Urusei Yatsura

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Urusei Yatsura is not a person. It's the name of a manga (comic book), TV, and movie series. The title is a pun in Japanese: urusai means "obnoxious," "annoying," or "noisy" and yatsu means "guy" or "fellow". ra is simply a somewhat informal plural. Urusei is a mispronounciation of urusai. In Japanese writing, it is written as: u ru hoshi ya tsu ra, where hoshi is the Chinese character for "star". An alternative pronounciation for hoshi, used only in a compound word, is sei. Hence Urusei Yatsura="noisy-star guys" or, roughly, "Those Obnoxious Aliens!"

The series begins with an impending invasion of Earth. The leader of the invasion agrees withdraw if an earthling can defeat his opponent in a game of tag. The earthling chosen happens to be Ataru Moroboshi, the most lecherous lout in the universe. Ataru refuses until he finds out that his opponent, Lum, is a beautiful girl.

Ataru's attempts to grab Lum's horns (and also her body) fail miserably until his semi-girlfriend Shinobu promises to marry him if he wins. Inspired by that declaration, Ataru succeeded in grabbing Lum's horns (it also helped that Ataru stole Lum's bikini top during the contest). However, due to a big misunderstanding, Lum thought Ataru's marriage proposal was meant for her.

And things get weirder from here as Lum's friends drop by for a visit.

From the Anime Pocket Guide:

Urusei Yatsura (FILM, OAV, TV)  Genre: Romantic Comedy
 
Cast:
  Lum ......................................... Fumi Hirano
  Ataru Moroboshi ......................... Toshio Furukawa
  Shinobu Miyake ............................ Saeko Shimazu
  Shutaro Mendo .............................. Akira Kamiya
  Ryoko Mendo ................................. Mami Koyama
  Ryunosuke Fujinami ........................ Mayumi Tanaka
  Benten ....................................... Yuhko Mita
  Oyuki ...................................... Noriko Ohara
  Ran .......................................... You Inouye
  Megane .................................... Shigeru Chiba
  Chibi .................................... Issei Futamata
  Cherry .................................... Ichiroo Nagai
  Onsen-mark ............................ Michihiro Ikemizu
  Tsubame Ozuno ........................... Kazuhiko Inouye
  Asuka Mizunokouji ........................ Sumi Shimamoto
  Ten's Mother ............................. Sumi Shimamoto
  Elle Barakumi (UY1: Only You) ........ Yoshiko Sakakibara
  Rara          (UY3: Remember my Love) .... Sumi Shimamoto
  Karla         (UY5: Boy meets Girl) .......... You Inouye

Anime Pocket Guide Description: One day, an alien fleet appeared and was going to invade the Earth. Earth had only once chance: if a randomly selected Earth man defeated an alien in a game of tag, then Earth would be spared. The computers picked a high school lech named Ataru Moroboshi. When Ataru found out, he hid behind his girlfriend Shinobu...until he saw his opponent: a cute girl in a tiger striped bikini named Lum. All he has to do is grab Lum's horns before 10 days are up. The horny Ataru was very willing to do just that :-). On the first day, Ataru dashed toward Lum...who flew off. Ataru screamed that nobody told him that Lum could fly! Day after day, Ataru kept trying and failing. On the last night, Shinobu said that she'd marry Ataru if he won. The next day, Ataru cheated...and won the match. Then he said he would now be married. Baaaad timing...Lum took it to mean that he wanted to marry her. Now, the girl-chasing Ataru has a devoted and loving 'wife' who will fry him if he even looks at another girl. Oh, didn't I mention Lum's electric shock power? A romantic comedy created by the talented Rumiko Takahashi. US Release by: AnimEigo (subtitled) Anime Pocket Guide Rating: HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

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