
Stagione 1 (1981)
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Episodes 218
Un personaggio di un'altra galassia
Ataru è stato prescelto per sfidare un abitante degli alinei che stanno invadendo il pianeta Terra. Se vincerà la sfida, loro abbandoneranno i loro propositi, se vinceranno la Terra sarà loro. Ataru vince la sfida riuscendo a toccare le corna dell'aliena Lamù. La fanciulla, tuttavia, si innamora di lui, ma deve abbandonare la Terra. I compagni di Ataru vorrebbero il ritorno di Lamù e per questo fanno arrivare un tassista dallo spazio che dovrebbe riportare l'aliena da loro. Ataru non vuole l'incontro e si fa riportare a casa, ma il passaggio è così costoso che serve davvero Lamù per fronteggiare i costi. Ataru in cambio accetta di vivere con lei.
Read MoreLamù deve ritornare sulla Terra
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.
Read MoreTen, il bambino della galassia
This is the first episode with Jariten, Lum's cousin. Jariten arrives in a giant peach and he and Ataru are enemies at once.
Read MoreUna rondine e un pinguino
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.
Read MoreRei, il mostro delle città
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.
Read MoreGuai per un dongiovanni
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.
Read MoreIl bambino nell'aquilone
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.
Read MoreIl senso della vita
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.
Read MoreSakura, bellezza misteriosa
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.
Read MoreUn terribile 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.
Read MoreIl triangolo dell'amore
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.
Read MoreUn piccolo demonio
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.
Read MoreElettroshocks
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.
Read MoreBamboline voodoo
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.
Read MoreAvventure su Nettuno
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.
Read MoreL'invidia degli uomini
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.
Read MoreCome diventare una donna
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.
Read MoreL'inferno delle atlete
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.
Read MoreUn natale mozzafiato (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.
Read MoreUn natale mozzafiato (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.
Read MoreIl playboy Ataru
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.
Read MoreLa vittoria degli orchi
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.
Read MoreI due pretendenti
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.
Read MoreL'esempio di Wakamaru
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.
Read MoreAvventura alle Hawaii
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.
Read MoreLa grande abbuffata
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.
Read MoreTest di compatibilità
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.
Read MoreLa grande battaglia
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.
Read MoreMatch di ritorno
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.
Read MoreLe mie lezioni private
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.
Read MoreBrividi di terrore
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.
Read MoreFotografia a 4 dimensioni
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.
Read MoreUn percorso pericoloso
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.
Read MoreLa vendetta di Ran
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.
Read MoreUn invito amichevole
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.
Read MoreIl diario di Ataru
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.
Read MoreIl neonato dello spazio
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.
Read MoreProblemi di primavera
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.
Read MoreFiore di pesco
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.
Read MoreI due 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.
Read MoreL'incubo di Ataru
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.
Read MoreFesta di fidanzamento (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.
Read MoreFesta di fidanzamento (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.
Read MoreIl re delle rane
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).
Read MorePerduti nelle grotte
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).
Read MoreI paraorecchi magici
Ataru and Ten switch bodies after wearing some kind of special earmuffs.
Read MoreIl piccolo bruco
Ataru becomes the owner of a white caterpillar that Lum's Stormtroopers gave him as it eats a lot more than ordinary caterpillars.
Read MoreTen innamorato
Ten has an unrequited crush on Sakura.
Read MoreDracula affamato
Dracula wants to suck the blood of a beautiful young girl and his target is Lum.
Read MoreLamù e la disciplina maschile
Lum travels back in time in order to meet a younger Ataru and cure his libido.
Read MoreLa gardenia innamorata
Ataru and Ten compete for the attention of the pretty female proprietor of a flower shop.
Read MoreLa maga della pioggia
The gang meet Tsuyuko, a girl who seems to bring rain wherever she goes.
Read MoreIl corno spezzato
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.
Read MoreLa rivolta dei personaggi
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.
Read MoreArriva Hanawa sensei
Mr. Hanawa found employment in Ataru's school and at the same time, Lum gets enlisted into it.
Read MoreIl mostro acquatico
A goblin who is living in Mendo's private pool has been shooed out and is trying to find a new home.
Read MoreAtaru in pericolo
Remembering how Lum always got her in trouble when they were younger, Ran devises a new scheme to suck away Ataru's youth.
Read MoreArriva Rei
Rei appears and causes an uproar by eating everyone's lunch, and Ran tries her best to win him back.
Read MoreIl mostro della scuola
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.
Read MoreLe copie di Ataru
Things go wrong when Lum tries to make copies of Ataru in order to protect him from Ran's vengeance.
Read MoreQuella magnifica estate
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.
Read MoreArriva il tifone
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.
Read MoreSalsa piccante
Lum and Ten get drunk from eating umeboshi, and Lum begins flying around terrorizing Ataru's classmates in order to get more umeboshi.
Read MoreQuei gatti sui tetti che scottano
During one of the cats' mating season, Ataru, Lum and Ten meet a beautiful female cat-like humanoid.
Read MoreDa quando te ne andasti
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.
Read MoreParty scolastico
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.
Read MoreGhiottoni della scuola unitevi
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.
Read MoreL'enigma della montagna purificata
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.
Read MoreLa bella addormentata
Kurama has her subjects place her in suspended sleep again in the hopes that some prince may awaken her.
Read MoreIl terrore del mal di denti
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.
Read MoreLa sorella di Mendo
Mendo's manipulative and dangerous younger sister, Ryoko, is introduced.
Read MoreC'è un gatto sulle scale
Kotatsu-neko is introduced.
Read MoreLa ricompensa del tasso
Ataru helps a wounded bird who transforms itself into a raccoon and moves in to repay the service to Ataru.
Read MoreUn lavoro affascinante
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.
Read MoreLa festa di fine anno
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...
Read MoreStorie dal passato
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.
Read MoreLezioni di recupero
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.
Read MoreLezioni di virilità
Lum's mother boots father out of the house, so he comes to stay with Lum.
Read MoreUn bacio alla regina delle nevi
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.
Read MoreUn terribile giorno di san Valentino
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.
Read MoreLa sfera dell'amore
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.
Read MoreLotta mascherata
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.
Read MoreIl virus spaziale
Lum catches a cold from her father, which soon spreads across the entire male student body at Tomobiki High.
Read MoreArriva Ryunosuke
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.
Read MoreIl cambio di guardia
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..
Read MoreL'appuntamento
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".
Read MoreBuon compleanno
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.
Read MoreLa pesca regina
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.
Read MoreLa principessa dei corvi
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.
Read MoreMessaggio in bottiglia
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.
Read MoreVecchi rancori
Mendo's rival Tobimaro Mizunokoji returns, and the two decide to settle their baseball rivalry once and for all.
Read MoreStrana avventura
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.
Read MoreCiak, si gira!
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.
Read MoreReazione
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!
Read MoreEterni rivali
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.
Read MoreE poi non rimase nessuno
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.
Read MoreLa madre pompiere
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.
Read MoreUn dolcetto indigesto
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.
Read MoreLe casalinghe
An accident at the mall causes Ataru's mother to become unconscious. During this time she begins to have nightmares.
Read MoreIl Natale estivo
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.
Read MoreI fantasmi
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).
Read MoreLa madre dei miei ricordi
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.
Read MoreInconvenienti della gelosia
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.
Read MoreLa sfida di Ten
Tired of being defeated recently by Ataru, Ten goes into training with the help of Cherry and Lum to defeat his arch-nemesis.
Read MorePrecario equilibrio
On holiday at Mendo's family's mountain lodge, Lum, Shinobu, Ataru and Mendou are attacked by crazed Tororo yam filling (torojiru).
Read MoreLa vendetta del robot
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.
Read MoreLa paura del buio
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.
Read MoreFungo, fungo delle mie brame...
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.
Read MoreIl più bravo bambino dell'universo
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.
Read MoreAccadde una notte tra Ataru e Lamù
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.
Read MoreIl dramma di Ryunosuke
Onsen-Mark is given the task of making "a woman" out of Ryuunosuke.
Read MoreChi sarà 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.
Read MoreIl peccato di Ataru
Ataru has a literal out-of-body experience when he eats a strange potion shaped like a fish cookie from Cherry.
Read MoreUna giornata sfortunata
Mendo talks to Sakuranbo about Ataru's possible weaknesses in this clip show episode.
Read MoreIl pupazzo di neve
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.
Read MoreLa fiaba del tempo che fu
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".
Read MoreIl sogno infranto
Ryunosuke is blackmailed into going on a date with Shinobu to obtain a bra, which she's always wanted to wear.
Read MoreBenten contro tutti
A trio of middle-school space girls steal Benten's chain and then challenge her, Lum, and Oyuki to fight them.
Read MoreTante Lamù
Ran tries to clone Lum to get revenge on her, but it doesn't work quite as planned.
Read MoreI professionisti dell'abbuffata
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.
Read MoreAvventura mortale
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.
Read MoreOcchio non vede...
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.
Read MoreL'infanzia di Sakura
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.
Read MoreI ricordi di Ran
In the series' second clip show, Ran gets video tapes "highlighting" her unhappy childhood, as well as previous episodes' events.
Read MoreSogno di gioventù
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.
Read MoreL'amnesia di Lamù (prima parte)
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.
Read MoreL'amnesia di Lamù (seconda parte)
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.
Read MoreMondi paralleli
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.
Read MoreSogni d'invasione e d'evasione
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.
Read MoreIl grande amore di Ran
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...?
Read MoreIl rossetto magico
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.
Read MoreScontro a casa Mendo
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.
Read MoreBenten e Ryunosuke
Benten drops in to Tomobiki High, making friends with Ryuunosuke, leading to crime-fighting, kitten-saving adventures.
Read MoreL'ira di Oyuki
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.
Read MoreLa strana storia d'amore di Ten
Ten meets a lovely little girl, only to find their time together is all too brief. Also in this episode: sumo wrestling and puppies.
Read MoreCaccia al tesoro
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.
Read MoreIl guantone dell'odio e dell'amore
Possessed accessories bring three of our heroes to a spiritual fight to the... nap time.
Read MoreLa trasformazione di Lamù
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.
Read MoreIl film di Lamù
Megane convinces everyone to help him make a film starring Lum.
Read MoreSakura l'esorcista
Sakura's wand needs a recharge, leaving an opening for all the ghosties!
Read MoreTerrore in piscina
Ten gets a lesson once again about Oni candy and Earthlings while Ataru and Mendou's relationship develops to new levels.
Read MoreIl ritorno della principessa Kurama
Kurama returns to find her mate. Instead she meets her match.
Read MoreUna volpe per amico
How can little Kitsune repay Shinobu's good deed?
Read MoreLa madre di Ryunosuke
A beach town frantically searches for the food-thieving goblin as Ryuu is once again plagued by her past... and her dramatic father.
Read MoreLa notte dei fantasmi
Ataru's ghost story becomes all too real when no matter how hard Lum tries to stop it.
Read MoreUn amore proibito
The gang helps Pochi rescue his beloved blowfish from the sharky kidnapper.
Read MorePanico in città
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.
Read MoreUno strano amore
Pear-consciousness brings everyone in class closer to Ataru.
Read MoreKid, l'uomo volante
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.
Read MoreTeppiste al contrattacco
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.
Read MoreDilettanti allo sbaraglio
Lum finds an alien way to motivate everyone to do their best at the talent show.
Read MoreIl pupazzo maledetto
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.
Read MoreUna bella in armatura
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.
Read MoreIl primo amore di Asuka
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.
Read MoreIl ritorno di Kitsune
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.
Read MoreFiori parlanti
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.)
Read MoreIl figlio di Ten
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.
Read MoreUn duello coraggioso
Lum learns just how much she needs her powers.
Read MoreUn nuovo lavoro
Ninja Kaede seeks a new life in the city.
Read MoreLa guerra dei pomodori
Texas Chainsaw Tomato Massacre at its finest.
Read MoreLa torta gigante
Mendo's New Year's party takes a delicious, spongy turn when Ryoko hears about it.
Read MoreSogno avvelenato
The gang lands on an island where "poison" literally makes one's dreams come true.
Read MoreIl samurai vagabondo
Once again, everyone is taught that Oni eating human food and humans eating Oni food is a drunken disaster.
Read MoreLa fata dell'inverno
Ataru learns the importance of happy thought thanks to a fairy.
Read MoreIncontriamoci in un sogno
Everyone learns about eating other people's dreams.
Read MoreLa grande seduzione
Ginger, Pepper, and Sugar return to their old tricks to break up Lum and Ataru.
Read MoreLa leggenda del Kotatsu
Kotatsu Cat proves himself to be true to his name by catching the ever-running Kotatsu.
Read MoreTutto su mia madre
Ryunosuke's father tries to bring Masako to Ryunosuke's life with lies and trickery.
Read MoreLa donna delle nevi
Oyuki's cold is unlike anyone's on Earth. It's far more literal. The only cure can come from a cat.
Read MoreIl pesce volante
Ten finds a new friend in a blowfish and brings havoc to Tomobiki with a blowfish and Oni candy.
Read MoreCaro fratello
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.
Read MoreLa sindrome del collirio
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.
Read MoreRan e il gatto Kotatsu
Ran cooks an Oden with love mushrooms to Rei, but Kotatsu Neko eats it. NOTE: Mendo and Ataru make brief appearances.
Read MoreIl ritorno di Asuka
Mrs. Mizunokoji has Mendo and Asuka go on a date on their estate, but Ataru interferes to scare Asuka. Asuka goes on a rampage.
Read MoreLa campana del tempio
A priest shows up and rings Ataru, Shinobu, Ryu, Lum, Mendo, and Sakura to a great bell in a shrine.
Read MoreRicordi del passato
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.
Read MoreLa casa da tè
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.
Read MoreL'ultimo appuntamento
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.
Read MoreAmo Shinobu!
Kitsune goes to Tomobiki High School and bring the class back to his class in the woods on a flying bus.
Read MoreIl ristorante sul mare
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.
Read MoreRyunosuke contro Benten
Benten comes to visit Lum and again meets Ryunosuke, but Mr. Fujinami is trying to convince Benten that Ryu is a boy.
Read MoreLa bottiglia magica
Jariten buys a magic bottle that can shrink anything down to fit inside it.
Read MoreAcquisti per corrispondenza
Discipline in school raises to a new peak because of the disturbances caused by the arrival of packages from space for Lum.
Read MoreProblemi di linguaggio
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.
Read MoreUn colpo di sole
Jariten gets a fever from staying in the sun too long and the cure is to be made very cold.
Read MoreAmiche del cuore
Ran gets sick and asks Lum to come over by sending Lum exploding dolls, missiles and the like.
Read MoreUn polpo sulla testa
An apparition of one of Shutaro's favorite octopi appears on his head and cannot be removed.
Read MoreIl centauro spaziale
A space centaur comes to Earth where he takes the guise of Ataru and tries to kiss every girl in school, but fails.
Read MoreCibo a volontà
On a spaceship near Earth, an alien is cleaning a special food bowl and drops it.
Read MoreTeste calde
It's a hot summer day, and the heat is bothering everyone except Lum.
Read MoreIl piccolo Cupido
Lum buys a plant that grows a little cupid. She then gets the cupid to try hitting Ataru with an arrow.
Read MoreUn regalo per la mamma
Ten's mother visits and Jariten wants to give her a bouquet of carnations to show his love for her.
Read MoreEsprimi un desiderio
An escaped alien convict, a bluebird, come to Tomobiki and begins to grant people's wishes.
Read MoreIl costume di Ryunosuke
Ryunosuke has a final showdown with her father. If she wins, she gets to wear her mother's bathing suit.
Read MoreL'amore di una volpe
Kitsune comes to Tomobiki High School during a costume festival to see Shinobu.
Read MoreBattaglia allo zoo
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.
Read MoreUna pesca pericolosa
Ryunosuke's father hatches a scheme to solve Hamachaya's finances while Mendou accidentally invites everyone to a beach outing.
Read MoreLa stella cadente
After Ataru’s father is hit by a semi, the Moriboshi family’s financial situation grants them three wishes by a falling star.
Read MoreLa gelosia di Ataru
Lum receives a frog via special delivery, and intends to kiss him despite Ataru's objections.
Read MoreIl demone serpente
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.
Read MoreScuola di 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.”
Read MoreAddio professor Onsen!
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.
Read MoreUn appuntamento scivoloso
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.
Read MoreFratello contro sorella
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.
Read MoreInfausti presagi
Lum and Ataru visit the shrine and make very different wishes, which both come true, in a way. Different dimensions are involved.
Read MoreBuon anno nuovo
The Mendo family uses the main characters as unwilling pawn-like pieces for a family game.
Read MoreIl sogno di Ten
Ten is asked to retrieve an umbrella by a creature that lives in another dimension.
Read MoreCompito in classe
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…
Read MoreFIltri d'amore
Sakura makes medicine that Lum and Shinobu give to Mendo and Ataru. The medicine makes them delusional, but very creative.
Read MoreVisita ai genitori
Onsen-mark must brave the families of some of his worst students in a round of home visits.
Read MoreLa bambola gigante di Ran
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.
Read MoreKitsune al salvataggio
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.
Read MoreLa giungla elettrica
Another suitor has swung in to Lum's life, and he's immune to electric shock.
Read MoreRicordi d'infanzia
Ran's latest revenge scheme involves a control button in an attempt to take over Ataru's life.
Read MoreSplendi, premio dei casinisti planetari!! (Special pre-finale)
It is a repeat of episode 44 ("After You've Gone") with a special introduction and best episode countdown before the episode.
Read MoreFesta d'addio
Every character from the show makes an appearance as the school attempts a retelling of a classic Japanese tale.
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