Urusei Yatsura - Movie 2 - Beautiful Dreamer
by Mamoru Oshii
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Actor: Akira Kamiya, Fumi Hirano, Kazuko Sugiyama, Saeko Shimazu, Toshio FurukawaDirector: Mamoru Oshii
Cinematographer: Akio Wakana
Writer: Mamoru Oshii
Editor: Seiji Morita
Producer: Hidenori Taga
Producer: Hiroshi Hasegawa
Writer: Rumiko Takahashi
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Subtitled); Japanese (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Animated, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1998-09-01
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Us Manga Corps Video
DVD Reviews of Urusei Yatsura - Movie 2 - Beautiful Dreamer
DVD Review: "Dream, dream, dream..."
Summary: 4 Stars
"Beautiful Dreamer" is the second Urusei Yatsura movie, and universally accepted as the best UY movie of them all. While not my favorite UY movie (that honor goes to "The Final Chapter"), I still throughoutly enjoyed "Beautiful Dreamer", and am glad that it's a part of my collection.
Comedy wise, this movie is full of the wacky antics we've come to expect from UY. Fans of Mendou will probably enjoy this movie a lot, since he gets plenty of screen time. Two scenes of his that especially stand out are: 1) in his car with Shinobu where he giggles like a madman while trying to find an exit; 2) where he suddenly prances around in joy, laughing and giggling "Oh, you really don't know??!" at Ataru. Both scenes are hilarious because they are things that were unexpected yet ALSO expected from an insanely wacky series like UY.
Mendou aside, there are also many characters that get to showcase their unique personalities. Unlike the first movie, "Beautiful Dreamer" focuses on the humans rather than the aliens this time around. In fact, other than Lum and Ten (which are main characters, anyway) + a few other really small cameos, you don't see any other aliens in the movie. The spotlight is mostly put on Lum, Sakura, Mendou, Megane & Fan club, and even the usually neglected Onsen-Mark. Ataru Morobishi, the main character himself, gets a piece of the action during the last third of the movie. My only gripe is that some of the other funnier supporting characters don't get much slice of the pie -- Ryuunosuke gets a few lines, but doesn't contribute anything and disappears early on; her father, the ways funny Mr. Fujinami, gets about two or three lines at most, and isn't seen again. Worse of all, Cherry, a character that basically screams to be put in the plot, goes completely AWOL for most of the film and is only seen in about 30 seconds combined (which really sucks to me, because I'm a big fan of the deranged monk).
Moving on: the english dubbing is quite good. While there'll probably never be another person who can play Ataru as well as his original seiyuu, the english VA here comes very close. Vinnie Penna captures Ataru's sleaziness perfectly, and even adds another dimension to the character in some scenes. His Mendou is also great (especially at the comedy scenes mentioned above), although I personally would've given the character a slightly deeper voice. Marnie Head plays a PERFECT Sakura. I've always found the original seiyuu's voice to be a bit.. old, and thus fairly unfitting for a character that's supposed to be jaw-droppingly beautiful and in her 20's. Marnie's voice is younger yet maintains the maturity and sophistication that we expect from Nurse Sakura. Honorable mentions are Megane, Mr. and Mrs. Moroboshi, and Mujaki.
Unfortunately, the dub has its flaws, mainly: 1) Lum's voice does not have the spunk that the Japanese seiyuu had; 2) Shinobu sounds like she's supposed to be in college; 3) Cherry's voice is too high (I personally WOULD give him a high voice, but not THAT high..); and 4) Ten just sounds weird.
The music for the film is excellent. The score sets the mood for a lot of the scenes -- you have the bizarre music for the wacky scenes, cheesy music for the [intentionally] cheesy scenes, and happy music for the happier scenes. The ending song, "Ai wa Boomerang" performed by UY anime music regular Hiroko Matsuya ("Lum no Love Song"; "Space Is Super Weird!"), is a catchy piece of pop music that'll stay in your head for a long time.
Finally, if you're still hesitant to pick this movie up because of its age, then let me tell you that it's really a non-factor. For a film that's about 20 years old, the animation here is superb. The quality is much better than the TV show (which, unfortunately, does show its age -- well, the early episodes, at least), and should certainly be able to satisfy today's anime audiences.
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