Urusei Yatsura - Movie 2 - Beautiful Dreamer (Collector's Series)
by Mamoru Oshii
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Actor: Akira Kamiya, Fumi Hirano, Kazuko Sugiyama, Saeko Shimazu, Toshio FurukawaDirector: Mamoru Oshii
Cinematographer: Akio Wakana
Writer: Mamoru Oshii
Producer: Hidenori Taga
Producer: Hiroshi Hasegawa
Writer: Rumiko Takahashi
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Japanese (Original Language); English (Subtitled); English (Dubbed)
Format: Animated, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-06-08
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Us Manga Corps Video
Movie Reviews of Urusei Yatsura - Movie 2 - Beautiful Dreamer (Collector's Series)
Movie Review: The movie is five stars, the transfer zero...
Summary: 4 Stars
...so I have to take off one star.
I don't have much to say about this true anime classic that other reviewers have not already said. If you like anime, even if you are a recent convert, watch this movie. Like the best of Miyazaki's work, it's truly special.
It desperately deserves a new release from a proper widescreen master, but sadly, I doubt it will ever get one. I finally bought the Japanese R2 release just to see it as it should be seen.
Finally, while I thought I had seen the worst of Charles Solomon's always incredibly insensitive and retarded anime reviews, this one takes the cake. I wonder who feeds him and changes his diaper? What a clueless bozo. Amazon should be ashamed to continue letting this idiot write anime reviews.
Summary of Urusei Yatsura - Movie 2 - Beautiful Dreamer (Collector's Series)
Originally released in 1984, the second Urusei Yatsura feature offers characters created by Rumiko Takahashi (Ranma 1/2) and a screenplay and direction by Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell). As the perpetually lecherous Ataru and his friends prepare for a carnival at Tomobiki High School, they gradually realize the days are literally repeating themselves. Any effort to break the pattern dumps them back where they started. They later discover their town has been reduced to a circle of land a few miles across, poised on the back of a gigantic sea turtle--a reference to "Urushima Taro," a Japanese Rip Van Winkle story. Takahashi and Oshii weave elements from other Japanese folk tales into their science fiction adventure. Although she's described as an alien princess, Lum has many of the attributes of an oni (demon), including horns, the ability to fly, and a tiger-skin costume (although hers is a bikini). The character designs reflect an interesting moment in animation history, when the influence of Western TV shows was giving way to the familiar anime style. Lum has large eyes and long viridian green tresses, but Ataru and his pals sport more Caucasian-looking hair and features. Unfortunately, the good-natured story runs out of steam after about an hour, and the film falters to a conclusion in an annoying series of false endings. Unrated; suitable for ages 12 and up: minor nudity, profanity, and cartoon violence. --Charles SolomonAnimation DVD Video
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