Urusei Yatsura Season 2 has been announced! Here’s everything we know so far about Urusei Yatsura Season 2 release date, trailer, story, and news.
The classic sci-fi comedy manga and anime series Urusei Yatsura by Rumiko Takahashi, fans might be excited to know that a new anime adaptation of the series is getting a second season.
Urusei Yatsura Season 2 Release Date
Urusei Yatsura season 2 will premiere in 2024, according to the official website of the new anime adaptation. The exact date and time have not been announced yet, but we will update this article as soon as more information is available.
The first season of the new anime adaptation started airing in October 2022 and ended in December 2022 with 11 episodes. The second season will consist of 23 episodes, making it a total of 34 episodes for the new anime adaptation.
Urusei Yatsura Season 2 News
The announcement of Urusei Yatsura season 2 was made on March 24, 2023, along with a new visual featuring Lum, the alien princess and the main heroine of the series, wearing a school uniform and winking at the viewer. The visual also shows some cherry blossoms floating around Lum, suggesting that the second season will cover some of the spring-themed stories from the manga.
The official Twitter account of the new anime adaptation also posted a message thanking the fans for their support and promising more fun and exciting episodes in the second season.
Urusei Yatsura Characters and Cast
The cast of Urusei Yatsura season 2 will reprise their roles from the first season. The main cast includes:
- Hiroshi Kamiya as Ataru Moroboshi, a lecherous and unlucky high school student who is chosen to compete against Lum in a game of tag that decides the fate of Earth
- Sumire Uesaka as Lum, an alien princess from the Oni race who falls in love with Ataru and moves into his house
- Saori Hayami as Shinobu Miyake, Ataru’s childhood friend and former fiancée who has superhuman strength
- Mamoru Miyano as Mendou Shutaro, a rich and handsome classmate of Ataru who has a rivalry with him and a crush on Lum
- Kana Hanazawa as Ran, Lum’s childhood friend and rival who has a grudge against her and a crush on Mendou
- Jun Fukuyama as Rei, Lum’s former fiancé who is a handsome but dim-witted alien tiger-cow hybrid
- Aoi Yuki as Ten, Lum’s mischievous little cousin who can fly and breathe fire
- Daisuke Ono as Sakurambo (Cherry), a Buddhist monk who is always hungry and has psychic powers
- Rie Kugimiya as Oyuki, Lum’s elegant and polite friend who is the queen of an ice planet
- Ayana Taketatsu as Benten, Lum’s tomboyish and violent friend who is a space biker
- Yuichi Nakamura as Megane (Glasses), one of Ataru’s friends who is obsessed with Lum and leads her fan club
- Tomokazu Sugita as Perm (Kakugari), one of Ataru’s friends who has curly hair and often gets into trouble with him
- Yoshimasa Hosoya as Chibi (Chibideka), one of Ataru’s friends who is short and fat
- Nobunaga Shimazaki as Kakashi (Scarecrow), one of Ataru’s friends who is tall and thin
Urusei Yatsura Season 2 Trailer
The trailer for Urusei Yatsura season 2 has not been released yet, but we will update this article as soon as it is available. In the meantime, you can watch the op of Urusei Yatsura season 1 below.
Urusei Yatsura Season 2 Visual
Urusei Yatsura Season 2 Plot
The second season of Urusei Yatsura continues the hilarious and chaotic adventures of Lum and Ataru and their friends and foes. The season introduces new characters, such as Lum’s cousin Ten, a fire-breathing baby Oni; Sakura, a beautiful and mysterious exorcist; and Ryunosuke, a tomboyish girl who was raised as a boy by her insane father. The season also features more of Lum’s alien friends and rivals, such as Benten, Oyuki, Ran, and Rei.
The season consists of 25 episodes, each with its own plot and humor. Some of the episodes are based on the manga by Rumiko Takahashi, while others are original stories. Some of the highlights of the season include:
- Episode 29: Ataru becomes the target of a group of female assassins who want to kill him for breaking their hearts.
- Episode 34: Lum and Ataru switch bodies after a freak accident involving a cursed doll.
- Episode 39: Ataru is kidnapped by Ran, Lum’s childhood friend who harbors a grudge against her for stealing Rei, her former fiancé.
- Episode 44: Ataru and his friends participate in a school festival, where they encounter various supernatural phenomena.
- Episode 49: Lum’s father decides to test Ataru’s love for his daughter by challenging him to a duel.
Urusei Yatsura Season 2 is a classic anime that combines comedy, romance, sci-fi, and fantasy. It is a must-watch for fans of the genre and the series.
Urusei Yatsura Synopsis
When aliens known as the Oni threaten to invade the Earth, they promise to leave under one condition—a randomly-chosen human must win a one-on-one game of tag against Lum, the beautiful daughter of the Oni leader. The “lucky” person selected happens to be the lustful and unlucky high schooler Ataru Moroboshi. Given 10 days to attempt to grab Lum’s horns, Ataru realizes how impossible the challenge is as he is faced with Lum’s extraterrestrial powers.
Motivated by a promise of marriage from his childhood friend Shinobu Miyake, Ataru manages to catch Lum off guard. He mistakenly grabs hold of her bikini top first, but he eventually achieves his true goal. Although the game is over, Lum misunderstands that she is the one whom Ataru wants to marry, and she decides to move in with him. The poor student constantly tries to shake off the clingy Lum while doing his best to reconcile with his desired fiancée. After Ataru’s heroic feat results in such a disastrous outcome, it is questionable whether luck will ever be on his side.
