While we continue to salivate over the recent Japanese Blu-ray box sets for the Urusei Yatsura anime series, North American fans have a little something to look forward to. Viz Media revealed at SDCC this week that they’re finally returning to the manga from Rumiko Takahashi that they did some limited work with during the early 90’s in singles and trades. The publisher will be working on new two-in-one omnibus editions that will be freshly translated with plans for them to start in the spring 2019 season. The original manga ran from 1978 to 1987 with thirty-four volumes total.
Plot concept: What would you do if a tiger skin bikini-clad alien followed you to school every day? Poor Ataru’s life has never returned to normal since volatile extraterrestrial princess Lum fell for him. Now an excruciatingly wealthy and genteel rival, Mendo, adds to Ataru’s torment. Not to mention an unending stream of extraordinary classroom visitors and educational materials including incompetent cherry blossom spirits, a legendary nightmare-eating tapir, and a fourth-dimensional camera that breaches alternate realities.
