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Urusei Yatsura: Only You (Japanese: うる星やつら オンリー・ユー, Hepburn: Urusei Yatsura Onri Yu) is a 1983 Japanese anime fantasy comedy film directed by Mamoru Oshii in his film directorial debut.[2][3] It is the first in the Urusei Yatsura film series based on the manga of the same name by Rumiko Takahashi. It was released in Japan on February 11, 1983[1][3] during the second season of the series.

Urusei Yatsura: Only You
Theatrical release poster
Japanese	うる星やつら オンリー・ユー
Hepburn	Urusei Yatsura Onri Yu
Directed by	Mamoru Oshii
Screenplay by	Tomoko Konparu[1]
Based on	Urusei Yatsura by Rumiko Takahashi
Produced by	Yuji Nunokawa[1]
Cinematography	Akio Wakana[1]
Music by	Izumi Kobayashi Fumitaka Anzai Koji Nishimura Masamichi Amano
Production companies	Studio Pierrot Kitty Films[1]
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	February 11, 1983 (1983-02-11) (Japan)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Voice cast

Character	Voice
Ataru Moroboshi	Toshio Furukawa
Lum	Fumi Hirano
Shinobu Miyake	Saeko Shimazu
Shutaro Mendou	Akira Kamiya
Ten	Kazuko Sugiyama
Cherry	Ichirō Nagai
Sakura	Machiko Washio
Megane	Shigeru Chiba
Perm	Akira Murayama
Elle	Yoshiko Sakakibara Shiori (child)
Nanabake Rose	Hiroko Maruyama
Chibi	Issei Futamata
Barbara	Naoko Kyoda
Assistant Driver	Bin Shimada
Kakugari	Shinji Nomura
Guard A	Hideyuki Tanaka
Guard B	Yoku Shioya
Commander	Mugihito
Announcer	Hiroshi Izawa
Oni Commander	Kazuyo Aoki
Child A	Kazuki Suzuki
Child B	Nariko Fujieda
Ataru's Father	Kenichi Ogata
Ataru's Mother	Natsumi Sakuma
Planet Elle Commander	Kiyomi Hanasaki Kumiko Takizawa Sanae Takagi Yuuko Masutani
Oyuki	Noriko Ohara
Princess Kurama	Rihoko Yoshida
Lum's Father	Ritsuo Sawa
Lum's Mother	Reiko Yamada
Rei	Tessho Genda
Driver	Yuuichi Sakuraniwa

Production

Only You borrows heavily from the Japanese fairy tale of Urashima Tarō. The fairy tale would later inspire the film's sequel, Beautiful Dreamer.[4] In an interview featured in Art Handbook [ja] in 2000, Oshii expressed disappointment with the film, claiming "It's no film. It failed to be a film."[5]

Release

Only You was released theatrically in Japan on February 11, 1983 where it was distributed by Toho.[1] AnimEigo released the film in North America on subtitled-LaserDisc on November 11, 1992 as Urusei Yatsura Movie 1–Only You, and then on VHS on June 29, 1995.[1] They later released it on DVD with an English-language dub on October 21, 2003. Discotek Media acquired the North American rights in 2020 and released it on Blu-ray on December 31, 2021, including the AnimEigo dub.[6]

Reception

Allen Divers of Anime News Network gave the subtitled version of the film an overall grade of "A", and the dubbed version a "B" grade, writing that "While the animation and artwork is a slight notch above the TV standard, the plot for Only You is nothing new to fans of the show."[7] Jasper Sharp of Midnight Eye wrote that the film "throws the viewer completely in at the deep-end, assuming at least some knowledge of the characters and their relationships is in place, though it shouldn't take too long for newcomers to find their feet."[2] Dani Moure of Mania.com called the film "a lot of fun, and for the most part [...] very enjoyable."[8] Chris Beveridge, also of Mania.com, wrote that "the budget is bigger, the designs are more detailed, but the idea is the same [as the TV series]."[9]

References

Footnotes

Sources

External links

• Urusei Yatsura: Only You at IMDb
• Urusei Yatsura: Only You (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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