

In the 2022 remake of _Urusei Yatsura_ , Lum is given red/orange eyes.

![Lum, Urusei Yatsura 2022 - red/orange
eyes1](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NaZVH.jpg)

In the original version of the anime/manga, she always had blue eyes.

[![Lum, original anime version - blue
eyes](https://i.stack.imgur.com/B6Udy.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/B6Udy.jpg)

[![Lum, original manga cover - blue
eyes](https://i.stack.imgur.com/CyjkA.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/CyjkA.jpg)

It's a well-known fact that the hair color "change" thru the original 1981
serie is indeed deliberate - Lum was always intended to have rainbow-like,
multicolored hair with a subtle color-changing effect as she moved, but since
it was too difficult to animate at the time she was given simpler green hair.
As animation techniques improved, her hair started to feature multiple shades
and a subtle color changing effect but where kept green to not confuse fans -
see later episodes or the "It's a Rumic World" commemorative video. (*)

[![Lum in the Rumic World anniversary
animation](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ln4VV.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ln4VV.jpg)

Yet, over all the years, Lum's eyes were always blue.

So the question is simple: do we know the reason behind the change in the
remake?

* * *

(*) at least until the remake started to reference that and gave her different
hair colors in some scenes.


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Is there any specific reason behind Lum's eye color being different in the Urusei Yatsura 2022 remake?