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Lum's Guards


Lum's Guards They are a group of Ataru's classmates and so-called friends, all of whom are pathetically infatuated with Lum. Lum's Stormtroopers, Lum's Fan Club, Lum's Guards..Call them what you will. These four average high school boys have one unifying goal: To assure Lum's happiness. In doing so, each of them keep vainly hoping they can win Lum's heart.

There's four members to this cast of miscreants. There's Perm, the gawky boy with puffy hair, Chibi the little twerp who's always being beat up, Kakugari the large bully type who's almost always beating up on Chibi and then the one with glasses, their leader Megane. They're all best friends, but wouldn't hesitate to stab each other in the back if Lum is involved. All of the boys want Lum, but it would seem that Megane is the only one who truly loves her. He would go through hell and back for her, if only she hadn't fallen for that fiend Ataru.

Megane is highly philosophical and intellectual yet he is also an obnoxious loud mouth, and I mean loud. He is prone to bombastic speeches and temporary fits of insanity that bring attention to himself. Screaming at the top of his lungs whenever he gets the least bit emotional. He's a characiture of a crazed, obsessed otaku taken to an extreme.

Megane takes his love for Lum very seriously. He has dedicated his life to admiring her. He even has to keep the other three in line since they often waver in their dedication to Lum. Painfully he knows that Lum only has eyes for Ataru, but he can bear it because her happiness is paramount to him.

Megane is also somewhat of an amateur film producer. On a few occasions he has tried to create movies, always with Lum as the heroine. Megane also has build a homemade mobile combat suit which he sometimes wears to do battle. He still gets the tar beaten out of him, but at least he can look cool in the process.

Although they are important characters in the anime, Lum's Guards were virtually non existant in the the manga. In fact they only show up as random classmates in the first couple of Urusei Yatsura volumes and disappeared from the cast when Takahashi started to take Urusei Yatsura in a different direction. Megane and the others seem rather to be in the show to act as the voice of the directors (putting themselves and their own sensibilities into the show), and because Megane's voice actor is such a scene stealer, that they eventually decided he would become a central figure in the show. Megane is used so much, that he practically compeats with Mendo for screen time. Purists of the original comic might dislike these guys for how they mess up the original dynamic and take some of the focus away from the main characters. But in the end, Lum's Guards are entertaining, and they add a lot to the show.


The Meaning Behind the Names - ラム親衛隊

Collectively they are typically called "Lum's Guard" (or "bodyguards" or "stormtroopers"). The names of the four guys describe their distinguishing features. Megane (メガネ) means "glasses" though his given name is "Satoshi" though it is said aloud only in the final episode (their names are given in Shonen Sunday Graphic Urusei Yatsura volume 1 next to their character designs for the anime). Perm (パーマ) is of course in reference to his frizzy hair style. Also of note regarding Perm is that he appears much more frequently in the manga where he is given the name "Kosuke Shirai" (白井コースケ). He was named after the editor-in-chief of Shonen Sunday. Kakugari (カクガリ) means "buzz-cut" though his real name is "Hiroyuki". Chibi (チビ) means "puny" or "runt". His real name is "Akira".

Voices:
Shigeru Chiba

Megane is played by the popular Chiba Shigeru, one of the most widely heard voices in anime. From Yotsuya of Maison Ikkoku, Shige from Patlabor and Kuwabara from Yuu Yuu Hakusho and Sasuke from Ranma 1/2, Yoshihiro Kira from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable, Buggy the Clown in One Piece and Kefka Pallazo of Final Fantasy fame.


Setsuji Sato

In the 2022 version of Urusei Yatsura Satoshi is played by Setsuji Sato. His previous roles include Kosuke Holmes Akechi in Lupin 3rd: Part IV, Gai Usui in Cardfight!! Vanguard and Joseph Yaht in Turn A Gundam.


Voices:
Issei Futumata

Chibi's voice is done by Issei Futumata. Futumata does the voice of Yusaku Godai of Maison Ikkoku as well as Mikiyasu Shinshi of Patlabor, and many miscellaneous small parts in Urusei Yatsura, Hikaru Gosunkugi in Ranma 1/2 and more.


Daisuke Sakaguchi

In the 2022 version of Urusei Yatsura Akira is played by Daisuke Sakaguchi. He has played Carne in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind, Keiichiro in Mr. Tonegawa: Middle Management Blues, Yuki Mishima in Persona 5 and Shinpachi Shimura in Gintama.


Voices:
Akira Murayama

Perm's seiyuu is Akira Murayama. Has had a lot of lesser roles, but was a featured player in Esper Mami, Captain Tsubasa and Master Keaton to name a few.


Shinya Takahashi

In the 2022 version of Urusei Yatsura Kosuke is played by Shinya Takahashi. His other roles include Koki Mimura in Assassination Classroom, Yoshitaka Futaba in Backflip!!, Masumi Hayami in Glass no Kamen desu ga and Hanao Ebisu in Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation.


Voices:
Shinji Nomura

Kakugari's voice is Shinji Nomura who played Yoshiichi Aihara on the popular sci-fi Space Battleship Yamato.


Sho Okumura

In the 2022 version of Urusei Yatsura Kakugari is played by Sho Okumura. Unlike the other members of Lum's Guards, Kakugari is still credited as "Kakugari" rather than as "Hiroyuki". In Boruto: Naruto Next Generations he plays triplets Takanami Senka, Makinami Senka and Sazanami Senka.