Urusei Yatsura never gets old. The classic by Rumiko Takahashi is beloved worldwide, and still there’s merch coming out all the time. Take, for example, this new Lum-themed lingerie from Japanese brand tu-hacci. The lingerie set is available for pre-order now and will ship starting …Read more »
The World’s End Harem anime is on its way, with a full NSFW trailer and promise of Happenings on the horizon. That’s all well and good — but have you noticed signs of similar occurrences in your life? Could you, yourself, be in a harem anime? …Read more »
Mangaka Rumiko Takahashi took time out of her busy schedule to tweet what she thinks would happen if her characters were in a battle royale. The characters she envisions in the fight are Inuyasha, Ranma Saotome, Ataru Moroboshi from Urusei Yatsura, Rinne Rokudo from Rin-ne, …Read more »
Anime demons can be terrifying: bloodthirsty, super-powerful, and with those weird long nails. You know the ones. But sometimes, they’re just absolutely adorable. We can’t help it — they don’t feel very cursed to us at all. Today, we’re thinking of some of our favorite …Read more »
Lyricist Akira Ito has passed away at age 80 from renal failure, after a lifetime writing the lyrics for some of Japan’s best-known jingles and anime openings. He wrote the words for the original Urusei Yatsura opening theme song “Lum’s Love Song,” as well as …Read more »
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon is just around the corner! Soon, fans of Rumiko Takahashi’s Inuyasha will get to see the next generation in action. But if you’re counting the days and need something to watch, we’ve hunted down some more Takahashi classics you can stream right now! …Read more »
One of Japan’s most celebrated and beloved comic book and anime creations, Urusei Yatsura delivered a total of just under 200 high-voltage weekly blasts of supernatural-and-alien-augmented battle-of-the-sexes to TV audiences in the early-to-mid 1980s. At its core was the sitcom relationship between lecherous high school …Read more »
Teenager Ataru Moroboshi just has the worst luck. He was born on Friday the 13th, on an inauspicious day in the Japanese calendar, and since the day of his birth things keep going wrong for him. His mother often finds him annoying, his father hides …Read more »
There’s nothin’ more comfortable than a slip-on, and there are few series as timeless as Rumiko Takahashi’s Urusei Yatsura. The series is celebrating its 40th anniversary, and the recent re-release of the manga in English is just one aspect of the project. There’s also plenty …Read more »
There’s no time of year I dread so much as late summer. Even now, almost a decade removed from the concept of summer vacations and the dread of school’s impending return, the wan lighting and redoubled, oppressive heatwaves that herald the last gasps of the …Read more »
Viz Media had a handful of announcements to make at this past weekend’s Comic-Con International in San Diego, including the acquisition of Frederator’s Castlevania animated series. They have the home media distribution rights to the first season, which is currently available to stream on Netflix. …Read more »
The anime world is full of tropes, but this is one of our favorites: the female perpetrator of ultra-violence. Simultaneously frightening and attractive, this character type (variations on which are referred to in Japanese as tsundere, yangire and yandere) probably made its way into the …Read more »
Nendoroids: this collection of adorable palm-sized figures is about to get a new addition. It’s none other than Lum, the perpetually bikini-wearing alien from Urusei Yatsura , who’s set to be released this September. Like other Nendoroid figures, Lum comes with a variety of facial …Read more »
Hey otaku ladies: check it out. You’ll soon be able to add a bit of anime flair to your compact, thanks to a new line by Bandai that shows off designs from Urusei Yatsura , Mr. Osomatsu and others. Now that’s geek chic. The face …Read more »
Try as he might, Mamoru Oshii just can’t get into recent anime. That’s the word from a recent interview with the director of Urusei Yatsura , Patlabor and Ghost in the Shell in which Oshii talked anime, Dragon Quest Builders , and attempting to provoke …Read more »
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