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Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling

1991 · 77 min

A zany, good-natured romp full of alien chaos and romantic misunderstandings that breezes by with playful energy.

Overview: Lupika, an alien princess, is in love with a tofu seller. To make him love her too (at least, announce his love. He obviously fears the social taboo of a tofu vendor marrying a princess), she needs to get a love potion, which is in a certain temple. Legend has it that the only person that can obtain this love potion is the most lecherous man in the universe. That man turns out to be Ataru Moroboshi. Lupika kidnaps Ataru to make him get the potion, and Lum and her friends go out to search for Ataru.

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Tone: absurdstrength 3 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
obsession
identity
friendship
family
Places: big city
fantasy world
school
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	5
Horror	1
Humour	8
Realism	2
Romance	6
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: animation, action, adventure, comedy, romance
Directed by: Katsuhisa Yamada
Written by: Tomoko Konparu, Hideo Takayashiki
Starring: Toshio Furukawa, Fumi Hirano, Akira Kamiya, Shinnosuke Furumoto, Naoko Matsui, Noriko Ohara, Yuko Mita, Machiko Washio
Music: Mitsuru Kotaki
Cinematography: Hitoshi Yamaguchi
Runtime: 77 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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