• Air date: 14 Oct '81 195 episodes
      An alien race known as the Oni arrive on Earth to invade the planet. Instead of taking over the planet by force, the Oni give humans a chance to fight for the rights to the planet by taking part in a competition. The computer-selected human player is Ataru Moroboshi, a lecherous, unlucky and stupid high school student from the Japanese city of Tomobiki, and the Oni player is Princess Lum, daughter of the leader of the Invasion force.
  • List of Episodes (195)
    • 26. Ten-chan's Love

      05 May '82
      Ten has an unrequited crush on Sakura.
    • 27. What a Dracula

      12 May '82
      Dracula wants to suck the blood of a beautiful young girl and his target is Lum.
    • 28. Lum's Education Lecture Course for Boys

      19 May '82
      Lum travels back in time in order to meet a younger Ataru and cure his libido.
    • 29. From the Gardenia with Love

      26 May '82
      Ataru and Ten compete for the attention of the pretty female proprietor of a flower shop.
    • 30. A Beautiful Girl Brings Rain

      02 Jun '82
      The gang meet Tsuyuko, a girl who seems to bring rain wherever she goes.
    • 31. Gimme Back My Horn!

      09 Jun '82
      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.
    • 32. Shock Library - Quiet Please!

      16 Jun '82
      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.
    • 33. Teacher Hanawa Arrives! It's the Youth

      23 Jun '82
      Mr. Hanawa found employment in Ataru's school and at the same time, Lum gets enlisted into it.
    • 34. Goblin in Distress - Wonderful People

      30 Jun '82
      A goblin who is living in Mendo's private pool has been shooed out and is trying to find a new home.
    • 35. Darling had It This Time!

      14 Jul '82
      Remembering how Lum always got her in trouble when they were younger, Ran devises a new scheme to suck away Ataru's youth.
    • 36. Rei Returns! The Big Study Hall Uproar!

      21 Jul '82
      Rei appears and causes an uproar by eating everyone's lunch, and Ran tries her best to win him back.
    • 37. The Coming of The Phantom Red Mantle!

      28 Jul '82
      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.
    • 38. Steal Darling! Copy Operation!

      04 Aug '82
      Things go wrong when Lum tries to make copies of Ataru in order to protect him from Ran's vengeance.
    • 39. Thrilling Summer Date

      11 Aug '82
      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.
    • 40. So long Byebye Summer Days

      18 Aug '82
      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.
    • 41. Panic in Typhoon!

      01 Sep '82
      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.
    • 42. Drunkard's Boogie

      08 Sep '82
      Lum and Ten get drunk from eating umeboshi, and Lum begins flying around terrorizing Ataru's classmates in order to get more umeboshi.
    • 43. The Terror of Meow

      22 Sep '82
      During one of the cats' mating season, Ataru, Lum and Ten meet a beautiful female cat-like humanoid.
    • 44. After You've Gone

      13 Oct '82
      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.
    • 45. Lum-chan's Class Reunion

      20 Oct '82
      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.
    • 46. Those Buy-Eaters Gather Round!

      27 Oct '82
      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.
    • 47. Terror! The Deserted Fossil Grounds Mystery

      03 Nov '82
      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.
    • 48. Princess Kurama - A New Challenge!

      10 Nov '82
      Kurama has her subjects place her in suspended sleep again in the hopes that some prince may awaken her.
    • 49. The Terrifying Cavity WARS!

      17 Nov '82
      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.
    • 50. The Mendo Siblings!

      24 Nov '82
      Mendo's manipulative and dangerous younger sister, Ryoko, is introduced.