9.0/101 votesLoading...#1 - Open the Door (1)
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 3/1/2024
Shinobu, Lum, and Ataru take an unexpected trip to the future. The good news is they discover who their spouses are. The bad news is their disappointment is immeasurable.
Director: Shugo Tsuneoka
Writer: Hayashi Mori
9.0/101 votesLoading...#2 - Open the Door (2) / The Home Visit Blues: Prohibitive Miyake Edition
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 3/8/2024
The trio are determined to find their ideal futures, but each one they find leave them unsatisfied. And Inaba’s coworkers are not happy with the group’s meddling.
Director: Kyohei Suzuki
Writer: Hayashi Mori
8.6/1071 votesLoading...#3 - Parents' Day Horrors / Since Your Parting
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/16/2022
Are aliens invading again? Nope — it’s just Ataru, Meno and Lum’s mothers invading Parents’ Day! But a language barrier may turn this meeting of the moms into pure mania.
Director: Shugo Tsuneoka, Jiro Fujimoto
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
8.3/1043 votesLoading...#4 - Title Match!! The Tomo-1 Queen Contest
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/24/2023
The finalists have different motives. Lum wants Ataru’s attention, Ran wants to get in Lum’s way, Shinobu and Sakura want the money, and Ryunosuke has something to prove.
Director: Yusuke Kubo, Kiyomitsu Sato
Writer: Hiroko Kanasugi
8.1/1076 votesLoading...#5 - Trouble Rains Down!! / Amazed in a Maze
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/28/2022
Two's company. Three's a crowd. And when a FOURTH party enters the Lum/Ataru/Shinobu situation? Things get pretty scary in Ataru's already complex love life!
Director: Takahiro Kamei
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
8.1/1067 votesLoading...#6 - The Glove of Love and Conflict / How I've Waited for You…
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/11/2022
Hellooooo, nurse! A new nurse just started working at Ataru's school, and she's a total babe… but wait. Does she look familiar?
Director: Shugo Tsuneoka
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
8.0/1050 votesLoading...#7 - The Great Off-Campus Snack Battle / A Gift from Ten!
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/13/2023
The girls in class aren’t the only snacks Ataru has his eye on. When teachers crack down on off-campus snacking, a no-holds-barred snack battle begins!
Director: Fumihiro Ueno
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
8.0/101 votesLoading...#8 - Trickle of Memories / Album of Memories / The Home Visit Blues: Feuding Fujinami Edition
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 1/19/2024
Ryunosuke grew up without a mother and wants to know more about her. Unfortunately, her father is keeping an important detail from her.
Director: Yumeko Iwaoka
Writer: Yuta Suzuki
8.0/101 votesLoading...#9 - Electric Jungle
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 1/26/2024
Lum has a new suitor, but it doesn’t take long before there’s trouble in paradise.
Director: Fumihiro Ueno
Writer: Hayashi Mori
8.0/101 votesLoading...#10 - Love Thief / That Mizunokoji Girl
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 2/2/2024
Relationship drama swiftly follows when Kurama sets her eyes on Rei. Speaking of relationships, Mendo discovers that he’s engaged to Tobimaro’s sister.
Director: Takahiro Kamei, Fumio Maezono
Writer: Yuta Suzuki
8.0/101 votesLoading...#11 - The Continuation of: That Mizunokoji Girl
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 2/9/2024
As Mendo desperately tries to escape his unwanted engagement, Asuka’s upbringing gives a whole new meaning to the term sheltered.
Director: Kiyomitsu Sato
Writer: Yuta Suzuki
8.0/101 votesLoading...#12 - Kotatsu Love / Lum Becomes a Cow / The Home Visit Blues: Luxurious Mendo Edition
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 2/16/2024
Life is full of unexpected events, like an extra lively kotatsu purchase and Lum believing she’s turning into a cow.
Director: Yuki Morita
Writer: Hiroko Kanasugi
8.0/101 votesLoading...#13 - Eerie Earmuffs / Family Tree
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 2/23/2024
No good can come of Ataru and Ten switching bodies, nor using Lum’s shortcut to get to school on time.
Director: Eiichi Kuboyama
Writer: Hayashi Mori
8.0/101 votesLoading...#14 - The Case of the Battered Principal / The Secret Garden / The Home Visit Blues: Hellish Moroboshi Edition
Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 3/22/2024
Whodunit? No one saw what happened to the principal despite all of them being in the same room. Later, chaos ensues when flowers start spreading rumors around town.
Director: Fumihiro Ueno
Writer: Yuta Suzuki
8.0/101 votesLoading...#15 - Asuka Returns / A Stormy Date (1)
Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 4/19/2024
Asuka's mother hatches a plan to help her daughter overcome her fear of men. It appears that drastic measures are on the horizon.
Director: Yuki Morita
Writer: Hayashi Mori
8.0/101 votesLoading...#16 - A Stormy Date (2)
Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 4/26/2024
Asuka and Mendo go on a date and to say things don’t go as planned would be a vast understatement.
Director: Yasuhiro Kimura
Writer: Hayashi Mori
7.9/1079 votesLoading...#17 - Present for You / The Yellow Ribbon of Happiness
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/21/2022
Ataru can run, but he can't hide — not from Lum, and not from the gorgeous shrine maiden Sakura's eagle eyes. She can tell at a glance that he's in dire need of exorcism!
Director: Yasuhiro Kimura
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
7.9/1058 votesLoading...#18 - Home Is Where You Find It / Marine Garbage Disposal
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/25/2022
A monster lurks in the depths of the hotel pool, but it's not half as creepy as the ne'er-do-wells lurking around Nurse Sakura at the beach…
Director: Junichi Yamamoto
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
7.9/1056 votesLoading...#19 - To Kill with Love / Studying Mayhem
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/9/2022
An ominous omen. A pessimistic portent. A scary sign. Call it whatever you want, but one thing is clear: Fate will not be kind to Ataru today!
Director: Yutaka Kagawa
Writer: Yuta Suzuki
7.9/1046 votesLoading...#20 - That Mizunokoji Boy / Love Letter Trouble
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/20/2023
All’s fair in love and… baseball? It’s time for a showdown on the baseball diamond! And once the dust settles, a “love letter” stirs up trouble.
Director: Takahiro Kamei, Junya Sanetoshi, Yuki Morita
Writer: Hayashi Mori
7.8/1061 votesLoading...#21 - Good Day for a Departure / Oyuki / Ataru Retires
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/18/2022
They say all's fair in love and war, and that's why Lum drags Ataru kicking and screaming onto a battlefield!
Director: Koichi Chigira
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
7.8/1059 votesLoading...#22 - Transfer Student Close Call... / Farewell Party Close Call...
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/2/2022
Is Ataru seeing double, or are there really two hot new transfer students at school? And what does the super cute newbie Ran want from him and Lum!?
Director: Sho Sugawara, Daisuke Kurose, Yukio Kuroda
Writer: Yuko Kakihara, Hiroko Kanasugi
7.8/1045 votesLoading...#23 - Anko Pathos, the Taste of Love?! / Memories and a Close Call... / Adverse Effects
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/27/2023
Lum and Ran are friends, but one can best describe their relationship as prickly.
Director: Sho Sugawara, Eiichi Kuboyama
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
7.7/1070 votesLoading...#24 - Sealed with a Kiss!!
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/4/2022
Lum ain't the only alien princess in town. The new arrival has her sights set on a certain boy — but her vassals are keeping a scandalous secret from their ruler!
Director: Kyohei Suzuki
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
7.7/1051 votesLoading...#25 - Ten Is Here / A Date for Just the Two of Us
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/6/2023
Lum’s cousin Ten thinks Lum should look for greener romantic pastures! And if Lum can’t see reason, Ten will burn her relationship with Ataru to the ground.
Director: Tatsu Yamamoto
Writer: Hiroko Kanasugi
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!
Tokyo. Tomobiki Town. Lum, the gorgeous daughter of an invading race of Oni Aliens is smitten with High School student Ataru Moroboshi. A dedicated womanizer,...
Genres:AnimationComedyAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:Fuji TV
Top Episode Ratings Summary
"Open the Door (1)" is the best rated episode of "Urusei Yatsura". It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Shugo Tsuneoka and written by Hayashi Mori, it aired on 3/1/2024. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Open the Door (2) / The Home Visit Blues: Prohibitive Miyake Edition".