Urusei Yatsura: Only You
1983 1h 41m movie Film Japan

Urusei Yatsura: Only You

うる星やつら オンリー・ユー

“Love, eleven years in the making... not that he remembers!”

Synopsis

うる星やつら オンリー・ユー

“Love, eleven years in the making… not that he remembers!”

Six-year-old Ataru steps on Elle's shadow during an impromptu game of shadow-tag; in Elle's culture, this is viewed as a marriage proposal. Eleven years later, Elle returns to Earth in order to marry Ataru — by which time not only had he forgotten the events of his childhood, but he was also going out with Lum. The rest of the plot focuses on Lum's attempts to prevent the marriage. The film was directed by Mamoru Oshii who was mad at the many requests that the producer made of him to alter the movie. Rumiko Takahashi considers this film her favorite and it is the most true to the original series.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Urusei Yatsura: Only You. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

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Animation + Romance in Japan

116 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Romance genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Urusei Yatsura: Only You itself).

The 1982–1984 Japan Window

Urusei Yatsura: Only You holds position #38 of 57 Japan films in the 1982–1984 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. Space Cobra
    #1

    Space Cobra

    ★ 8.3 · 1982
  2. Super Dimension Fortress Macross
    #2

    Super Dimension Fortress Macross

    ★ 8.1 · 1982
  3. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
    #3

    Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

    ★ 7.9 · 1984
  4. The Transformers
    #4

    The Transformers

    ★ 7.9 · 1984
  5. Captain Tsubasa
    #5

    Captain Tsubasa

    ★ 7.8 · 1983
  6. Kinnikuman
    #6

    Kinnikuman

    ★ 7.8 · 1983
  7. Voltron: Defender of the Universe
    #7

    Voltron: Defender of the Universe

    ★ 7.6 · 1984
  8. Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space
    #8

    Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space

    ★ 7.6 · 1982

The 1980s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 1980s in Japan, 280 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Urusei Yatsura: Only You premiered alongside 17 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 17 other Japan films in 1983.

The 592nd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).

Audience Engagement

30
Reviews
50th
Review-volume percentile
49th
Popularity percentile

30 audience reviews — more than 50% of Japan films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 49th percentile among Japan films.

Reception Benchmarks

6.4
TMDB Rating
30
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #3,314 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (28th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.5 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #2,066 of 2,532 (top 82%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesKitty Films
Runtime1h 41m
Release DateFebruary 11, 1983
IMDbtt0086520