New Urusei Yatsura Anime Set to Stream on HIDIVE
The upcoming Urusei Yatsura anime reboot will be streamed exclusively on HIDIVE. The announcement was made during the Aniplex Online Fest 2022 event on Saturday.
The series is set to premiere on October 13 and will run for two cours. The anime will air on Fuji TV’s famous Noitamina programming block alongside various other stations in Japan.
Why You Should Be Excited About The New Urusei Yatsura Anime
The new series was announced on New Year’s Day 2022, with the announcement being made as part of a full-page New Year's greeting advertisement in the January 1 edition of the daily Sankei Shimbun paper.
David Production will spearhead the series. The studio is best known for its work on the JoJo’s Bizzare Adventure franchise and Fire Force. Hideya Takahashi (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind, Pokemon: Origins) and Yasuhiro Kimura (Plastic Memories, New Game!!) will serve as directors for the series, with Yuuko Kakihara (Chihayafuru, Kids on the Slope) handling the series’ composition. Naoyuki Asano (Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time) will serve as the character denser for the anime.
The series’ cast is comprised of:
Rumiko Takahashi’s Urusei Yatsura manga ran in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine from 1978-1987, amassing 34 collected volumes. The series is one of Takahashi’s best-known and most influential.
The original anime series aired from 1981-1986 and was produced by Kitty Films. Studio Pierrot handled the animation until the 106th episode, and was succeeded by Studio Deen until the series’ conclusion.
Acclaimed director Mamoru Oshii (Patlabor 2: The Movie, Ghost in the Shell) directed the series while it was animated at Pierrot, and was eventually succeeded by Kazuo Yamazaki (Mobile
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