Urusei Yatsura is an anime based on a manga series by Rumiko Takahashi. The anime was produced by Studio Pierrot and Studio Deen, and was directed by Mamoru Oshii and Kazuo Yamazaki. Urusei Yatsura ran for 195 episodes, which aired on Fuji Television between October 14, 1981 and March 19, 1986. Eleven OVAs for the series were released between 1985 and 1993, and there are also six Urusei Yatsura films. AnimEigo holds the North American distribution rights for Urusei Yatsura; however, the North American rights to the second film (Beautiful Dreamer) are held by Central Park Media.

Urusei Yatsura is set on a slightly fantastical and surreal version of Earth, and the series focuses on a group of teenagers who live in Tomobiki (which is located in the Nerima ward of Tokyo). The story opens with a lecherous and unlucky high school student named Ataru Moroboshi being warned that bad luck is in store if he heads from home. As he walks toward his house, he is suddenly grabbed by a group of men and taken into a car.

Ataru is driven to his home, and he discovers the leader of a group of oni aliens there. It turns out that Ataru’s name was randomly chosen by a computer to compete in a game of tag against an oni representative. It turns out the representative is Lum, the oni alien leader’s bikini-clad daughter. The game lasts for ten days, and Ataru must grab Lum’s horns by the end of the tenth day. If Ataru wins, the aliens will leave.

As the game begins, Ataru quickly learns that Lum can fly and easily outrun him. On the ninth day, as all hope seems lost, Ataru’s girlfriend Shinobu promises to marry Ataru if he can catch Lum and save the planet. With newfound determination, Ataru goes to the game the next day, and uses a device to pull off Lum’s bikini top. This tricks Lum into flying at him, and Ataru grabs her horns. When he is declared the winner, Ataru exclaims, “Now I can finally marry her!” Lum misunderstands, and thinks Ataru has proposed to her. On Lum’s world, marriage proposals are taken seriously. Lum falls in love with Ataru, Shinobu becomes jealous, and Ataru chases after every girl he sees.

Urusei Yatsura revolves around the triangle between Ataru, Lum, and Shinobu. This anime contains some nudity and elements that aren’t appropriate for younger viewers. I would recommend Urusei Yatsura to anime viewers sixteen or seventeen years of age and older.