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.

The 1982–1984 Japan Window

57 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Urusei Yatsura: Only You sits at position #38.

  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

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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The 1980s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 1980s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Urusei Yatsura: Only You premiered. 280 total titles in this decade from Japan.

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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 Country Japan
Original Language Japanese
Production Companies Kitty Films
Runtime 1h 41m
Release Date February 11, 1983
IMDb tt0086520

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