{"id":45789,"date":"2022-09-14T19:34:44","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T02:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=45789"},"modified":"2026-05-08T08:36:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T15:36:19","slug":"urusei-yatsura-beginning-on-october-13-gets-new-visual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2022\/09\/14\/urusei-yatsura-beginning-on-october-13-gets-new-visual\/","title":{"rendered":"Urusei Yatsura Beginning on October 13, Gets New Visual"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The new<a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?s=urusei+yatsura\"><em> Urusei Yatsura<\/em><\/a> anime will make its debut on October 13 in Japan. The announcement was accompanied by a new key visual featuring its main duo and supporting characters.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Urusei Yatsura<\/em> is an adaptation of selected portions of <b>Rumiko Takahashi<\/b>\u2018s manga, which ran from 1978 to 1987 and was serialized in Shogakukan\u2019s Weekly Shonen Sunday. It will have four cours. The anime\u2019s first two cours, which make up its first season, will air consecutively.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/uruseiyatsura_keyvisual2-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"984\" data-attachment-id=\"45790\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2022\/09\/14\/urusei-yatsura-beginning-on-october-13-gets-new-visual\/uruseiyatsura_keyvisual2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/uruseiyatsura_keyvisual2-scaled.jpg?fit=1811%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1811,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"uruseiyatsura_keyvisual2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/uruseiyatsura_keyvisual2-scaled.jpg?fit=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/uruseiyatsura_keyvisual2-scaled.jpg?fit=696%2C984&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/uruseiyatsura_keyvisual2.jpg?resize=696%2C984&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45790\" style=\"width:329px;height:465px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/uruseiyatsura_keyvisual2-scaled.jpg?resize=724%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 724w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/uruseiyatsura_keyvisual2-scaled.jpg?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/uruseiyatsura_keyvisual2-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1086&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/uruseiyatsura_keyvisual2-scaled.jpg?resize=1086%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1086w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/uruseiyatsura_keyvisual2-scaled.jpg?resize=1449%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1449w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/uruseiyatsura_keyvisual2-scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C984&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/uruseiyatsura_keyvisual2-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C1510&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/uruseiyatsura_keyvisual2-scaled.jpg?resize=297%2C420&amp;ssl=1 297w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/uruseiyatsura_keyvisual2-scaled.jpg?w=1811&amp;ssl=1 1811w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/uruseiyatsura_keyvisual2-scaled.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u00a9\u9ad8\u6a4b\u7559\u7f8e\u5b50\u30fb\u5c0f\u5b66\u9928\uff0f\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u300c\u3046\u308b\u661f\u3084\u3064\u3089\u300d\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Viz Media describes the manga as:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>In a high-stakes game of tag, Ataru must touch Lum\u2019s horns in ten days\u2014or aliens will take over the earth! The fact that Lum can fly doesn\u2019t make Ataru\u2019s job any easier. As it turns out, the game of tag is only the beginning of Ataru\u2019s troubles, as he continues to attract strange encounters with otherworldly beings like beautiful snow spirit Oyuki and the sexy crow goblin Princess Kurama!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The anime is directed by&nbsp;<em>JoJo\u2019s Bizarre Adventure Golden Wind<\/em>\u2018s<strong>&nbsp;Hideya Takahashi<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Kimura Yasuhiro<\/strong>, with&nbsp;<strong>Yuuko Kakihara<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>The Aquatope on White Sand<\/em>) as series composer and<strong>&nbsp;Naoyuki Asano<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!<\/em>) as character designer.&nbsp;<strong>david production<\/strong>&nbsp;is the animation production company.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #333333\">Other staff include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #333333\"><strong>\u22c6Kazuhiro Takamura<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Strike Witches: Road to Berlin<\/em>\u00a0director and character designer) as sub-character designer<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #333333\"><strong>\u22c6mikitail<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 2<\/em>\u00a0co-prop designer) as sub-character designer<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #333333\"><strong>\u22c6JNTHED<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Spriggan<\/em> [Netflix] production designer) as mechanical designer<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #333333\"><strong>\u22c6<\/strong><strong>Yoshihiro Sono<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Sabikui Bisco<\/em>\u00a0art and creature designer) as mechanical designer<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #333333\"><strong>\u22c6Masanobu Nomura<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Fate\/Grand Order Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot Paladin; Agateram<\/em>\u00a0co-art director) as art director<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #333333\"><strong>\u22c6Ayaka Nakamura<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>The Heike Story<\/em>\u00a0assistant color designer) as color designer<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #333333\"><strong>\u22c6Yuuichirou Osada<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>World Trigger 2nd Season<\/em>\u00a0and<em>\u00a03rd Season<\/em>) as photography director<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #333333\"><strong>\u22c6Masaru Yokoyama<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Aoashi<\/em>) as music composer\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Meanwhile, the cast includes&nbsp;<strong>Hiroshi Kamiya<\/strong>&nbsp;as Ataru Moroboshi,<strong>&nbsp;Sumire Uesaka<\/strong>&nbsp;as Lum,&nbsp;<b>Maaya Uchida&nbsp;<\/b>as Shinobu Miyake,&nbsp;<b>Mamoru Miyano<\/b>&nbsp;as Shuutarou Mendou,&nbsp;<strong>Wataru Takagi<\/strong>&nbsp;as Cherry, and&nbsp;<strong>Miyuki Sawashiro<\/strong>&nbsp;as Sakura.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The&nbsp;<em>Urusei Yatsura&nbsp;<\/em>manga was previously adapted into an anime series in the 80s and also inspired multiple movies and OVAs. The series ran from 1981 to 1986, with a pre-<i>Ghost in the Shell<\/i>&nbsp;<b>Mamoru Oshii<\/b>&nbsp;as chief director during the first 129 episodes.&nbsp;<b>Kazuo Yamazaki&nbsp;<\/b>(<i>Yume Tsukai<\/i>) took over the role afterwards. The movies were mainly released throughout the 80s, with one being released in 1991. The OVAs were also mainly released during that time period, although one was released in 2010.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/uy_allstars\/status\/1570219347095715842?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">@uy_allstars<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Urusei Yatsura anime will make its debut on October 13 in Japan. 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