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Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer - AniMat's Classic Reviews (Patreon)

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2026-02-25 20:00:12
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Mamoru Oshii is one of the most celebrated names in Japanese animation, and he began his journey as a cinematic auteur with Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer. This may not be his directorial debut, but in this review, I will look into how he first created his philosophical style that later went on to help make Ghost in the Shell, Angel’s Egg and more acclaimed masterpieces and what make him the filmmaking genius he is known today.

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Jose Usagi Archuleta

As someone who has seen a decent amount of the original 80s anime there are plenty of episodes that are excuses for the animators to do some sci-fi fueled surrealism given that Lum is an alien

Lady Helen Bio Rodriguez

I have never seen Oshiis first film, but I have seen his later works. I'm highly intrigued.

Russell Ray Young

I think the next review might be beauity & the beast the enchanted christmas

MissSpark

Great review Mat! Thanks for giving this classic a look! Yes it has its flaws but it's still on my top favorite 10 movies list. I've seen it like 5 times and I will gladly watch it way more in the future!

Moviefreak

Looks like Beauty and the Beast The Enchanted Christmas is going to be the next review

Joshua Copelan

I have been studying Weekly Shonen Jump titles along with a few others from Jump’s competitors in Champion, Magazine, and Urusei Yatsura’s original home Sunday. But with the series itself it is more or a romcom comedy that doesn’t really have a story since it is an episodic comedy. I will be corrected if I’m wrong, if someone says so since I am somewhat a fan but just stating out. Anyway with Ataru you are not wrong about him due to his horniness, which for that and his stupidity is how the plot is established. Also it was started and how the story went for Ataru in a love triangle between Lum and Shinobu when Ataru was promised marriage by Shinobu if he can grab Lum’s horns in a game of tag, which he did to prevent an alien invasion by Lum’s race. But after a misunderstanding Lum thought Ataru’s claim for marriage was a proposal to Lum. Which is how the story goes.

MissSpark

It does have an overarching plot with the final arc of the manga (the 5th movie literally being called "The Final Chapter"), but it is overall episodic which helps its quirky absurd humor

Justin Grant

This movie sounds like it would be quite a watch, and I find it interesting how the story was ranked so high while the other aspects were not so much. Anyway, it looks like Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas is next, and that honestly got me worried. Not if he'll give it a bad review, I think it's expected that he won't give it a glowing one. But rather, considering he reviewed Belle's Magical World and will soon review this, I'm worried this will make one of his patrons request him the original masterpiece. That kind of thing happened with Toy Story and The Little Mermaid, so I'm afraid the same will happen to Beauty and the Beast, since that's the film I'd want to see him get surprised by the most.

Hunter O'Laughlin

Nothing wrong with him getting requested to review the original Beauty and the Beast considering that’s a review me and many of his fans are anticipated to see considering he’s made it clear in his past reviews related to the film, either his Classic Review of Belle’s Magical World or his review of the live-action remake, that he loves the original animated film and considers it one of his favorite animated films; kind of similar to how he talked about another animated film in other videos where he made his enthusiasm for it clear before finally making a review with Allegro Non Troppo. So if reviewing Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas leads to him finally reviewing the original, then so be it.

Hunter O'Laughlin

Yeah, since I’m not really an anime person or familiar with the Urusei Yatsura franchise, I fast forwarded to the end just to find out what’s the next Classic Review, and it looks like we’re sticking to spin-offs of iconic IPs with the direct-to-video midquel Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas. Even if it’s obviously inferior to the original animated masterpiece, at least it’ll be better than Belle’s Magical World. (And the live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast.)

Jose Usagi Archuleta

Funny enough I almost requested this years ago but i ended up going with osamu tezukas cleopatra instead because thats also bonkers with surreal animation but for different reasons

Justin Grant

Yeah, one of his patrons requesting him Beauty and the Beast is not a legit bad thing, but it is something I hope doesn't happen because if it does, then he won't be pleasantly surprised when he eventually pulls it out of the animation Hat. Sure, it may take longer for him to actually pull that film out of the hat, but I'll be patient.

Hayden DeGrow

I have never heard of this anime, but I do love learning about new franchises, and this one kind of looks interesting.... This is a movie that takes a comedy into a philosophical fantasy and I kinda like it!