Urusei Yatsura (2022)

Original title

うる星やつら

Directed by

Yasuhiro Kimura

Genre

animation, comedy, action & adventure, sci-fi & fantasy

Country

Japan

Length

1 season, 46 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 46 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This anime follows a hapless high school student and a beautiful alien girl who becomes his bride after a game of tag. Their chaotic relationship involves aliens, supernatural events, and numerous romantic rivalries. The series adapts the classic 1980s manga into a modern comedy with quick gags and colorful characters.

fast-pacedcomedicenergeticchaoticwhimsicalromanticnostalgiczanylighthearted

What happens

Urusei Yatsura (うる星やつら) is a Japanese anime television series produced by David Production based on the manga series of the same name by Rumiko Takahashi. It is the second television anime adaptation of the manga, following the 1981 adaptation by Kitty Films that ran until 1986. The series aired from October 2022 to June 2024 on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block, and ran for 46 episodes across two split two-cour seasons, with most episodes having two segments per half-hour. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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