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Urusei Yatsura – 37 – SisTerminator 2: Misjudgment Day
Mizunokouji Asuka’s parents deserve jail time for the abject neglect they’ve subjected to their daughter Asuka. At the same time, Asuka has quickly risen to become one of…
Urusei Yatsura – 36 – His Own Worst Enemy
Urusei Yatsura’s second season resumes after a week off with fresh OP and ED themes from MAISONdes and the origin story of Mendou Shuutarou’s nyctophobia and claustrophobia. Mendou…
Urusei Yatsura 35 (2022)(Eating #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 35 (2022). Lum thinks Ran killed Ataru. Kitsune attempts to bring Shinobu tsukushi to eat.
Urusei Yatsura – 35 – What’s at Cake / A Fox’s Tale
Atari spots Ran in the park but loses her, but not before she drops a neatly-packaged cake from her basket. A cake she said would “knock him dead”.…
Urusei Yatsura 34 (2022)(Boring Rubbish #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 34 (2022). Onsen-sensei investigates who knocked out the principal. Ran has stupid flowers.
Urusei Yatsura – 34 – The Flowers of Pee-vil
As is the case with most Urusei Yatsura episodes, this one is split into two distinct parts. The first begins in media res with Onsen-sensei castigating Ataru, Lum, Shinobu,…
Urusei Yatsura 33 (2022)(Stupidity and Depression #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 33 (2022). Shuutarou loses an octopus. Ataru goes on a date with a ghost to fill her final wish.
Urusei Yatsura – 33 – Heaven Is a Date on Earth with You
With the possible futures mini-arc concluded, Urusei is back to self-contained segments, both of which have to do with the supernatural. First up, Mendou is out of school…
Urusei Yatsura 32 (2022)(The Future is Now! #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 32 (2022). Ataru discovers his harem future, but learns it isn't good without Lum.
Urusei Yatsura 31 (2022)(Time Doors #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 31 (2022). Lum and Ataru return to the future with Shinobu, then try to find a better future.
Urusei Yatsura – 32 – No Place Like Home
Ataru, Lum, and Shinobu continue to explore possible futures, including a Mad Max-style post-apocalyptic world where Ataru is a warlord, Shinobu is his concubine, and they are hunting Lum…
Urusei Yatsura – 31 – Shinobu in Futureland
Miyake Shinobu has terrible luck in men, who always seem be freaks like the lip monster or pervs like Ataru. She asks Sakura to examine whether it’s the…
Urusei Yatsura 30 (2022)(Back to the Future #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 30 (2022). Ataru swaps bodies with Ten. Lum accidentally takes Ataru to a shocking future.
Urusei Yatsura – 30 – What Dreams May Come
Ataru and Ten come across a strange vendor selling earmuffs for 150 yen a pop. Ataru plays hardball and manages to snag two sets for 200 yen, of…
Urusei Yatsura 29 (2022)(Cow Troubles #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 29 (2022). Kotatsu-neko purchases a rare kotatsu. Lum gets bitten by a cow and grows cow horns.
Urusei Yatsura – 29 – Kotatsu Sleds and Cow Bites
That title up above really gets to the immense variety inherent in Urusei Yatsura. Part of the joy of watching is having no idea what’s coming. The giant cat…
Urusei Yatsura 28 (2022)(Oniisama! #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 28 (2022). Shuutarou discovers Asuka's true appearance. Asuka falls for her Oniisama.
Urusei Yatsura – 28 – The SisTerminator
Mendou is having a lovely dream where he’s about to marry Lum, Shinobu, Benten, Ran, Ryuu, Kurama, Oyuki, and Sakura (phew) when suddenly a giant suit of armor…
Urusei Yatsura 27 (2022)(Marriage Talk #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 27 (2022). Kurama falls for Rei, then discovers his identity. Shuutarou is betrothed to a suit of armor.
Urusei Yatsura 26 (2022)(Jungle Love #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 26 (2022). A "jungle" teen boy decides to make Lum his wife. Lum takes advantage to make Ataru jealous.
Urusei Yatsura – 27 – Fullmetal Cutiemist
It’s been a while since we’ve seen Princess Kurama and her murder of crow attendants, but there’s not much to catch up on: she’s still single. She scolds…
Urusei Yatsura 25 (2022)(Despicable Father #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 25 (2022). Ryuunosuke wants to know about her mother, but Fujinami spews nothing by lies.
Urusei Yatsura – 26 – King of the Electric Jungle
Let’s get the obvious out of the way: It’s all Ataru’s fault. Due to the extremely unlikely instance of a random girl actually agreeing to have a coffee with him,…
Urusei Yatsura – 25 – Remembrance of Moms Lost
When Ryuunosuke spots Ten sleeping in a tree and delivers him safely home to Lum, she’s invited to dinner with Moroboshis. Ataru’s mom, who may be mistaking her…
Urusei Yatsura 24 (2022)(Magic Gum #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 24 (2022). Ataru steals gum that can grant fantasy objects. Lum loses her Japanese language skills.
Urusei Yatsura – 24 (S2 01) – From Gum to Lum
Urusei Yatsura begins its second season by hewing to its tried-and-true formula of blending situational skits of absurd escalation with genuinely touching romantic or character work. First up,…
Urusei Yatsura (2022)
Urusei Yatsura (2022) is a remake of the classic anime by the same name from 1981. But, is this remake any good?
Urusei Yatsura 23 (2022)(Beauty Contest #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 23 (2022). Ataru MC's the Tomo-1 Queen Contest, where's he's also the referee, getting sponsor kickbacks.
Urusei Yatsura – 23 (Fin) – They’re All Winners
The season 1 finale of Urusei Yatsura is given over entirely to the Tomo-1 Queen Contest teased last week. Seemingly entirely arranged by Ataru, it’s a multi-faceted competition that…
Urusei Yatsura 22 (2022)(Shenanigans #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 22 (2022). Lum gets shrunk down to 6-inches. Shinobu rescues a Kitsune, who falls for her. And a prelude.
Urusei Yatsura – 22 – Darling, I Shrunk Myself
When Ten buys an innocuous glass bottle from a scarecrow inventor in the trippy “4D Forest” then points it towards Lum, it sucks her in and shrinks her…
Urusei Yatsura 21 (2022)(Mischief Making #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 21 (2022). Lum, Benten, Oyuki, & Ran's old robot teacher returns for revenge. Ryoko uses a cursed doll.
Urusei Yatsura – 21 – Urusei Babies
This week we get a flashback to when Lum, Benten, Oyuki and Ran were being oppressed by their teacher when they were little tykes. Only their school is…
Urusei Yatsura 20 (2022)(Next Generation #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 20 (2022). Benten's chain is stolen by a trio of girls, looking to usurp Benten, Lum, and Oyuki's rep.
Urusei Yatsura – 20 – Never Break the Chain
UY spends a decent chunk offworld this week as we check in on Benten, who gets knocked out by mushroom gas and has the chain she wears like…
Urusei Yatsura 19 (2022)(Electrocutions! #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 19 (2022). Shuutarou shows off his prized octopus. Lum and Ten-chan get drunk off umeboshi.
Urusei Yatsura – 19 – Pickled Pink
Ataru, Lum, Shinobu, Ryuu, and three dudes from class are invited to Mendou’s vast family compound to meet his horde of prized octopuses. We’d previously Ryouko walking them…
Urusei Yatsura 18 (2022)(Comedy Hijinks #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 18 (2022). Lum has a new kissing lipstick. After Lum makes Ataru eat something hot, he seeks revenge.
Urusei Yatsura – 18 – Love Is Chemical War
Our episode starts with a needless mini-recap of who Ataru and Lum are, and then we’re off to a sequence where Lum very carefully prepares a very special…
Urusei Yatsura 17 (2022)(A Date and a Wish #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 17 (2022). Ryuunosuke goes on a date to get a bra. A Shooting Star grants Ataru's family three wishes.
Urusei Yatsura – 17 – If Wishes Were Bras
This week’s outing is evenly split between two stories, the first chronicling Ryuunosuke’s quest to obtain her first bra and cast away her chest binding. It all starts…
Urusei Yatsura – 16 – Ryuunosuke-chan Is a Girl!
Ataru, Lum, Shinobu and Mendou head to the beach, but the waves are too hazardous to swim, and all the beach shacks are closed. What they do find is…
Urusei Yatsura 16 (2022)(She’s All Girl! #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 16 (2022). Ataru & friends meet Ryuunosuke, a girl raised to be a boy by her father, Fujinami.
Urusei Yatsura 15 (2022)(Bipolar and Candy #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 15 (2022). Rei makes Ran happy. Lum did bad things to Ran as kids. Lum has Ataru eat a love candy.
Urusei Yatsura – 15 – Airing of Grievances
In an effort to woo Rei, Ran buys a giant bag of bean-filled taiyaki and dresses in her best Barbarella outfit. It seems to work when Rei thanks…
Urusei Yatsura – 14 – Pinch Hitter
Another week, another new Urusei Yatsura character. This time it’s Mizunokouji Tobimaro, AKA Ton-chan, a childhood friend of Mendou and Ryouko. Once defeated by Mendou in baseball, he went…
Urusei Yatsura 14 (2022)(Ton-chan! #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 14 (2022). Shuutarou's childhood rival Ton-chan arrives to challenge him, & Ryoko makes sure it happens.
Urusei Yatsura 13 (2022)(Mass Mayhem! #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 13 (2022). The school bans off-campus lunches. Ten-chan's catchball shows the girls their destined men.
Urusei Yatsura – 13 – Snack Wars
When the faculty arranges for a blanket crackdown on off-campus snacking, the students are ready to fight back, with Ataru and his boundless charisma leading the charge. Mendou…
Urusei Yatsura 12 (2022)(Ten-chan Arrives! #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 12 (2022). Lum's cousin Ten-chan arrives on Earth. He falls in love with Sakura-sensei, so Ataru helps him