1981
TV-PG
23m

Summary An unlucky, womanizing high schooler becomes the unwilling target of a vivacious alien girl's affections after winning an interplanetary game of tag against her. View more details

1981
TV-PG
23m

Urusei Yatsura

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Toshio Furukawa Akira Kamiya Saeko Shimazu Fumi Hirano

All cast & crew

7.5

Details

Genres : Action Adventure Comedy Sci-Fi Drama Animation Romance

Release date : Oct 13, 1981

Countries of origin : Japan

Language : Japanese

Production companies : Pierrot Fuji Television Network (Fuji TV) Kitty Films

Summary An unlucky, womanizing high schooler becomes the unwilling target of a vivacious alien girl's affections after winning an interplanetary game of tag against her. View more details

Details

Genres : Action Adventure Comedy Sci-Fi Drama Animation Romance

Release date : Oct 13, 1981

Countries of origin : Japan

Language : Japanese

Production companies : Pierrot Fuji Television Network (Fuji TV) Kitty Films

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Toshio Furukawa in Urusei Yatsura (1981)

Episodes

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Episode 1 • Oct 13, 1981

I'm Lum-chan the Notorious/It's Raining Oil in Our Town

Ataru has been randomly selected from Earth's population to face Lum Invader in a duel that will determine the Earth's fate./Lum's Stormtroopers summon Lum's UFO but instead get an intergalactic taxi that takes them through subspace. The fare for the taxi is the value of all the oil on the planet.

Episode 2 • Oct 20, 1981

Space Mail Delivery! Ten-chan Arrives!/Mrs Swallow and Mrs. Penguin

A peach falls from the sky that Lum's cousin, Ten has travelled to her in. He is capable of breathing fire and fights with Ataru./Ten feeds his alien candy to a swallow, and made the swallow turn into a penguin-like creature. Each time an earth creature continues to eat alien candy, the creature will become a giant.

Episode 3 • Oct 27, 1981

The Handsome Shape-Changer Rei Arrives!/Die, Ladykiller!

Shinobu meets upon Rei, Lum's handsome ex-fiancé, and brings him to Ataru's house, much to the dismay of Lum./Ataru and his friends find Rei in a restaurant. His poor Japanese being mocked makes him go wild, and as he chases the boys and Lum throughout town, the chaos grows on.

Episode 4 • Nov 03, 1981

Kintaro of the Autumn Sky/Live Vigorously!

Episode 5 • Nov 10, 1981

The Mysterious, Seductive Beauty Sakura/Virus in Distress

Episode 6 • Nov 17, 1981

Love Triangle Black Hole/Hey Hey, It's a Little Demon

Episode 7 • Nov 24, 1981

The Scary Electric Shock!/The Doll of Ill Will

Episode 8 • Dec 01, 1981

Neptune Beyond the Closet/The Confusing Dinosaur Age

Episode 9 • Dec 08, 1981

Sleeping Beauty Princess Kurama/Athletic Woman Hell!

The beautiful Crow princess Kurama is awakened by a kiss from Ataru. In accordance with her race's traditions, she must mate with him. Naturally Ataru is more than happy to oblige, but she wants absolutely nothing to do with him.

Episode 10 • Dec 15, 1981

Pitter-Patter Christmas Eve

Ataru's classmates encounter him and Lum at a Department Store downtown. After noting how inconsiderate Ataru is and how he seems more than happy to do so with Lum nearby, his classmates decide to exact some form of payback.

Their plan includes sending Ataru a love letter with the intent to publicly humiliate him. Naturally, Ataru assumes the love-letter is legitimate, even though Lum angrily zaps him and wanders off. However, she soon overhears the classmates plan. At first, she is more than willing to let the plan happen to Ataru as a lesson...but then decides that she cares about Ataru too much.

After subduing the girl who is part of the plan, Lum takes the girl's place and ruins the group's plan. Ataru is told about it afterwards, and at first feels upset that he owes Lum for saving him. However, his being upset turns to wonder as he suddenly realizes just how pretty Lum is, and they both walk together hand-in-hand in the falling Christmas Snow.

Episode 11 • Dec 22, 1981

Ataru Genji Visits Heinkyo

Lum somehow ends up in the Heian period of Japan and now she must stop some ogres from the future before they kill Ataru's ancestor.

Episode 12 • Dec 29, 1981

Love Battle Royale/Father, You Were Strong

Episode 13 • Jan 05, 1982

Hawaiian Swimsuit Thief/Full Course from Hell

Episode 14 • Jan 12, 1982

Mendou Arrives with Trouble!/Constellation-Go-Round

Episode 15 • Jan 19, 1982

The Great Spring War/The Benten Corps' Return

Episode 16 • Jan 26, 1982

Oh, Lonely Teacher! Kuribayashi Sensei Appears/Terrible Inspection Day

In part 1, Ataru's brutal new homeroom teacher Kuribayashi has it in for him, and has a Lolita-complex thing for Lum. In part 2, it's Open House Day at Tomobiki High School, and a confrontation between the mothers of Lum and Mendou bring both planets to the brink of interstellar war.

Episode 17 • Feb 02, 1982

Fourth Dimensional Camera/Demonic Jogging

Episode 18 • Feb 09, 1982

Girl's Day! Ran-chan's Arrival/Ran-chan's Introduction

Lum's childhood friend Ran comes to Earth, but she's here to seek revenge on Lum for all times that Lum got her in trouble when they were both little. She also tries to suck out Ataru's youth by kissing him.

Episode 19 • Feb 16, 1982

Diary of Sorrowful Tomorrows/Whose Is This Child?

Episode 20 • Feb 23, 1982

Sleeping in Class on a Wonderful Spring Day/Peach Blossom Poetry Contest

A fairy and her master put Ataru's class to sleep. While having a poetry contest the gang stumbles upon a strange woman.

Episode 21 • Mar 02, 1982

Duel! Ataru vs. Ataru/Waking to a Nightmare

I'm "Duel. Ataru vs. Ataru" Ataru gets divided into 2 beings that are completely different. In "Walking to a Nightmare" Ataru goes to a deep sleep in class and his dreams make Mendo furious at Ataru and seconds away to kill him.

Episode 22 • Apr 06, 1982

The Great Space Matchmaking Operation

Lum's father tricks Lum into coming home in order to hold a matchmaking ceremony for her, where thousands of alien suitors await her. Little did they know that Ataru has found out, and is on his way to the Oni homeworld to crash the party.

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