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33 manga artists celebrate manga series’ 45th anniversary in Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine
Thirty-three manga artists drew characters from Rumiko Takahashi‘s celebrated series in this week’s Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine. The Urusei Yatsura romantic comedy manga starring womanizer Ataru and his alien princess fiancé Lum debuted 45 years ago on August 30, 1978. Popular manga artists Eiichiro Oda (One Piece), Gosho Aoyama (Detective Conan), Hiromu Arakawa (Fullmetal Alchemist), Hideaki Sorachi (Gintama), and more drew characters from the series.
Fans can purchase this year’s 39th issue of Weekly Shonen Sunday to see all the illustrations. The participant line-up includes:
- Gosho Aoyama (Detective Conan)
- Eiichiro Oda (One Piece)
- Hiromu Arakawa (Fullmetal Alchemist)
- Boichi (Dr. Stone)
- Paru Itagaki (BEASTARS)
- Kenjirō Hata (Fly Me to the Moon)
- Tomohito Oda (Komi Can’t Communicate)
- Kazuhiro Fujita (Ushio & Tora)
- Keisuke Itagaki (Baki)
- Hideaki Sorachi (Gintama)
- Kotoyama (Call of the Night)
- Hiroyuki Nishimori (Cheeky Angel)
- Takahiro Arai (Detective Conan: Zero’s Tea Time)
- Takuya Mitsuda (Major)
- Shun Matsuena (KenIchi the Mightiest Disciple)
- Kōji Kumeta (Kakushigoto)
- Kagiji Kumanomata (Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle)
- Tsukasa Abe (Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End)
- Mitsuru Adachi (MIX)
- Takashi Shiina (Zettai Karen Children)
- Aiko Koyama (Kiyo in Kyoto: From the Maiko House)
- Wakabi Asayama (Last Karte)
- Aya Hirakawa (Mikadono Sanshimai wa Angai, Choroi)
- Hikaru Nikaidō (Aozakura Bōei Daigakukou Monogatari)
- Takeru Atsumi (Chiisai Boku no Haru)
- Yūji Yokoyama (Tokachi Hitoribocchi Nōen)
- Atsushi Namikiri (Red Blue)
- Chigusa Ichihara (Akatsuki Jihen)
- Mitsuharu Yanamoto (Hibiki: Shōsetsuka ni Naru Hōhō)
- Watari (Tatari)
- Hajime Saeki (Sternbilder no Toorimichi)
- Yutaka (Itazurana Kimi ni Masuku-goshi Demo Koi Ōchinukareta)
- Yūhei Kusakabe (Shiroyama to Mita-san)
Viz Media began publishing the Urusei Yatsura manga in two-in-one omnibus editions in spring 2019 with new translations. Viz Media previously released part of the series in English under the titles Lum and The Return of Lum in the 1990s.
The second half of the new Urusei Yatsura television anime will premiere in January 2024. The anime premiered in the Noitamina programming block on Fuji TV in October 2022. HIDIVE is streaming the anime, and began streaming the English dub on March 1. The entire run of the anime will adapt selected stories from the manga and last four cours, or a full year, although not consecutively.
The manga inspired a television anime series that ran from 1981 to 1986, various anime films, and an original video anime (OVA) series. AnimEigo released most of the previous anime on home video except for the Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer film, which Central Park Media released. After these companies’ licenses expired, Discotek Media reissued the movies and began releasing the TV series this year.
Source: Comic Natalie
