The classic manga and anime series from the late 70s up to the 80s by mangaka Rumiko Takahashi returns with a reboot for the fall anime season as Urusei Yatsura premieres and while it still contains the classic Takahashi tropes, the story is also updated for the younger audience. Taking into consideration that there may be a wide range of audience for Urusei Yatsura’s reboot debut on HIDIVE, the story of the anime series carries on its classic Takahashi touch with a marriage to modernity as it updates the story for the audience who will watch the series first time. This is, of course, aside from the new visuals that comes with the reboot of Urusei Yatsura and Episode 1 titled Young Love on the Run proves how the classic anime adjusts into today’s time. Warning: This portion may contain spoilers for Urusei Yatsura. Read at your own risk! The first part of the premiere episode of Urusei Yatsura delves into a hilarious alien invasion as Oni, a patriarch of an extraterrestrial territory goes to Earth just because he feels like doing it. More than that, he wants humanity to fight for their freedom – in a game of tag!
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He selects a human, randomly, Ataru, through an algorithm go against his daughter, Lum, and the main condition for Earth to win freedom is for Ataru to be able to touch Lum’s horns. While that sounds easy, well, Lum can fly. Ataru’s actions have been changed to fit into today’s world while the story retains the famous trope of Takahashi – having a love triangle and this time, it’s between Ataru, Shinobu, and of course, Lum. As Shinobu promises Ataru that she will marry him if he wins the game of tag, while playing with Lum, he kept uttering “marriage” to remind himself of what is at stake. However, Ataru’s constant screams of “marriage” gave Lum the message of a proposal, thus a fiasco in the making, “Darling.” Watch Urusei Yatsura as it releases new episodes on HIDIVE.
