Following the airing of the twenty-third and final episode of the new anime adaptation of the manga, written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi, Urusei Yatsura (Those disgusting aliens) the production of a second season was announced It will be released in Japan sometime in 2024..
Let’s remember that since this anime adaptation was announced, this second season has already been confirmed. because the production was announced with a total of 46 episodes, which would be divided into two broadcasts. While some were expecting Season 2 to come out this year, it looks like it’s taking a little longer than planned.
The first season premiered during the season of Autumn-2022 (October-December) in Japan and had a total of 23 episodes while the platform HIDE is responsible for sales in the West. Since its announcement, it has been reported that it will “adapt select stories from the manga and take place over four quarters or a full year.”
On the other hand, Takahashi published the original manga in the magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from the publisher shogakukan between September 1978 and February 1987, compilation of work in thirty-four volumes. The manga inspired a 195-episode anime adaptation released in October 1981, a series of films, and a series of OVAs.
production team
- Hideya Takahashi (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind) And Yasuhiro Kimura (2.43: Seiin Koukou Danshi Volley-bu) are responsible for directing the series in the studios David production.
- Yuko Kakihara (Hataraku Saibou) is responsible for writing and supervising the screenplays.
- Naoyuki Asano (Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na!) is responsible for character design and animation direction.
- Masaru Yokoyama (Horimiya, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, Fruit Basket 2019) composes the soundtrack.
Summary of Urusei Yatsura
There’s not much to say about the lewd Ataru Moroboshi, but his extraordinary bad luck sticks out like horns from an alien’s head. When Earth is threatened by a fleet of alien invaders known as the Oni, Ataru is chosen to represent humanity in a duel against one of them. It’s a stroke of luck for Ataru that the duel is actually a game of tag and his opponent is Lum, the Oni leader’s daughter, who puts her personal dignity above victory, as Ataru states as he takes the top of Lum’s bikini and with her of victory.
However, misfortune strikes again when Lum mistakes Ataru’s promise to marry his girlfriend Shinobu Miyake for wanting to marry Lum himself and decides that she likes the idea more. Using her influence as an alien princess, she moves in with him. Forced to deal with the fallout from his love of women, Ataru must reconcile his crumbling relationship with Shinobu while keeping Lum happy while simultaneously flirting with every woman he meets.
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