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The Best Episodes of Urusei Yatsura

Every episode of Urusei Yatsura ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Urusei Yatsura!

An alien race known as the Oni arrive on Earth to invade the planet. Instead of taking over the planet by force, the Oni give...
Genres:AnimationComedySci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:Fuji TV

Best Episodes Summary

"I'm Lum the Notorious!" is the best rated episode of "Urusei Yatsura". It scored 7.7/10 based on 69 votes. Directed by Mamoru Oshii and written by Hiroyuki Hoshiyama, it aired on 10/14/1981. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Tormenting Virus".

  • I'm Lum the Notorious!
    7.7/1069 votes
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    #1 - I'm Lum the Notorious!

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/14/1981

    This episode opens with a baseball game and Ataru getting hit with a left field flyball. Ataru is soon escorted home and discovers he's been chosen to fight an invading alien force's champion in a 10-day game of tag. If he loses, the aliens will invade. But if he wins, the aliens will go home. Ataru isn't at all willing to play tag until he sees the alien's champion: the beautiful Lum.

    Director: Mamoru Oshii

    Writer: Hiroyuki Hoshiyama

  • Tormenting Virus
    7.5/1036 votes
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    #2 - Tormenting Virus

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/18/1981

    Arriving at school one morning, Ataru is greeted by all boys in the school who are waiting for the new nurse, Sakura, arriving at school today. Ataru appears to be sick, but in reality he is possessed; and Sakura performs the exorcism.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • That Crazy Age of the Dinosaurs
    7.3/1032 votes
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    #3 - That Crazy Age of the Dinosaurs

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/9/1981

    While Ataru is flying an ultra-light, with Lum and Jariten tagging along, Kintaro crashes into him. With the help of Lum's electric shock, the crash send them all back in time to the dinosaur age.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Athletics in Women's Hell!
    7.3/1034 votes
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    #4 - Athletics in Women's Hell!

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 12/16/1981

    Kurama uses a weird dimensional door to try and cure Ataru of his lechery. Inside the door, Ataru faces hostile versions of the girls he loves.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Sakura - Raving Beauty of Mystery
    7.2/1036 votes
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    #5 - Sakura - Raving Beauty of Mystery

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/1981

    First appearance of Sakura, The Shinto maiden. Ataru can no longer endure Lum, so he has gone undercover. Unfortunately, at a restaurant, the appearance of Lum, Ataru parents, Shinobu, and Cherry blows his cover; and a mob chases after him. He manages to duck them and bumps into Sakura, who takes him home for exorcising.

    Director: Mamoru Oshii

    Writer: N/A

  • Electric Shocks Scare Me!
    7.2/1034 votes
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    #6 - Electric Shocks Scare Me!

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/2/1981

    Cherry gives Ataru some yellow ribbons which when tied to her horns, negate Lum's powers. In order to coax Lum into wearing them, Ataru has to put on a big charade of really loving her.

    Director: Mamoru Oshii

    Writer: N/A

  • Ataru Genji Goes to the Heian Capital (2)
    7.2/1032 votes
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    #7 - Ataru Genji Goes to the Heian Capital (2)

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 1/6/1982

    First appearance of Mendo, the rich noble; but it is not until episode 27 that he really does anything. Mendo tells a tale about ancient Japan featuring the normal cast in a slightly different alien invasion story. The aliens this time, all look like a bunch odd barbarians, except for a pretty girl and her young boy cousin.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Ataru Genji Goes to the Heian Capital (1)
    7.1/1034 votes
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    #8 - Ataru Genji Goes to the Heian Capital (1)

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 1/6/1982

    First appearance of Mendo, the rich noble; but it is not until episode 27 that he really does anything. Mendo tells a tale about ancient Japan featuring the normal cast in a slightly different alien invasion story. The aliens this time, all look like a bunch odd barbarians, except for a pretty girl and her young boy cousin.

    Director: Mamoru Oshii

    Writer: N/A

  • Mail from Space - Ten-chan Arrives!
    7.0/1052 votes
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    #9 - Mail from Space - Ten-chan Arrives!

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/21/1981

    This is the first episode with Jariten, Lum's cousin. Jariten arrives in a giant peach and he and Ataru are enemies at once.

    Director: Mamoru Oshii

    Writer: N/A

  • Voodoo Dolls of Vengeance
    7.0/1033 votes
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    #10 - Voodoo Dolls of Vengeance

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/2/1981

    After an odd loss of control of his body after dinner, Ataru finds out Lum has some clay for making voodoo dolls. Ataru takes full advantage of the situation until Lum make a doll of Shinobu, and Ataru tries to get it away from Lum.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Princess Kurama, Sleeping Beauty
    7.0/1031 votes
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    #11 - Princess Kurama, Sleeping Beauty

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 12/16/1981

    First episode with Kurama, the karas-tengu princess. On a field trip, Ataru and friends accidentally meet a karas-tengu who takes Ataru to marry Kurama. Kurama then tries to reform Ataru to be her perfect husband.

    Director: Mamoru Oshii

    Writer: N/A

  • Pitter-Patter Christmas Eve (1)
    7.0/1030 votes
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    #12 - Pitter-Patter Christmas Eve (1)

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 12/23/1981

    Megane and Lum's Stormtroopers set up a plot to embarrass Ataru and get Lum to leave him at the same time. They set up a date who will make a fool of Ataru, but Lum finds out and twists things around.

    Director: Mamoru Oshii

    Writer: N/A

  • Kintaro of the Autumn Sky
    6.9/1039 votes
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    #13 - Kintaro of the Autumn Sky

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/1981

    First episode with Kintaro, the vicious little boy with the pet flying bear and the red haired alien nanny. Lum and Jariten meet Kintaro inside a wind carp, and Kintaro tells them he's was looking for his nanny in the carp. Ataru, Shinobu, Lum, and Jariten try to help Kintaro find his nanny by asking around.

    Director: Mamoru Oshii

    Writer: N/A

  • Pitter-Patter Christmas Eve (2)
    6.9/1032 votes
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    #14 - Pitter-Patter Christmas Eve (2)

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 12/23/1981

    Megane and Lum's Stormtroopers set up a plot to embarrass Ataru and get Lum to leave him at the same time. They set up a date who will make a fool of Ataru, but Lum finds out and twists things around.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • It's Raining Oil All Over Town
    6.8/1052 votes
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    #15 - It's Raining Oil All Over Town

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/14/1981

    This episode opens with Ataru friends Megane and Lum's Stormtroopers at school who are watching films of the tag game. In this episode, a space taxi gives Ataru a ride home by accident and the fee is...too much. Since Ataru cannot pay, the space Taxi Collection Agency starts stealing all the oil in the world.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Coming of Rei the Handsome Shapechanger!
    6.7/1044 votes
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    #16 - The Coming of Rei the Handsome Shapechanger!

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/1981

    This show features the first appearance of Rei, Lum's former fiance. This episode opens with Ataru in his room watching a storm, and Lum trying to coax him to bed. Shinobu meets Rei and brings him to Ataru's house. After a lot of arguing, Rei challenges Ataru to a duel for Lum.

    Director: Mamoru Oshii

    Writer: N/A

  • Love Triangle Black Hole
    6.7/1034 votes
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    #17 - Love Triangle Black Hole

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/25/1981

    Ataru is phoning Shinobu in order to make plans for a date, when Lum interrupts and get's Shinobu mad at Ataru. Ataru throws Lum out and spends the rest of the episode trying to contact Shinobu. But Lum is persistent and uses a ray to jam the phone lines. But this ray also has the side affect of making a plane and a helicopter vanish.

    Director: Mamoru Oshii

    Writer: N/A

  • Neptune is Beyond My Closet
    6.7/1032 votes
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    #18 - Neptune is Beyond My Closet

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/9/1981

    First appearance of Oyuki, Lum friend and queen of Neptune. Oyuki also has incredible ice powers. Megane and friends visit while Shinobu is nursing Ataru, who has a cold; and they discover a gate to Neptune in Ataru closet. By accident, they go through this gate and arrive on Neptune to be greeted by Lum and Oyuki.

    Director: Mamoru Oshii

    Writer: N/A

  • Mrs. Swallow and Mrs. Penguin
    6.6/1043 votes
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    #19 - Mrs. Swallow and Mrs. Penguin

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/21/1981

    This episode opens with Lum putting on makeup to go meet Darling at school. A swallow swallows some food Jariten gives it and it grows such that it looks like a penguin. It's appearance in school is just the start of a full day of panic.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Die Dreamy-Man!
    6.5/1040 votes
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    #20 - Die Dreamy-Man!

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/1981

    Ataru, Megane, and friends are going to a Gyudon restaurant for lunch and are quite shocked to see Rei munching down food like a black hole. During the rest of the episode, Rei is chasing Lum, Ataru and friends and as the chase goes on, the chaos grows on.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Live Vigorously!
    6.5/1037 votes
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    #21 - Live Vigorously!

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/4/1981

    Kintaro's nanny, with Ataru's help takes the alien children on a tour of Earth and a Earth child's school. Ataru tells the myth of the real Kintaro who grew up in the wild and slew a demon. So Kintaro decide to live up to his name.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • It's a Lovesick Little Demon!
    6.4/1032 votes
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    #22 - It's a Lovesick Little Demon!

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/25/1981

    Walking home from school, Ataru is assaulted by a group of black cats and gets a nasty bump on the head. At midnight, he is using two mirrors to look at the bump, when a little demon pops out of the mirror. The demon proves to be too much for Ataru and Mr. Moroboshi, so they get Cherry to exorcise it.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Love Battle Royale
    NaN/100 votes
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    #23 - Love Battle Royale

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 1/13/1982

    First appearance of Tsubame, Sakura's boy friend who has some magic abilities. Sakura invites Ataru, Lum, Shinobu, Megane, Perm, Chibi, and Kakugari to a disco. Things later go haywire as Tsubame starts casting spells and all sorts of weird creatures appear, including Rei.

    Director: Mamoru Oshii

    Writer: N/A

  • Father, You Were Strong
    NaN/100 votes
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    #24 - Father, You Were Strong

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 1/13/1982

    Kurama takes Ataru back in time to help her father who appears to be afraid of women. Later Ataru and Kurama's father have to get past a guard on a bridge.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Hawaiian Swimsuit Thief
    NaN/100 votes
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    #25 - Hawaiian Swimsuit Thief

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 1/20/1982

    Ataru, Lum, Shinobu, Sakura, Megane, Cherry, and others are staying at a beachside resort. During the day, an octopus is stealing peoples swimsuits, but it appears to look like Cherry is doing it. At the end, they find the octopus and beat him up.

    Director: Mamoru Oshii

    Writer: N/A