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Urusei Yatsura

Urusei Yatsura

Grab her horns and she might just become your darling!

19817.31 Season218 EpisodesEnded

Overview

The invasion of an alien race known as the Oni begins a new life for Ataru Moroboshi, a lecherous trouble-making tenth grader in the small town of Tomobiki. After unwittingly proposing to the Oni princess Lum Invader instead of his sweetheart Shinobu, Ataru becomes a conduit for aliens arriving on Earth, causing all sorts of havoc for him and his companions, not to mention his own reputation!

Created by Rumiko Takahashi
Written by Rumiko Takahashi
Produced by Yuji Nunokawa, Makoto Kubo, Hiroshi Hasegawa
NetworksFuji TV

Top Cast

Toshio Furukawa

Toshio Furukawa

Ataru Moroboshi

Fumi Hirano

Fumi Hirano

Lum

Akira Kamiya

Akira Kamiya

Syutaro Mendo

Saeko Shimazu

Saeko Shimazu

Shinobu Miyake

Kazuko Sugiyama

Kazuko Sugiyama

Ten

Machiko Washio

Machiko Washio

Sakura

Ichiro Nagai

Ichiro Nagai

Sakurambou

Noriko Ohara

Noriko Ohara

Oyuki

Yuko Mita

Yuko Mita

Benten

Y

Yo Inoue

Ran

Themes & Keywords

magicromcomromanceslice of lifealienbased on mangasuper powerschool lifeshounenanimejapanese high schooltsundere

About Urusei Yatsura

Urusei Yatsura is a animation, comedy, sci-fi & fantasy, drama series that first aired in 1981 exploring themes of magic, romcom, romance, slice of life, alien, based on manga. Created by Rumiko Takahashi, it stars Toshio Furukawa, Fumi Hirano, Akira Kamiya. The invasion of an alien race known as the Oni begins a new life for Ataru Moroboshi, a lecherous trouble-making tenth grader in the small town of Tomobiki. After unwittingly proposing to the Oni princess Lum Invader instead of his sweetheart Shinobu, Ataru becomes a conduit for aliens arriving on Earth, causing all sorts of havoc for him and his companions, not to mention his own reputation!

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