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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
Urusei Yatsura – 12 – Little Trouble
With Urusei Yatsura’s second half comes a new OP and ED (neither quite the equal of their earworm predecessors) and another new character: Lum’s tiny cousin, Ten. He’s discovered…
Urusei Yatsura 11 (2022)(Enter Ryoko #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 11 (2022). Shuutarou's younger sister, Ryoko, causes mayhem at school. She then has a New Year's party.
Urusei Yatsura – 11 – The Trickster Ojou
When another slow-moving oxcart escorted by ninja rolled through town, I assumed it was Mendou’s mom again. It turns out to be someone who speaks loudly enough to…
Urusei Yatsura 10 (2022)(Lonely Boy #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 10 (2022). Lum's mother causes a stir at Parent's Day. Ataru becomes depressed when Lum disappears.
Urusei Yatsura – 10 – Autumn Red
Ataru’s mom arrives at school for parents day and just hopes she doesn’t run into anyone she knows. It’s telling that just like Shinobu doesn’t exist if another…
Urusei Yatsura 09 (2022)(Tigercow! #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 09 (2022). The "tigercow" Rei arrives on Earth to pursue an annoyed Lum. Ran uses food to appease Rei.
Urusei Yatsura – 09 –
Cherry senses doom in the air (and in his stew)—and it arrives while Ataru is cleaning his room for Shinobu while Lum is bored out of her mind…
Urusei Yatsura 08 (2022)(Transfer Students #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 08 (2022). Lum transfers to Ataru's school. She discovers her old friend Ran has done the same.
Urusei Yatsura – 08 – A Ran for Her Money
After seven episodes of floating around class causing a commotion, Lum officially enrolls at the school, surprising Ataru so much he nearly chokes to death. He insists Lum…
Urusei Yatsura 07 (2022)(Pool Youkai #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 07 (2022). Ataru, Lum, Shinobu, and Shuutarou deal with a lonely, "pool youkai" in need of a home.
Urusei Yatsura – 07 – Pochi’s Odyssey
This week’s UY further expands its world, though not with more foxy alien chicks. Combining a pool episode with a beach episode, it introduces a lonely little demon living…
Urusei Yatsura 06 (2022)(New Girls! #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 06 (2022). Lum drags Ataru to a Setsubun event on her planet. Ataru's room gets filled with Neptune snow.
Urusei Yatsura – 06 – Earth, Lightning, Fire and Ice
Ataru is a man of simple pleasures. When it’s sukiyaki night at the Moroboshi house, he’s super-pumped. Unfortunately he’s never able to partake in the feast, as Lum…
Urusei Yatsura – 05 – Hand Over Fist
“A man gotta have a code.”—Omar Little When Ataru spots Cherry parked outside school grilling fish, the little guy explains that he’s on chaperone duty for Sakura, who…
Urusei Yatsura 05 (2022)(Isn’t She Lovely? #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 05 (2022). Ataru gets a pair of cursed boxing gloves. Lum saves Ataru from humiliation.
Urusei Yatsura – 04 – As the Crow Flies
Ataru and Lum are playing Shinobu and Mendou in a spirited game of doubles tennis, and Lum ignores pleas not to cheat by flying. Her resulting point soars…
Urusei Yatsura 04 (2022)(Enter Kurama! #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 04 (2022). Ataru kisses the alien princess Kurama, but she thinks Shuutarou is her man.
Urusei Yatsura 03 (2022)(Enter the Waka! #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 03 (2022). A rich, powerful boy (waka) named Shuutarou arrives at school and falls for Lum.
Urusei Yatsura – 03 – In Flies Another Hassle
It’s just another day in Ataru’s class with Lum hanging off of him and Shinobu throwing chairs and desks at him in, but then the mega-rich transfer student…
Urusei Yatsura 02 (2022)(The Curse and the Gift #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 02 (2022). A woman named Sakura attempts to rid Ataru of his bad luck. Ataru gets Lum a cursed gift.
Urusei Yatsura – 02 – Ataru’s Girl
You would think that having an alien babe as a wife would be pretty sweet, but lest we forget, Moroboshi Ataru is a pathologically unlucky young feller, while Lum…
Urusei Yatsura – 01 (First Impressions) – The Winner Takes It All
In this reboot of a sci-fi/rom-com anime from 1981 (41 years ago) we’re introduced to Moroboshi Ataru (Kamiya Hiroshi), an unrepentant horndog in a Waldo shirt who ogles…
Urusei Yatsura 01 (2022)(And So It Begins #UruseiYatsura)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Urusei Yatsura 01 (2022). Ataru is chosen to defend Earth from invading Oni. His opponent is a teen Oni named Lum.
Anime Top 5 – Fall 2020
My Stats. (*at time of writing)Shows watched from season: 28 (including 4 shorts, 7 sequels)Highest rating: 7/10Lowest rating: 1/10Average: 2.9 (Note: In most cases I will be avoiding…
Hayate the Combat Butler, When They Cry, Warlords of Sigrdrifa, Urusei Yatsura, Moriarty the Patriot
Takahashi on Television: The Story of the UY Anime - URUSEI YATSURA: AN OBNOXIOUS SENSATION
Welcome to the third part of URUSEI YATSURA: AN OBNOXIOUS SENSATION, a deep dive into Rumiko Takahashi's smash hit from the 80s. In this video, we'll look at…
The Colorful Characters of Tomobiki - URUSEI YATSURA: AN OBNOXIOUS SENSATION
Welcome to the second part of URUSEI YATSURA: AN OBNOXIOUS SENSATION, a deep dive into Rumiko Takahasi's smash hit from the 80s. In this video, we'll cover all…
Hikawa Ryusuke’s Akira Article(jp)
Hikawa Ryusuke is probably the most famous Japanese anime critic. He wrote an extensive article on the anime industry before and after Akira, articulating what lead to Akira…
Mobile Police Patlabor, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Kiki's Delivery Service, Urusei Yatsura, Dallos