The anime TV series that kept me into anime back in the early 1990s made its way to Blu-ray box set form in Japan a few years ago with Urusei Yatsura. That series ran for 218 episodes, saw half a dozen movies, and a bunch of OVAs over its run, and has been a regular go-to for me in bringing a smile to my face over the years.
Is 2022 the year that we’re going to get a new adaptation of it? The original work in 1982 was handled with Mamoru Oshii doing a lot of the early writing and heavy lifting for it and it launched a number of other creatives from it as well.
Now, a source that I haven’t had much experience with but looks to be on top of things pretty accurately with other news has revealed a new key visual that indicates that a new adaptation is coming. It’s listing Sumire Uesaka as Lum while Hiroshi Kamiya as Ataru Moroboshi.
Property 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.
– Main Cast:
* Lum Invader – CV: Sumire Uesaka
* Ataru Moroboshi – CV: Hiroshi Kamiya pic.twitter.com/lfm2rP5b3l— Sugoi LITE (@SugoiLITE) December 31, 2021
