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Urusei Yatsura 2022 Series Review (#UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews the forty-six episode, 2022 anime adaptation series of the Urusei Yatsura manga and finds it a mixed lot.
Urusei Yatsura 46 (2022)(The End #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 46 (2022). Ataru tries to win the contest against Lum while Lum wonders why he won't say he loves her.
Urusei Yatsura 45 (2022)(Boring Melodrama #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 14 (2022). Lum and Ataru decide to be obstinate, leading to Lum issuing a final challenge to Ataru.
Urusei Yatsura – 46 (Fin) – The Spat That Never Ends
While I intrinsically knew that Ataru and Lum would end up back together by the end of this episode, I was able to suspend that inevitability and exist…
Urusei Yatsura 44 (2022)(Failed Wedding #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 44 (2022). Karula gets Ataru to help her try to stop Rupa forcing Lum to marry him.
Urusei Yatsura 43 (2022)(Kidnapped #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 43 (2022). An elderly alien comes to collect a debt from Lum's grandfather, namely giving Lum.
Urusei Yatsura 42 (2022)(Mixed Bag #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 42 (2022). Ten-chan tries to learn how to apologize. Lum gets love candies. Her parents find a pod.
Urusei Yatsura – 45 – The End of Darlingelion
While the overall execution of this episode is outstanding—I really will miss Urusei’s gorgeous and inventive retro visuals and its vast ensemble cast—I still felt the need to dock…
Urusei Yatsura 41 (2022)(A Fresh Adaptation #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 41 (2022). Shinobu agrees to be Inaba's girlfriend as part of his job's promotion test.
Urusei Yatsura 40 (2022)(Pity and Irritation #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 40 (2022). Ryuunosuke discovers she's weaker than Nagisa. Ten-chan causes mayhem in Ataru's class.
Urusei Yatsura – 44 – Dark Side of the ‘Shroom
Once a VHS tape is delivered to Lum’s parents announcing her impending nuptuals, her Dad musters his entire army (this is when I remember Lum is basically the…
Urusei Yatsura 39 (2022)(Featuring Annoying Characters! #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 39 (2022). Ryuunosuke meets her ghost otokonoko fiance. Ten-chan helps a dream granting fairy.
Urusei Yatsura – 43 – The Great Grand-Promise
After Lum has a nightmare about being pulled into the darkness, she clings a little closer to Ataru, but all he does is hit on other girls passing…
Urusei Yatsura 38 (2022)(Funny Girl Boss #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 38 (2022). Asuka freaks out about men on her date with Shuutarou, wreaking havoc and wrecking Ataru.
Urusei Yatsura 37 (2022)(Brother Complex #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 37 (2022). Askua's mother tries to push her toward Shuutarou to get her over her brother complex.
Urusei Yatsura – 42 – Stolen Hearts
This week starts off with Lum finishing a personalized scarf Lum poured all of her love into. Watching her hop up and down in joyful anticipation of giving…
Urusei Yatsura – 41 – Bunny Dreams of Normal Girl
When Lum and Ataru are late meeting up with Shinobu to see a movie, she notices all the couples around her, and ends up shouting at some guys…
Urusei Yatsura – 40 – The Young Man Dressed Like a Woman and the Sea
When the newly-resurrected Nagisa has no place else to go, Ryuunosuke and her dad invite him into their house, but he proves to be an annoying freeloader who…
Urusei Yatsura – 39 – Ghost Fiancée
Ryuunosuke invites Lum, Shinobu, Ataru, and Shuutarou to an island her father bought for 300 yen and where they now run their beach café. After a shift Ryuu…
Urusei Yatsura – 38 – SisTerminator: Dark Futility
A date between Shuutarou and his androphobic betrothed Asuka was never going to stay normal for long, but it’s impressive just how quickly things go off the rails.…
Urusei Yatsura 36 (2022)(Slapstick Fun #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 36 (2022). Ataru, Shinobu, Lum, Ryuunosuke, and Shuutarou time travel to the Mendou estate of the past.
Urusei Yatsura – 37 – SisTerminator 2: Misjudgment Day
Mizunokouji Asuka’s parents deserve jail time for the abject neglect they’ve subjected to their daughter Asuka. At the same time, Asuka has quickly risen to become one of…
Urusei Yatsura – 36 – His Own Worst Enemy
Urusei Yatsura’s second season resumes after a week off with fresh OP and ED themes from MAISONdes and the origin story of Mendou Shuutarou’s nyctophobia and claustrophobia. Mendou…
Urusei Yatsura 35 (2022)(Eating #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 35 (2022). Lum thinks Ran killed Ataru. Kitsune attempts to bring Shinobu tsukushi to eat.
Urusei Yatsura – 35 – What’s at Cake / A Fox’s Tale
Atari spots Ran in the park but loses her, but not before she drops a neatly-packaged cake from her basket. A cake she said would “knock him dead”.…
Urusei Yatsura 34 (2022)(Boring Rubbish #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 34 (2022). Onsen-sensei investigates who knocked out the principal. Ran has stupid flowers.
Urusei Yatsura – 34 – The Flowers of Pee-vil
As is the case with most Urusei Yatsura episodes, this one is split into two distinct parts. The first begins in media res with Onsen-sensei castigating Ataru, Lum, Shinobu,…
Urusei Yatsura 33 (2022)(Stupidity and Depression #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 33 (2022). Shuutarou loses an octopus. Ataru goes on a date with a ghost to fill her final wish.
Urusei Yatsura – 33 – Heaven Is a Date on Earth with You
With the possible futures mini-arc concluded, Urusei is back to self-contained segments, both of which have to do with the supernatural. First up, Mendou is out of school…
Urusei Yatsura 32 (2022)(The Future is Now! #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 32 (2022). Ataru discovers his harem future, but learns it isn't good without Lum.
Urusei Yatsura 31 (2022)(Time Doors #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 31 (2022). Lum and Ataru return to the future with Shinobu, then try to find a better future.
Urusei Yatsura – 32 – No Place Like Home
Ataru, Lum, and Shinobu continue to explore possible futures, including a Mad Max-style post-apocalyptic world where Ataru is a warlord, Shinobu is his concubine, and they are hunting Lum…
Urusei Yatsura – 31 – Shinobu in Futureland
Miyake Shinobu has terrible luck in men, who always seem be freaks like the lip monster or pervs like Ataru. She asks Sakura to examine whether it’s the…
Urusei Yatsura 30 (2022)(Back to the Future #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 30 (2022). Ataru swaps bodies with Ten. Lum accidentally takes Ataru to a shocking future.
Urusei Yatsura – 30 – What Dreams May Come
Ataru and Ten come across a strange vendor selling earmuffs for 150 yen a pop. Ataru plays hardball and manages to snag two sets for 200 yen, of…
Urusei Yatsura 29 (2022)(Cow Troubles #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 29 (2022). Kotatsu-neko purchases a rare kotatsu. Lum gets bitten by a cow and grows cow horns.
Urusei Yatsura – 29 – Kotatsu Sleds and Cow Bites
That title up above really gets to the immense variety inherent in Urusei Yatsura. Part of the joy of watching is having no idea what’s coming. The giant cat…
Urusei Yatsura 28 (2022)(Oniisama! #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 28 (2022). Shuutarou discovers Asuka's true appearance. Asuka falls for her Oniisama.
Urusei Yatsura – 28 – The SisTerminator
Mendou is having a lovely dream where he’s about to marry Lum, Shinobu, Benten, Ran, Ryuu, Kurama, Oyuki, and Sakura (phew) when suddenly a giant suit of armor…
Urusei Yatsura 27 (2022)(Marriage Talk #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 27 (2022). Kurama falls for Rei, then discovers his identity. Shuutarou is betrothed to a suit of armor.
Urusei Yatsura 26 (2022)(Jungle Love #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 26 (2022). A "jungle" teen boy decides to make Lum his wife. Lum takes advantage to make Ataru jealous.
Urusei Yatsura – 27 – Fullmetal Cutiemist
It’s been a while since we’ve seen Princess Kurama and her murder of crow attendants, but there’s not much to catch up on: she’s still single. She scolds…
Urusei Yatsura 25 (2022)(Despicable Father #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 25 (2022). Ryuunosuke wants to know about her mother, but Fujinami spews nothing by lies.
Urusei Yatsura – 26 – King of the Electric Jungle
Let’s get the obvious out of the way: It’s all Ataru’s fault. Due to the extremely unlikely instance of a random girl actually agreeing to have a coffee with him,…
Urusei Yatsura – 25 – Remembrance of Moms Lost
When Ryuunosuke spots Ten sleeping in a tree and delivers him safely home to Lum, she’s invited to dinner with Moroboshis. Ataru’s mom, who may be mistaking her…
Urusei Yatsura 24 (2022)(Magic Gum #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 24 (2022). Ataru steals gum that can grant fantasy objects. Lum loses her Japanese language skills.
Urusei Yatsura – 24 (S2 01) – From Gum to Lum
Urusei Yatsura begins its second season by hewing to its tried-and-true formula of blending situational skits of absurd escalation with genuinely touching romantic or character work. First up,…
Urusei Yatsura 23 (2022)(Beauty Contest #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 23 (2022). Ataru MC's the Tomo-1 Queen Contest, where's he's also the referee, getting sponsor kickbacks.
Urusei Yatsura – 23 (Fin) – They’re All Winners
The season 1 finale of Urusei Yatsura is given over entirely to the Tomo-1 Queen Contest teased last week. Seemingly entirely arranged by Ataru, it’s a multi-faceted competition that…
Urusei Yatsura 22 (2022)(Shenanigans #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 22 (2022). Lum gets shrunk down to 6-inches. Shinobu rescues a Kitsune, who falls for her. And a prelude.