In 1971, the second generation Sunny Truck was born as a pickup truck version of the second generation Sunny (B110 model). It is noteworthy that the model cycle was so long that the basic design remained unchanged for 37 years from the start of sales in 1971 to the end of production in the Republic of South Africa in 2008. The Sunny Truck boasted excellent performance and driving ability, as well as ease of maintenance due to the simplicity of its mechanism, and became very popular in Japan from the 1980s as a base for customization and tuning. It is still a cult model with many fans.

A love-comedy gag manga set in the fictional town of Tomobiki-cho, outer space, and other dimensions, centering on the unfaithful Ataru Moroboshi and the single-minded alien Ram, who loves him. The novelty of its content and fascinating characters shocked the japanese manga and anime worlds not only in the 1980s but also thereafter, and the overwhelming support it received from the youth in japan of the time led to a huge boom and impact on youth culture. Rumiko Takahashi's early representative work, she later described this work and "Mezon Ikkoku" as the manga of her twenties and her own youth.

An ogre-shaped alien girl who came from a planet outside the solar system called Urusei to invade the earth. She came to live in Ataru's parents' house after losing a game with Ataru Moroboshi in which the fate of the earth was at stake. She has an innocent and lively personality and loves Ataru.