Lum and Ataru have set their return to the small screen in Urusei Yatsura Season 2. After being officially announced in March 2023, the anime has released its fifth trailer, which shows the love and hate relationship between the lead characters, Lum and Ataru. It also reveals the new season’s opening and ending themes: Rock On feat. HashiMelo, Megurimeguru and Kaminarizakura feat. 9Lana, SAKURAmoti both by MAISONdes. You can see the preview below:
The trailer introduces Ataru, a man with a rare star on his back, and Lum, a demon girl, as Rock On starts to play. Despite having a love-and-hate relationship, these two can’t be separated as their lives have already been entangled. Knowing his hubby is girl-hunting, no matter how many women Ataru has met, he still ends up with Lum.
The preview then begins to play a montage of scenes featuring returning characters, like Sakuranbo, Shutaro, and Ran. Lum and Ataru are even seen together with Shinobu. As the endless game of tag continues, Lum is about to bid her goodbye to Ataru as she apologizes for his suffering. As Raizakura plays in the background, Ataru visibly misses Lum as he reminisces about their time together.
Who are the cast and staff of Urusei Yatsura Season 2?
The anime earlier announced the new cast members: Nobunaga Shimazaki as Shingo, Motoko Kumai as Kokeru Moroboshi, and Manaka Iwami as Nozomi. It also includes M.A.O as Asuka Mizunokouji, Toshiharu Sakurai as Asuka’s father, and Kotono Mitsuishi as Asuka’s mother. For the returning voice actors, you can check the list below:
Hiroshi Kamiya as Ataru Moroboshi
Sumire Uesaka as Lum
Maaya Uchida as Shinobu Miyake
Mamoru Miyano as Shutarou Mendou
Wataru Takagi as Cherry
Miyuki Sawashiro as Sakura
For the main staff members, Hideya Takahashi (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Golden Wind) and Yasuhiro Kimura (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Golden Wind) direct the new season. Yuuko Kakihara (The Aquatope on White Sand) serves as the series screenwriter, Naoyuki Asano (Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!) as the character designer, and Masaru Yokoyama (Aoashi) as the music composer.
What is Urusei Yatsura about?
The anime has yet to release the official synopsis of Urusei Yatsura Season 2, but it will run for two consecutive cours. The series follows the story of Ataru, humanity’s chosen representative, who faces the invading aliens and ends up battling the alien princess Lum. But Ataru’s problem doesn’t just end there. Lum follows him home and invades the planet Earth and Ataru’s life.
You can read the synopsis below:
Chosen as humanity’s representative in a duel against invading aliens, the womanizing Ataru faces off against the alien princess Lum — and the conflict follows him home when Lum invades both planet Earth AND the reluctant Ataru’s love life!
The anime is based on the manga by Rumiko Takahashi (Inuyasha). It started its serialization in 1978 and ran until 1987, producing 366 chapters divided into 34 tankobon volumes. It was first adapted into anime by Kitty Films in 1981 and aired until 1986 with 194 episodes. It also has 12 OVAs and six movies and was released on various home video formats. Viz Media published it in English in North America in the 1990s. David Production then adapted its second anime series, with the first season released in October 2022.
Urusei Yatsura Season 2 is set to premiere on January 11 and can be streamed on HIDIVE. After less than a year, fans will again see the cute banter between Ataru and Lum.
