Oct 31, 2009
This is a 1978 romantic comedy anime by Rumiko Takahashi. The story is about aliens that come to destroy Earth by before they do that they select a random person who lives on earth to complete a challenge and if they complete the challenge then earth won't be desroyed. The human selected is Ataru a peverted japanese boy in high school. The challenge is to touch the horns of the alien king's daughter.Her name is Lum.BTW she can fly. Ataru ends up completing the challenge and yells out that he will marry her. Lum thinks Ataru meant her but Ataru actually directed this at his
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classmate, Shinobou. Lum ends up living with Ataru shortly after and insanity ensues. For the time this plot was really original but now its pretty common. Plots like this are in animes like Tenchi Muyo, To love ru and may others. So this was kind of the first anime for its genre.
The art is also good for its time. But compared to todays animation standard it sucks. But later in the series the tv episodes reach the 80s OVA animation qualitysince the show was so popular in Japan.
The music is okay. Some of the songs are kind of catchy.
And the characters. They are probably the best part of the series. Ataru is so retarded and peverted. He is always hitting on others girls and wants to get away from Lum. But deep down inside he actually loves her. Lum can also be really funny because since she only just came to earth she has the view of a kindergartener. There are also a lot of other wacky and zany characters that you meet later in the series like Ataru's ex GF, this super rich guy named Mendou and a ghost cat that haunts people that don't let him stay in their house(BTW he ends up fighting the dude from Fist of the North Star). So overall this anime is classic. It may not be considered an anime classic to anmerican anime fans but it is in Japan. If you like Ranma 1/2 you'll love this
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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