Completed Anime
Urusei Yatsura

“Unlucky lecher Ataru wins alien duel, accidentally marries alien princess Lum, juggling love triangles and chaos.”

Urusei Yatsura

7.74
1,291 rank · 98,767 viewers · 1,349 favorites
Comedy Romance Sci-Fi Shounen
195 episodes · 25 min per ep min · Fall 1981 · Studio Pierrot · PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Episodes · 195 195/195 aired
EP 01 ~4 ep / stripe EP 195

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Synopsis

Unlucky lecher Ataru wins alien duel, accidentally marries alien princess Lum, juggling love triangles and chaos.

Not much is notable about the lecherous Ataru Moroboshi, but his extraordinary bad luck sticks out like the horns in an alien's head. When Earth is threatened by a fleet of alien invaders known as the Oni, Ataru is selected to represent humanity in a duel against one of them. It is a stroke of rare luck for Ataru that the duel is in fact a game of tag, and that his opponent is Lum, daughter of the Oni's leader, who places her personal dignity above victory—as Ataru finds out by seizing Lum's bikini top and with it, victory. However, misfortune kicks in again when Lum mistakes Ataru's promise to marry his girlfriend, Shinobu Miyake, as the desire to wed Lum herself, and decides she rather likes the idea. Wielding her influence as an alien princess, she moves in with him. Forced to deal with the consequences of his womanizing ways, Ataru must balance his crumbling relationship with Shinobu while keeping Lum happy, all the while flirting with every woman he meets.

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Community consensus

Derived from 26 sampled reviews

8.4 /10

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96% recommend
Score distribution
median 8.5 mode 10 σ 1.69
1510
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σ 1.69 · some divergence

mixed
The polarity gap

5.8 pts

Recommenders 8.8 · others 3.0

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↓ 0.62

Running avg · Nov 2006 → Feb 2025

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A Tv Production · Fall 1981

Studio Pierrot.
in association with

Kitty Films · Fuji TV

  • Format 195 × 25′ eps × min
  • Total runtime 81h 15m all episodes
  • Aired Oct 1981 – Mar 1986 Fall 1981
  • Source Tv media type
  • Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
  • Ref. BS-1182 catalog

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