The Best Episodes of Urusei Yatsura Season 1

With the fate of the Earth on the line again, Lum and Ataru’s last game of tag begins.

Director: Hideya Takahashi, Yumeko Iwaoka

Writer: Yuko Kakihara

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

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

Nagisa needs a kiss from Ryunosuke to pass on, which is easier said than done. Later, Mark threatens his class with supplementary lessons if he catches them talking.

Director: Hideya Takahashi, Yumeko Iwaoka

Writer: Hiroko Kanasugi

Lum is not happy when she learns she’s being forced into an arranged marriage thanks to her great grandfather.

Director: Sumio Watanabe

Writer: Yuko Kakihara

Ataru and Mendo team up with Lum’s friends to save her from a forced marriage. But they aren’t the only ones who’re trying to stop the wedding.

Director: Yasuhiro Kimura

Writer: Yuko Kakihara

What started as a misunderstanding ends in a falling out. Now Lum refuses to return until Ataru apologizes.

Director: Takahiro Kamei

Writer: Yuko Kakihara

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lum has a new suitor, but it doesn’t take long before there’s trouble in paradise.

Director: Fumihiro Ueno

Writer: Hayashi Mori

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ryunosuke and her father are now the proud owners of a seaside cafe and an island after paying a suspiciously cheap price! Later, a fairy asks Ten to find his missing parasol.

Director: Kiyomitsu Sato, Shinji Nagata

Writer: Hiroko Kanasugi

Inaba returns and has an important question for Shinobu.

Director: Shugo Tsuneoka

Writer: Yuko Kakihara

Ten must apologize for ruining Ataru’s scarf, but how? Later, candy hearts have the same effect as love potions. Meanwhile, the Dark Dominion lies on the horizon.

Director: Tetsuharu Nakamura

Writer: Yuko Kakihara

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