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Urusei Yatsura was adapted into an animated TV series consisting of 194 half-hour episodes and two specials. The manga was also spun into several movies and OVAs. The TV series was produced by Kitty Films and Fuji TV, and it aired on Fuji's Wednesday 7:30-8:00 PM timeslot from October 14, 1981, to March 19, 1986,[1] mostly airing after Dr. Slump - Arale-chan. The anime was replaced by the anime adaptation of Maison Ikkoku by the end of its run.

Each episode of the TV series without the opening and closing songs, as well as the eye catches and the previews, are about 22 minutes approximate, except for Episode 21.5 which is about 40 minutes at least. Episodes up until the 21st episode, though, would feature two half-length segments. The 10th and 11th episodes, though, are full-length episodes. Episode 21.5 consists of two segments as well with the first one being 22 minutes and the other being 18 minutes and 30 seconds long.

Several dubs exist.[2][3] One of them is the animax dub, which is mentioned on the Animax Asia website as early as 2004.[4][5][6]

The movies were originally made in an open-matte format, but they were cropped when they were released to theaters. Some home video releases contain the open-matte versions.

A second animated TV series adaptation, ordered for 46 episodes, premiered on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block on October 14, 2022, replacing the first season of Call of the Night in its timeslot. Fuji-owned studio David Production animates the series. The first season ended on March 24, 2023, and the second season premiered on January 12, 2024. During the hiatus, Ranking of Kings: The Treasure Chest of Courage and the first season of the 2023 adaptation of Rurouni Kenshin took the anime's timeslot.

List of Episodes[]

TV Episodes/Movies[]

The episodes have been split according to their opening and ending themes. Titles in bold refer to episodes that have stories not told in the manga or are clip shows. At the same time, asterisks refer to episodes that still adapt chapters from the manga but also have content that is exclusive to the anime. The TV series adapts up to volume 29 of the manga.

TV Episodes 1-21.5[]

TV episode themes
# Title First Aired
1 I'm Lum-Chan the Notorious! / It's Raining Oil All Over Town 14 October 1981
2 Mail from Space - Ten Arrives! / Mrs. Swallow and Mrs. Penguin 21 October 1981
3 The Coming of Rei, the Handsome Shapechanger! / Die, Ladykiller! 28 October 1981
4 Kintaro of the Autumn Sky! / Live Vigorously! 4 November 1981
5 The Mysterious Seductive Beauty Sakura / Virus in Distress 18 November 1981
6 Love Triangle Black Hole / Hey, Hey It's a Little Demon 25 November 1981
7 Electric Shocks Scare Me! / Voodoo Dolls of Vengeance 2 December 1981
8 Neptune is Beyond the Closet / The Confusing Dinosaur Age 9 December 1981
9 Sleeping Beauty Princess Kurama / Athletics in Women's Hell! 16 December 1981
10 Pitter-Patter Christmas Eve 23 December 1981
11 Ataru Genji Goes to the Heian Capital* 6 January 1982
12 Love Battle Royale / Father, You were Strong 13 January 1982
13 Hawaiian Swimsuit Thief / Full Course From Hell 20 January 1982
14 Mendō Arrives With Trouble! / Constellation-Go-Round 27 January 1982
15 The Great Spring War / The Benten Gang's Return Match 3 February 1982
16 Oh Lonely Teacher! / Terrible Visiting Day 10 February 1982
17 The Fourth Dimension Camera / Demonic Running 24 February 1982
18 Girl's Day! Introducing Ran-chan / Ran-chan's Invitation 3 March 1982
19 Diary of Sorrowful Tomorrows / Whose Kid is This? 10 March 1982
20 Sleeping in Class on a Wonderful Spring Day / Peach Blossom Poetry Contest 17 March 1982
21 Duel! Ataru vs Ataru / Wake up to a Nightmare 24 March 1982
21.5 Urusei Yatsura: All-Star All-Out Attack! / The School Excursion! Run, Kunoichi! 31 March 1982

TV Episodes 22-43[]

TV episode themes
# Title First Aired
22 The Great Space Marriage Plan 7 April 1982
23 The Spring Blossom Picnic 14 April 1982
24 Beware the Earmuffs! 21 April 1982
25 Fly, Imo-Chan! 28 April 1982
26 Ten-chan's Love 5 May 1982
27 What a Dracula! 12 May 1982
28 Lum's Educational Therapy for Little Boys 19 May 1982
29 From Speechless With Love 26 May 1982
30 The Beautiful Maiden Comes With the Rain 2 June 1982
31 Give Me Back My Horn! 9 June 1982
32 All Quiet at the Library! 16 June 1982
33 Teacher Hanawa's Arrival! Such is Youth! 23 June 1982
34 Goblin in Distress - Yearning for People 30 June 1982
35 Darling's Had it This Time! 14 July 1982
36 Rei's Return! Crisis in the Classroom! 21 July 1982
37 Appearance of the Red Phantom! 28 July 1982
38 Steal Darling! The Copy Operation!! 4 August 1982
39 Pitter-Patter, Summer Date 11 August 1982
40 So Long, Bye Bye, Summer Days 18 August 1982
41 Panic in a Typhoon! 1 September 1982
42 Drunken Boogie 8 September 1982
43 The Terror of Meow 22 September 1982

TV Episodes 44-54[]

TV episode themes
# Title First Aired
44 After You've Gone 13 October 1982
45 Lum-chan's Class Party 20 October 1982
46 Lunch is a Battlefield! 27 October 1982
47 Shiver! Mystery in the Odd of Fossil Land 3 November 1982
48 Princess Kurama - A New Challenge! 10 November 1982
49 The Terrifying Cavity WARS! 17 November 1982
50 The Mendō Siblings! 24 November 1982
51 A Cat with a Grudge on the Stairs 1 December 1982
52 Can the Racoon Return the Favor!? 8 December 1982
53 Desperate Sub-Space Part Time Job* 15 December 1982
54 Lum-chan's Great Year End Celebration! 22 December 1982

TV Episodes 55-77/Movie[]

TV episode themes

NOTE: Newer prints of of episodes 65-77 used the third ending theme.

# Title First Aired/Released
55 Badboy Musashi - A Success Story 5 January 1983
56 We'll Risk Our Lives During Classtime! 12 January 1983
57 Domestic Quarrel – To Eat or Be Eaten!? 26 January 1983
58 Steal the Kiss of Miss Snow Queen! 2 February 1983
Movie: Urusei Yatsura: Only You 12 February 1983
59 St Valentine's Day Horror 16 February 1983
60 Love Love Catchball! 23 February 1983
61 The Mendō Family... Masquerade War 2 March 1983
62 Space Cold Panic! 9 March 1983
63 Ryūnosuke Arrives! I Love the Sea! 16 March 1983
64 Goodbye Season 23 March 1983
65 Ran-chan's Great Date Plan! 13 April 1983
66 Happy Birthday My Darling 20 April 1983
67 Seeing Togenkyo in a Hell Camp! 27 April 1983
68 The Groom's Name is Ryūnosuke 11 May 1983
69 Bottled Letter Seashore Mystery! 18 May 1983
70 Dramatic Appearance! Mizunokōji Ton-chan!! 1 June 1983
71 Shinobu's Cinderella Story 8 June 1983
72 Lum-chan the Rebel Without a Cause 15 June 1983
73 Big Showdown! Sakura vs. Sakuranbō!! 22 June 1983
74 Ghost Story! Old Man Willow!! 29 June 1983
75 And Then They Were None!? 6 July 1983
76 Firefighter Mama Visits! 13 July 1983
77 Darling's Dying!? 20 July 1983

TV Episodes 78-106/Movie[]

TV episode themes
# Title First Aired/Released
78 Pitiful! Mother of Love and Banishment!? 27 July 1983
79 Mendō Family - Summer Christmas 3 August 1983
80 Panic in the Haunted Inn 10 August 1983
81 Ah The Eyelid of Mother 17 August 1983
82 Full of Sunshine - Full of Amours 24 August 1983
83 Big Clash! Ten VS Ataru 7 September 1983
84 Terror! Attack of the Slimy Potatoes!! 14 September 1983
85 Revenge of the Planetary Instructor CAO-2* 21 September 1983
86 Outraged! Piteous Kid Shūtarō!! 12 October 1983
87 Grand! The Mysterious Matsutake Pot!! 26 October 1983
88 Enraged Lum-chan! 2 November 1983
89 Lum and Ataru - A Night only for Two 9 November 1983
90 Lady Ryūnosuke! 23 November 1983
91 Document - Who Will Be Miss Tomobiki!? 30 November 1983
92 Bizarre! The Medicine of Selflessness!! 7 December 1983
93 Shūtarō - Jinxed Morning 14 December 1983
94 Tales of Wandering Snowman 21 December 1983
95 Lum-chan's Ancient Japanese Fairy Tales 11 January 1984
96 Shine! The Blessed Bra!! 18 January 1984
97 Duel! Benten VS the Three Daughters!! 25 January 1984
98 Plenty of Lum-chans! 1 February 1984
99 Deadly! Standup Eating Wars!! 8 February 1984
Movie: Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer 11 February 1984
100 Great Vault! Desperate Survival!! 15 February 1984
101 Operation: Peek in the Woman's Bath! 22 February 1984
102 Sakura - Melancholy of a Youth Time 29 February 1984
103 Burning Ran's Emotional Video Mail 7 March 1984
104 Sakura-san is My Youth! 14 March 1984
105 Scramble! Retrieve Lum!! 21 March 1984
106 Deathmatch! Ataru vs. the Mendō Brigade!! 28 March 1984

TV Episodes 107-127[]

TV episode themes
# Title First Aired
107 Dimensional Switch, Where's Darling!? 11 April 1984
108 Clash!! Her Ladyship and the Football of Love 18 April 1984
109 Ran-chan, Tasting the Tearful Love of a First Kiss 2 May 1984
110 Un-re-mov-ab-le Rouge Magic 9 May 1984
111 Deadly Combat!! The Mendō Family Flower Display Death Match 16 May 1984
112 Benten & Ryūnosuke - Run Toward Tomorrow! 23 May 1984
113 Great Horrors! Oyuki is Finally Angered! 30 May 1984
114 Ten-chan's Strange Love Story 6 June 1984
115 Haunted Special! Search for Mendō Mansion's Treasure! 13 June 1984
116 Love and War! Battle of Glove VS Pants!!* 20 June 1984
117 Lum-chan's Becoming a Cow? 27 June 1984
118 Great Achievement! This is Lum-chan's Youth Film 11 July 1984
119 Scaring Ghosts! The Beautiful Sakura's Exorcism!! 18 July 1984
120 Counterattack of the Protozoa! Panic at the Poolside* 25 July 1984
121 Here Again! Hunter of Love Princess Kurama 1 August 1984
122 The Fox's Hard Feelings of Painful Love 15 August 1984
123 Ryūnosuke Stunned! Solid Rock Mother Cherishes Her Young Pebble!! 22 August 1984
124 Ghost Story! Footsteps of the Girl’s Dormitory!! 29 August 1984
125 Pool Spooks! Burning into Forbidden Love!! 12 September 1984
126 Ran-chan's Panic: There is No Tomorrow for Tomobiki Town 19 September 1984
127 Where is Love's Room? Kuriko and Chojuro 26 September 1984

TV Episodes 128-149/Movie[]

TV episode themes
# Title First Aired
128 Man or Bird? Luxurious Ally of Justice! 17 October 1984
129 Attack Your Seniors! Revenge of the Infamous Three Daughters 24 October 1984
130 Blazing Hidden Trick! This Straight Line Road 31 October 1984
131 Don't Die! Ryōko's Special Straw Doll!! 7 November 1984
132 Matchmaking Hell! Is the Armored Daughter a Beauty? Beast? 14 November 1984
133 Love of the Armored Daughter! Maiden Heart is Shaky Wobbling 21 November 1984
134 I Dearly Want to Meet You! Return of the Pure Fox!! 28 November 1984
135 How I Hate Talking Flowers! 5 December 1984
136 The Birth of Ten-chan's Son? I Know Nothing! 12 December 1984
137 Lum's Courageous Duel! Victory by Cheap Means 19 December 1984
138 Big Aspiration for an Employment! Return of Fugitive Ninja Kaede!! 9 January 1985
139 Tomobiki High School Survival! Who Are the Survivors!!* 16 January 1985
140 The Mysterious Giant Cake! Love Escape Panic!! 23 January 1985
Movie: Urusei Yatsura 3: Remember My Love 26 January 1985
141 Reincarnation of Hell! What's Darling Thinking!?* 30 January 1985
142 Theatrical Panic! The Mendō Family Flower Viewing Banquet!! 6 February 1985
143 Far Spring! The Tale of the Lonely Fairy!! 13 February 1985
144 To Dreamland! Darling Battle Royale Abduction 20 February 1985
145 Three Daughters Again! The Great Darling Seduction Scheme!! 27 February 1985
146 The Scampering Kotatsu-Neko! Anything to Get Warm* 6 March 1985
147 Ryūnosuke's Father's Comes Clean! My Wife is in Vestiges!! 13 March 1985
148 Spring in Full Bloom!? Frozen by Oyuki's Cold!! 20 March 1985
149 Friendship Panic! I Love Blowfish 27 March 1985

TV Episodes 150-165[]

TV episode themes
# Title First Aired
150 The Armorded Girl Returns! Plenty of Older Brothers 3 April 1985
151 Boredom Syndrome! Is Tomobiki Town Wasting Away!?* 10 April 1985
152 Ran in Peril! Kotatsu Neko's First Love Oden!? 17 April 1985
153 The Armored Girl Appears Again! A Storm Raising Date 24 April 1985
154 A Mysterious Priest Appears! Bell Bashing Battle Royal 1 May 1985
155 First Love Again!? A Return to the Past for Lum and Rei!! 8 May 1985
156 Youthful Old Man Appears! Shine, Great Coffee House of Dreams!! 15 May 1985
157 I Love Darling's Kindness... 22 May 1985
158 The Pure Fox Again! I Love Shinobu 29 May 1985
159 I Love the Sea~! The Longed-Cherished Hamachaya's Prosperity Record!?* 5 June 1985
160 Ryūnosuke VS Benten! The Fruitless Charm Duel 12 June 1985
161 Small Magic Bottle! What's to Become of Me? 19 June 1985
162 Daimajin Appears! Lum's Dangerous Purchase!?* 26 June 1985
163 Goodness! Words Aren't Getting to Darling 3 July 1985
164 Devil's Summer! Ten-chan's Great Unaju Operation!! 10 July 1985
165 Visitation Panic!? I Didn't Mean Any Harm 17 July 1985

TV Episodes 166-194/Movie[]

TV episode themes
# Title First Aired
166 Scary!! There is an Octopus on Shūtarō's Head!? 24 July 1985
167 Invader From Space! Lum's Lips in Peril!! 31 July 1985
168 Space Survival! They are the Eaters 7 August 1985
169 It's Exciting! The Terrible Overhead Cooler!! 14 August 1985
170 Love Raid! Romantic Doesn't Stop!! 21 August 1985
171 Appearance after a Long Time! Worries for Mother the Firefighter!! 28 August 1985
172 Hard-Selling Happiness! Out of Focus Bluebird!! 4 September 1985
173 Great Storm! Ryūnosuke's First Time Wearing a Swimsuit!! 11 September 1985
174 I Want a Bride! The Fox's Big Love Adventure! 18 September 1985
175 How Persistent! The Three Daughters' Great Animal Operation!! 25 September 1985
176 Fish Catching! Hamajaya's Naughty Business 2 October 1985
177 Wish Upon a Star! The Winning Family in Desire Panic 16 October 1985
178 Special Delivery Kiss! Darling's First Jealousy!! 23 October 1985
179 Beware of Booze! Sakura's Big Exorcism Failure 30 October 1985
180 It's Weird! Cherry's Yoga School!! 6 November 1985
181 Farewell Onsen-Sensei!? Tearful Farewell Marathon Event 4 December 1985
182 Pure Love Sakura! Slippery Soap of Separation?* 11 December 1985
183 Asuka VS Big Brother! It's a Battle of a Certain Love! 18 December 1985
184 Darling's Great Misfortune! Fearful Four-Dimensional Fortune!! 25 December 1985
185 New Year's Panic! The Mendō Family's Human Sugoroku Tournament 8 January 1986
186 Dreaming Ten-chan! The Great Adventure at the End of the Rainbow!! 15 January 1986
187 I Want to Date! Ataru's Great Test Operation 22 January 1986
188 Darling Said He Loved Me* 29 January 1986
189 Deadly Home Visits! A Teacher's Life is Dangerous Too 5 February 1986
190 Nonsense! Ran-chan's Giant Doll!! 12 February 1986
191 Devoted Love! The Pure Fox Risking His Life 19 February 1986
Movie: Urusei Yatsura 4: Lum the Forever 22 February 1986
192 Come Quickly, Darling! Lum's Dangerous Marriage Talk 26 February 1986
193 It's Unbearable! Ran's Great Malicious Mission 5 March 1986
193.5 Urusei Yatsura Pre-Departure Special - Shine!! Urusei Grand Prix Award! 12 March 1986
194 Great All-Star Banquet! We Are Immortal!!* 19 March 1986

OVAs/Movies[]

# Title First Released
1 Ryōko's September Tea Party 24 September 1985
2 Memorial Album I'm Shū-chan 15 September 1986
3 Inaba the Dream Maker 18 July 1987
Movie: Urusei Yatsura: The Final Chapter 6 February 1988
4 Rage! Sherbert! 8 August 1988
5 Nagisa's Fiance 8 December 1988
6 The Electric Household Guard 21 August 1989
7 I Howl at the Moon 1 September 1989
8 Goat and Cheese 21 December 1989
9 Catch the Heart 27 December 1989
10 Terror of the Girly-eyes Measles 21 June 1991
11 Date with a Spirit 21 June 1991
Movie: Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling 2 November 1991
12 The Obstacle Course Swim Meet 23 December 2008

Other Media[]

# Title First Released
1 UY Video Special March 1983
2 Love Me More 25 July 1983
3 Chance on Love 1 December 1984
4 TV Titles 25 September 1985
5 Making of "Lum the Forever" 15 February 1986
6 Fan Conversation Live '86 June 1986
7 Symphony Kaisou Urusei Yatsura 21 July 1988
8 We Meet Again, Preview Collection 21 July 1988
9 UY Karaoke Music Party November 1989
10 10th Anniversary December 1991
11 Music Calendar '94 December 1993

Episodes 1-11[]

Episode themes
# Title First Released
1 Young Love on the Run / Between a Rock and a Hard Place October 14, 2022
2 Present for You / Yellow Ribbon of Happiness October 21, 2022
3 Trouble Rains Down!! / Amazed in a Maze October 28, 2022
4 Sealed with a Kiss!! November 4, 2022
5 The Glove of Love and Conflict / How I've Waited for You… November 11, 2022
6 Good Day for a Departure / Oyuki / Ataru Retires November 18, 2022
7 Home is Where you Find it / Marine Garbage Disposal November 25, 2022
8 Transfer Student, Close Call / Farewell Party Close Call December 2, 2022
9 To Kill with Love / Studying Mayhem December 9, 2022
10 Parents' Day Horrors / Since Your Parting December 16, 2022
11 Mendō Siblings!! / A Strange New Year at the Mendō Estate December 22, 2022

Episodes 12-23[]

Episode themes
# Title First Released
12 Ten is Here / A Date for Just the Two of Us January 5, 2023
13 The Great Off-Campus Snack Battle / A Gift from Ten!! January 12, 2023
14 That Mizunokōji Boy / Love Letter Trouble January 19, 2023
15 Anko Pathos, the Taste of Love!? / Memories and a close call... / Adverse Effects January 26, 2023
16 Family Feud!! / Hello, Sailor Suit!! February 2, 2023
17 A Chest Full of Longing!! / Wish Upon a Star February 9, 2023
18 Indelible Lipstick Magic!! / Lethal Attacks! Yaminabe February 16, 2023
19 Magic Realm! Jungle of Terror / Pickled February 23, 2023
20 Recovering That Which Was Lost March 2, 2023
21 Cosmo Teacher CAO-2/Ooh, Scary! Voodoo Doll March 9, 2023
22 Big Bottle, Small Bottle / When Love Strikes March 16, 2023
23 The Tomo-1 Queen Contest March 23, 2023

Season 2[]

Episode themes
# Title First Released
24 Fantasy Bubble Gum / Love Knows No Barriers January 12, 2024
25 Trickle of Memories?! / Album of Memories / The Home Visits Blues: Feuding Fujinami Edition January 19, 2024
26 Electric Jungle January 26, 2024
27 Lover Thief / That Mizunokoji Girl February 1, 2024
28 The Continuation of: That Mizunokoji Girl February 8, 2024
29 Kotatsu Love / Lum Becomes a Cow / The Home Visits Blues: Luxurious Mendo Edition February 16, 2024
30 Eerie Earmuffs / Intention February 23, 2024
31 Open the Door (Part 1) March 1, 2024
32 Open the Door (Part 2) / The Home Visit Blues: Prohibitive Miyake Edition March 8, 2024

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