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Thanks for the memories
« on: October 23, 2004, 05:22:25 AM »
By Ataru Devo on Friday, November 26, 1999 - 00:53:
Well, it's thanksgiving today. And I think we all
need to give a little thanks for the world of
Urusei Yatsura. We owe it that much.

I remember it like it were yesterday. It was 1984,
and I was just a little kid wandering through the
anime section of the local video store. And then I
saw her. Maybe it was the green hair, maybe it was
the beautiful art on the front cover, but
something just drew me into renting it.

And I was hooked. I thought it was hilarious,
sweet, witty, and incredibly well written. I began
searching for the other videos and manga (pretty
damn hard in 1984), but it was worth it. My
friends thought I was nuts, they were too busy
playing with their G.I. Joes to pay any attention
to some Japanese product. But I wasn't.

Then came high school. I quickly joined up with
the anime club, and eventually became president. I
discovered that there were many others like me,
and suddenly my hobby wasn't so lonely anymore. I
would have girlfriends, but Lum was still number
one in my heart.

College time. In my freshman year, I had a tattoo
of Lum done on my arm, a la Matthew Sweet. I was
either a geek or a rebel, I don't remember which.
But the love of UY never went away. I would take
country-wide tours of anime cons, scouting out the
UY fans and discussing favorite episodes for hours
on end.

And here I am now. UY still remains the best anime
ever, despite what the Ranma 1/2 freaks think. And
I wouldn't change it at all. UY gave me a sense
that I didn't simply have to accept what I was
spoon-fed each day, that the weirder things in
life are the better, that laughter and admiration
can bring people together. What a long, strange,
and wonderful trip it is.

Thank you, Mrs. Takahashi. Thank you, LUM
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Re: Thanks for the memories
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2004, 05:22:35 AM »
By Majin Mendou on Friday, November 26, 1999 - 06:11:
That's spoken like a true stormtrooper.
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Re: Thanks for the memories
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2004, 05:22:43 AM »
By Parias on Friday, November 26, 1999 - 10:00:
Interesting.

I basically found her the same way you did, except it happened to me a few weeks ago.. found the first 8 episodes, picked em up. I was pretty skeptical at first, after getting into the likes of Ghost in the Shell and whatnot I was into a lot more mature stuff, but after seeing how Ataru won the game of tag, I got pretty interested...

..and then I found this page, spent a good hour checking out all the images and info, and am now trying to find some way of getting ahold of the rest of the series.. pretty tough since I'm up in Canada, but hell, there's probably some way.

I'd also like to send out a thanks to Mrs. Takahashi and everyone else involved for making this series possible, and of course to the webmaster of this page for spiking my interest in the series. And as for the rest of you guys (even though thanksgiving isn't really up in Canada at the moment), Happy Thanksgiving!

By the way, if any of you are on ICQ, my number is 1293359, contact me anytime if you want.
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Re: Thanks for the memories
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2004, 05:22:54 AM »
By Jocko on Saturday, December 4, 1999 - 04:47:
1984? Who released this video?
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Re: Thanks for the memories
« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2004, 05:23:14 AM »
By Ataru Devo on Sunday, December 5, 1999 - 09:51:
;) It was an independant neighborhood store, and
the dude who owned the place was enough of an
anime nut that he had them imported, mostly so he
could show them at his college.

hey, i thought you had left with the others. man,
what happened to this place?
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Re: Thanks for the memories
« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2004, 05:23:31 AM »
By Jocko on Sunday, December 5, 1999 - 20:11:
I got a new ISP, andl ife got into the way. I'm hoping Santa gives me UY TV 8-22 for Christmas. ;)

BTW, how did you watch UY in the 80's? Did you have translations or did you have a good enough handle of Japanese? I've heard of some people who just watched anime "raw" with no translation or explanation back in those days.
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Re: Thanks for the memories
« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2004, 05:23:40 AM »
By Ataru Devo on Monday, December 6, 1999 - 05:14:
There were actually a lot of fan-made subs, I
usually watched those, as well as the "raw" kind
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Re: Thanks for the memories
« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2004, 05:23:46 AM »
By Jocko on Monday, December 6, 1999 - 05:45:
Hmm, how accurate translations were the fan-subs?
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Re: Thanks for the memories
« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2004, 05:23:53 AM »
By Ataru Devo on Monday, December 6, 1999 - 23:59:
not terribly accurate...a lot were done by college
students with only 1st year japanese. Some were
truly horrible, with frequent mispellings of names
and off-timing lip-synchs.
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Re: Thanks for the memories
« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2004, 05:24:00 AM »
By Jocko on Tuesday, December 7, 1999 - 06:58:
Any funny stories you remember? BTW, check out the rpg storyline.
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Re: Thanks for the memories
« Reply #10 on: October 23, 2004, 05:24:12 AM »
Quote from: Jinh
Weell, i'm a newbie, and i don't know if i have to open a thread or not, but i guess yes @_@

I were an evening, seeing Canal 2 Andalucia. When a anime ends, they introduce other, and i were waiting for what anime will they introduce. And there it is, a strange anime, with a strange opening and a strange song. I see it was so strange.... so i liked a lot. And when i saw it, i were cautivated. I were laughing all the evening, after seeing it. And some days later, i continue seeing it.... and i really liked it. Ataru is like me, but in a stranger world, rodeated of strange people. The laughs are guaranteed in this anime, and the lot of characters there are brings more life, you really love it.

Again, thanks, Rumiko, for this great anime.
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Re: Thanks for the memories
« Reply #11 on: July 05, 2006, 05:49:11 PM »
i also wanna thank rumiko takahashi 4 bringing us such good memories uon animes kie UY,Ranma and Maison Ikkoku

such things wont never die coz they will live in our hearts

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Re: Thanks for the memories
« Reply #12 on: November 02, 2006, 10:29:26 PM »
even the imortal ones
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Re: Thanks for the memories
« Reply #13 on: September 16, 2008, 02:57:07 PM »
or the dark ones
The only person Lum love is Ataru.
Only thing i can do is watch over her from darkness.

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Re: Thanks for the memories
« Reply #14 on: November 29, 2009, 08:26:06 PM »
i think it's her best jib done untill this days.