The second cour of the Urusei Yatsura reboot will premiere on Thursday January 6 as part of the Winter 2023 anime season.

Urusei Yatsura began as a manga series in 1978 and is regarded as one of Rumiko Takahashi’s first major works. The series follows a young man named Ataru who’s randomly selected to compete with a race of spacefaring Oni for humanity’s future.

His opponent in the competition is the princess of the Oni, Lum. Due to a misunderstanding, Lum assumes that Ataru has proposed to her after he wins the competition. While the situation may seem intense, the series is far far more light-hearted.

After this competition, Lum tries to pursue a relationship with Ataru and ultimately ruins his chances at a normal life or a normal relationship. From here, the series takes off with perverted and slapstick comedy that fans of Ranma 1/2 would expect from Takahashi.

The new reboot is expected to be a whopping 46 episodes long (at least “whopping” compared to modern anime series) with episode 12 being the start of the second cour. You can check out the latest trailer here.