The upcoming Urusei Yatsura anime has released its first key visual and non-teaser trailer, with the latter previewing the core cast of characters, their voices, and their antics. An October Japanese premiere date was also announced.

Additionally, Wataru Takagi and Miyuki Sawashiro were announced as the voice actors of Cherry and Sakura respectively.

The anime will adapt selected portions of Rumiko Takahashi‘s manga, which ran from 1978 to 1987 and was serialized in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday. It will have a length of four cours.

Viz Media describes the manga as:

In a high-stakes game of tag, Ataru must touch Lum’s horns in ten days—or aliens will take over the earth! The fact that Lum can fly doesn’t make Ataru’s job any easier. As it turns out, the game of tag is only the beginning of Ataru’s troubles, as he continues to attract strange encounters with otherworldly beings like beautiful snow spirit Oyuki and the sexy crow goblin Princess Kurama!

Urusei Yatsura is directed by JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Golden Wind‘s Hideya Takahashi and Kimura Yasuhiro, with Yuuko Kakihara (The Aquatope on White Sand) as series composer, Naoyuki Asano (Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!) as character designer, and Kazuhiro Takamura (Strike Witches: Road to Berlin director and character designer) and mikitail (The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 2 co-prop designer) as sub-character desginers. david production is the animation production company.

Other staff include:

• ⋆JNTHED (Spriggan [Netflix] production designer, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker mecha design and 2D work assistance) as mechanical designer
• ⋆Yoshihiro Sono (Sabikui Bisco art and creature designer) as mechanical designer
• ⋆Masanobu Nomura (Fate/Grand Order Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot Paladin; Agateram co-art director) as art director
• ⋆Ayaka Nakamura (The Heike Story assistant color designer) as color designer
• ⋆Yuuichirou Osada (World Trigger 2nd Season and 3rd Season) as photography director
• ⋆Masaru Yokoyama (Aoashi) as music composer 

Meanwhile, the cast includes Hiroshi Kamiya as Ataru Moroboshi, Sumire Uesaka as Lum, Maaya Uchida as Shinobu Miyake, and Mamoru Miyano as Shuutarou Mendou.

The Urusei Yatsura manga was previously adapted into an anime series in the 80s and also inspired multiple movies and OVAs. The series ran from 1981 to 1986, with a pre-Ghost in the Shell Mamoru Oshii as chief director during the first 129 episodes. Kazuo Yamazaki (Yume Tsukai) took over the role afterwards. The movies were mainly released throughout the 80s, with one being released in 1991. The OVAs were also mainly released during that time period, although one was released in 2010. 

Source: Urusei Yatsura website