6.0/101 votesLoading...#1 - Wretched Shutaro!!
Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 4/12/2024
What kind of training is Mendo doing, anyway? Lum and Ataru are going to find out.
Director: Yukio Kuroda
Writer: Hayashi Mori
7.0/101 votesLoading...#2 - Haunted Mendo / Last Date
Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 3/15/2024
Whether it’s an octopus or a girl burdened by regrets, spirits need assistance from the living. Unexpectedly, Mendo and Ataru find themselves navigating these burdens.
Director: Naokatsu Tsuda
Writer: Hiroko Kanasugi
7.0/101 votesLoading...#3 - Lovely Darling in Danger!! / Foxes in the Moonlight / The Home Visit Blues: Mark Onsen Goes to Space
Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 3/29/2024
Lum finds herself in a race against time to save Ataru. Later, a certain fox seeks to recreate an old legend with magic horsetail shoots. Even later, Mark meets Lum's parents.
Director: Yumeko Iwaoka
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
7.4/10113 votesLoading...#4 - Young Love on the Run / Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/14/2022
To save Earth, unlucky Ataru must win a high-stakes game of tag against a beautiful alien. Luckily his friend Shinobu has offered a helping hand (in marriage) as motivation!
Director: Hideya Takahashi
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
7.4/1041 votesLoading...#5 - Magic Realm! Jungle of Terror / Pickled
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/24/2023
Pro tip: never hurt an octopus’ feelings and never give an oni pickled plums.
Director: Yoshinobu Kasai
Writer: Yuta Suzuki
7.5/1056 votesLoading...#6 - Mendo Siblings!! / A Strange New Year at the Mendo Estate
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/23/2022
What’s this? A handkerchief? It smells divine, so it MUST belong to a total hottie. Definitely not a nightmare creature or anything like that. Ataru’s nose cannot be fooled!
Director: Yumeko Iwaoka
Writer: Hayashi Mori
7.5/1046 votesLoading...#7 - A Chest Full of Longing!! / Wish Upon a Star
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/10/2023
Ryunosuke teams up with three delinquents to help Shinobu ward off an unwanted suitor. Later, Ataru’s family must be careful what they wish for.
Director: Shugo Tsuneoka
Writer: Hiroko Kanasugi
7.5/1042 votesLoading...#8 - Recovering That Which Was Lost
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/3/2023
Three punks challenge Lum and her friends to a duel after stealing Benten’s precious chain.
Director: Yasuhiro Kimura
Writer: Hiroko Kanasugi
7.5/102 votesLoading...#9 - Fantasy Balloon Gum / Love Knows No Barriers
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 1/12/2024
Surely Ataru wouldn’t misuse bubble gum that has the power to create whatever he wants. But would that be worse than Lum losing the ability to speak other languages?
Director: Shugo Tsuneoka, Eiichi Kuboyama
Writer: Hayashi Mori
7.6/1042 votesLoading...#10 - Big Bottle, Little Bottle / When Love Strikes
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/17/2023
Lum is quite the handful, no matter what size she is. Later, a shapeshifting fox takes a liking to Shinobu.
Director: Yuichi Nakazawa
Writer: Yuta Suzuki
7.7/1070 votesLoading...#11 - 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...#12 - 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
7.7/1046 votesLoading...#13 - Family Feud!! / Hello, Sailor Suit!!
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/3/2023
Ataru and his friends were supposed to have a fun beach trip, but they find themselves swept up in Ryunosuke’s family drama instead!
Director: Daisuke Kurose, Yukio Kuroda
Writer: Yuko Kakihara
7.7/1045 votesLoading...#14 - Indelible Lipstick Magic!! / Lethal Attacks: Yaminabe!
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/17/2023
There is nothing suspicious about the lipstick Lum wants to put on Ataru. Nope, nothing suspicious at all. Later, Ataru’s class takes the dreaded Yaminabe food challenge!
Director: Yumeko Iwaoka
Writer: Hayashi Mori
7.7/1041 votesLoading...#15 - Cosmo Teacher CAO-2 / Ooh, Scary! Voodoo Doll
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/10/2023
Lum and her friends worry the past will come back to haunt them. Later, Mendo’s life becomes much more complicated thanks to a voodoo doll.
Director: Sho Sugawara
Writer: Hayashi Mori
7.8/1061 votesLoading...#16 - 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...#17 - 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...#18 - 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
7.9/1079 votesLoading...#19 - 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...#20 - 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...#21 - 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...#22 - 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
8.0/1050 votesLoading...#23 - 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...#24 - 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...#25 - 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
The Worst Episodes of Urusei Yatsura
Every episode of Urusei Yatsura ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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
Worst Episodes Summary
"Wretched Shutaro!!" is the worst rated episode of "Urusei Yatsura". It scored 6/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Yukio Kuroda and written by Hayashi Mori, it aired on 4/12/2024. This episode scored 1.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Haunted Mendo / Last Date".