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Series Details
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 218
Creators: Rumiko Takahashi
Networks: Fuji TV
Status: Ended
First Air Date: Oct 14, 1981
Recent Air Date: Mar 19, 1986
Run Time: m
In Production: No
Original Language: Japanese
Age Rating: Genel İzleyici
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Production Companies: Pierrot , Studio Deen , Kitty Films
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Episode 1
14 October 1981 - I'm Lum the Notorious!
This episode opens with a baseball game and Ataru getting hit with a left field flyball. Ataru is soon escorted home and discovers he's been chosen to fight an invading alien force's champion in a 10-day game of tag. If he loses, the aliens will invade. But if he wins, the aliens will go home. Ataru isn't at all willing to play tag until he sees the alien's champion: the beautiful Lum.
Episode 2
14 October 1981 - It's Raining Oil All Over Town
This episode opens with Ataru friends Megane and Lum's Stormtroopers at school who are watching films of the tag game. In this episode, a space taxi gives Ataru a ride home by accident and the fee is...too much. Since Ataru cannot pay, the space Taxi Collection Agency starts stealing all the oil in the world.
Episode 3
21 October 1981 - Mail from Space - Ten-chan Arrives!
This is the first episode with Jariten, Lum's cousin. Jariten arrives in a giant peach and he and Ataru are enemies at once.
Episode 4
21 October 1981 - Mrs. Swallow and Mrs. Penguin
This episode opens with Lum putting on makeup to go meet Darling at school. A swallow swallows some food Jariten gives it and it grows such that it looks like a penguin. It's appearance in school is just the start of a full day of panic.
Episode 5
28 October 1981 - The Coming of Rei the Handsome Shapechanger!
This show features the first appearance of Rei, Lum's former fiance. This episode opens with Ataru in his room watching a storm, and Lum trying to coax him to bed. Shinobu meets Rei and brings him to Ataru's house. After a lot of arguing, Rei challenges Ataru to a duel for Lum.
Episode 6
28 October 1981 - Die Dreamy-Man!
Ataru, Megane, and friends are going to a Gyudon restaurant for lunch and are quite shocked to see Rei munching down food like a black hole. During the rest of the episode, Rei is chasing Lum, Ataru and friends and as the chase goes on, the chaos grows on.
Episode 7
04 November 1981 - Kintaro of the Autumn Sky
First episode with Kintaro, the vicious little boy with the pet flying bear and the red haired alien nanny. Lum and Jariten meet Kintaro inside a wind carp, and Kintaro tells them he's was looking for his nanny in the carp. Ataru, Shinobu, Lum, and Jariten try to help Kintaro find his nanny by asking around.
Episode 8
04 November 1981 - Live Vigorously!
Kintaro's nanny, with Ataru's help takes the alien children on a tour of Earth and a Earth child's school. Ataru tells the myth of the real Kintaro who grew up in the wild and slew a demon. So Kintaro decide to live up to his name.
Episode 9
18 November 1981 - Sakura - Raving Beauty of Mystery
First appearance of Sakura, The Shinto maiden. Ataru can no longer endure Lum, so he has gone undercover. Unfortunately, at a restaurant, the appearance of Lum, Ataru parents, Shinobu, and Cherry blows his cover; and a mob chases after him. He manages to duck them and bumps into Sakura, who takes him home for exorcising.
Episode 10
18 November 1981 - Tormenting Virus
Arriving at school one morning, Ataru is greeted by all boys in the school who are waiting for the new nurse, Sakura, arriving at school today. Ataru appears to be sick, but in reality he is possessed; and Sakura performs the exorcism.
Episode 11
25 November 1981 - Love Triangle Black Hole
Ataru is phoning Shinobu in order to make plans for a date, when Lum interrupts and get's Shinobu mad at Ataru. Ataru throws Lum out and spends the rest of the episode trying to contact Shinobu. But Lum is persistent and uses a ray to jam the phone lines. But this ray also has the side affect of making a plane and a helicopter vanish.
Episode 12
25 November 1981 - It's a Lovesick Little Demon!
Walking home from school, Ataru is assaulted by a group of black cats and gets a nasty bump on the head. At midnight, he is using two mirrors to look at the bump, when a little demon pops out of the mirror. The demon proves to be too much for Ataru and Mr. Moroboshi, so they get Cherry to exorcise it.
Episode 13
02 December 1981 - Electric Shocks Scare Me!
Cherry gives Ataru some yellow ribbons which when tied to her horns, negate Lum's powers. In order to coax Lum into wearing them, Ataru has to put on a big charade of really loving her.
Episode 14
02 December 1981 - Voodoo Dolls of Vengeance
After an odd loss of control of his body after dinner, Ataru finds out Lum has some clay for making voodoo dolls. Ataru takes full advantage of the situation until Lum make a doll of Shinobu, and Ataru tries to get it away from Lum.
Episode 15
09 December 1981 - Neptune is Beyond My Closet
First appearance of Oyuki, Lum friend and queen of Neptune. Oyuki also has incredible ice powers. Megane and friends visit while Shinobu is nursing Ataru, who has a cold; and they discover a gate to Neptune in Ataru closet. By accident, they go through this gate and arrive on Neptune to be greeted by Lum and Oyuki.
Episode 16
09 December 1981 - That Crazy Age of the Dinosaurs
While Ataru is flying an ultra-light, with Lum and Jariten tagging along, Kintaro crashes into him. With the help of Lum's electric shock, the crash send them all back in time to the dinosaur age.
Episode 17
16 December 1981 - Princess Kurama, Sleeping Beauty
First episode with Kurama, the karas-tengu princess. On a field trip, Ataru and friends accidentally meet a karas-tengu who takes Ataru to marry Kurama. Kurama then tries to reform Ataru to be her perfect husband.
Episode 18
16 December 1981 - Athletics in Women's Hell!
Kurama uses a weird dimensional door to try and cure Ataru of his lechery. Inside the door, Ataru faces hostile versions of the girls he loves.
Episode 19
23 December 1981 - Pitter-Patter Christmas Eve (1)
Megane and Lum's Stormtroopers set up a plot to embarrass Ataru and get Lum to leave him at the same time. They set up a date who will make a fool of Ataru, but Lum finds out and twists things around.
Episode 20
23 December 1981 - Pitter-Patter Christmas Eve (2)
Megane and Lum's Stormtroopers set up a plot to embarrass Ataru and get Lum to leave him at the same time. They set up a date who will make a fool of Ataru, but Lum finds out and twists things around.
Episode 21
06 January 1982 - Ataru Genji Goes to the Heian Capital (1)
First appearance of Mendo, the rich noble; but it is not until episode 27 that he really does anything. Mendo tells a tale about ancient Japan featuring the normal cast in a slightly different alien invasion story. The aliens this time, all look like a bunch odd barbarians, except for a pretty girl and her young boy cousin.
Episode 22
06 January 1982 - Ataru Genji Goes to the Heian Capital (2)
First appearance of Mendo, the rich noble; but it is not until episode 27 that he really does anything. Mendo tells a tale about ancient Japan featuring the normal cast in a slightly different alien invasion story. The aliens this time, all look like a bunch odd barbarians, except for a pretty girl and her young boy cousin.
Episode 23
13 January 1982 - Love Battle Royale
First appearance of Tsubame, Sakura's boy friend who has some magic abilities. Sakura invites Ataru, Lum, Shinobu, Megane, Perm, Chibi, and Kakugari to a disco. Things later go haywire as Tsubame starts casting spells and all sorts of weird creatures appear, including Rei.
Episode 24
13 January 1982 - Father, You Were Strong
Kurama takes Ataru back in time to help her father who appears to be afraid of women. Later Ataru and Kurama's father have to get past a guard on a bridge.
Episode 25
20 January 1982 - Hawaiian Swimsuit Thief
Ataru, Lum, Shinobu, Sakura, Megane, Cherry, and others are staying at a beachside resort. During the day, an octopus is stealing peoples swimsuits, but it appears to look like Cherry is doing it. At the end, they find the octopus and beat him up.
Episode 26
20 January 1982 - Full Course from Hell
Still at the resort, the group meets some maniac who is having an all-you-can-eat contest. Sakura reveals the secret of her figure to be a diet pill called "Beauty Foods". But we really know the real reason is Sakura can just plain eat like a whale, and we see her do so as she beats Ataru and Cherry in the contest and clean the maniac of all his food.
Episode 27
27 January 1982 - Mendo Brings Trouble!
Mendo returns for a formal introduction on his first day at school. He and Ataru have a duel for presidency of the class which ends in a tie. So they have a duel with cannons, which Ataru wins with help from Lum.
Episode 28
27 January 1982 - Constellation is Spinning
Lum's computer tells her that Mendo is really the best choice for her lover, so she brings a set of constellation scales to school and weight Ataru versus Mendo in a series of test in the scales. At the end, the scales break and we see the class as constellations.
Episode 29
03 February 1982 - The Great Spring War
First appearance of Benten, Lum's best friend the goddess. Lum takes Ataru to another planet to help in a battle against Benten's family. The battle consists of catching stones in bowls on a giant set of scales. Ataru starts playing with Benten and ends up messing up the entire game.
Episode 30
03 February 1982 - The Benten Gang's Return Match
Match Benten and her girl biker friends come to Earth for another round of fun. Ataru sides up with Benten again, and Lum recruits Jariten and some people dressed as demons.
Episode 31
10 February 1982 - Oh, Lonely Teacher! Kuribayashi Sensei Appears
Ataru and Kuribayashi are enemies from the very start. Then Lum shows up and Kuribayashi falls in love. Finally Lum goes out with Kuribayashi in hopes on lightening his spirits.
Episode 32
10 February 1982 - Terrifying Visiting Day
On a day when students mothers come to school, Mrs. Mendo and Lum's mother get into a dispute and Mrs. Moroboshi acts as judge by setting up a roulette game.
Episode 33
24 February 1982 - Fourth Dimensional Camera
Mendo bring an antique camera to school that sends Ataru off into other worlds. Lum manages to find him through a class room window that had been stuck for years.
Episode 34
24 February 1982 - Demonic Jogging
Every morning, Ataru goes jogging early to see girls. On the way to school, Ataru breaks the fall of an attempted suicide as he was grabbing for a 100-yen coin below her. Ataru and Mendo get into a dispute over who is more noble and end up playing a game of tennis.
Episode 35
03 March 1982 - Girls' Day! Introducing Ran-chan
First appearance of Ran, Lum's childhood friend. During a small celebration at the Moroboshi house, a little doll enchants Ataru to follow it to Ran. Ran tries to kiss Ataru to drain his youth, but Lum shows up.
Episode 36
03 March 1982 - Ran-chan's Invitation
Ran invites Lum, Ataru, and Ten over for cookies and tea, but her real plot is to suck Ataru's youth. Ran makes a double of Ataru and tries switching them, but she gets confused and loses the real Ataru.
Episode 37
10 March 1982 - The Tearful Diary of Tomorrow
Lum acquire's Ataru's diary that has written in events that will happen throughout the day. Ataru tries to use it to his advantage, but the records in the diary are not quite how they first read; making use of puns or ambiguous statements.
Episode 38
10 March 1982 - Whose Kid Is This?
Mendo finds an alien child in his locker and goes through great lengths to hide it from everyone. Later after everyone has found out, a whole mob of these alien children arrive, just for Mendo.
Episode 39
17 March 1982 - Sleepy Serene Springtime Classroom
During math class, Kuribayashi and all the students fall asleep, save for Ataru and Mendo. Lum arrives and finds out that a tiny old man and girl are responsible for this magic. The tiny girl then uses some more magic to have a party with Lum, Ataru, and Mendo; until the principal arrives with some parents.
Episode 40
17 March 1982 - Peach Blossom Poetry Contest
Lum, Mendo, Shinobu, Ran, Ten, Sakura, and Cherry all are in a blossom orchard for some traditional reason. Ataru is in the blossom orchard for a picnic. Cherry's chanting summons some sort of woman spirit, whom Ataru runs off and meets with a giant.
Episode 41
24 March 1982 - Duel! Ataru vs. Ataru
Ataru eats a lollipop Lum gave him and gets a mouth burn. Running off, he finds Cherry and a weird melon, which Ataru eats to cool his mouth. The melon causes Ataru to split into two Ataru's, one polite and the other casual. The two continue to fight all day.
Episode 42
24 March 1982 - Wake up to a Nightmare
Sleeping in class, Ataru has weird dreams which he relates a little of as he occasionally talks in his sleep. Annoyed, his classmates wake him and a dream demon comes out from Ataru's sleep.
Episode 43
07 April 1982 - Great Space Matchmaking Operation (1)
Lum returns to her home planet unaware that her father is throwing her a matchmaking party. Ataru (who knows about the party) and Ten follow her.
Episode 44
07 April 1982 - Great Space Matchmaking Operation (2)
Lum returns to her home planet unaware that her father is throwing her a matchmaking party. Ataru (who knows about the party) and Ten follow her.
Episode 45
14 April 1982 - Big Springtime Picnic Uproar! (1)
On a class field trip, Ataru journeys to an underwater kingdom; and Ataru, Lum, Shinobu and Mendou get lost in a cave (exposing Mendou's legendary fear of the dark).
Episode 46
14 April 1982 - Big Springtime Picnic Uproar! (2)
On a class field trip, Ataru journeys to an underwater kingdom; and Ataru, Lum, Shinobu and Mendou get lost in a cave (exposing Mendou's legendary fear of the dark).
Episode 47
21 April 1982 - Beware the Earmuffs!
Ataru and Ten switch bodies after wearing some kind of special earmuffs.
Episode 48
28 April 1982 - Fly Imo-chan!
Ataru becomes the owner of a white caterpillar that Lum's Stormtroopers gave him as it eats a lot more than ordinary caterpillars.
Episode 49
05 May 1982 - Ten-chan's Love
Ten has an unrequited crush on Sakura.
Episode 50
12 May 1982 - What a Dracula
Dracula wants to suck the blood of a beautiful young girl and his target is Lum.
Episode 51
19 May 1982 - Lum's Education Lecture Course for Boys
Lum travels back in time in order to meet a younger Ataru and cure his libido.
Episode 52
26 May 1982 - From the Gardenia with Love
Ataru and Ten compete for the attention of the pretty female proprietor of a flower shop.
Episode 53
02 June 1982 - A Beautiful Girl Brings Rain
The gang meet Tsuyuko, a girl who seems to bring rain wherever she goes.
Episode 54
09 June 1982 - Gimme Back My Horn!
Ten's horn falls off during a fight with Ataru, leaving him weak and unable to breathe fire. Ataru wastes no time in taking advantage of the situation.
Episode 55
16 June 1982 - Shock Library - Quiet Please!
Chaos ensues at the library after the characters in the books start coming to life. Wendy Darling (from J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan novel) enlists Ataru and Lum's help in restoring order.
Episode 56
23 June 1982 - Teacher Hanawa Arrives! It's the Youth
Mr. Hanawa found employment in Ataru's school and at the same time, Lum gets enlisted into it.
Episode 57
30 June 1982 - Goblin in Distress - Wonderful People
A goblin who is living in Mendo's private pool has been shooed out and is trying to find a new home.
Episode 58
14 July 1982 - Darling had It This Time!
Remembering how Lum always got her in trouble when they were younger, Ran devises a new scheme to suck away Ataru's youth.
Episode 59
21 July 1982 - Rei Returns! The Big Study Hall Uproar!
Rei appears and causes an uproar by eating everyone's lunch, and Ran tries her best to win him back.
Episode 60
28 July 1982 - The Coming of The Phantom Red Mantle!
On a cool evening disco dance held by the students at Tomobiki High School during summer break, a mysterious man comes to stalk the girls.
Episode 61
04 August 1982 - Steal Darling! Copy Operation!
Things go wrong when Lum tries to make copies of Ataru in order to protect him from Ran's vengeance.
Episode 62
11 August 1982 - Thrilling Summer Date
Lum and Ataru go on their first date together after Lum watches a television program that makes her realize her relationship with Ataru is abnormal. Ataru, although hesitant at first, shows that he does actually have feelings for Lum, but feels uncomfortable expressing them.
Episode 63
18 August 1982 - So long Byebye Summer Days
Lum, Ataru, Shinobu and Mendo spend their summer vacation at the seaside. First they provoke the wrath of a watermelon god, then they are visited by a crying yōkai.
Episode 64
01 September 1982 - Panic in Typhoon!
A typhoon strikes Tomobiki and floods the Moroboshi household, but Lum has some inventive ways of helping her Darling and his parents cope with the flood waters.
Episode 65
08 September 1982 - Drunkard's Boogie
Lum and Ten get drunk from eating umeboshi, and Lum begins flying around terrorizing Ataru's classmates in order to get more umeboshi.
Episode 66
22 September 1982 - The Terror of Meow
During one of the cats' mating season, Ataru, Lum and Ten meet a beautiful female cat-like humanoid.
Episode 67
13 October 1982 - After You've Gone
Lum's Stormtroopers throw Lum a party, but Ataru spoils it by yelling at Lum and accusing her of ruining his life. Lum leaves for her home planet, and when she doesn't return, Ataru, believing she has gone for good, begins to miss her and tearfully wishes she would return. However, it turns out Lum merely left to renew her passport.
Episode 68
20 October 1982 - Lum-chan's Class Reunion
Lum's friends from outer space plan a surprise class-reunion party for her, but an unaware Lum can't understand why her friends are avoiding her and is hurt.
Episode 69
27 October 1982 - Those Buy-Eaters Gather Round!
Lum, Ataru, Shinobu and the rest of the Tomobiki student body - except for Mendo and his small gang of "good kids" - fight a new school rule which forbids students to leave the campus to eat lunch at fast-food joints.
Episode 70
03 November 1982 - Terror! The Deserted Fossil Grounds Mystery
Ataru, Lum, Mendo, Shinobu, and Jariten all go on a picnic to a remote part of Japan which has some fossils. A group of archaeologists are also exploring this area and using a lot of fancy tricks to make the exploration seem more dramatic than it is.
Episode 71
10 November 1982 - Princess Kurama - A New Challenge!
Kurama has her subjects place her in suspended sleep again in the hopes that some prince may awaken her.
Episode 72
17 November 1982 - The Terrifying Cavity WARS!
Ten has gotten cavities. However, these cavities can be cured by biting 10 people and spreading the cavities to others. To relieve himself, he pays Ataru's class a visit.
Episode 73
24 November 1982 - The Mendo Siblings!
Mendo's manipulative and dangerous younger sister, Ryoko, is introduced.
Episode 74
01 December 1982 - A Cat with a Grudge on the Stairs
Kotatsu-neko is introduced.
Episode 75
08 December 1982 - Can a Raccoon Repay a Favor!?
Ataru helps a wounded bird who transforms itself into a raccoon and moves in to repay the service to Ataru.
Episode 76
15 December 1982 - The Suicide Subspace Parttime Job
Ataru finds the perfect part-time job - a washing attendant at a bathhouse - which he excitedly anticipates as being an opportunity to ogle and grope naked women. However, it doesn't turn out the way he expected.
Episode 77
22 December 1982 - The Big Year-End Party that Lum-chan Organized!
When Lum plans the class's end-of-year party, Ataru explains that New Year's is when you forget who you are. He's a bit worried she took it a bit literally...
Episode 78
05 January 1983 - Badboy Musashi - A Success Story
The normal cast is again put into an ancient Japanese story with Ataru as a food thief with Onsen-Mark and Cherry as his occasional companions.
Episode 79
12 January 1983 - We'll Risk Our Lives During Classtime!
After he's pelted by snowballs by Ataru and his friends, an annoyed Ten plans revenge on Ataru during class after Onsen-Mark threatens the class should any of them make noise.
Episode 80
26 January 1983 - Domestic Quarrel – To Eat or Be Eaten?!
Lum's mother boots father out of the house, so he comes to stay with Lum.
Episode 81
02 February 1983 - Steal the Kiss of Miss Snow Queen!
Lum gets Ataru to go on a ski trip with her, but Mendo, Shinobu, and Lum's guards find out and tail along to cause static, Ataru enters a ski contest.
Episode 82
16 February 1983 - St Valentine Day Horror
Ten becomes the new Ataru when he mistakenly gets another girl to marry him, but tries to escape so he could see other older women.
Episode 83
23 February 1983 - Love Love Catchball!
Ten orders two special balls called Love-Love Catchballs that supposedly show a person's future love, one for each gender. When Ataru finds the one for guys that show their future wives, things quickly get chaotic.
Episode 84
02 March 1983 - The Mendo Family... Masquerade War
Ryoko plans a masquerade "party" (which is actually a tournament of sorts) to get closer to Ataru, but her brother Shutaro is dead-fast against this, hiring all of Ataru's rivals to fight him.
Episode 85
09 March 1983 - Space Cold Panic!
Lum catches a cold from her father, which soon spreads across the entire male student body at Tomobiki High.
Episode 86
16 March 1983 - Ryunosuke Arrives! I Love the Sea!
After their beach shop is ruined by their fighting due to Ataru and co.'s interference, a father and his "son" Ryunosuke move into Tomobiki High and set up a shop in-school.
Episode 87
23 March 1983 - Goodbye Season
Ataru talks to Megane one day about handing over a "position", which Shinobu overhears, thinking that he's planning to give up on Lum. Not wanting to lose Mendou, she takes manners into her own hands..
Episode 88
13 April 1983 - Ran-chan's Great Date Plan!
Admiring Ran's feminine beauty, Ryunosuke goes out with her in an attempt to become more feminine, but everyone else except Ran (who doesn't know Ryunosuke's true gender and thinks she's going on a date with a guy) thinks this means she's interested in girls when she claims she has no interest in boys. Lum and Ataru decide to intervene with Ran and Ryunosuke's "date".
Episode 89
20 April 1983 - Happy Birthday My Darling
When Ataru flips out over Lum for forgetting his upcoming birthday, she goes absent from school for days and only comes home late at night. This causes both Ataru and Lum to become upset, as well as separately confine in Miss Sakura.
Episode 90
27 April 1983 - Seeing Togenkyo as a Hell Camp!
After enduring Lum's ultra-spicy dinner on a camping trip, Ataru, Mendou, Megane, and Perm head off to find food (with Lum and Ten not far behind). They eventually end up fighting against the Evil Peach after they're tipped off by Cherry of a village that produces giant peaches, wanting to save a beautiful girl from being sacrificed.
Episode 91
11 May 1983 - The Muco Flower's Name is Ryunosuke
Ataru is changed into a girl by Kurama's tengu henchmen after they try to use a cannon to change Ryunosuke into a man for their princess. NOTE: There is no appearance of Shinobu in this episode.
Episode 92
25 May 1983 - Bottled Letter Seashore Mystery!
After Ataru, Ten, and Mendo fall for a beautiful woman's love letters - which end up luring them (along with Lum and Shinobu) to the inn she works in - they stay at a creepy inn, where the residents quite literally want them for dinner.
Episode 93
01 June 1983 - Dramatic Appearance! Mizunokoji Ton-chan!!
Mendo's rival Tobimaro Mizunokoji returns, and the two decide to settle their baseball rivalry once and for all.
Episode 94
08 June 1983 - Shinobu's Cinderella Story
Shinobu gets involved with the rich Kobayakawa family's youngest son, the adopted Makoto, whose father recently died. But his older siblings want to bump him off so that they don't have to share their late father's wealth with him.
Episode 95
15 June 1983 - Lum-chan the Ruthless Rebel
Ataru is the producer/director of a film for school. At first it only involves him, Lum, and the Stormtroopers, but it soon involves most of the student body after Ataru gets funding by Mendo.
Episode 96
22 June 1983 - Big Showdown! Sakura vs Sakuranbo!!
Ataru and Lum are left home alone when his parents leave for three days, and Lum locks Ataru inside of his own house! When a botched-up meal causes planes and tanks to appear instead of food, it attracts the attention of Sakura and Sakuranbo, who try to fight them off..but end up fighting against each other's summoned creatures instead!
Episode 97
29 June 1983 - Ghost Story! Old Man Willow!
Onsen-Mark tells the class a story of a cursed willow tree, which Ataru finds a load of fluff and ends up releasing an old man after Mendou after he carved his company's symbol with a knife on said tree. The old man drops a map to a possible treasure, while Mendou plans to see him at midnight to settle a score regarding the mockery of his company logo Ataru carved on the back of his robe. Meanwhile, Onsen-Mark is forced to do guard duty across the school by himself at night.
Episode 98
06 July 1983 - And Then There was Nobody!?
Ataru, Lum, Shinobu, Mendo, Onsen-Mark, Sakura, Cherry, and the Stormtroopers have a stay at a mansion, where they are slowly picked off one by one in a manner similar to the nursery rhyme Cock Robin.
Episode 99
13 July 1983 - Firefighter Mama Visits!
Ten's mother, a firefighter, comes to visit her son on Earth. Ten must keep his fire-breathing a secret from his mother as she hates pyromaniacs and will send all those who are to Hell. Unfortunately for him, Ataru - taking full advantage of Ten's mother's position - isn't going to make it easy on him.
Episode 100
20 July 1983 - Darling's Dying!?
When Ataru gets poisoned by one of Ran's cupcakes, Lum rushes into a magical world to find an antidote for him before he dies.
Episode 101
27 July 1983 - Pitiful! Mother of Love and Banishment!?
An accident at the mall causes Ataru's mother to become unconscious. During this time she begins to have nightmares.
Episode 102
03 August 1983 - Mendo Family - Summer Christmas
Ryoko holds a "Summer Xmas" party, where everyone must come in male-female pairs. And the main attraction is a gigantic Christmas tree, which they must climb in order to get to the dance floor above. The male winner will receive a kiss from Ryoko, and the female Mendou.
Episode 103
10 August 1983 - Panic in the Haunted Inn
Ataru, Lum, Mendo, and Shinobu stay at an inn and meet Otama, a scaredy-cat ghost who tries (and fails) to out-scare an old couple each year around the summer. But the old couple are far scarier than she is (though not on purpose).
Episode 104
17 August 1983 - Ah The Eyelid of Mother
Ryunosuke tries to recall what her mother was like, and her father doesn't help her at all in this endeavor. A new eyecatch featuring Lum and Ataru is introduced this episode.
Episode 105
24 August 1983 - Full of Sunshine - Full of Amours
Thanks to Ten's Core technology, he, Ataru, and Mendo make three Sakura sand dolls come to life. Frustrated, Lum goes out with another guy to make Ataru jealous.
Episode 106
07 September 1983 - Big Clash! Ten VS Ataru
Tired of being defeated recently by Ataru, Ten goes into training with the help of Cherry and Lum to defeat his arch-nemesis.
Episode 107
14 September 1983 - Terror! Tororo has Come to Attack!!
On holiday at Mendo's family's mountain lodge, Lum, Shinobu, Ataru and Mendou are attacked by crazed Tororo yam filling (torojiru).
Episode 108
21 September 1983 - Galactic Teacher CAO-2's Revenge
Lum, Ran, Benten, and Oyuki find out that their old teacher, a giant, robot chalkboard eraser named CAO-2, has come to Earth after being trapped on a deserted planet for years. And the former three are not pleased with the news.
Episode 109
12 October 1983 - Outraged! Piteous Kid Shutaro!!
Ataru, Lum, Shinobu, Mendo, and Ryunosuke go back in time to when Mendou was an obnoxious, violent kid to cure him of both his nyctophobia and claustrophobia.
Episode 110
26 October 1983 - Grand! The Mysterious Matsutake Pot!!
A batch of matsutake mushrooms from Cherry turn the Tomobiki High student body and staff alike (except Lum and Cherry himself) into a bunch of high weirdos desperate for entertainment.
Episode 111
02 November 1983 - Enraged Lum-chan!
After Ten burns Lum's scarf she made especially for Ataru, he's forced to do something he's never really done before - apologize. And Ataru is making sure to drag this out as much as possible, even convincing Lum to get angry at him.
Episode 112
09 November 1983 - Lum and Ataru – A Night only for Two
Ataru's parents head away for an overnight trip to Atami, leaving Lum and Ataru in the house together. Ataru dreads the prospect of a Lum-cooked dinner, while a horrified Mendo and Lum's Stormtroopers storm the Moroboshi home to protect Lum from Ataru. Ataru tries to kiss her at the last moment, but as a precaution, puts an armor that prevents electricity, in the last frames...he begins to cry.
Episode 113
23 November 1983 - Lady Ryunosuke!
Onsen-Mark is given the task of making "a woman" out of Ryuunosuke.
Episode 114
30 November 1983 - Document - Who Will Be Miss Tomobiki!?
A contest is held in Tomobiki for Miss Tomobiki, with a reward of 150,000 yen for the winner. Candidates include Lum, Shinobu, Ran, Sakura, and Ryunosuke.
Episode 115
07 December 1983 - Bizarre! The Medicine of Selflessness!!
Ataru has a literal out-of-body experience when he eats a strange potion shaped like a fish cookie from Cherry.
Episode 116
14 December 1983 - Shutaro - Jinxed Morning
Mendo talks to Sakuranbo about Ataru's possible weaknesses in this clip show episode.
Episode 117
21 December 1983 - The Story of a Traveling Snow Dharma
After saving its life three times from Ten's antics, a snowman spirit awards Ataru with a late night dinner, taking the form of a cute pink-haired girl that only he can see.
Episode 118
11 January 1984 - Lum-chan's Ancient Japanese Fairytales
Cherry tells Ten a fairytale that's basically a giant mishmash of Japanese children's stories, featuring Ataru and Lum as an old couple and Ten as their "son".
Episode 119
18 January 1984 - Shine! The Blessed Bra!
Ryunosuke is blackmailed into going on a date with Shinobu to obtain a bra, which she's always wanted to wear.
Episode 120
25 January 1984 - Duel! Benten VS the Three Daughters
A trio of middle-school space girls steal Benten's chain and then challenge her, Lum, and Oyuki to fight them.
Episode 121
01 February 1984 - Lum-chan is Full!
Ran tries to clone Lum to get revenge on her, but it doesn't work quite as planned.
Episode 122
08 February 1984 - Deadly! Standup Eating Wars!!
Megane deals with a tough, fast-eating "fast-food costumer dragon" named Ryuu at the noodle shop he works at, who criticizes others' inferior foods and eats for free if not satisfied. But soon other fast-food fighters start hitting the scene in Tomobiki, and Megane only worries even more. Turns out that Mendou, who's thinking of opening a supermarket in town in an attempt to bankrupt the small-time family restaurants, is the cause of this, starting a contest between Ataru and co. and the fast-food fighters to determine if Tomobiki gets the supermarket.
Episode 123
15 February 1984 - Great Vault! Courageous Survival!
Ataru and Mendou get locked in the latter's giant safe, where they slowly go mad when the place starts flooding and they try to out-survive each other.
Episode 124
22 February 1984 - Operation - Peek in the Woman's Bath
Ataru takes a bath at an old-fashioned sento (along with Cherry), where he tries to peek on the girls' side, where Lum, Shinobu, Sakura, Ran, Ryoko, Ryunosuke, Benten, and Oyuki are having a private party. But soon the Stormtroopers and even Mendo find out about Ataru's plan.
Episode 125
29 February 1984 - Sakura - Melancholy of a Youth Time
Sakura literally re-meets her childhood when Cherry slips her a pill that makes her childhood self appear, who wants to play. But everyone else thinks it's her illegitimate child.
Episode 126
07 March 1984 - Burning Ran's Emotional Video Mail
In the series' second clip show, Ran gets video tapes "highlighting" her unhappy childhood, as well as previous episodes' events.
Episode 127
14 March 1984 - Sakura-san is My Youth!
Ataru recounts how he met Sakura, and how she ended up as the school nurse of his school. This is intermixed with clips from previous episodes.
Episode 128
21 March 1984 - Scramble! Recapture Lum!
Episode 1 of a 2-episode serial. Ataru and Lum get into an argument, with Lum going to her UFO to sleep that night. But in her sleep it crashes on Mendou's property, with Lum losing her memory in the process. Mendou, disgusted by Ataru's lack of sympathy about Lum's missing, informs Ataru that she's on his property. He also tells him that if he wants her back, he'll have to go on his property and deal with him and his army. After some nudging by Lum's Stormtroopers, Ataru works together with them to save her.
Episode 129
28 March 1984 - Deathmatch! Ataru VS Mendo Brigade!
Episode 2 of a 2-episode serial. Despite their best efforts, all of Lum's Stroomtroopers except Megane have been kidnapped. Ataru is saved from captivity by Mendou's little sister Ryoko, who gives him supplies and even a motorcycle to save Lum with.
Episode 130
11 April 1984 - Different Dimension Switch - Where is Darling!?
During Hanami, Ataru snaps a tree branch and somehow causes a rip in dimensions, sending Lum to a parallel world. Here Ataru lost the game of tag in the first episode, his family living in poverty. And he refuses to talk to Lum because he is upset that she ruined his life, as well as his parents'. Lum hops dimensions in hopes of finding the real Ataru.
Episode 131
25 April 1984 - Clash!! Queen Majesty and Ragaman's Love
Ryunosuke loses the cloth that wraps up her breasts, but decides to not buy a new wrap when she's finally treated like a girl by everyone around her. But when it comes time to play rugby at gym class, the boys are more interested in Ryunosuke's large chest than they are in playing the actual game. At the same time, an evil space queen and her all-male henchmen are plotting to overtake Earth, their ship the size (and shape) of a rugby ball.
Episode 132
02 May 1984 - Ran-chan - First Kiss Tastes Tears of Love
Ran tries to win Rei's heart literally through his stomach. And while she doesn't succeed, she does manage to get an indirect kiss from him when he licks bean paste from her face. Lum is happy to see Rei and Ran paired up, ecstatic at the idea that Ran will no longer bother her. Or is she...?
Episode 133
09 May 1984 - Un-re-mov-ab-le Rouge Magic
Lum is sad that she's never kissed Ataru, so she invents a lipstick that makes whoever wears it to kiss anyone else who's also wearing it.
Episode 134
16 May 1984 - Deathmatch!! The Mendo Family Flower Display Death Match
A mysterious monster is causing strange events in town. Mendo figures out what the monster is when all of his octopi are turned to septopi.
Episode 135
23 May 1984 - Benten & Ryunosuke - Run Toward Tomorrow!
Benten drops in to Tomobiki High, making friends with Ryuunosuke, leading to crime-fighting, kitten-saving adventures.
Episode 136
30 May 1984 - Great Horrors! Oyuki is Finally Angered!!
Ran upsets Oyuki and relives a traumatizing childhood experience with an angry Oyuki. The song "Magical Mystery Tour" by The Beatles seems to be featured as well.
Episode 137
06 June 1984 - Ten-chan's Strange Love Story
Ten meets a lovely little girl, only to find their time together is all too brief. Also in this episode: sumo wrestling and puppies.
Episode 138
13 June 1984 - Haunted Special! Search for Mendo Mansion's Treasure!!
Mendo's elderly grandfather requests Shutaro find the secret family treasure. Unfortunately for Shutaro, his classmates decide to join. Unfortunately for his classmates, is it hidden in the extensive Mendo Estate.
Episode 139
20 June 1984 - Love and War! Battle of Glove VS Pants!!
Possessed accessories bring three of our heroes to a spiritual fight to the... nap time.
Episode 140
27 June 1984 - Lum-chan's Becoming a Cow?
Lum and Ataru are both bitten by a cow in a pet shop. Shortly afterward, Lum's horns begin to grow and resemble a cow's horns, and a horrified Lum believes she is turning into a cow.
Episode 141
11 July 1984 - Great Achievement! This is Lum-chan's Youth Film
Megane convinces everyone to help him make a film starring Lum.
Episode 142
18 July 1984 - Scaring Ghosts! Pretty Sakura's Oharai!!
Sakura's wand needs a recharge, leaving an opening for all the ghosties!
Episode 143
25 July 1984 - Counterattack of the Primeval Animals! Panic at the Poolside
Ten gets a lesson once again about Oni candy and Earthlings while Ataru and Mendou's relationship develops to new levels.
Episode 144
01 August 1984 - Appeared Again! Hunter of Love Princess Kurama
Kurama returns to find her mate. Instead she meets her match.
Episode 145
15 August 1984 - The Fox's Hard Feelings of Painful Love...
How can little Kitsune repay Shinobu's good deed?
Episode 146
22 August 1984 - Ryunosuke Stunned! My Young Child Loves Rock Mother!!
A beach town frantically searches for the food-thieving goblin as Ryuu is once again plagued by her past... and her dramatic father.
Episode 147
29 August 1984 - Thriller! Curra~n Collo~n Womens Dorm!!
Ataru's ghost story becomes all too real when no matter how hard Lum tries to stop it.
Episode 148
12 September 1984 - Pool Spooks! Burning with Forbidden Love!!
The gang helps Pochi rescue his beloved blowfish from the sharky kidnapper.
Episode 149
19 September 1984 - Ran-chan Panic: There is No Tomorrow for Tomobiki Town
Ran's lost konpeito-like supernova fragment causes quite a ruckus for Tomobiki High. The song The Fool on the Hill by The Beatles seems to be featured as well.
Episode 150
26 September 1984 - Where is Love's Room? Kuriko and Chojuro
Pear-consciousness brings everyone in class closer to Ataru.
Episode 151
17 October 1984 - Man or Bird? Gokakenran Ally of Justice!
Ten learns the difficulties of being the righteousness of the universe when he gets powers from a salary-man superhero, whom Ran and Lum have a grudge against.
Episode 152
24 October 1984 - Attack the Seniors! Revenge of the Knowing Three Daughters
The Planet Middle School Girl Gang is back to get revenge on Lum. However, she's too distracted by Ataru's proposition; if she can go three days without shocking him, he'll go on a date with her.
Episode 153
31 October 1984 - Blazing Hidden Trick! This Straight Line Road
Lum finds an alien way to motivate everyone to do their best at the talent show.
Episode 154
07 November 1984 - Don't Die! Ryoko's Special Straw Doll!!
Ryoko harnesses the power of voodoo and gives Ataru a voodoo doll effigy of her brother Shutaro, who unintentionally hurts him without realizing it. Shutaro now must do everything to prevent Ataru from finding out that the voodoo doll is of him, while trying to avoid himself in the process.
Episode 155
14 November 1984 - Matchmaking Hell! Is the Armored Daughter a Beauty? Beast?
Episode one of a two-Episode Serial. Shutaro is forced into an arranged marriage with the heavily armored Asuka Mizunokoji of the Mizunokoji clan, who've been mortal enemies with the Mendou clan for generations. While Shutaro wants nothing to do with Asuka, Ataru (of course) wants this armored girl for himself. A girl who, apparently, has never met a man before, much less one outside of her armor. At episode's end her armor is removed via Lum shocking her with Ataru clinging to her, revealing her true appearance. Cherry ends the episode, breaking the fourth wall as he tells the audience to turn in next time for the conclusion.
Episode 156
21 November 1984 - Love of the Armored Daughter! Maiden Heart is Shaky Wobbling
Episode two of a two-episode Serial. Her armor now gone, a terrified Asuka runs away from Ataru, Shutaro, and even her own brother Tobimaro. It's also revealed why Asuka is in the armor; no male from the Mizunokoji clan is allowed to see their daughter until she turns 15. Shutaro, initially against the idea of the arranged marriage, is now all for it when he hears from Ataru that Asuka is cute, despite her being scary powerful due to 15 years in armor. Ryoko, however, plans to put a stop to the arranged marriage with a giant army and later an armored suit. The marriage is soon after called off.
Episode 157
28 November 1984 - Meeting even if Death! Pure Fox Returns!!
Inspired by a movie about a fox using a spell to turn a human girl he loves into a fox like himself for one night, Kitsune looks for Shinobu to find his missing gingko nuts, which he wants her to eat under a full moon to do the same. Ataru and Lum help them. Kitsune eventually finds them, turning Lum, Ataru, Cherry, Shinobu, AND Kotatsu-Neko all into foxes, as well as many of the people in town partially into foxes as well. A half-fox Shinbou and Kitsune dance together under the full moon, happy together.
Episode 158
05 December 1984 - What Do I Care for Talking Flowers!
Ran and Lum learn a valuable lesson about spreading rumors after Ran's talking flowers (named Ryuugenvillias) spread rumors about them to the entire town, soon affecting/hurting everyone's lives. (Aside from Ataru, oddly enough, who is mostly unaffected.)
Episode 159
12 December 1984 - The Birth of Ten-chan's Son!? I Dunno
An accident causes an egg to be attached to Ten's body. The egg hatches and reveals a strange bee-like creature who proceeds to harass Ten constantly, claiming Ten is his father.
Episode 160
19 December 1984 - Lum's Courageous Duel! Victory is a Nitpicky Hand
Lum learns just how much she needs her powers.
Episode 161
09 January 1985 - Big Employment Aspiration! Return of Missing Ninja Kaede!!
Ninja Kaede seeks a new life in the city.
Episode 162
16 January 1985 - Tomobiki Highschool Survival! Who Are the Survivors!
Texas Chainsaw Tomato Massacre at its finest.
Episode 163
23 January 1985 - The Mysterious Giant Cake! Love's Escape Panic!!
Mendo's New Year's party takes a delicious, spongy turn when Ryoko hears about it.
Episode 164
30 January 1985 - Underground Reincarnation! What's Darling Thinking!?
The gang lands on an island where "poison" literally makes one's dreams come true.
Episode 165
06 February 1985 - Snow Panic! The Mendo Family Hanami Banquet!!
Once again, everyone is taught that Oni eating human food and humans eating Oni food is a drunken disaster.
Episode 166
13 February 1985 - Far Spring! Tale of the Lonely Fairy!!
Ataru learns the importance of happy thought thanks to a fairy.
Episode 167
20 February 1985 - To Dream Land! Darling Battle Royal Abduction
Everyone learns about eating other people's dreams.
Episode 168
27 February 1985 - Three Daughters Again! The Great Mission Tempting Darling!!
Ginger, Pepper, and Sugar return to their old tricks to break up Lum and Ataru.
Episode 169
06 March 1985 - The Scampering Kotatsu Cat! Anything to Get Warm
Kotatsu Cat proves himself to be true to his name by catching the ever-running Kotatsu.
Episode 170
13 March 1985 - Ryunosuke's Naïve Father! A Wife is in Vestiges!!
Ryunosuke's father tries to bring Masako to Ryunosuke's life with lies and trickery.
Episode 171
20 March 1985 - Spring Full Bloom!? Frozen by Oyuki's Cold!!
Oyuki's cold is unlike anyone's on Earth. It's far more literal. The only cure can come from a cat.
Episode 172
27 March 1985 - Friendship Panic! I Love to Eat Blowfish
Ten finds a new friend in a blowfish and brings havoc to Tomobiki with a blowfish and Oni candy.
Episode 173
03 April 1985 - The Armored Girl Returns! Older Brother is Full
At the demand of her mother, Asuka faces her fear of men in a visit to Tomobiki High School after her love crushes her brother. It goes about as well as expected.
Episode 174
10 April 1985 - Boredom Syndrome! Is Tomobiki Town Wasting Away!?
Ataru drinks a can of eye drops Lum left in his room, thinking it was juice. Because of this, everyone ends up having weird dreams.
Episode 175
17 April 1985 - Look Out Ran! Kotatsu Neko's First Love Oden!?
Ran cooks an Oden with love mushrooms to Rei, but Kotatsu Neko eats it. NOTE: Mendo and Ataru make brief appearances.
Episode 176
24 April 1985 - The Armored Girl Is Back Again! Dates of Thunder!
Mrs. Mizunokoji has Mendo and Asuka go on a date on their estate, but Ataru interferes to scare Asuka. Asuka goes on a rampage.
Episode 177
01 May 1985 - The Mystery Priest Appears! Luck Bell Battle Royal
A priest shows up and rings Ataru, Shinobu, Ryu, Lum, Mendo, and Sakura to a great bell in a shrine.
Episode 178
08 May 1985 - First Love Again!? A Return to the Past for Lum and Rei!!
Jariten finds part of a love locket Lum and Rei got when they were going together. At a birthday party for Mendo's favorite octopus, Lum tries to hide this fact, especially from Ataru.
Episode 179
15 May 1985 - Here Comes the Barista of Youth! Shining Café of Dreams!
A middle-aged man and his daughter opens up a teahouse which constantly becomes the scene of many fights between Tomobiki High School students and staff.
Episode 180
22 May 1985 - I Love Darling's Kindness...
A ghost girl who fell in love with Ataru while she was alive wants to have a date with him. She spent most of her life in the hospital and made a scarf, mittens, and most of a sweater before dying; all of which she wanted to give to the handsome boy she saw from her window, Ataru.
Episode 181
29 May 1985 - Return of the Pure-Hearted Fox! I Love Shinobu!
Kitsune goes to Tomobiki High School and bring the class back to his class in the woods on a flying bus.
Episode 182
05 June 1985 - I Love the Sea! The Saga of Hamajaya!
At the beach, Ataru, Mendo, Shinobu, Lum, and Ryu are trying to attract customers for the Hamajaya restaurant, but Mr. Fujinami keeps scaring away the customers.
Episode 183
12 June 1985 - Ryunosuke vs. Benten: The Pointless Charm Contest!
Benten comes to visit Lum and again meets Ryunosuke, but Mr. Fujinami is trying to convince Benten that Ryu is a boy.
Episode 184
19 June 1985 - Little Magical Bottle: What Will Happen to Me?
Jariten buys a magic bottle that can shrink anything down to fit inside it.
Episode 185
26 June 1985 - Some Disassembly Required: Lum’s Dangerous Shopping
Discipline in school raises to a new peak because of the disturbances caused by the arrival of packages from space for Lum.
Episode 186
03 July 1985 - Goodness! Words Aren't Getting to Darling
During a fight between Ataru and Ten at breakfast, Ataru misses Ten and hits Lum with a rice cooker, causing her to forget how to understand or speak Japanese.
Episode 187
10 July 1985 - Devil's Summer! Ten-chan's Great Unaju Mission!!
Jariten gets a fever from staying in the sun too long and the cure is to be made very cold.
Episode 188
17 July 1985 - Omimai Panic!? I Didn't Mean Any Harm
Ran gets sick and asks Lum to come over by sending Lum exploding dolls, missiles and the like.
Episode 189
24 July 1985 - Scary!! There is an Octopus on Shutaro's Head!?
An apparition of one of Shutaro's favorite octopi appears on his head and cannot be removed.
Episode 190
31 July 1985 - Invader From Space! Lum's Dangerous Lips!!
A space centaur comes to Earth where he takes the guise of Ataru and tries to kiss every girl in school, but fails.
Episode 191
07 August 1985 - Space Survival! They are the Eaters
On a spaceship near Earth, an alien is cleaning a special food bowl and drops it.
Episode 192
14 August 1985 - It's Stimulating! Overhead Cooler of Terror!!
It's a hot summer day, and the heat is bothering everyone except Lum.
Episode 193
21 August 1985 - Love Raid! Romantic has Not Stopped!!
Lum buys a plant that grows a little cupid. She then gets the cupid to try hitting Ataru with an arrow.
Episode 194
28 August 1985 - Long-Time Appearance! Worries for Firefighter Mother!!
Ten's mother visits and Jariten wants to give her a bouquet of carnations to show his love for her.
Episode 195
04 September 1985 - Hardsell Happiness! Out of Pint Bluebird!!
An escaped alien convict, a bluebird, come to Tomobiki and begins to grant people's wishes.
Episode 196
11 September 1985 - Great Storm! Ryunosuke's First Time Wearing a Swimsuit!!
Ryunosuke has a final showdown with her father. If she wins, she gets to wear her mother's bathing suit.
Episode 197
18 September 1985 - I Want a Bride!! The Fox's Big Love Adventure!!
Kitsune comes to Tomobiki High School during a costume festival to see Shinobu.
Episode 198
25 September 1985 - How Persistent! The Three Daughters' Great Animal Mission!!
The three scamps from Lum's old school are trying to one-up Lum's gang again. This time, they choose animals to match each of the gang's individual weaknesses.
Episode 199
02 October 1985 - All-You-Can-Grab Fish Frenzy! The Hamajaya Scam
Ryunosuke's father hatches a scheme to solve Hamachaya's finances while Mendou accidentally invites everyone to a beach outing.
Episode 200
16 October 1985 - Wish Upon a Star! The Frenzied Desire of Ataru’s Family!
After Ataru’s father is hit by a semi, the Moriboshi family’s financial situation grants them three wishes by a falling star.
Episode 201
23 October 1985 - Special Delivery Kiss! Darling Finally Gets Jealous!
Lum receives a frog via special delivery, and intends to kiss him despite Ataru's objections.
Episode 202
30 October 1985 - Beware of Booze! Sakura’s Exorcism Error!
Sakura is possessed by a spirit spirit in order to properly exorcise it, but is tempted to go binge drinking before she has the chance.
Episode 203
06 November 1985 - It’s Creepy! The Sakuranbo School of Yoga!
Sakura starts a yoga class, and the main characters all attend. They engage in “multiple-person yoga” to cleanse their souls, but it becomes a competition to see who’ll “win.”
Episode 204
04 December 1985 - Say Goodbye to Onsen!? Tearful Farewell Marathon
Onsen is leaving, and Lum organizes a goodbye ceremony. Before he goes, he has unfinished business to attend to… namely revenge for all the students’ hijinks over the years.
Episode 205
11 December 1985 - Sakura’s Pure Love! Slippery Soap Spells Sayonara!
Sakura must overcome Lum’s home-made soap in order to be with her true love. He mistakes her slippery nature for disinterest in him.
Episode 206
18 December 1985 - Asuka VS Big Brother! It's Battle for Certain Love!
Asuka will not stop flirting with her brother, so her mother makes a desperate wager with her: if he defeats in Asuka in combat, Asuka must give up on marrying him. Unfortunately, their respective martial abilities mean she's almost guaranteed a victory. Lum's help is employed. It gets weird.
Episode 207
25 December 1985 - Darling Great Misfortune! Four Dimension Fortune of Fear!!
Lum and Ataru visit the shrine and make very different wishes, which both come true, in a way. Different dimensions are involved.
Episode 208
08 January 1986 - New Years Panic! The Mendo Family Game of Trouble
The Mendo family uses the main characters as unwilling pawn-like pieces for a family game.
Episode 209
15 January 1986 - Dreaming Ten’s Big Adventure at the End of the Rainbow!
Ten is asked to retrieve an umbrella by a creature that lives in another dimension.
Episode 210
22 January 1986 - Ataru Wants to Go on a Date! Operation Examination!
Shinobu makes a deal with Ataru that she’ll go on a date with him if he comes in first on one of the upcoming exams. However, Ataru and studying don’t mix, so he comes up with a crazy scheme to help him pass…
Episode 211
29 January 1986 - Darling Told Me He Loves Me!
Sakura makes medicine that Lum and Shinobu give to Mendo and Ataru. The medicine makes them delusional, but very creative.
Episode 212
05 February 1986 - Hellish Home Visits! The Passion of the Teacher!
Onsen-mark must brave the families of some of his worst students in a round of home visits.
Episode 213
12 February 1986 - Ran’s Humongous Doll of Destruction!
The main characters are forced to undergo meditation as punishment for their classroom disruption. Ran creates a giant doll that rampages through Tokyo like Gojira.
Episode 214
19 February 1986 - Pure-hearted Fox! He’ll Risk His Life for Love!!
The little fox that loves Shinobu hears a tale that implies that if you grab an Oni's horn, you will win your true love's heart.
Episode 215
26 February 1986 - Darling, Rescue Me! Lum’s Dangerous Engagement
Another suitor has swung in to Lum's life, and he's immune to electric shock.
Episode 216
05 March 1986 - I Can’t Take It Anymore! Ran’s Malicious Operation!
Ran's latest revenge scheme involves a control button in an attempt to take over Ataru's life.
Episode 217
12 March 1986 - Immediate Farewell Special - Shine!! Planet Uru Awards
It is a repeat of episode 44 ("After You've Gone") with a special introduction and best episode countdown before the episode.
Episode 218
19 March 1986 - Great All Star Banquet! We are Immortal!!
Every character from the show makes an appearance as the school attempts a retelling of a classic Japanese tale.
Crew
| Department | Role | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Production | Producer |
Yuji Nunokawa
Takao Inoue
Tadashi Oka
Makoto Kubo
Hiroshi Hasegawa
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| Camera | Director of Photography |
Yoichi Shimizu
Nobuo Koyama
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| Sound | Sound Director |
Shigeharu Shiba
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| Music |
Shin Kawabe
Mickie Yoshino
Katsu Hoshi
Fumitaka Anzai
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| Art | Art Direction |
Torao Arai
Tatsuo Imamura
Mitsuki Nakamura
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| Writing | Screenplay |
Takao Koyama
Michiru Shimada
Kazunori Ito
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| Comic Book |
Rumiko Takahashi
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| Editing | Editor |
Seiji Morita
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| Visual Effects | Key Animation |
Mutsumi Inomata
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| Character Designer |
Akemi Takada
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| Directing | Director |
Kazuo Yamazaki
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| Crew | Creator |
Rumiko Takahashi
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| Department | Role | Name |