Hi! Has anyone here watched both the original Urusei Yatsura from 1981 and the remake from 2022? How do the two compare? I’m curious to hear about impressions and opinions.
I have been re-listening to the soundtrack of the original series, and many scenes came suddenly to mind. It was absolutely hilarious; I could compare it with Konosuba, but with ten times more craziness…
(If you also long for the soundtracks: archive.org/details/urusei-yatsura-ost Check out this as well, faithful companion since 2000: www.furinkan.com/uy/)
HetareKing@piefed.social 5 days ago
I’ve seen both in full. I’d say that the new series is never as bad as the old series at its worst, but also never as good as the old series at its best. As someone who like Urusei Yatsura, the new series was a decent watch, but it hasn’t replaced the old series for me.
My biggest complaint about the new series is that it never seems to really manage to convey that sense of chaos that’s central to Urusei Yatsura’s comedy as well as the old one. My second biggest complaint is that untz! untz! untz! BGM they like to play during fast-paced scenes (especially early on) that to me doesn’t really match up with the show’s timing.
I also generally prefer the old voice acting. Now, the new series has an all-star cast, and they’re all great voice actors that do a good job embodying the characters (though Kamimiya Hiroshi as Ataru took a while for me to get used to), but I think the old cast was more willing to go all the way for the sake of comedy, whereas the new cast seems more careful about walking the tightrope between exaggerated expression and breaking character. This comparison video someone made does a good job of demonstrating this, I think. That said, I can definitely imagine some people preferring the more naturalistic acting of the new cast compared to the more theatrical and stylised performance of the old.
I do like what the new series did with Lum’s hair. A kind of combination between her iconic green hair from the anime and the oil-like refraction her hair is implied to have in the manga. And just in general, the colour palette is very pleasant.
pglpm@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
Thank you for the great information and impressions! I think I understand what you mean about the chaos. I loved how some episodes, especially in the first series, simply didn’t have a “conclusion”, so to speak – one never knew if or how the chaos that had upsurged was solved in the end. The linked video is a great help too. I think I’ll give a shot at the remake.