• 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)
    • 76. Firefighter Mama Visits!

      13 Jul '83
      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.
    • 77. Darling's Dying!?

      20 Jul '83
      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.
    • 78. Pitiful! Mother of Love and Banishment!?

      27 Jul '83
      An accident at the mall causes Ataru's mother to become unconscious. During this time she begins to have nightmares.
    • 79. Mendo Family - Summer Christmas

      03 Aug '83
      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.
    • 80. Panic in the Haunted Inn

      10 Aug '83
      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).
    • 81. Ah The Eyelid of Mother

      17 Aug '83
      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.
    • 82. Full of Sunshine - Full of Amours

      24 Aug '83
      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.
    • 83. Big Clash! Ten VS Ataru

      07 Sep '83
      Tired of being defeated recently by Ataru, Ten goes into training with the help of Cherry and Lum to defeat his arch-nemesis.
    • 84. Terror! Tororo has Come to Attack!!

      14 Sep '83
      On holiday at Mendo's family's mountain lodge, Lum, Shinobu, Ataru and Mendou are attacked by crazed Tororo yam filling (torojiru).
    • 85. Galactic Teacher CAO-2's Revenge

      21 Sep '83
      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.
    • 86. Outraged! Piteous Kid Shutaro!!

      12 Oct '83
      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.
    • 87. Grand! The Mysterious Matsutake Pot!!

      26 Oct '83
      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.
    • 88. Enraged Lum-chan!

      02 Nov '83
      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.
    • 89. Lum and Ataru – A Night only for Two

      09 Nov '83
      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.
    • 90. Lady Ryunosuke!

      23 Nov '83
      Onsen-Mark is given the task of making "a woman" out of Ryuunosuke.
    • 91. Document - Who Will Be Miss Tomobiki!?

      30 Nov '83
      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.
    • 92. Bizarre! The Medicine of Selflessness!!

      07 Dec '83
      Ataru has a literal out-of-body experience when he eats a strange potion shaped like a fish cookie from Cherry.
    • 93. Shutaro - Jinxed Morning

      14 Dec '83
      Mendo talks to Sakuranbo about Ataru's possible weaknesses in this clip show episode.
    • 94. The Story of a Traveling Snow Dharma

      21 Dec '83
      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.
    • 95. Lum-chan's Ancient Japanese Fairytales

      11 Jan '84
      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".
    • 96. Shine! The Blessed Bra!

      18 Jan '84
      Ryunosuke is blackmailed into going on a date with Shinobu to obtain a bra, which she's always wanted to wear.
    • 97. Duel! Benten VS the Three Daughters

      25 Jan '84
      A trio of middle-school space girls steal Benten's chain and then challenge her, Lum, and Oyuki to fight them.
    • 98. Lum-chan is Full!

      01 Feb '84
      Ran tries to clone Lum to get revenge on her, but it doesn't work quite as planned.
    • 99. Deadly! Standup Eating Wars!!

      08 Feb '84
      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
    • 100. Great Vault! Courageous Survival!

      15 Feb '84
      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.