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The Best Episodes of Urusei Yatsura

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The invasion of an alien race known as the Oni begins a new life for Ataru Moroboshi, a lecherous trouble-making tenth grader in the small town of Tomobiki. After unwittingly proposing to the Oni princess

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Urusei Yatsura Season 1 Episode 10 - duplicate
    8.0/10(50 votes)

    S1:E10

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Urusei Yatsura Season 1 Episode 1 - I'm Lum-chan the Notorious! - It's Raining Oil All Over Town
    7.6/10(92 votes)

    S1:E1

    Ataru Moroboshi, an unlovely flirtatious boy, has been chosen to fight an invading alien force's champion in a 10-day game of tag. If he loses the aliens will invade Earth, 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. A group of admirers of Lum try to summon her UFO back to Earth, using Ataru as bait, but instead they get an intergalactic taxi that takes them though subspace, and the fare for the taxi is the value of all the oil on the planet.

    Director:Mamoru Oshii
    Writer:Hiroyuki Hoshiyama

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  3. Urusei Yatsura Season 1 Episode 16 - duplicate
    7.6/10(43 votes)

    S1:E16

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Urusei Yatsura Season 1 Episode 18 - duplicate
    7.6/10(44 votes)

    S1:E18

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Urusei Yatsura Season 1 Episode 22 - duplicate
    7.6/10(42 votes)

    S1:E22

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Urusei Yatsura Season 1 Episode 9 - Sakura - Raving Beauty of Mystery - Virus in Distress
    7.5/10(47 votes)

    S1:E9

    Ataru runs away from home, unable to stand the pressure of living with Lum, and bumps into a beautiful lady named Sakura, who takes him to her shrine for exorcism. Sakura becomes Tomobiki High School’s nurse, and her beauty makes all the boys deliberately injure themselves in order to go see her. But later, they get really sick, which might be connected to Ataru, who oddly enough wants to avoid her.

    Directors:Mamoru Oshii, Motosuke Takahashi
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Urusei Yatsura Season 1 Episode 13 - Electric Shocks Scare Me! - Voodoo Dolls of Vengeance
    7.3/10(43 votes)

    S1:E13

    Cherry gives Ataru a magical yellow ribbon, which when tied to her horns, negate Lum's powers. But will this really allow him to be happy? After an odd loss of control of his body after dinner, Ataru finds out Lum made a voodoo doll of himself using some clay. Ataru takes advantage of the situation for revenge scheme, until it gives Lum the idea to make a Shinobu doll.

    Director:Mamoru Oshii
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Urusei Yatsura Season 1 Episode 21 - Ataru Genji Goes to the Heian Capital
    7.3/10(43 votes)

    S1:E21

    The normal cast is put into an ancient Japanese story that takes place during the Heian period, with a special guest appearance.

    Director:Mamoru Oshii
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Urusei Yatsura Season 1 Episode 7 - Kintaro from the Autumn Sky! - Gonna Live Like a Man!
    7.2/10(51 votes)

    S1:E7

    Lum and Ten meet a vicious little boy on top of a flying bear, whom Ataru and Shinobu identify as Kintarō, who came from the sky and is lost. Kintarō's nanny, with Ataru's help, takes the alien children on a tour of Earth and end up in a preschool where the actual Kintarō learns the myth of the real Kintarō and thus hopes to be a role-model to the kids.

    Directors:Tamiko Kojima, Yuji Yatabe
    Writer:Yū Yamamoto

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  10. Urusei Yatsura Season 1 Episode 14 - duplicate
    7.2/10(42 votes)

    S1:E14

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Urusei Yatsura Season 1 Episode 19 - Pitter Patter Christmas Eve
    7.2/10(39 votes)

    S1:E19

    Lum's Stormtroopers devise a scheme to embarrass Ataru and get Lum to dump him by setting up a fake Christmas Eve date for him.

    Director:Mamoru Oshii
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Urusei Yatsura Season 1 Episode 17 - Princess Kurama, Sleeping Beauty - Athletics in Women's Hell!
    7.1/10(40 votes)

    S1:E17

    Ataru’s wish upon a star seems to come true as he is selected to awake the Karasutengu Princess Kurama by a kiss and mate with her for a night, but he is not her ideal man. Still trying to cure Ataru of his lechery, Kurama uses a weird dimensional door where Ataru faces hostile versions of the girls he loves.

    Directors:Keiji Hayakawa, Tameo Kohanawa
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Urusei Yatsura Season 1 Episode 5 - The Coming of Rei the Handsome Shapechanger! - Die Dreamy-Man!
    7.0/10(56 votes)

    S1:E5

    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.

    Director:Mamoru Oshii
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Urusei Yatsura Season 1 Episode 15 - Neptune is Beyond My Closet - That Crazy Age of the Dinosaurs
    7.0/10(41 votes)

    S1:E15

    Ataru, Shinobu and Lum’s Stormtroopers wind up in Neptune through a portal discovered in Ataru’s closet where they are greeted by Lum’s friend Oyuki. While in the air, Lum, Ataru, Ten and Kintaro accidentally wind up back to the dinosaur age.

    Director:Mamoru Oshii
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Urusei Yatsura Season 1 Episode 20 - duplicate
    7.0/10(41 votes)

    S1:E20

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Urusei Yatsura Season 1 Episode 2 - duplicate
    6.9/10(65 votes)

    S1:E2

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Urusei Yatsura Season 1 Episode 3 - Mail from Space - Ten-chan Arrives! - Mrs. Swallow and Mrs. Penguin
    6.9/10(66 votes)

    S1:E3

    A peach falls from the sky, in which Lum's cousin, Ten comes out for a visit. He is capable of breathing fire and is an instant enemy to Ataru. Ten feeds alien candy to a swallow, making it grow massively in size such that it looks like a penguin. Its appearance in school is just the start of a full day of panic.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Urusei Yatsura Season 1 Episode 6 - duplicate
    6.8/10(51 votes)

    S1:E6

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Urusei Yatsura Season 1 Episode 8 - duplicate
    6.8/10(48 votes)

    S1:E8

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Urusei Yatsura Season 1 Episode 12 - duplicate
    6.8/10(42 votes)

    S1:E12

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Urusei Yatsura Season 1 Episode 11 - Black Hole Love Triangle - It's a Lovesick Little Demon!
    6.7/10(43 votes)

    S1:E11

    Lum constantly interferes with Ataru's attempts to reach Shinobu by phone. By barging into their phone conversation from her UFO, it inadvertently creates a black hole that causes aircraft to vanish. Ataru puts two mirrors together on Friday the 13th and accidentally makes a little demon appear from another dimension.

    Director:Mamoru Oshii
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Urusei Yatsura Season 1 Episode 4 - duplicate
    6.6/10(54 votes)

    S1:E4

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Urusei Yatsura Season 1 Episode 23 - Battle Royal of Love - Father You Were Strong
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E23

    Sakura invites Ataru and others at a local disco, which is a perfect setting for her boyfriend Tsubame to prove himself worthy of being her fiancée to Cherry by displaying his magic abilities that however go awry. Kurama takes Ataru back in time in hope of teaching him to be her ideal man like her father.

    Director:Mamoru Oshii
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Urusei Yatsura Season 1 Episode 24 - duplicate
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E24

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Urusei Yatsura Season 1 Episode 25 - Hawaiian Swimsuit Thief - Full Course From Hell
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E25

    During a Hawaiian vacation at a beachside resort, the girls’ swimsuits are stolen. Could Cherry be the culprit? Still at the resort, Sakura, Ataru and Cherry compete in an all-you-can-eat contest.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"duplicate" is the best rated episode of "Urusei Yatsura". It scored 8/10 based on 50 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/18/1981. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "I'm Lum-chan the Notorious! - It's Raining Oil All Over Town".