Urusei Yatsura 2: Byûtifuru dorîmâ (1984)

Lum is a cheerful alien who now lives with her human fiancée, Ataru and her goods friends on earth. The night before the school festival, the world begins to change, things seem to be ... See full summary »

Director:

Mamoru Oshii

Writers:

Mamoru Oshii (screenplay), Rumiko Takahashi (comic)

Stars:

Fumi Hirano, Toshio Furukawa, Akira Kamiya

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Fumi Hirano	...	Lum (voice)
Toshio Furukawa	...	Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
Akira Kamiya	...	Mendou (voice)
Kazuko Sugiyama	...	Ten (voice)
Saeko Shimazu	...	Shinobu (voice)
Mayumi Tanaka	...	Ryuunosuke (voice)
Shigeru Chiba	...	Megane (voice)
Akira Murayama	...	Perm (voice)
Shinji Nomura	...	Kakugari (voice)
Issei Futamata	...	Chibi (voice)
Kenichi Ogata	...	Ataru's Father (voice)
Natsumi Sakuma	...	Ataru's Mother (voice)
Michihiro Ikemizu	...	Onsen-Mark (voice)
Masahiro Anzai	...	Ryuunosuke's Father (voice)
Tomomichi Nishimura	...	Principal (voice)

Storyline

Lum is a cheerful alien who now lives with her human fiancée, Ataru and her goods friends on earth. The night before the school festival, the world begins to change, things seem to be repeating themselves. Gradually, all necessary functions come to a stop, people disappearing, streets deserting, buildings decaying except Lum and her friends who live ever happier. When they begin to probe the truth, they find out it's somebody's dream that is changing the world...

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Plot Keywords:

dream | alien | pig | sequel | slapstick comedy | 

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

11 February 1984 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kitty Films, Studio Pierrot Co. Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In Ataru's harem dream, Benten and Kurama appear among the dancing girls. Also, one of the girls seen embracing Ataru is Kyoko Otonashi from Mezon Ikkoku.

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Quotes

[Mendou's tank is submerged in the pool]
Mendou: [Whining] My... my tank. My Leopard.
Megane: Who can blame it, in this heat?
Mendou: Tanks don't go swimming, you idiot.

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Crazy Credits

The film's title doesn't appear until the very end, just before the credits begin to roll.

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Connections

References Alien (1979)

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Soundtracks

"Lamé-colored Dream"
(Rame-iro Doriimu)
Lyrics, Music, and Vocals by Izumi Kobayashi
Lyrics by Mebae Miyahara
Ending Theme

User Reviews

Urusei Yatsura mets Dark City.

For the record, I saw the dubbed version of this movie. The American voices are pretty good, but I still like the Japanese ones better.

Ataru and Lum's voices are in the spirit of their JP counterparts, but Lum just sounds a bit off. The NA voice, while still very good, just doesn't have that super sweet, cuteness her JP voice has. Atuaru's voice suits him, but doesn't quite give off that air of lechery his JP voice does. The other voice are all well done, with Sakura, Perm, Ten and Mendou being especially good. Mendou's VA really captures his arrogance.

As for the story, the only thing I can really compare it to is "Dark City." I know UY and Dark City are about as far apart as you can get, but both movies really convey the whole "What is a dream? What is real?" idea. While I was disappointed that this movie didn't have the wild physical antics we see on the show, I found myself enjoying the intelligent and philosophical script.

Overall, this film has a few flaws but I enjoyed it a lot. "Beautiful Dreamer" should be in the library of any anime fan.