Urusei Yatsura announced two new additions to its cast and revealed a short teaser trailer.
As reported by Comic Natalie, the new anime reboot of Rumiko Takahashi's classic sci-fi rom-com has announced that actors Maaya Uchida and Mamoru Miyano are joining its cast as the voices of Shinobu Miyake and Shutaro Mendo respectively. New art of each character was revealed alongside photos of their new voice actors. Uchida previously starred in anime such as Food Wars! Shougeki No Shouma, The Promised Neverland, and My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom. Miyano is known for his starring performances in Death Note, Free! Iwatobi Swim Club and Chihayafuru, and also voices one of the new villains in the upcoming Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero. A short teaser trailer for the anime was also released, which ends with a short animated glimpse of the series' female lead, Lum.
The new adaptation is being animated by David Production, the studio behind the Jojo's Bizarre Adventure anime. The series is being directed by Hideya Takahashi (Platinum End,) and Yasuhiro Kimura, who directed Jojo's Golden Wind season. Takahashi's iconic characters are being adapted to animation by character designer Yuko Kakihara, who previously worked on The Aquatope on White Sand. Hiroshi Kamiya, who voices Levi in Attack on Titan, will play the series' main protagonist, Ataru, while Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro's Sumire Uesaka will voice Lum.
Urusei Yatsura was the first hit from celebrated manga author Rumiko Takahashi, who would later go on to create equally iconic manga such as Ranma 1/2 and Inuyasha. The series tells the story of Ataru Moroboshi, a perverted high school student who is selected by the alien Oni race to participate in a game of tag that will determine the fate of the Earth. In order to stop the Oni from invading the Earth, Ataru has to touch the horns on the head of their princess, Lum, within ten days.
The series has already been confirmed to run for four seasons, and will adapt the best known stories from Takahashi's original manga, which ran from 1978 - 1987. The show will air in Japan as part of Fuji TV's noitamina programming block. Details about the show's international release have yet to be announced.
The new show will be the second animated adaptation of Takahashi's manga. The original anime was broadcast from 1981 - 1986 and was produced by a trio of studios that included Pierrot, which would later go on to animate Naruto, and Studio Deen, which is known for its work on series such as Fruits Basket (2001) and KonoSuba.
Source: YouTube, Comic Natalie