The new anime adaptation of Rumiko Takahashi’s influential 1978 manga revealed a new trailer and additional voice cast.
Kodoani.com – Urusei Yatsura announced two new additions to its voice cast and revealed a short trailer.
As reported by Comic Natalie, the new anime reboot of Rumiko Takahashi’s classic science fiction rom-com anime series has announced that seiyuu Maaya Uchida and Mamoru Miyano will be joining the film’s cast of characters. as the voice of Shinobu Miyake and Shutaro Mendo respectively. New visuals of each character have been revealed along with photos of their new voice actors. Uchida has previously voiced in anime such as Food Wars! Shougeki No Shouma, The Promised Neverland, and My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom. Miyano is known for voicing in Death Note, Free! Iwatobi Swim Club and Chihayafuru, and also voice one of the new villains in the upcoming film Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero. A short teaser trailer for the anime was also released, ending with an animated short about the film’s heroine, Lum.
The new adaptation is being animated by David Production, the studio behind the Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure anime. The film is directed by Hideya Takahashi (Platinum End) and Yasuhiro Kimura, who directed Jojo. Takahashi’s iconic characters are being adapted into anime by character designer Yuko Kakihara, who previously worked on The Aquatope on White Sand. Hiroshi Kamiya, who voices Levi in Attack on Titan, will voice Ataru, the main character of the series, and Sumire Uesaka will voice Lum.
Urusei Yatsura is the first work of acclaimed manga author Rumiko Takahashi, who later created equally iconic manga such as Ranma 1/2 and Inuyasha. The series follows Ataru Moroboshi, a perverted high school student selected by the alien Oni race to participate in a game that will determine the fate of Earth. To stop the Oni from invading Earth, Ataru must touch the horns on the head of their princess, Lum, within ten days.
The series has been confirmed to run for four seasons and will adapt the most popular stories from Takahashi’s original manga, published between 1978 and 1987. The show will air in Japan as part of Takahashi’s noitamina program. Fuji TV. Details about the show’s international release have yet to be announced.
The new show will be the second anime adaptation of Takahashi’s manga. The original anime aired from 1981 – 1986 and was produced by a trio of studios including Pierrot, who would later animate Naruto, and Studio Deen, known for series like Fruits Basket (2001) and KonoSuba.
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