. In the three OAVs, Tenchi is  Sasami's older brother; their karaoke-crazed mother owns a music store where  Mihoshi and Kiyone work. Tsunami is the favored candidate for Queen of the  magical realm of Juraihelm, but she needs a representative on Earth to win  additional points--and makes Sasami her agent as Pretty Sammy. The second of  these spoofs of the "Magical Girl" genre is the funniest: Bill Gates-like  villain Bif Standard attempts to conquer the world with (rather slow)  software. These shows rank as the lightest entries in the popular Tenchi  continuity. (Rated 13 and older: violence, alcohol use, brief nudity, minor  profanity, mild risqué humor)--Charles Solomon