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Urusei Yatsura - Movie 2 - Beautiful Dreamer (Collector's Series) Director: Mamoru Oshii Number of Items: 1 Format: Animated, Color, Dolby Audience Rating: Unrated Studio: Wea Corp Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2004-06-08 Buy from Amazon

Customer Reviews: Total numer of reviews: 45 Average rating: 5.0 "High Quality Cartoon by any Standards!" Although not a film I'd recommend for someone who isn't familiar with the cast of characters of 'Lum,' I nonetheless now place it among my all-time favourite animated features. It this curious film, Lum, Shinobi, Ataru, and the rest of the central cast of the series find themselves the only beings left in perhaps the entire world. They later realize that the entire world has been reduced to a 2 km area around Ataru's house... and that's when things start to get really strange. This film grabbed my attention immediately. The plot seemed to be something well beyond the standard 'Lum' wacky comedy that I'm used to from the graphic novels... there was a mystery here, and from the outset I was interested in seeing how it would be resolved. As the mystery deepend, the film actually started to get rather creepy--something I'd never thought possible for this particuarly property--and the mix of humour and mild horror was extremely effective. Even as the mystery reached its resolution, the creepiness deepened and for a time I wondered if it was going to be possible for the filmmakers to restore the light-hearted Lum-verse to its previous state. They managed to do just that... and they managed to deliver a highly satisfying ending. What's even more remarkable, over the course of 'Beautiful Dreamer,' they breathed more life into Lum and Ataru than I thought could be possible; they've always been rather one dimensional characters to me--not it a bad way, but that's all they needed to be. But in 'Beautiful Dreamer,' we are shown another facet of Ataru, and Lum's character deepens as well. This is a fine addition to any Rumiko Takashasi and/or Lum fan's collection. However, just stick with the subtitled Japanese version. The voice actors in the English language one leave a lot to be desired. "A masterpiece" Perhaps one of the best Urusei Yatsura movies out there, Beautiful Dreamer is a surrelist, fun and adorably twisted film that hooks you as you wander into the world of dreams were everyday is the School Festival day. Not only does it have the usual UY humor, (you know what I'm talking about) it really is a mysterious movie. But the ending --boy, I laughed till I choked! "Ursei Yatsura..." This has got to be one of the best animes I have ever seen....I first saw this when Sci-fi channel would play animes early in the morning....this is one animes that actually got me into Japanese animation..I did not know much about this anime but after some research I found it quite interesting....if you like Ursei Yatsura you will love this...the DVD makes the picture just look so much better than on VHS...SO BUY THIS!! "A beautiful story" After the fantastic Only You I expected the second Urusei Yatsura movie to be another laugh-a-second romp through outer space. It isn't. What it is is a little odd actually. It's a story which focuses on the human cast of Urusei Yatsura, leaving the aliens (except Lum and Ten) out, apart from the odd namecheck and cameo in Ataru's dream sequence. Instead we're treated to a surreal, seemingly post-apocalyptic mystery world inhabited only by the core Urusei Yatsura characters. And very strange it is too. I don't want to give anything away, although the title does that very well on its own, but this story is not what you expect at all. Which is a good thing in many ways. It's full of surprises and odd twists. But beneath it all, supporting it like a stone collossus (sorry, in joke) is the old Urusei Yatsura humour. Because the jokes, puns and slapstick are there, the rest of the film feels fun, not complex and heavy. And in the end you come out having been entertained, and perhaps a little disturbed. An utterly fantastic film. Just make sure to watch in Japanese! "Darling!" My young daughter and I both enjoyed this film. The animation, storyline, and music are all great. Lum is a darling alien girl who when she gets mad, zaps the object of her affection with lightning bolts. I found myself giggling along with my daughter. Entertaining film!