Urusei Yatsura Release Date Watch Order

Physica_Fulcrum
"Here is a release date order list for Urusei Yatsura but it might not be entirely accurate.

Urusei Yatsura TV 1 (Oct 14, 1981) - 21 (March 24, 1982)
Urusei Yatsura TV Special: It's Spring! Take Off! (April 1, 1982 or April 2, 1982 according to MAL)
Urusei Yatsura TV 22 (April 7, 1982) - 58 (Feb 2, 1983)
Urusei Yatsura Movie 1: Only You (Feb 11, 1983 or Feb 13, 1983 according to MAL)
Urusei Yatsura TV 59 (Feb 16, 1983) - 99 (Feb 8, 1984)
Urusei Yatsura Movie 2: Beautiful Dreamer (Feb 11, 1984)
Urusei Yatsura TV 100 (Feb 15, 1984) - 140 (Jan 23, 1985)
Urusei Yatsura Movie 3: Remember My Love (Jan 26, 1985)
Urusei Yatsura TV 141 (Jan 30, 1985) - 191 (Feb 19, 1986)
Urusei Yatsura Movie 4: Lum the Forever (Feb 22, 1986)
Urusei Yatsura TV 192 (Feb 26, 1986) - 195 (March 19, 1986)
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Urusei Yatsura OVA: Inaba the Dream Maker (July 18, 1987)
Urusei Yatsura Movie 5: Final/Kanketsu-hen (Feb 6, 1988)
Urusei Yatsura OVA: Raging Sherbert (Dec 2, 1988)
Urusei Yatsura OVA: Nagisa's Fiance (Dec 8, 1988)
Urusei Yatsura OVA: The Electric Household Guard (Aug 21, 1989)
Urusei Yatsura OVA: I Howl at the Moon (Sep 1, 1989)
Urusei Yatsura OVA: Goat and Cheese (Dec 21, 1989)
Urusei Yatsura OVA: Catch the Heart (Dec 27, 1989)
Urusei Yatsura OVA: Terror of Girly-eyes Measles (June 21, 1991)
Urusei Yatsura OVA: Date with a Spirit (June 21, 1991)
Urusei Yatsura Movie 6: Always My Darling (November 2, 1991 or Aug 18, 1991 according to MAL)
Urusei Yatsura OVA: The Obstacle Course Swim Meet (Dec 23, 2008)

Everything before the dash line seems fairly accurate I think, but once it gets to the OVAs I am not sure. MAL says the OVAs started on Sept 24, 1985 but the first OVA, Inaba the Dream Maker, is listed on other sites as being from 1987. Maybe the MAL list is including some of the compilation music videos which I have not put on the list. I will try to learn more about the OVA releases when I get to those episodes. I have already noticed that the Animeigo release lists "Raging Sherbert" as OVA 3, while on websites it is listed as the second OVA. The two OVAs released on the same day (June 21, 1991), I just listed in the order websites generally put them."


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http://www.furinkan.com/uy/anime/tv.htm
This page provides a guide to all 195 Urusei Yatsura television episodes that aired from 1981 to 1986. Every single episode is listed along with brief summaries of what happens in each installment.

Episodes 1 - 21
October 14, 1981

Episodes 22 - 43
April 7 , 1982

Episodes 44 - 54
October 13, 1982

Episodes 55 - 77
January 5, 1983

Episodes 78 - 106
July 27, 1983

Episodes 107 - 127
April 18, 1984

Episodes 128 - 149
October 17, 1984

Episodes 150 - 165
April 3, 1985

Episodes 166 - 195
July 24, 1985

NOTES:

Unlike today when TV anime is made in seasons of 24 episodes, Urusei Yatsura was produced non-stop from beginning to end with no seasonal breaks, at the same time as producing 4 movies (No wonder the animators were always so exhausted). So it's hard to divide it up into seasons since as far as I can tell, there was no differentiation. Instead for the purpose of this page, I've divided up the episodes based on when the opening or ending theme song was changed. We'll call these "seasons" but really don't take it literally.

In the creation of these summaries, the entire 50 volume set of laserdiscs were viewed in their original Japanese. Since the writers of these summaries were not completely fluent at the time, there are more than a few mistakes within. But overall they present a good look at the entire television run.