"Ramu-saaaaaaaaan!!!!"
They are a group of Ataru's classmates and so-called friends, all of whom are infatuated with Lum. Lum's Stormtroopers, Lum's Fan Club, Lum's Guards..Call them what you will. These four average high school boys have one unifying goal: To assure Lum's happiness. In doing so, each of them keep hoping they can win Lum's heart.
There's four members to this cast of miscreants. There's Perm, the gawky boy with puffy hair, Chibi the little twerp who's always being beat up, Kakugari the bully type who's almost always beating up on Chibi and then the one with glasses, their leader Megane.
They're all the best of friends, but wouldn't hesitate to stab each other in the back if Lum is involved. All of the boys want Lum, but it would seem that Megane is the only one who truly loves her. He would go through hell and back for her, if only she hadn't fallen for that fiend Ataru.
Megane is highly philosophical and intellectual yet he is also an obnoxious loud mouth, and I mean loud. He is prone to bombastic speeches and temporary fits of insanity that bring attention to himself. Screaming at the top of his lungs whenever he gets the least bit emotional.
Megane takes his love for Lum very seriously. He has dedicated his life to admiring her. He even has to keep the other three in line since they often waver in their dedication to Lum. Painfully he knows that Lum only has eyes for Ataru, but he can bear it because her happiness is paramount to him.
Megane is also somewhat of an amateur film producer. On a few occasions he has tried to create movies, always with Lum as the heroine. Megane also has build a mobile suit which he sometimes wears to do battle.
Although they are important characters in the anime, Lum's Guards weren't that prominent in the manga. In fact they only exist in the first couple of UY volumes and disappeared from the cast when Takahashi started to take UY in a different direction.
Notes about the name
The names of the four guys describe their distinguishing
features. Seiyuu Information Megane is played by the popular Chiba Shigeru, one of the most widely heard voices
in anime. He's been in everything. Some of my personal favorite roles of his
include Yotsuya of Maison Ikkoku, Shige from Patlabor and Kuwabara from Yuu Yuu Hakusho. Chibi's voice is done by Issei Futumata who is does the voice of Yuhsaku Godai
of Maison Ikkoku as well as Mikiyasu Shinshi of Patlabor, and many miscellaneous
small parts in UY, Ranma and more.
Perm's seiyuu is Akira Murayama Kakugari's seiyuu is Shinji Nomura
