Urusei Yatsura
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EP 1Lum the Notorious and the Oil-Raining Town Incident
Oct 14, 1981Ataru learns he must win a ten-day game of tag against an alien champion to prevent an invasion of Earth. He initially refuses to participate but agrees after seeing that the opponent is the beautiful Lum. Meanwhile, Lum's Stormtroopers attempt to summon her UFO but accidentally hail an intergalactic taxi. This vehicle transports them through subspace, incurring a fare equivalent to the total value of all oil on the planet. The situation escalates as the group deals with the unexpected transportation costs and the looming threat of the alien conflict.
EP 2Lum's cousin Ten arrives with alien candy that transforms a swallow into a giant penguin-like creature
Oct 21, 1981A peach descends from the sky, revealing Lum's fire-breathing cousin Ten, who has come to visit. During his stay, Ten shares alien candy with a swallow. This unusual treat causes the bird to grow to a massive size, altering its appearance to resemble a giant penguin. The episode highlights the chaotic interactions resulting from Ten's presence and the strange properties of the extraterrestrial confectionery he brings with him.
EP 3Rei the Handsome Shapechanger Arrives, and Ataru Must Stop the Ladykiller
Oct 28, 1981Lum’s former fiancé, Rei, travels to Earth with the intention of reclaiming her affection. However, his presence inadvertently captivates every woman on the planet, including Ataru’s mother. Ataru and his friends eventually locate Rei at a restaurant. When they ridicule his inadequate Japanese skills, Rei becomes enraged and pursues the boys and Lum through the streets.
EP 4A Sky-Born Boy Named Kintaro Meets the Class on an Earth Field Trip
Nov 4, 1981Lum and Ten encounter a hostile young boy riding a flying bear who has arrived from the sky and is currently lost. Ataru and Shinobu recognize this stranger as the legendary Kintarou. Ataru successfully persuades Kintarou and his teacher, accompanied by their alien classmates, to visit Earth for an educational field trip. During their time on the planet, Kintarou learns about the ancient legend of Kintarou from Japanese folklore, connecting his own identity to the historical tale.
EP 5Ataru flees home and meets Sakura, who becomes a school nurse while he avoids her.
Nov 18, 1981Unable to endure the pressure of living with Lum, Ataru runs away from home. During his escape, he encounters a beautiful woman named Sakura, who invites him to her shrine for an exorcism. Subsequently, Sakura secures a position as a nurse at Ataru's school. Her presence causes a stir among the male students, who intentionally injure themselves to visit her. In stark contrast to his peers, Ataru exhibits a strange desire to avoid Sakura, creating a dynamic where he actively steers clear of the new nurse despite her earlier assistance.
EP 6Lum disrupts a phone call creating a black hole while Ataru summons a demon on Friday the 13th
Nov 25, 1981Lum utilizes equipment aboard her UFO to interfere with a phone conversation between Ataru and Shinobu. This interference inadvertently generates a black hole that causes aircraft to vanish. Separately, Ataru combines two mirrors on Friday the 13th. This action accidentally summons a small demon from another dimension. The events involve unintended consequences from Lum's actions and Ataru's experiments with dimensional portals.
EP 7Lum Uses Voodoo Dolls After Ataru Receives Ribbons to Stop Her Electricity
Dec 2, 1981Ataru receives magical yellow ribbons from Cherry that disable Lum’s electric shocks when tied to her horns. In response, Lum creates a voodoo doll to prank Ataru. The pair initially plans to craft additional dolls to take revenge on individuals they dislike. However, the situation changes when Lum constructs a doll representing Shinobu. Ataru attempts to intervene and prevent Lum from using the doll to harm Shinobu, shifting the focus from general revenge to protecting a specific friend from Lum’s magical retaliation.
EP 8Neptune Beyond Closet and Dinosaur Era Adventures
Dec 9, 1981In the first segment, the group finds a portal to the ice-covered planet Neptune inside Ataru's closet, where they encounter Oyuki, the aloof and elegant high school friend of Lum who serves as the queen of Neptune. In the second segment, an accident transports Lum, Ataru, Ten, and Kintaro back to the time of the dinosaurs. These two distinct stories involve time travel and interplanetary travel, featuring the main cast in different historical and extraterrestrial settings. The narrative highlights their interactions with new characters and their reactions to these unusual circumstances.
EP 9Princess Kurama Awakens and Ataru Faces Hostile Girls in Dimensional Hell
Dec 16, 1981After Ataru’s kiss rouses Kurama from her slumber, the temperamental crow demon attempts to reform him for marriage. She subjects him to rigorous training to cure his lecherous habits. In the second segment, Kurama continues her efforts to change his behavior by opening a dimensional door. Ataru is transported to a hostile realm where he encounters antagonistic versions of the girls he loves. These segments focus on Kurama’s attempts to discipline Ataru through physical exertion and psychological challenges within the alternate dimension.
EP 10Lum's Stormtroopers plot a humiliating false date for Ataru on Christmas Eve
Dec 23, 1981On Christmas Eve, Lum's Stormtroopers become enraged because Ataru dismisses Lum's affection. They attempt to stage a humiliating false date for him as a form of retaliation. However, Lum ultimately thwarts their scheme. This narrative is presented as a two-part special episode. The events focus on the conflict between Ataru's indifference and the aggressive actions taken by Lum's subordinates, which are stopped before they can succeed in their plan to embarrass him.
EP 11Ataru Genji travels to the Heian Capital in a parody of The Tale of Genji.
Jan 6, 1982Shutaro Mendou, noted as soon to become a regular character on this series, narrates a story set in ancient Japan. The narrative features the normal cast in a slightly different alien invasion scenario. The aliens appear as odd barbarians, with the exception of a pretty girl and her young boy cousin. This production is identified as a two-part special. The episode serves as a parody of The Tale of Genji, blending the standard cast with the described alien elements within the historical setting.
EP 12Lum and Ataru face disco chaos while Kurama sends Ataru to feudal Japan to change his ways.
Jan 13, 1982In the first segment, Lum, Ataru, and their friends visit a disco where trouble arises after Sakura’s boyfriend Tsubame begins showing off his magical powers. The second story follows Kurama, who transports Ataru to a fictionalized version of feudal Japan. Her goal is to reform Ataru’s lecherous behavior by forcing him to emulate her father. She views her father as an aloof and chivalrous ideal man, hoping this historical setting will help Ataru adopt similar noble traits and improve his character through this desperate attempt at personality remodeling.
EP 13Hawaiian Swimsuit Thief and Full Course From Hell segments feature theft and eating contests
Jan 20, 1982In the first segment, the girls' swimsuits are stolen during a Hawaiian vacation, leading everyone to suspect Cherry. In the second segment, Sakura, Ataru, and Cherry participate in an eating contest at a restaurant located near their resort. This competition highlights the immense culinary capacity of Sakura as she competes against the others. The events unfold against the backdrop of their vacation, focusing on the mystery of the missing attire and the surprising results of the food challenge involving the three characters.
EP 14Shutaro Mendo causes trouble at school while Lum consults a horoscope to find her perfect match.
Jan 27, 1982In the first segment, Shutaro Mendo, the teenage heir to Japan's richest corporation, enrolls at Tomobiki High. He charms every girl in Class 2B with his suave and chivalrous behavior, excluding Lum, which greatly annoys Ataru. In the second segment, a computer determines that Lum's ideal partner is Shutaro rather than Ataru. To resolve this discrepancy, Lum utilizes an interactive personality test based on horoscopes. She aims to identify which suitor is more eligible according to the astrological results. This method serves as her means to decide between the two boys, relying on the calculated compatibility data and the zodiac-based assessment to guide her choice.
EP 15The Great Spring War and the Benten Gang's Return Match episode summary
Feb 3, 1982In the first segment, Lum forces Ataru to travel to her home planet for a Setsubun ball-throwing contest between the Oni and the Cosmic Gods. Ataru immediately becomes infatuated with the stubborn Benten, which negatively impacts the competition. In the second segment, Benten arrives on Earth with her motorcycle gang and engages in a physical altercation with Lum.
EP 16New teacher Sanjuro Kuribayashi arrives at Tomobiki High while parents visit causing conflict between Mrs. Mendo and Mrs. Invader.
Feb 10, 1982In the first segment, Sanjuro Kuribayashi becomes the new teacher at Tomobiki High, assigned to restore discipline to Ataru's class. He quickly becomes obsessed with Lum, leading to immediate hostility toward Ataru due to their relationship. The second segment focuses on parents' visiting day, where a severe misunderstanding erupts between Mrs. Mendo and Lum's mother, Mrs. Invader. The situation escalates rapidly, threatening to turn into open warfare between the two families. Ataru's mother is called upon to intervene and resolve the escalating tension before the conflict spirals completely out of control, requiring her to mediate the dispute between the two matriarchs.
EP 17Shutaro's antique camera transports Ataru to another dimension while he makes an accidental pact with a devil.
Feb 24, 1982In the first segment, Shutaro introduces an antique camera to Tomobiki High. When he takes a photograph of Ataru, the image causes Ataru to be transported to a different dimension. In the second segment, Ataru experiences a day of incredible luck. This sudden fortune is revealed to be the result of an accidental pact he made with a devil. The story details how this supernatural agreement affects his daily life and interactions during that specific period.
EP 18Lums' friend Ran arrives to steal Ataru's youth and invite him
Mar 3, 1982In the first segment, Lums' childhood friend Ran arrives and attempts to drain Ataru's youth to exact revenge on Lum for romantically stealing her object of affection, Rei. In the second segment, Ran creates a duplicate of Ataru to replace the real one, intending to use the copy to suck up his youth.
EP 19Lum uses time travel to read Ataru's diary while Mendou cares for an alien infant.
Mar 10, 1982In the first segment, Lum travels forward in time to retrieve Ataru's diary, which allows her to foresee and anticipate the specific events of his upcoming day. In the second segment, Mendou discovers an alien that resembles an abandoned baby inside his locker. He is then assigned the responsibility of caring for the creature, a task that quickly escalates into increasingly absurd and difficult situations as the demands of the infant grow more complex and ridiculous.
EP 20Shunmin targets Ataru's class while the group enjoys a peach blossom picnic
Mar 17, 1982In the first segment, the group encounters Shunmin, a spirit-in-training assigned to put everyone in Ataru's class to sleep. In the second segment, Mendou, Ataru, Cherry, Sakura, Shinobu, Ran, Lum, and Ten go on a peach blossom viewing picnic.
EP 21Ataru splits into moral and lecherous halves while trapped in a nightmare sequence
Mar 24, 1982In the first segment, consuming a lollipop from Lum and a bun Cherry planned to bury causes Ataru to divide into two distinct entities: one embodying his chivalrous and moral nature, and the other representing his impulsivity and lechery. In the second segment, Ataru falls asleep in class after repeatedly losing gambling matches to Lum the previous night. He finds himself trapped within a series of nightmares that persist until the dream lord Mujaki and his nightmare-devouring baku accomplice intervene to resolve the situation and free him from the dream state.
EP 22Lum returns home unaware of her father's matchmaking party, prompting Ten to alert Ataru.
Apr 7, 1982Lum travels back to her home planet without realizing that her father is organizing a matchmaking party in her honor. Ten inadvertently reveals this secret to Ataru through a Freudian slip, causing the boy to become deeply disheartened upon learning of the event. Motivated by this news, Ataru launches an intergalactic mission with the specific goal of retrieving Lum before the arranged marriage can proceed. The narrative focuses on his urgent journey across space to intervene in the situation orchestrated by Lum's family.
EP 23Ataru visits an underwater kingdom while the group gets lost in a dark cave
Mar 14, 1982This episode presents two distinct class field trip narratives that share no plot connection. In the first segment, Ataru travels to an underwater kingdom. The second story follows Ataru, Lum, Shinobu, and Mendou as they become lost in a cave, which reveals Mendou's legendary fear of the dark. These separate adventures occur within the context of school outings but remain unrelated to each other in terms of storyline or character interaction.
EP 24Ataru and Ten swap bodies after purchasing earmuffs from an alien vendor
Apr 21, 1982Ataru and Ten find themselves in each other's bodies after wearing earmuffs sold by a shady alien vendor. The strange incident occurs following their purchase of the items, leading to a complete physical exchange between the two characters. This unexpected transformation is directly attributed to the earmuffs acquired from the mysterious seller.
Frequently asked questions
- How many episodes does Urusei Yatsura have?
- Urusei Yatsura has 195 episodes.
- When did Urusei Yatsura come out?
- Urusei Yatsura came out in 1981.
- Which studio made Urusei Yatsura?
- Urusei Yatsura was produced by Studio Pierrot.
- Who directed Urusei Yatsura?
- Urusei Yatsura was directed by Toshiki Hirano.
- Is Urusei Yatsura finished?
- Current status of Urusei Yatsura: Finished.