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.
We talked yesterday morning about how a new anime adaptation seemed to be coming with the leak of a new key visual. It listed Sumire Uesaka as Lum while Hiroshi Kamiya as Ataru Moroboshi.
Later that day, it was revealed that information would be coming just before the New Year eastern time and that landed with a very brief teaser below that results in the visual to the right. And that came with the details.
This new adaptation is set to run for four cour but it isn’t known if it’ll be consecutive or some other form at the moment. The first cour will premiere in 2022 with the season to be revealed.
With the casting above confirmed, it was revealed that Hideya Takahashi will be directing it with Yasuhiro Kimura based on the series scripts overseen by Yuuko Kakihara. Naoyuki Asano is handling the character designs with David Production handling the animation itself.
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
