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Urusei Yatsura OVA Series

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Alternative title:
Lamuì, La ragazza dello spazio - OAV Collection (Italian) 
うる星やつら (Japanese) 
福星小子 (Chinese (Taiwan)) 
Genres: action , comedy , science fiction 
Themes: aliens 
Objectionable content: Significant 
Plot Summary: The adventures of Lum, Ataru, Ten, and all the gang from Tomobiki continue in an assortment of new – but no less weird – stories. Watch as Lum, Ataru, and Shinobu encounter a rabbit-clad youth, enter the Room of Destiny, and get a glimpse into their futures in “Inaba the Dreammaker,” or see Ran's plans to use a sherbet cone-producing bird to open a sherbet shop one hot Tokyo summer go terribly awry in “Raging Sherbet.” Ataru has yet another bad experience with Lum's cooking in “I Howl at the Moon,”....and so on 
User Ratings: 128 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 13 votes (sub:13)
 Excellent: 23 votes (sub:19, dub:3, others:1
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Very good: 39 votes (sub:37, raw:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 41 votes (sub:36, dub:3, others:2
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Decent: 8 votes (sub:7, raw:1)
 So-so: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Weak: -
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 300 users, rank: #3071 (of 10058)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.828 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.2318, rank: #1018 (of 10233)
Weighted mean: 7.787 (Very good−), rank: #998 (of 10233) (seen all: 7.82 / seen some: 7.64 / won't finish: 7.69)
Bayesian estimate: 7.759 (Very good−), rank: #771 (of 7687)
Running time: half hour per episode 
Number of episodes: 11 
Episode titles: We have 11
Vintage: 1985-09-24 to 1991-06-21 
Opening Theme:
#1: "Tonogata Gomen Asobase" (殿方ごめん遊ばせ) by Shōko Minami (eps 1,11) 
#2: "Sweet Dream" by Kanako Narikiyo (ep 2) 
#3: "Monotone no Natsu" (モノトーンの夏) by Kayoko Matsunaga (ep 3) 
#4: "Urusei Yatsura Stars On" (うる星やつらSTARS ON) by Satomi (eps 4-7) 
#5: "Lum no Love Song" (ラムのラブソング) by Yūko Matsutani (ep 8) 
#7: "Rock the Planet" by Steffanie Borges (ep 9) 
#8: "Pajama Jama da!" (パジャマじゃまだ) by Kanako Narikiyo (ep 10) 
Ending Theme:
#1: "Good Luck, Eien yori Ai o Komete" (Good Luck~永遠より愛をこめて) by Shōko Minami (eps 1,9,11) 
#2: "Romance ga Itai" (ロマンスが痛い) by Kanako Narikyo (ep 2) 
#3: "Sorry..." by Kanako Narikiyo (ep 3) 
#4: "Urusei Yatsura Stars On" (うる星やつらSTARS ON) by Satomi (eps 4-7) 
#5: "Uchū wa Taihen da!" (宇宙は大ヘンだ!) by Yūko Matsutani (eps 8,10) 
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 3
Review:
Urusei Yatsura OVA Set (Feb 15, 2005)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Urusei Yatsura - OVA Series Collection (Sub.Blu-ray) 2024-07-30 (from $39.95)
DVD (Region 1)
    Urusei Yatsura - OVA Set (Sub.DVD 1-6)
    Urusei Yatsura OVA Series - Inaba the Dreammaker (Sub.DVD 1) 2005-04-12 (from $50.87)
    Urusei Yatsura OVA Series - Raging Sherbet & I Howl at the Moon (Sub.DVD 2) 2005-05-10 (from $11.41)
    Urusei Yatsura OVA Series - Catch the Heart & Goat and Cheese (Sub.DVD 3) 2005-06-07 (from $36.72)
    Urusei Yatsura OVA Series - Date with a Spirit & Terror of Girly-Eyes Measles (Sub.DVD 4) 2005-06-07 (from $13.81)
    Urusei Yatsura OVA Series - Nagisa's Fiancé & The Electric Household Guard (Sub.DVD 5) 2005-07-12 (from $12.09)
    Urusei Yatsura OVA Series - Ryoko's September Tea Party & Memorial Album (Sub.DVD 6) 2005-07-12 (from $199.99)
VHS
    Urusei Yatsura OVA Series - Inaba the Dreammaker (Sub.VHS 1) 1995-06-28 (from $24.95)
    Urusei Yatsura OVA Series - Raging Sherbet & I Howl at the Moon (Sub.VHS 2) 1995-06-28 (from $36.00)
    Urusei Yatsura OVA Series - Catch the Heart & Goat and Cheese (Sub.VHS 3) 1995-06-28 (from $11.99)
    Urusei Yatsura OVA Series - Date with a Spirit & Terror of Girly-Eyes Measles (Sub.VHS 4) 1995-06-28 (from $24.95)
    Urusei Yatsura OVA Series - Nagisa's Fiancé & The Electric Household Guard (Sub.VHS 5) 1995-06-28 (from $8.00)
    Urusei Yatsura OVA Series - Ryoko's September Tea Party & Memorial Album (Sub.VHS 6) 1995-06-28 (from $22.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Kazuo Yamazaki 
Director: Setsuko Shibuichi (eps 4-5) 
Script:
Hidehiro Fujiwara (ep 10) 
Tatsuhiko Urahata (ep 11) 
Storyboard:
Makoto Moriwaki (ep 11) 
Mamoru Oshii 
Shigeru Morikawa (ep 10) 
Episode Director:
Kazuo Yamazaki (ep 2) 
Kenjirō Yoshida (ep 4) 
Makoto Moriwaki (ep 11) 
Satoshi Dezaki (ep 3) 
Shigeto Makino (ep 10) 
Yorifusa Yamaguchi (ep 5) 
Unit Director: Tsuneo Tominaga (ep 3) 
Original Manga: Rumiko Takahashi 
Character Design:
Akemi Takada (ep 2) 
Atsushi Shigeta (eps 10-11) 
Art Director:
Kayoko Koitabashi (eps 4-5) 
Kazushige Takatō (eps 10-11) 
Animation Director:
Atsushi Shigeta (eps 10-11) 
Noboru Furuse (ep 2) 
Nobuyoshi Habara (ep 2) 
Setsuko Shibuichi (ep 5) 
Shinichi Imakuma (ep 10) 
Sound Director: Shigeharu Shiba 
Director of Photography:
Akihiko Takahashi (ep 5) 
Kinichi Ishikawa (ep 11) 
Nobuo Koyama (ep 4) 
Takeshi Fukuda (ep 10) 
Executive producer: Hidenori Taga 
Producer:
Akira Watanabe (Watanabe Promotion) 
Masao Maruyama (Madhouse) 
Yoko Matsushita (Kitty Films) 

Animation:
Kenichi Maejima (OP/ED for eps. 4-5) 
Kōji Nanke (OP/ED for eps. 10-11) 
Animation producer: Yoshiyuki Matsuzaki 
Assistant Episode Director: Morio Asaka (ep 8) 
Background Art:
Cheol Kim (ep 11) 
Dae Hee Lee (ep 11) 
Dae Yong Sung (ep 11) 
Hoi Young Lee (ep 11) 
Kazushige Takatō (ep 10) 
Masako Futami (ep 5) 
Masao Kajitani (ep 4) 
Sanae Makino (ep 4) 
Yōko Ichihara (ep 5) 
Cel Check:
Isako Mori (ep 10) 
Yumiko Kosaku (ep 10) 
Color setting:
Hideo Kamiya (ep 4) 
Mototsune Kurita (ep 10) 
Shōgo Nishimura (ep 11) 
Editing:
Hiroshi Matsumoto (ep 11) 
Kazuhiko Seki (ep 10) 
Kazuo Inoue (ep 4) 
Masaki Sakamoto (ep 11) 
Seiji Morita (ep 11) 
Toshio Henmi (ep 10) 
Finish Animation:
Akemi Hosoya 
Akihiko Isozaki (ep 1) 
Hiroko Kijima (Studio OZ) 
Kaoru Masako (ep 3) 
Mineko Yamaguchi (ep 5) 
Miwako Teruya (ep 4) 
Rika Fujita (ep 5) 
Sanae Matsutani (ep 4) 
Tadaaki Goto (ep 4) 
Yōko Hatta 
Yoshie Komatsu (ep 5) 
Finish Check:
Kaeko Matsuo (ep 11) 
Reichiko Kishimoto (ep 11) 
In-Between Animation:
Chieko Hisha (ep 4) 
Hiroshi Matsuyama (ep 11) 
Kenji Mizuhata (ep 5) 
Kumi Ozaki (ep 4) 
Kuniharu Sano (ep 5) 
Mikihiro Ohshiba (ep 5) 
Nobuyasu Murakami (ep 4) 
Rie Nishino (ep 5) 
Saki Watanabe (ep 11) 
Satomi Nishigata (eps 4, 7) 
Satoru Mochizuki (ep 11) 
Takayuki Sekiguchi (ep 4) 
Taku Ito (ep 5) 
Tomomi Nishigata (ep 4) 
Yukio Nakatani (ep 5) 
In-Between Check:
Hideki Takahashi (ep 5) 
Hiroshi Shirakawa (ep 10) 
Shigeharu Sekiguchi (ep 4) 
Takahiro Gotō (ep 11) 
Key Animation:
Akiko Kawashima (ep 5) 
Akio Mitani (ep 10) 
Akira Takeuchi (ep 11) 
Akira Watabe (ep 11) 
Akiyuki Simbo (ep 10) 
Atsuko Ishida (ep 5) 
Chihiro Washio (ep 5) 
Fumie Muroi (ep 11) 
Hiroki Takagi (ep 4) 
Hiromi Suzuki (ep 5) 
Hiroshi Ōsaka  (ep 10) 
Keiko Watanabe (ep 11) 
Kenichi Maejima (ep 5) 
Kenichirō Nakamura (eps 5, 10) 
Kenji Yoshioka (ep 4) 
Kōji Ogawa (ep 10) 
Kumi Nakajō (ep 5) 
Makoto Itō (eps 6-7) 
Mamoru Kurosawa (ep 5) 
Masako Hirao (ep 5) 
Masami Shimoda (ep 10) 
Masaru Kitao (ep 8) 
Minoru Okamoto (ep 11) 
Osamu Komurai (ep 4) 
Shin Matsuo (ep 10) 
Shinichi Imakuma (ep 11) 
Shinichi Yoshino (ep 5) 
Takashi Koizumi (ep 4) 
Tomio Yamauchi (ep 4) 
Toshihiro Kawamoto 
Yasuhiko Ōyama (eps 10-11) 
Yoshiaki Matsuda (ep 5) 
Yoshiharu Ashino (ep 11) 
Yoshihito Hishinuma (ep 11) 
Yukari Kobayashi (ep 5) 
Mechanical Director: Kenichi Maeda 
Photography:
Akemi Maki (ep 9) 
Atsurō Saitō (Madhouse; ep 11) 
Atsushi Iwasaki (Sanko Production; ep 10) 
Fumio Hirokawa (Sanko Production; ep 10) 
Hitoshi Yamaguchi (Madhouse; ep 11) 
Jun'Ichi Takeda (Sanko Production; ep 10) 
Kazuhiro Yoshino (Sanko Production; ep 10) 
Minoru Fujita (Flame Pot; ep 11) 
Nagisa Shimada (Sanko Production; ep 10) 
Naoyuki Taniguchi (ep 4) 
Rikiya Matsushita (Sanko Production; ep 10) 
Takashi Azuhata (ep 5) 
Takayoshi Matsudaira (Sanko Production; ep 10) 
Tsuguo Ozawa (ep 4) 
Yasuhiro Matsumura (Madhouse; ep 11) 
Yasuyoshi Toyonaga (Madhouse; ep 11) 
Yoshiaki Yasuhara (ep 4) 
Planning: Shigekazu Ochiai 
Production Advancement:
Chikuma Ōue (ep 3) 
Masato Sato (ep 11) 
Takashi Nagao (ep 4) 
Tomoki Kobayashi (ep 10) 
Production Affairs:
Akiko Fujimoto (ep 11) 
Tomoko Danjo (ep 10) 
Production Desk: Hiroshi Enomoto (ep 4) 
Recording Adjustment: Kunio Kuwabara 
Sound Effects: Yasufumi Yoda 
Special Effects:
Kunji Tanifuji (eps 8, 11) 
Takeshi Saitō (ep 1) 
Toyohiko Sakakibara (ep 10) 
Yasuhiko Komori (eps 6-7) 
Yoshitaka Kumai (ep 4)  (eps 3, 5) 
Theme Song Arrangement:
Fumitaka Anzai (eps 4-5) 
Izumi Kobayashi (ED for ep. 10) 
Kazuo Shiina (OP for ep. 10) 
Kimio Mizutani (OP/ED for ep. 11) 
Theme Song Composition:
Izumi Kobayashi (ED for ep. 10) 
Tetsuji Hayashi (OP for ep. 10) 
Tsunehiro Izumi (OP/ED for ep. 11) 
Theme Song Lyrics:
Akira Itō (ED for ep. 10) 
Jin-Hwa Kang (OP for ep. 10) 
Yōko Aki (OP/ED for ep.11) 
Theme Song Performance:
Kanako Narikiyo (OP for ep. 10) 
Satomi (eps 4-5) 
Shōko Minami (OP/ED for ep. 11) 
Yūko Matsutani (ED for ep. 10) 
Fumi Hirano as Lum 
Toshio Furukawa as Ataru Moroboshi 

Akira Kamiya as Shūtarō Mendō 
Hirotaka Suzuoki as Inaba  (eps 3-4) 
Ichirō Nagai as Sakurambō/Cherry 
Kaneta Kimotsuki as Mr. Shiowatari (ep 5) 
Kazue Komiya as Ran 
Kōichi Kitamura as Saizō (ep 6) 
Mami Koyama as Ryōko Mendō 
Masahiro Anzai as Mr. Fujinami 
Mayumi Tanaka as Ryūnosuke Fujinami 
Mitsuki Yayoi as Nagisa Shiowatari (ep 5) 
Nozomu Sasaki as Mamoru Maizuru (ep 11) 
Saeko Shimazu as Shinobu Miyake 
Tōru Furuya as Shingo (ep 6) 
Yūko Kobayashi as Maiko Omaezaki (ep 11) 
Yūko Mita as Benten 

Akira Murayama as Perm 
Chika Sakamoto as Ginger 
Ichirō Nagai as Narration 
Issei Futamata as
Chibi 
Rabbit (ep 3) 
Kazuhiko Inoue as Tsubame Ozuno 
Kazuko Sugiyama as Ten 
Kenichi Ogata as Mr. Moroboshi 
Kikuko Inoue as
Girl A (ep 6) 
Girl Student B  (ep 7) 
Machiko Washio as Sakura 
Masako Katsuki as Ten's Mother 
Masako Sugaya as Fox 
Mayumi Tanaka as S-108 Shū-chan (ep 2) 
Michihiro Ikemizu as Onsen-Mark 
Mitsuru Ogata as Black Glasses (ep 6) 
Mugihito as Mr. Mendō 
Natsumi Sakuma as Mrs. Moroboshi 
Noriko Ohara as Oyuki 
Rumiko Ukai as Pepper 
Shigeru Chiba as
Megane 
Sherbet (ep 4) 
Shinji Nomura as Kakugari 
Sumi Shimamoto as Asuka Mizunokōji 
TARAKO as Sugar 
Tesshō Genda as
Rabbit Leader (ep 3) 
Rei 
Tomohiro Nishimura as
Black Glasses (ep 5) 
Kotatsu Neko 
Rabbit (ep 3) 
Tomomichi Nishimura as Principal 
Toshihiko Nakajima as
Student B 
TV Samurai (ep 6) 
Toshio Furukawa as Kokeru Moroboshi 
Yoshiko Kamei as Girl Student A  (ep 7) 

Kōji Tsujitani (eps 8-9) 
Michiyo Sasaki (ep 10) 
Midori Nakazawa (ep 10) 
Rei Sakuma (eps 8-9) 
Ryūzō Ishino (ep 4) 
Takehito Koyasu (ep 4) 
Toshihiko Nakajima (eps 7, 9) 
Yūko Kobayashi (ep 10) 
Japanese companies
Animation Production:
Magic Bus (eps 4-5) 
Studio DEEN 
Animation Production Assistance:
Madhouse (eps 10-11) 
Watanabe Promotion (eps 10-11) 
Backgrounds:
Production ai 
Studio CATS 
Editing: Jay Film (ep 10) 
Editing Assistance: Morita Editing Room (ep 10) 
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory 
Finish Check: DR Movie (ep 11) 
In-Between Animation:
Dong Bang (ep 10) 
DR Movie  (ep 11) 
GNC 
Group Donguri 
Group Zen 
I.T.T (ep 9) 
Lee Production 
Nakamura Production 
Studio Kuma 
Photography:
E&G Films 
Flame Pot (ep 11) 
Lucky More 
Madhouse  (ep 11) 
Sankō Production  (ep 10) 
T. Nishimura 
Production: Kitty Films 
Re-Recording: Tokyo TV Center 
Recording Production: Omnibus Promotion 
Recording Studio: New Japan Studio 
Sound Production: Omnibus Promotion 
Title Design: Maki Production 
English staff
English cast
Director: Michael House 
Translation:
Michael House 
Shin Kurokawa 
Theresa Martin ("Nagisa's Fiance") 
Executive producer: Robert J. Woodhead 

Cultural & Literary Consultant:
Masae Watanabe 
Yūji Watanabe 
Production Assistant: Nancy Powell 
Production Coordination: Natsumi Ueki 
Production manager:
Janice Hindle 
Peter R. Haswell 
(none)
English companies
Distributor: MVM (UK) 
Licensed by:
AnimEigo  (Expired) 
Discotek Media (2024) 
Spanish cast
Spanish staff
Dubbing Director: Azucena Díaz (Spain dub) 
Translation: Ángel-Manuel Ybáñez (Spain dub) 
Executive producer: José Luis Puertas 
Angel de Gracia as Ataru (Spain dub) 
Gemma Ibáñez as Lamu (Spain dub) 

Azucena Díaz as Sakura (Spain dub) 
Berta Cortés as Shinobu (Spain dub) 
Claudi Domingo as Mendo (Spain dub) 
Geni Rey as Ten (Spain dub) 

Angel del Río as Padre de Ataru (Spain dub) 
Carmen Ambrós as Ryunosuke (Spain dub) 
Elisa Beuter as Ran (Spain dub) 
Jordi Pineda as Perm (Spain dub) 
Jordi Salas as Chibi (Spain dub) 
Manuel Gimeno as Inaba (Spain dub) 
Mar Roca as Benten (Spain dub) 
Maria Rosa Guillén as
Madre de Ataru (Spain dub) 
Oyuki (Spain dub) 
Pablo Gomez as Megane (Spain dub) 
Paco Alborch as Cherry (Spain dub) 
Ramon Canals as Onsen (Spain dub) 
Victoria Ramos as Ryoko (Spain dub) 
Spanish companies
Distributor: Jonu Media (Spain) 
Dubbing: Dubbing Films (Spain dub) 
Translation: Traducciones Imposibles (Spain dub) 
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director:
Aldo Stella 
Dania Cericola 
Luca Ghignone (eps 2, 11) 
Translation: Ruben Baita (eps 2, 11) 
Executive producer: Francesco Di Sanzo ((eps 2, 11)) 

Dialogues: Laura Cherubelli (eps 2, 11) 
Dubbing Assistant: Cristina Minoja (eps 2, 11) 
Dubbing Coordination: Orlando Leone ((eps 2, 11)) 
Dubbing Engineer:
Alessio Zanin (eps 2, 11) 
Camillo Pellegrino 
Michele Cantù (eps 2, 11) 
Mixing:
Giacomo Zambelloni (eps 2, 11) 
Massimo Parretti 
Marcella Silvestri as Lamù 
Paolo De Santis as Ataru Moroboshi 

Cinzia Massironi as Shinobu Miyake 
Paolo Sesana as Shutaro Mendo 

Aldo Stella as
Kakugari 
Padre di Ataru 
Alessandra Karpoff as Benten 
Antonello Governale as Padre di Ryunosuke 
Arianna Talamona as Asuka 
Benedetta Ponticelli as Ryoko Mendo 
Claudio Ridolfo as Rei 
Dania Cericola as Madre di Lamù 
Donatella Fanfani as Oyuki 
Giovanni Battezzato as Padre di Lamù 
Giulia Franzoso as Ran 
Irene Scalzo as Ryunosuke Fujinami 
Lara Parmiani as Ten 
Maddalena Vadacca as Sakura 
Marco Balzarotti as Megane 
Marco Pagani as Professor Onsen 
Mario Scarabelli as Sakurambo 
Patrizio Prata as Perma 
Renata Bertolas as Madre di Ataru 
Renato Novara as Chibi 
Ruggero Andreozzi as Tsubame Ozuno 
Tania de Domenico as Madre di Ten 
Italian companies
Broadcaster: Man-Ga 
Distributor: Yamato Video 
Dubbing:
Raflesia srl 
X-trim Solutions (epp 2, 11) 
Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video (Anime Generation) 
Anime Generation 
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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