Urusei Yatsura 6: Itsudatte, mai dârin

yea!!! now ataru has a reason for all that lust!! i bought this one at the colorado anime convention in october of 2000. this is a fun story to see and all the characters play a role (big to small). if lupica were real, i would have to tell her that she should've stopped being so damn shy and tell the tofu man rather and force him to fall in love. oh well, different strokes for different folks. anyway, if you like explosions, comedy, and ataru's lust put to the test, then see this.

This film does not continue or conclude part no. 5. It doesn't even fit into the sixth place continuity-speaking. Don't get irritated, just cram it into that space between 4 and 5, not that it's really that important. The film is funny, as UY-films go and less serious and more silly than the fifth film, but no match to it (maybe a little better than parts 3 and 4). The animation is okay, the music is okay, what more is there to say ? Don't expect a grand finale a la Last Chapter.

This movie was released in 1991, ten years after the Urusei Yatsura debuted on Japanese TV. I guess for this reason, Itsudatte My Darling was a feature-length film rather than going straight to video like most of the other UY stories made after the TV series ended. As stated by other users here, this movie's unrelated to the fifth movie, and is a side story. Overall, I felt the movie wasn't bad, but it wasn't anything to write home about, either. The animation was done by Madhouse this time around, but don't expect the movie to look like one of Taro Rin's works. TAKAHASHI Kumiko did the character designs, and I was a bit bugged at her design for Lum, who looked less like an Oni and more like an elf. As for the writing, the story seems to focus much more on Lupica & Rio than Lum & Ataru. What I really disapproved of was the fact that Ataru is reduced to just a mere stereotype of himself, lusting after Lupica like an oversexed puppy, showing none of the devotion to Lum that makes him endearing.

This movie's only for die-hard UY fans who want to complete their collection, newcomers to the series are better off watching the first film instead.