The Urusei Yatsura movies in order
There are 6 Urusei Yatsura films, about 9.1 hours in total. The first was released in 1983, the latest in 1991. Watching in release order is the safest way to meet the story as audiences did.
All six animated films based on the iconic 1980s classic Urusei Yatsura.
- 1
Urusei Yatsura: Only You (1983)
11 Feb 1983 · 101 min
Six-year-old Ataru steps on Elle's shadow during an impromptu game of shadow-tag; in Elle's culture, this is viewed as a marriage proposal. Eleven years later, Elle returns to Earth in order to marry Ataru — by which time not only had he forgotten the events of his childhood, but he was also going out with Lum. The rest of the plot focuses on Lum's attempts to prevent the marriage.
- 2
Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer (1984)
11 Feb 1984 · 95 min
As the perpetually lecherous Ataru and his friends prepare for a carnival at Tomobiki High School, they gradually realize the days are literally repeating themselves. Any effort to break the pattern dumps them back where they started.
- 3
Urusei Yatsura: Remember My Love (1985)
26 Jan 1985 · 93 min
The third film finds Ataru transformed into a pink hippopotamus, which sends Lum chasing after the wicked magician responsible, with catastrophic results. With Lum gone, her friends decide that there is no reason to remain, and so Tomobiki slowly returns to normal. The highlight of the film is a high speed chase scene with an angry Lum flying after the mysterious Ruu through the city at night and
- 4
Urusei Yatsura: Lum the Forever (1986)
25 Feb 1986 · 93 min
While performing in a student film, Ataru cuts down Tarozakura, a large, ancient cherry tree. Strange things begin to happen all across Tomobiki: a mountain appears out of nowhere, spring changes to winter, and Lum loses her powers, while those around her act as if she doesn't exist.
- 5
Urusei Yatsura: The Final Chapter (1988)
1 Feb 1988 · 85 min
It seems that Lum's grandfather made an agreement that should he have a daughter, she would be married to a traveling merchant that he met. Now, the merchant has come to collect due. Ataru is tricked into thinking that Lum wants to leave, and so, in a moment of anger, says he hates her. Arguments erupt, and Lum decides that she must know the truth of Atarus feelings. As for all the questions of im
- 6
Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling (1991)
16 Aug 1991 · 77 min
Lupika, an alien princess, is in love with a tofu seller. To make him love her too (at least, announce his love. He obviously fears the social taboo of a tofu vendor marrying a princess), she needs to get a love potion, which is in a certain temple. Legend has it that the only person that can obtain this love potion is the most lecherous man in the universe. That man turns out to be Ataru Morobosh
Order and dates from TMDB collection data. Unreleased entries are added once they get a release date.