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After many years of cracked and debauched anime series and illustrious mangas, I finally decided to watch Urusei Yatsura!  ---------- ventura ventura space people

Urusei Yatsura (うる星やつら) is the mind-creation of the celebrated female mangaka Rumiko Takahashi (author of Inuyasha and Ranma ½) and one of the most beloved animated series to ever have been broadcasted on Japanese television. This renowned comedy series was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1978 to 1987, later adapted into a successful anime TV series (produced by Kitty Films and broadcast on Fuji Television affiliates) from 1981 to 1986. It produced over 195 TV episodes, 6 movies, 9 OVAs and went on to become one of Japan's most influential animated television comedies.

Urusei Yatsura tells the story of a tempestuous (hey, it’s a pun!) relationship between an unlucky lecherous high school student – Ataru Moriboshi - and a hyper-jealous and sensual demon girl from outer-space – Lum - who find their way between a series of misadventures, always escorted by the constant appearance of a bulky backing of super-weird and supreme bizarre characters to spice things up!  - an array of envious folklore spirits and wild aliens from distant galaxies!

Moriboshi Ataru, the most unlucky person in the world, failed womanizer and a loser for life (“I should never had him” – says his mother every now and then) is chosen as the random computer selected opponent to face an Oni (an alien race) invasion to conquer Earth. In order to save the world Ataru must win in an alternate version of the game of tag (which in Japan is called "the game of the Oni"); Ataru is challenged to grab the horns of an oni-girl called Lum - a sexy tiger-skin-bikini attired alien full of sex-appeal and a challenging temper - in a ten-day race. A misunderstanding leads Lum (for her own thrill) to believe that Ataru is in love and wishing to marry her. The boy, with no other option after building up a colossal debt to the Space Taxi Union, is forced to accept the strange alien at his house - and so the story begins.

The series includes a lot of parody of the science-fiction genre (with a lot of clichés and exaggerated situations). Rumiko forms a fusion of a highly physical slapstick comedy with a non-sense humour of absurd situations, attractive characters and tacky puns inspiring many of today’s ecchi comedies like Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou and Love Hina which borrowed many features like the violent and jealous Hannya oni-type girl. But more than just a sci-fi parody, Urusei Yatsura is a home to everything that can make up for a good laugh, everything from television clichés, pop culture and high school life to ancient legends and lore.

The manga received the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1981. 

Urusei Yatsura was also the first major work in which Mamoru Oshii (director of Angel’s Egg and Ghost in the Shell) was involved, and is responsible for bringing him to the spotlight. 

Let’s put weird and weird together and make it even weirder.

I’m thinking about buying the Glénat edition of Urusei Yatsura manga series, but as always “money rules the world” and from the point I’m standing I’m more in the position of being a slave than a ruler.