The comedy that electrified Japan!

When the ONI, a mysterious race of Aliens, come to repossess the Earth, they give us one chance to save our planet; a champion, selected at random, must defeat their princess, Lum, in their national sport - TAG! Unfortunately for Earth, the champion turns out to be Ataru Moroboshi, a lecherous lad whose lack of luck is legendary.

When Ataru lays eyes on the curvaceous Lum, he readily agrees to take on the task of touching the tips of her tiny horns. Alas, when the contest begins, he finds out that the Oni forgot to mention one small matter - Lum can fly! When all seems lost, his girlfriend Shinobu promises to marry him if he wins. Inspired to new lows of deviousness by the prospect of getting just to first base, Ataru pulls it off.

Unfortunately, Lum misinterprets his victory cry as a proposal of marriage to HER, and promptly agrees.

So Ataru ends up with Lum living in his closet, planning their wedding, and zapping him with high-voltage shocks if he even looks at another woman; Shinobu isn't sure if she's been jilted or she's been saved from a life of misery; his Lum-crazed schoolmates are plotting to get him "out of the way"; and his parents are loudly wishing he's never been born.

And that's the setup to Japan's all-time favorite Anime TV series, one that lasted almost 200 episodes, plus 6 movies and 11 OVAs! Guess which Anime company was demented enough to take on the task of releasing all but the one movie that got licensed to another company?

There's so much of UY, in fact, that we've had to divide this page into three sections, with links that let you easily navigate to the TV Series, the Movies, and the OVAs. And if you're thinking of ordering more than one UY DVD, you may find our Complete Product List very handy -- you can just check off which titles you want, and add them to the shopping cart with a single click!

TV Series Episodes

The UY TV Series is available on 50 individual DVDs, each of which contains 4 25-minute episodes. In addition to the individual discs, we also have limited quantities of some box sets we produced; Box Set 3 contains discs 15-20, and Box Set 10 contains discs 46-50.

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Urusei Yatsura Movies

During the run of the TV series, and for years afterwards, a series of 6 Urusei Yatsura movies were released. AnimEigo sells all but the second movie, "Beautiful Dreamer", which was licensed by another company (but AnimEigo did the translation and subtitling of Beautiful Dreamer for them).

Movie 1: Only You

Lum doesn't need much assistance going ballistic when everyone in Tomobiki gets an invitation to Ataru's wedding -- and she's not listed as the bride! It seems that some 11 years ago, Ataru played "Shadow Tag" with a young girl named Elle and won. Unfortunately, Elle was yet another Alien Princess; and on her planet, if a boy steps on a girl's shadow, they have to marry.

When Elle's emissary comes to make arrangements, Lum redefines the term "the atmosphere was electric," but to no avail: a force-field now protects Ataru from her high voltage love-zaps. Lum's friend Benten suggests a pre-emptive wedding, and they proceed to abduct Ataru and all of the wedding guests. With some help from her parents, Lum manages to break the force-field.

However, before the emergency space wedding can occur, Elle's fleet attacks, and Ataru and the entire wedding party are re-abducted to Planet Elle.

While Lum & Co. plot to re-re-abduct Ataru, his rival Mendou and his long-suffering semi-ex-girlfriend Shinobu find out that Elle has a hobby: finding handsome men and freezing them! Alas, Mendou is slated to be slotted onto slab 100,000!

After Ataru finds out about Elle's side-line, he calls off the wedding on the grounds that she's been unfaithful (a real leap, considering he's been planning to turn Planet Elle into his own private harem!).

Needless to say, Elle doesn't take this well. She promptly claps him in irons and orders his friends shipped home in popsicle boxes.

And so, as the sky is lit up by colliding battle-fleets, the stage is set for the shotgun wedding of all time!

Movie 3: Remember My Love

In the first Urusei Yatsura Movie, "Only You," Ataru found himself a reluctant bridegroom trapped between two warring Alien Princesses.

In the second Urusei Yatsura Movie, "Beautiful Dreamer," he found himself trapped in one of Lum's dreams.

Those were just warmups. This time, Ataru finds himself...

...Herbivorous???

It seems that when Lum was born, a postal screwup resulted in a witchy friend of the family not getting an invitation to the celebration. The witch put a curse on Lum -- that she would never be happy with her True Love.

In the present, a new Amusement Park has been built in Tomobiki, and opening day finds the whole gang sampling its pleasures. At a magic show, however, Ataru gets turned into a large pink hippopotamus -- FOR REAL!

When Lum attempts to track down the magician that transformed her Darling, things start to get very weird, very fast!

Movie 4: Lum The Forever

Strange things begin to happen in Tomobiki Town. When a great cherry tree, "Tarozakura," is cut down while Lum&Co. are making a movie, Lum loses her horns - and her powers!

Thus begins the strangest and most lyrical of the Urusei Yatsura movies. To explain any more would be to do you a disservice.

Watch it, and draw your own conclusions.

Movie 5: The Final Chapter

The Urusei Yatsura story comes to a climax in this animated retelling of the final Manga story.

Lupa, yet another one of Lum's fiances, arrives on the scene, and Lum and Ataru have to repeat their game of tag in order to prevent the Earth from being destroyed.

All Ataru has to do to win is say "I Love You," the three words he has steadfastly refused to say to Lum. Will he admit his true feelings and save the Earth? Or will his pride doom it to destruction?

Movie 6: Always My Darling

Lupica, another one of the Legion of Space Princesses that all seem to have found out about Earth in some tour book, appears and abducts Ataru. Needless to say, Lum, assisted by her friends Oyuki and Benten, gives chase.

Also needless to say, Lupica isn't after Ataru for his great looks or charming personality (because he doesn't have either).

Lupica's goal is the greatest love-potion in the galaxy, which she intends to use to induce her sweetheart to tie the knot. To get it, she needs the possessor of the greatest libido in the Universe.

Now you know why she needs Ataru Moroboshi!

Movie Set Collectors Box

Get all 5 movies at a discount, and get a free box to store them in. It even has a space for Movie 2, available from "that other company"!

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Urusei Yatsura OVAs

After the run of the TV Series, in addition to the movies, a series of Original Video Animations (OVAs) was produced. These are direct-to-video episodes, with higher budgets than the TV series.

OVA 1: Inaba the Dream-maker

What would you do if you found a boy in a bunny suit lying in a trashheap? That's what happens to Shinobu on her way back from the market. Fortunately, she has a carrot! When he's finished eating, Inaba the bunny-boy tries to hit on Shinobu, and Shinobu demonstrates her own version of "hitting on someone!" When the dust settles, Shinobu finds a strange key that dropped out of Inaba's pocket.

What do you do if you have a key but no door? Build one, of course! Unfortunately, it is Lum decides to build the door, and when the key does indeed fit, Shinobu, Lum and Ataru go through the door -- and literally fall into their own futures!

Meanwhile, Inaba's co-workers are unanimous in their opinion that since he screwed up in the first place, he should be the one to fix things. When he arrives on the scene, everyone is coming face to face with futures they really hadn't bargained for.

When Inaba risks his life to show them how to create their ideal futures, will they really get what they think they want? Will there be a future where Lum and Ataru can get married after all?

OVA 2: Raging Sherbert / I Howl at the Moon

In "Raging Sherbet," Lum, Benten and Ran decide to beat the Tokyo heat by taking a summer vacation with Oyuki on Neptune. There they learn about the fabulous Sherbet birds, which produce icy treats upon demand. Ran wheedles a bird out of Oyuki, but when she gets it back to Earth, her dreams of getting rich quick melt when the over-worked avian loses his cool and goes on a rampage!

Then, in "I Howl at the Moon," Ataru learns to think before he eats when he gobbles down some of Lum's Cherry Rice Cakes -- and promptly starts turning into a wolf!

OVA 3: Catch the Heart / Goat and Cheese

In "Catch the Heart," a mischievous spirit gives Ran a heart-shaped candy that causes a magical heart to appear over the head of whoever eats it. And whoever catches that heart captures the heart of the person who ate the candy! And if there's one thing the Urusei Yatsura crowd can do, it's play catch!

Then, in "Goat and Cheese," Mendou recounts an old story that warns, "Don't take pictures in front of the statue of Great-Grandfather's Goat, or terrible things will happen!"

When his father does just that, only Sakura and Onsen-mark the Teacher can ward off the horrifying consequences of an ancient family curse... or can they?

OVA 4: Date with a Spirit / The Terror of Girly-Eyes Measles

In "Date with a Spirit," things get crazy when Ataru tries to hit on a beautiful ghost who has attached herself to Sakura's sorcerous fiance, Tsubame

Then, in "The Terror of Girly-Eyes Measles," Ten gives Ataru an alien disease, the contagious "Girl Measles," (which makes the victim's eyes turn big and twinkly, like the eyes of young girls in much of manga and anime), and when Ataru's girl-hunting spreads the virus all over Tomobiki Town, chaos ensues!

OVA 5: Nagisa's Fiance / The Electric Household Guard

In "Nagisa's Fiance," Lum, Ataru, Mendou and Shinobu visit an inn which Ryuunosuke and her father have opened. But when it turns out to be on a haunted desert island, the stage is set for some serious silliness!

Then, in "The Electric Household Guard," Mendou hires a new personal Ninja with some very unusual abilities, only to have him fall head-over-heels for his manipulative sister, Ryoko.

OVA 6: Ryoko's September Tea Party / Memorial Album

In "Ryoko's September Tea Party," some of the best scenes of the original TV series are combined with 15 minutes of new animation to reveal the pasts of each of Ryoko's guests.

Next, in the "Memorial Album," the Mendou clan's personal satellite narrates the story of the Mendou family, again using a mixture of new animation and scenes from the original series.

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