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Lupika, an alien princess, is in love with a tofu seller. To make him love her too (at least, announce his love. He obviously fears the social taboo of a tofu vendor marrying a princess), she needs to get a love potion, which is in a certain temple. Legend has it that the only person that can obtain this love potion is the most lecherous man in the universe. That man turns out to be Ataru Moroboshi. Lupika kidnaps Ataru to make him get the potion, and Lum and her friends go out to search for Ataru.
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Lupika, an alien princess, is in love with a tofu seller. To make him love her too (at least, announce his love. He obviously fears the social taboo of a tofu vendor marrying a princess), she needs to get a love potion, which is in a certain temple. Legend has it that the only person that can obtain this love potion is the most lecherous man in the universe. That man turns out to be Ataru Moroboshi. Lupika kidnaps Ataru to make him get the potion, and Lum and her friends go out to search for Ataru.
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Genre:Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Written By:Tomoko Konparu, Hideo Takayashiki
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Runtime:77 minutes
Studio:Madhouse, Kitty Films
Cast
Katsuhisa Yamada
Director
Toshio Furukawa
Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
Fumi Hirano
Lum (voice)
Akira Kamiya
Shutaro Mendo (voice)
Shinnosuke Furumoto
Rio (voice)
Naoko Matsui
Lupica (voice)
Noriko Ohara
Oyuki (voice)
Yuko Mita
Benten (voice)
Machiko Washio
Sakura (voice)
Saeko Shimazu
Shinobu (voice)
Shigeru Chiba
Megane (voice)
Akira Murayama
Perm (voice)
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