More information regarding the upcoming Urusei Yatsura reboot has been released through the series’ official website. The first season of the new series will air for two cours without breaks, making it a half-year straight run.

In addition to the information regarding the series’ airing schedule, it was also announced that voice actress Kana Hanazawa (Steins;Gate’s Mayuri Shiina, Angel Beats’ Kanade Tachibana) will be voicing Lum’s childhood friend, Ran.

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The series will star Hiroshi Kamiya (Attack on Titan’s Levi, The Monogatari Series’ Koyomi Araragi) as Ataru Moroboshi and Sumire Uesaka (Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro’s Hayase Nagatoro, Overlord’s Shalltear Bloodfallen) as Lum. Maaya Uchida (Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions’ Rikka Takanashi, My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom’s Catarina Claes) will play the role of Shinobu Miyake with Mamoru Miyano (Death Note’s Light Yagami) voicing Shutaro Mendo, Wataru Takagi (One Piece’s Roronoa Zoro) as Cherry, and Miyuki Sawashiro (Hunter x Hunter’s Kurapika) as Sakura.

The new adaptation was first announced in December 2021 as part of Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block. David Production (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Fire Force) will produce the new series. The previously announced staff includes;

  • Series Director: Takahiro Kamei (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind)
  • Art Director: Masanobu Nomura (Gurren Lagann)
  • Script Supervisor: Yuuki Kakihara (Kids on the Slope)
  • Art Design: Kaoru Aoki (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind)
  • Sub-Character Designers: Mikio (The Rising of The Shield Hero Season 2), Kazuhiro Tamamura (Date A Live), Naoyuki Asano (Mr. Osomatsu)
  • Color Key Artist: Ayaka Nakamura (Ride Your Wave)
  • Director of CG: Kanji Oshima (Higurashi: When They Cry – GOU)
  • Editing: Kiyoshi Hirose (Mob Psycho 100 II)
  • Composer: Masaru Yokoyama (Fruits Basket: The Final Season)
  • Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami (Fate/Zero)
  • Composing Director of Photography: Yuuichiro Nagata (The World God Only Knows: Goddesses)

Rumiko Takahashi’s Urusei Yatsura manga ran in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine from 1978-1987, amassing 34 collected volumes throughout its run. Urusei Yatsura was one of the most successful and influential series of its time, having inspired a myriad of romantic comedy series over the years, amassing over 35 million copies in circulation.

The original anime series aired from 1981-1986. The anime was produced by Kitty Films, with Studio Pierrot handling the animation up until the 106th episode, and Studio Deen taking over up until its conclusion. Acclaimed director Mamoru Oshii directed the series while it was animated at Pierrot, and was eventually succeeded by Kazuo Yamazaki following the switch to Deen. Oshii is best known for directing Patlabor 2: The Movie and 1995s Ghost in the Shell. Yamazaki has worked on a variety of projects over the years, most notably Mobile Suit Gundam, City Hunter, and another Takahashi series, Maison Ikkou. A film series ran between 1983-1991, with a number of OVAs released throughout the mid-80s to early-90s.

VIZ Media initially published the manga in English in the 90s. A new series of 2-in-1 omnibus editions with new translations began publication in spring 2019.

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Source: AnimeNewsNetwork