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Anime series Urahara is dreamy, but it’s also outright ridiculous to watch. Its characters are drawn and written like cutesy young Japanese fashionistas, the kind of costume-and-style mavens who hang around Tokyo’s Harajuku district. But the show also has insanely wacky elements, like an alien who’s also a talking piece of fried shrimp tempura, and who doubles as a scarf. (He introduces himself as Ebifuya, a Japanese pun on shrimp.)

Urahara’s plot begins in a relatively normal place, then takes a fast turn for the bizarre. It’s about three girls decked out in watercolors and pastels, following their dreams in fashion and tech, while also fighting off an alien invasion. The aliens want to swallow up cultural landmarks around the world,...

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