Urusei Yatsura 5: Kanketsuhen (1988)

Director:

Satoshi Dezaki

Writers:

Tomoko Konparu (writer)
Rumiko Takahashi (comic)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Sci-Fi

Plot Keywords:

Based On Comic | Wedding | Love Hate | Based On Comic Book | Mushroom

Cast

Fumi Hirano	...	Lum (voice)
Toshio Furukawa	...	Ataru (voice)
Akira Kamiya	...	Mendou (voice)
Saeko Shimazu	...	Shinobu (voice)
Kazuko Sugiyama	...	Ten (voice)
Machiko Washio	...	Sakura (voice)
Ichirô Nagai	...	Cherry (voice)
Noriko Ohara	...	Oyuki (voice)
Yûko Mita	...	Benten (voice)
Kazue Komiya	...	Ran (voice)
Tesshô Genda	...	Rei (voice)
Hirotaka Suzuoki	...	Inaba (voice)
Mayumi Tanaka	...	Ryuunosuke (voice)
Masahiro Anzai	...	Ryuunosuke's Father (voice)
Michihiro Ikemizu	...	Onsen-Mark (voice)

Also Known As:

Urusei Yatsura 5: Final Chapter

Runtime:

Spain:85 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Certification:

Spain:T | USA:PG

Company:

Magic Bus

Trivia:

The trailer for the movie was actually narrated in English by a voiceover actor who was a native speaker of English, possibly an American. The narration was accompanied by Japanese subtitles. The following is what was spoken during the trailer: English voice-over: "As the world looked on, Earth's fate hung in balance. The fight for survival now begins. Final battle in..." Japanese voice-overs (in unison): "TOMOBIKI-CHO!"

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In one shot of the mushrooms sprouting out of the nabe, a mushroom crashes through a window, but it was drawn without a cap on it.

Quotes:

Carla: How dare you interfere with my ship's path! Thanks to you, my ship is trashed!
Ataru: But that's no reason to kill someone before getting acquainted!
Carla: Stop talking nonsense and just sign this marriage license!

Movie Connections:

Followed by Urusei Yatsura 6: Itsudatte, mai dârin (1991)

Soundtrack:

Suki Kirai

My favourite UY movie !!

This is certainly my favourite Urusei Yatsura movie. Summarizing the last chapters of the comic it concludes the story of Lum's and Ataru's fight for love and each other more or less (or so I believe; I haven't actually read the comic that far). The story is complex (for UY), the jokes are witty (still no sign of meta-humour, though) and it's altogether more fast-paced and action packed than any preceeding UY-film. As usual this adaption of the comic series puts more emphasis on romance and relationship than the original, making the characters seem rather stern. Especially Ataru's behaviour has changed drastically for the... less weird. This was meant to be the last UY movie, but a sixth one was done as an anniversary-special or so. If you liked the first 4, you'll love this one. If you were dissappointed by said films, this one just might make it up to you.