Urusei Yatsura: I Howl at the Moon

1989 0h 26m JA

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6.1

MID

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7.8

IMDB

★6.1TMDB · 9★7.8IMDB · 54

AnimationComedyScience Fiction

Synopsis

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Ataru learns to think before he eats when he gobbles down some of Lum's Cherry Rice Cakes -- and promptly starts turning into a wolf!

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Fumi Hirano
Lum (voice)
Toshio Furukawa
Ataru (voice)
Akira Kamiya
Mendou (voice)
Kazuko Sugiyama
Ten (voice)
Saeko Shimazu
Shinobu (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Setsuko Shibuichi
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 26-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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37 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 7

CINEMA

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Part of the "Urusei Yatsura OVAs & Specials Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Fumi Hirano and Toshio Furukawa and Akira Kamiya carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0098569 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 9 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Setsuko Shibuichi directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 26-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
237 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Urusei Yatsura OVAs & Specials Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Fumi Hirano and Toshio Furukawa and Akira Kamiya carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0098569 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 9 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.