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The title translates as something like Those Obnoxious Aliens, though the title itself is actually a pun in Japanese. This was the series that broke Rumiko Takahashi onto the manga and anime scene, first in Japan, then around the world. Ataru Moroboshi is this planet's unluckiest person, so it was a foregone conclusion that he would be the target of a contest, the outcome deciding the future of the world. When Moroboshi wins unexpectedly, his cry of "Now I can be married!" is misinterpreted by his "Oni" opponent, a rather nubile young thing called Lum. Now Lum believes herself to be married to her "darling", much to the disgust of most of the male population of Tomobiki-cho. A full compliment of characters conspire to make life interesting for the happy couple, as well as copious numbers of special and repetitive guests in this long-running series which includes six movies, several OAV's and more than 200 TV episodes.
Originally released as a subtitled-only series by AnimEigo, though a dub version was attempted - that was aborted after only two episodes due to unfavourable feedback from fans.
[Entry by Chika]
You could go off roses! A different twist on the magical girl series in that the subject here makes no attempt to transform into anything except by the fact that as a very young girl, grieving her parents' death, she encounters a "prince" who comforts her and tells her that they are destined to meet again, giving her a ring. She vows to grow up as noble as this prince, but takes it too literally, shunning the usual fuku of her peers for more masculine garb. On her acceptance to a school with a mysterious club, she finds that not only were there other people with the same ring as her, but that they regularly fought for the hand of the "Rose Bride", in the hope that eventually the lucky winner will gain entry to the strange castle visible from the duelling ring, though each has a different reason driving them. Available from Software Sculptors.
[Entry by Chika]
