The Worst Episodes of Urusei Yatsura
Every episode of Urusei Yatsura ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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 humans a chance to fight for the rights to the planet by taking part in a competition. The computer-selected human player is Ataru Moroboshi, a lecherous, unlucky and stupid high school student from the Japanese city of Tomobiki, and the Oni player is Princess Lum, daughter of the leader of the Invasion force.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "Urusei Yatsura" is "Love Battle Royale", rated N/A/10 from 0 user votes. It was directed by Mamoru Oshii and written by N/A. "Love Battle Royale" aired on 1/13/1982 and is rated NaN point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Father, You Were Strong".
NaN/10 0 votes#1 - 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
NaN/10 0 votes#2 - 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
NaN/10 0 votes#3 - 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
NaN/10 0 votes#4 - Full Course from Hell
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 1/20/1982
Still at the resort, the group meets some maniac who is having an all-you-can-eat contest. Sakura reveals the secret of her figure to be a diet pill called "Beauty Foods". But we really know the real reason is Sakura can just plain eat like a whale, and we see her do so as she beats Ataru and Cherry in the contest and clean the maniac of all his food.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/10 0 votes#5 - Mendo Brings Trouble!
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 1/27/1982
Mendo returns for a formal introduction on his first day at school. He and Ataru have a duel for presidency of the class which ends in a tie. So they have a duel with cannons, which Ataru wins with help from Lum.
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Writer: N/A
NaN/10 0 votes#6 - Constellation is Spinning
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 1/27/1982
Lum's computer tells her that Mendo is really the best choice for her lover, so she brings a set of constellation scales to school and weight Ataru versus Mendo in a series of test in the scales. At the end, the scales break and we see the class as constellations.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/10 0 votes#7 - The Great Spring War
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 2/3/1982
First appearance of Benten, Lum's best friend the goddess. Lum takes Ataru to another planet to help in a battle against Benten's family. The battle consists of catching stones in bowls on a giant set of scales. Ataru starts playing with Benten and ends up messing up the entire game.
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Writer: N/A
NaN/10 0 votes#8 - The Benten Gang's Return Match
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 2/3/1982
Match Benten and her girl biker friends come to Earth for another round of fun. Ataru sides up with Benten again, and Lum recruits Jariten and some people dressed as demons.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/10 0 votes#9 - Oh, Lonely Teacher! Kuribayashi Sensei Appears
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 2/10/1982
Ataru and Kuribayashi are enemies from the very start. Then Lum shows up and Kuribayashi falls in love. Finally Lum goes out with Kuribayashi in hopes on lightening his spirits.
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Writer: N/A
NaN/10 0 votes#10 - Terrifying Visiting Day
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 2/10/1982
On a day when students mothers come to school, Mrs. Mendo and Lum's mother get into a dispute and Mrs. Moroboshi acts as judge by setting up a roulette game.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/10 0 votes#11 - Fourth Dimensional Camera
Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 2/24/1982
Mendo bring an antique camera to school that sends Ataru off into other worlds. Lum manages to find him through a class room window that had been stuck for years.
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Writer: N/A
NaN/10 0 votes#12 - Demonic Jogging
Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 2/24/1982
Every morning, Ataru goes jogging early to see girls. On the way to school, Ataru breaks the fall of an attempted suicide as he was grabbing for a 100-yen coin below her. Ataru and Mendo get into a dispute over who is more noble and end up playing a game of tennis.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/10 0 votes#13 - Girls' Day! Introducing Ran-chan
Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 3/3/1982
First appearance of Ran, Lum's childhood friend. During a small celebration at the Moroboshi house, a little doll enchants Ataru to follow it to Ran. Ran tries to kiss Ataru to drain his youth, but Lum shows up.
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Writer: N/A
NaN/10 0 votes#14 - Ran-chan's Invitation
Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 3/3/1982
Ran invites Lum, Ataru, and Ten over for cookies and tea, but her real plot is to suck Ataru's youth. Ran makes a double of Ataru and tries switching them, but she gets confused and loses the real Ataru.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/10 0 votes#15 - The Tearful Diary of Tomorrow
Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 3/10/1982
Lum acquire's Ataru's diary that has written in events that will happen throughout the day. Ataru tries to use it to his advantage, but the records in the diary are not quite how they first read; making use of puns or ambiguous statements.
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Writer: N/A
NaN/10 0 votes#16 - Whose Kid Is This?
Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 3/10/1982
Mendo finds an alien child in his locker and goes through great lengths to hide it from everyone. Later after everyone has found out, a whole mob of these alien children arrive, just for Mendo.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/10 0 votes#17 - Sleepy Serene Springtime Classroom
Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 3/17/1982
During math class, Kuribayashi and all the students fall asleep, save for Ataru and Mendo. Lum arrives and finds out that a tiny old man and girl are responsible for this magic. The tiny girl then uses some more magic to have a party with Lum, Ataru, and Mendo; until the principal arrives with some parents.
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Writer: N/A
NaN/10 0 votes#18 - Peach Blossom Poetry Contest
Season 1 Episode 40 - Aired 3/17/1982
Lum, Mendo, Shinobu, Ran, Ten, Sakura, and Cherry all are in a blossom orchard for some traditional reason. Ataru is in the blossom orchard for a picnic. Cherry's chanting summons some sort of woman spirit, whom Ataru runs off and meets with a giant.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/10 0 votes#19 - Duel! Ataru vs. Ataru
Season 1 Episode 41 - Aired 3/24/1982
Ataru eats a lollipop Lum gave him and gets a mouth burn. Running off, he finds Cherry and a weird melon, which Ataru eats to cool his mouth. The melon causes Ataru to split into two Ataru's, one polite and the other casual. The two continue to fight all day.
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Writer: N/A
NaN/10 0 votes#20 - Wake up to a Nightmare
Season 1 Episode 42 - Aired 3/24/1982
Sleeping in class, Ataru has weird dreams which he relates a little of as he occasionally talks in his sleep. Annoyed, his classmates wake him and a dream demon comes out from Ataru's sleep.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/10 0 votes#21 - Great Space Matchmaking Operation (1)
Season 1 Episode 43 - Aired 4/7/1982
Lum returns to her home planet unaware that her father is throwing her a matchmaking party. Ataru (who knows about the party) and Ten follow her.
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Writer: N/A
NaN/10 0 votes#22 - Great Space Matchmaking Operation (2)
Season 1 Episode 44 - Aired 4/7/1982
Lum returns to her home planet unaware that her father is throwing her a matchmaking party. Ataru (who knows about the party) and Ten follow her.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/10 0 votes#23 - Big Springtime Picnic Uproar! (1)
Season 1 Episode 45 - Aired 4/14/1982
On a class field trip, Ataru journeys to an underwater kingdom; and Ataru, Lum, Shinobu and Mendou get lost in a cave (exposing Mendou's legendary fear of the dark).
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Writer: N/A
NaN/10 0 votes#24 - Big Springtime Picnic Uproar! (2)
Season 1 Episode 46 - Aired 4/14/1982
On a class field trip, Ataru journeys to an underwater kingdom; and Ataru, Lum, Shinobu and Mendou get lost in a cave (exposing Mendou's legendary fear of the dark).
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/10 0 votes#25 - Beware the Earmuffs!
Season 1 Episode 47 - Aired 4/21/1982
Ataru and Ten switch bodies after wearing some kind of special earmuffs.
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Writer: N/A