If you loved Junk Boy, try Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Junk Boy

1987 · dir. Katsuhisa Yamada

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Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling

1991 · dir. Katsuhisa Yamada

What they share

Both films are directed by Katsuhisa Yamada, and they both carry the playful mood tag, and they sit in Animation / Comedy / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to Junk Boy, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling is

Here's a film that understands the romantic potential of fermented bean curd. An alien princess kidnaps Ataru to help her get a love potion. Lum and the gang then try to rescue him. It's another entry in a series that, by this point, knew exactly what it was doing.

If you loved Junk Boy, try Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling

Junk Boy

Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling

What they share

What Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling is

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