More information regarding the upcomingUrusei Yatsurareboot has been releasedthrough the series’ official website. The first season of the new series will air for two cours without breaks, making it a half-year straight run.
In addition to the information regarding the series’ airing schedule, it was also announced that voice actress Kana Hanazawa (Steins;Gate’sMayuri Shiina,Angel Beats’Kanade Tachibana) will be voicing Lum’s childhood friend, Ran.
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The series will star Hiroshi Kamiya (Attack on Titan’sLevi, TheMonogatari Series’Koyomi Araragi) as Ataru Moroboshi and Sumire Uesaka (Don’t Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro’sHayase Nagatoro,Overlord’sShalltear Bloodfallen) as Lum. Maaya Uchida (Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions’ Rikka Takanashi,My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom’sCatarina Claes) will play the role of Shinobu Miyake with Mamoru Miyano (Death Note’sLight Yagami) voicing Shutaro Mendo, Wataru Takagi (One Piece’sRoronoa Zoro) as Cherry, and Miyuki Sawashiro (Hunter x Hunter’sKurapika) as Sakura.
The newadaptation was first announcedin December 2021 as part of Fuji TV’s Noitamina programming block. David Production (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Fire Force) will produce the new series. The previously announced staff includes;
Rumiko Takahashi’sUrusei Yatsuramanga ran in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine from 1978-1987, amassing 34 collected volumes throughout its run.Urusei Yatsurawas one of the most successful and influential series of its time, having inspired amyriad of romantic comedy seriesover the years, amassing over 35 million copies in circulation.
The original anime series aired from 1981-1986. The anime was produced by Kitty Films, with Studio Pierrot handling the animation up until the 106th episode, and Studio Deen taking over up until its conclusion. Acclaimed director Mamoru Oshii directed the series while it was animated at Pierrot, and was eventually succeeded by Kazuo Yamazaki following the switch to Deen. Oshii is best known for directingPatlabor 2: The Movieand 1995sGhost in the Shell. Yamazaki has worked on a variety of projects over the years, most notablyMobile Suit Gundam,City Hunter, and another Takahashi series,Maison Ikkou. A film series ran between 1983-1991, with a number of OVAs released throughout the mid-80s to early-90s.
VIZ Media initially published the manga in English in the 90s. A new series of 2-in-1 omnibus editions with new translations began publication in spring 2019.
