Otaking66lives Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Yep, I'm showing my age...but still...who else is excited about this?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaConsumesMe Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 I must be showing my youth... what's Urusei Yatsura? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohayotaku Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 (edited) I’d posted a link to an article about it in the anime news & discussion topic when it was announced over the weekend. https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/12/31-1/classic-anime-urusei-yatsura-gets-all-star-new-tv-series-in-2022-at-david-production While I can see Nagatoro voicing Lum, I ‘m skeptical of Levi (Attack on Titan) as Ataru 1 hour ago, MediaConsumesMe said: I must be showing my youth... what's Urusei Yatsura? It has at least 2 claims to fame (or infamy, based on your tastes ) 1. It’s one of the earliest examples of the harem romcom with an unrepentant skirt chaser as the male lead. 2. Non-Asian anime noobs or casual viewers will largely find it weird & not get a lot of the humor because a lot of it are play on word of the Japanese language & references to mythical beings in Japanese folklore (oni, karasu-tengu, yuki-onna) which are portrayed as alien races in the series. I’ve only seen some of the earliest episodes of the original series & the one movie (Beautiful Dreamer), but didn’t really care for it. It’s by the same mangaka as Ranma 1/2 (which was one of the earliest uncut series I watched some of back in my VHS days) & Inuyasha (one of my 2022 resolutions is to make some progress on that one). But I think both those series are more accessible/enjoyable to Western audiences. I’m certain I’ll give the new series a look out of curiosity, but doubt I’ll spend much time on it since I have less tolerance for harem series than I did in my youth & I personally find the shameless pervert trope more annoying than the cluelessly dense one as far as MCs go. Edited January 3, 2022 by Ohayotaku 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otaking66lives Posted January 3, 2022 Author Share Posted January 3, 2022 The anime about Lum, the oni girl in the tiger striped bikini. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaConsumesMe Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 11 minutes ago, Ohayotaku said: but doubt I’ll spend much time on it since I have less tolerance for harem series than I did in my youth & I personally find the shameless pervert trope more annoying than the cluelessly dense one as far as MCs go. Yeah, I not been able to get into Harem anime. I just find it too weird. At the end of the day I only need one Waifu and that is Saber-chan 12 minutes ago, Otaking66lives said: The anime about Lum, the oni girl in the tiger striped bikini. Yeah see I didn't know that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarathonGuy1337 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Kind of see what you mean @Ohayotaku (Silently add to MyAnimeList) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohayotaku Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 (edited) For all the hype around Lum as one of anime’s premiere waifus, if I had to choose a favorite from the UY girls, it would probably be Benten, the badass space biker & one of Lum’s BFFs. Edited January 4, 2022 by Ohayotaku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otaking66lives Posted January 4, 2022 Author Share Posted January 4, 2022 For me, this is a nostalgia trip...back in the days when anime was like the wild west...anything was fair game...true it's ideas and tropes are outdated, but what do you expect from a series that was born in the early 1980s? All I can hope is that Takahashi-sensei updates the show for modern viewers a bit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohayotaku Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, MarathonGuy1337 said: (Silently add to MyAnimeList) Hey, no judgement from me, I’ve just grown a bit weary of the formula, though UY & Tenchi Muyo are largely credited as the progenitors. And I think back in the day it’s humor was a way for otaku/weebs to feel they had something over normies for not getting the references/jokes Edited January 4, 2022 by Ohayotaku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otaking66lives Posted January 4, 2022 Author Share Posted January 4, 2022 23 minutes ago, Ohayotaku said: Hey, no judgement from me, I’ve just grown a bit weary of the formula, though UY & Tenchi Muyo are largely credited as the progenitors. And I think back in the day it was a way for otaku/weebs to feel they had something over normies for not getting the references/jokes I understand...but UY was one of my first subtitled forays into anime. I...can't not watch! Lol!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yomi Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 I really like old Urusei Yatsura series, but I have doubts about the new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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