Urusei Yatsura

Urusei Yatsura is an anime first by Studio Pierrot and later Studio Deen in 1981-1986 based on the manga of the same name by Rumiko Takahashi. It is very famous for its characters (especially Lum) and its surreal humor that is well executed for its concept.

Why It's Immortal

 * 1) It is one of the first surreal comedy anime from Japan and most of the weird humor is done very well and mixes well with stuff like aliens.
 * 2) Very likable and funny characters (even if they at times act flawed), they're very comical and great in the strange romantic comedy of the series.
 * 3) Very good opening and ending themes especially the first opening theme which shows many things like the crazy romantic relationship of Ataru and Lum and the wacky comedy as well too.
 * 4) Very good animation for its time in the early 80's.
 * 5) Great voice acting in the Japanese and the canceled British gag dub.
 * 6) Very well done soundtrack and background music to fit the mood in scenes and most of the surreal things that happen.
 * 7) Very creative concept of reimagining creatures from Japanese mythology as alien races.
 * 8) The author of Urusei Yatsura, Rumiko Takahashi was very proud of this adaptation.
 * 9) Very good use of fanservice done in a comical, weird, and sexy way.
 * 10) Lum is very likable as she loves to have fun with Ataru and tries to make him entertained, act like a tsundere in a very humorous way, and has a very good and cute design.
 * 11) Even though there's lots of filler in the first-half, it is pretty good most of the time.
 * 12) It spawned a lot of OVAs and films to adapt more chapters of the manga and some of the films have good filler stories.
 * 13) Lots of great episodes, including:
 * 14) * "I'm Lum-chan the Notorious!" (which is a good way to start the show)
 * 15) * "It's Raining Oil All Over Town"
 * 16) * "Sakura - Raving Beauty of Mystery"
 * 17) * "Virus in Distress"
 * 18) * "It's a Lovesick Little Demon!"
 * 19) * "Pitter Patter Christmas Eve"
 * 20) * "Ataru Genji Goes to the Heian Capital"
 * 21) * "Battle Royal of Love"
 * 22) * "Full Course From Hell"
 * 23) * "Mendo Brings Trouble!"
 * 24) * "Constellation is Spinning"
 * 25) * "The Great Spring War"
 * 26) * "Ah Lone Teacher!"
 * 27) * "Terrifying Visiting Day"
 * 28) * "Demonic Running"
 * 29) * "Girls' Day! Introducing Ran-chan"
 * 30) * "Peach Blossom Song Contest"
 * 31) * "Wake up to a Nightmare" (which ended the 11-minute episodes on a high note)
 * 32) * "Grade School Excursion! Run For It!" (which ended the first season on a high note)
 * 33) * "Great Space Matchmaking Operation" (which started season 2 on a high note)
 * 34) * "Fly Imo-chan!"
 * 35) * "What a Dracula"
 * 36) * "Lum's Education Lecture Course for Boys"
 * 37) * "From the Gardenia with Love"
 * 38) * "A Beautiful Girl Brings Rain"
 * 39) * "Shock Library - Quiet Please!"
 * 40) * "Goblin in Distress - Wonderful People"
 * 41) * "Steal Darling! Copy Operation!!"
 * 42) * "Thrilling Summer Date"
 * 43) * "So long Byebye Summer Days"
 * 44) * "Panic in Typhoon!"
 * 45) * "Drunkard's Boogie"
 * 46) * "The Terror of Meow" (which ended season 2 on a high note)
 * 47) * "After You've Gone" (arguably the best episode in the series and a beautiful way to start season 3)
 * 48) * "Lum-chan's Class Reunion"
 * 49) * "The Mendo Siblings!"
 * 50) * "A Cat with a Grudge on the Stairs"
 * 51) * "Can a Raccoon Repay a Favor!?"
 * 52) * "The Suicide Subspace Parttime Job"
 * 53) * "The Big Year-End Party that Lum-chan Organized!" (which ended season 3 on a high note)

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The show can get mean-spirited sometimes, resulting in several unlikable characters.
 * 2) *Lum can be an insufferable jerk in the early episodes, and sometimes she doesn't get any repercussions for the actions that do have consequences.
 * 3) *Although, Ataru is a good character himself, even he acts unlikable at times despite the latter being meant to act unlikable from the start.
 * 4) *Although not terrible, Shinobu can also be considered unlikable at times, due to her hate towards most boys, punishing them by throwing desks to them and even hitting Ataru in the early episodes when Lum is with him. Though she is likable for the most part as she does care about animals like Kitsune, and even some boys like Shūtarō Mendō.
 * 5) *Ten, due to him being a child, could sometimes act like really bratty for the most part, and he is usually considered the show's butt-monkey in several episodes.
 * 6) There is no full English dub of the series produced in the States or anywhere else at all as they continuously got cancelled. It had a long history of attempts and a lot are unsuccessful. Now English speaking viewers outside of Japan had to be watch the show in it's original Japanese dub with or without the subtitles. Though this can be forgiven since some of the puns and jokes would be too hard for the translators to translate some of them into English dubbing anyways.
 * 7) *Here's the history:
 * 8) **The series was originally dubbed by AnimeEigo, but only two episodes were dubbed by them. After 1995, the American English dub was cancelled the same year due to negative reception and poor sales. They were lucky to dub the movies however with the original cast being recast in 2003.
 * 9) **The BBC aired their attempt on their English dub using British voice actors to do the job in 2000 under the name, Lum the Invader Girl, but was only cancelled after three episodes.
 * 10) **There was another English dub under the name, Alien Musiban, in Hong Kong. But very little info is known since that dub is hard to find despite a few clips being found on YouTube, as well as Episode 27.
 * 11) **There was also another English dub that is the Alaskan dub named, Cosma the Invader Girl, which aired on local TV in the state in the late 1980's. But just like the Animax dub, this one is also hard to find. But unlike the other two dubs, it's unknown if its existence is true or not.
 * 12) Can be focused on too much fanservice at times, even more than Dragon Ball.
 * 13) There are some bad episodes occasionally, examples include:
 * 14) * "Black Hole Love Triangle" (one of the worst in the series)
 * 15) * "That Crazy Age of the Dinosaurs" (depending on your view)
 * 16) * "The Coming of The Phantom Red Mantle!"
 * 17) * "St. Valentine Day Horror"
 * 18) * "The Muco Flower's Name is Ryunosuke" (depending on your view)
 * 19) * "Big Clash! Ten VS Ataru" (depending on your view)
 * 20) * "Terror! Tororo has Come to Attack!!"
 * 21) * "The Birth of Ten-chan's Son!? I Dunno"
 * 22) * "Lum's Courageous Duel! Victory is a Nitpicky Hand" (depending on your view)
 * 23) * "Scary!! There is an Octopus on Shutaro's Head!?" (depending on your view, not a good way to start season 9)
 * 24) * The clip show episodes, of course, are really dull and uninteresting to watch.

Trivia

 * With the exceptions of episodes 10 and 11, the first 21 episodes would have two stories per half-hour, with an hour-long special following them also having two stories. All other episodes have one story per half-hour.

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