Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling

Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling

Directed by Katsuhisa Yamada

Produced by Madhouse, Kitty Films

199177 min5.7 / 10

A lighthearted romantic comedy adventure where an alien princess's quest for a love potion sets off a colorful, absurd chase involving a hapless earthling and his devoted friends.

Lupika, an alien princess, is in love with a tofu seller. To make him love her too (at least, announce his love. He obviously fears the social taboo of a tofu vendor marrying a princess), she needs to get a love potion, which is in a certain temple. Legend has it that the only person that can obtain this love potion is the most lecherous man in the universe. That man turns out to be Ataru Moroboshi. Lupika kidnaps Ataru to make him get the potion, and Lum and her friends go out to search for Ataru.

Questions people ask

  • Is Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 82% of films.

  • Does Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

  • Is Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.

  • Is Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

21/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity29

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise23

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love13

How much audiences actually like it

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