Urusei Yatsura

Crazy alien chick? Pervyness? Yep, we've got 'em both. Somewhat similar stories as well. Both series also can tend to give the feeling, "yeah, this doesn't seem like it will get anywhere, but WHATEVER! :D" 

To-LOVE-Ru has the same EXACT story setup at the beginning. Guy has a girl he likes who also likes him, alien princess comes from outer space, alien father could destroy the earth if he doesn't stay with her, etc. You could say that Urusei Yatsura is the origin of this type of story.  

Both stories involve a lead female character who is a beautiful alien that becomes the fiance of the male lead character through some misunderstanding even though the male lead has his eyes on another girl.The alien girl also loves spicy food and sometimes tries to use machines with disastrous effects. 

To Love-Ru is almost a direct copy of Urusei Yatsura, not only the main concept but multiple episodes, characters and ideas were "borrowed" from Urusei Yatsura. 

To LOVE-Ru is the essentially the author's own take on Urusei Yatsura. Both shows are about an alien princess falling coming to Earth and falling in love with a human boy. Lala is similar to Lum in a lot of ways. They both want to be around their love all the time, use a lot of advanced technology, and are often loopy. In both shows, the alien and their love get into a lot of shenanigans, involving both the extraterrestrial and supernatural. 

Our MC has a sudden alien princess fall into his life. One thing happens and they somehow get married. Comedy, ecchi, harem, and romance dominate the two as well as sprinkling in a higher than normal episode count. What you're left with are two shows with pretty similar premises. 

Both have the same overall story, that is an alien coming and falling in love with a human who is a pervert. Urusei yatsura was the starting point of these kind of stories especially harem comedy. But now a days comedy in these genres are falling down, but urusei yatsura used to be the best comedy anime until gintama and nichijou came.  

To Love-Ru was strongly inspired by Urusei Yatsura, as they both feature an unlucky human boy who gets accidentally engaged in marriage with an alien girl who has demonic features and have some harem elements, so if you liked To Love-Ru, you'll like Urusei Yatsura. 

in both, the female mains are alien. in both, the female mains are good inventers tht eventually cause trouble to their darlings.  

Urusei Yatsura was the first big series and success of Rumiko Takahashi, it was on Urusei Yatsura where she developed her clever and wacky classic comedy stories that she would also use later on Ranma. Both series went to being highly influential on the anime industry and comedy anime was never the same after them, especially Urusei Yatsura. Needless to say that if you enjoy one, you'll also enjoy the other.  

Firstly, they're Rumiko Takahashi works, with the same wacky, absurd type of comedy, stupidly crazy and unique characters, and surreal (mis)adventures, all put into a rather normal, slice of life-ish situation. Secondly, in both anime the main characters don't exactly get along well with each other, even though they live under the same roof and are destined to get married. The female lead (Akane/Lum) is a short-tempered, easily angered tsundere, but actually cares a lot about the boy (Ranma/Ataru). Moreover, both leads have several individuals who are hopelessly in love with them, constantly chasing after the couple and trying to break them up, and who, obviously, deeply hate the fiancée of their loved one. Both anime have a huge cast and a lot of weird supporting characters. Really long too, with a bunch of OVAs, specials, movies. The main difference is that Ranma 1/2 is better, funnier, and mostly about martial arts, and Urusei Yatsura is a sci-fi series while Ranma has fantasy elements. read more 

They are made by the same manga-ka. The main characters don't get along very well even though they live together and are destined to be married. Other people who are desprately trying to break them up both sets of main chartacters who live with their parents and go to the same highschool. Both shows are long running comedies that emply lots of slap stick and ironic humor and mnisadventures. Also both shows have their share of movies and ovas, and a huge OST set. 

A lot of the themes of Ranma 1/2 were first developed in Urusei Yatsura. There are so many similarities, in fact, that you may wander why you should watch one if you've seen the other (just remember that Urusei Yatsura was a hit in Japan and Ranma wasn't). There is a character Ryuunosuke that has a very similar relationship to her father to Ranma's and his dad. That character is also a female martial artist like Akane and a female crossdresser like Ukkyo. Lum and Ten wear tiger stripes like Ryoga, and all of them have fangs. Themes of Japanese folklore pervade both series. Lum's obsession with Ataru is similar to ... well, all the girl's fascination with Ranma. Ataru's relationship to Ten is similar to Ranma's relationship to P-Chan. Cherry the preist is reminiscent of Happosai. Mendou is reminiscent of Kuno, though he was trained in much the same way Ranma got Cat-Fu. As I said, the similarities are extensive. read more 

Ranma 1/2 is the spiritual successor to Urusei Yatsura. Urusei Yatsura was the first major hit authored by Rumiko Takahashi-sensei. It's the basis for pretty much every subsequent work of the author and none of them hit true as much as Ranma 1/2. If you love one then you'll definitely love the other. If you're someone who only watched Ranma 1/2 and left wanting for more then you might enjoy the more chaotic nature of Urusei Yatsura. Urusei Yatsura has a lot of experimental episodes compared to formulaic ones. Its comedy has more over-the-top slapstick nature paired with great voice acting and the plot is even more loose. A lot of the bases for Ranma 1/2 (and even InuYasha) characters can be found in Urusei Yatsura. read more 

If you want to find more Rumiko Takahashi humour and want to see a story with beginning, middle and ending with a more serious romantic approach then search no more. Maison Ikkoku is unmatched on the Romantic/comedy/drama anime field. 

Same creator, same genres In Maison Ikkoku you can see that Lum and Ran are on episode 15, 14:45 

Both Urusei Yatsura and Maison Ikkoku are pioneers of the "love-comedy" genre in manga/anime. You may recognize the term as "rom-com" today. They started serializing around the same time and even ran concurrently for the majority of their publishing time despite being written by the same author, Rumiko Takahashi-sensei. So naturally, they have a similar feeling that translated over to their anime adaptations. Even though both of these series share the same genre of "romcom", the "rom" part is more emphasized in Maison Ikkoku while the "com" part is more emphasized for Urusei Yatsura. Maison Ikkoku has a more grounded setting with no sci-fi or fantasy elements and it also has plot progression. But it still has a strong comedic element even in its most serious episodes and fans of Urusei Yatsura will love it and vice versa. read more 

Inukami! is similar to urusei yatsura because there is a lum & ataru like relationship between youko and keita and in my opnion inukami is even funnier than urusei yatsura and has a better ending. it's a shame though it only has 26 episodes and one movie 

A unlucky skirt chaser being chased by a woman with supernatural powers who is in love with him. A comedy where the main topic is his inability to admit his feelings for her. Also the man gets hurt a lot as a result of his flirtatious ways. 

Girl comes out of nowhere, has a crazy family, loves the MC, MC clearly loves back but denies but there are still cute moments. Also lum's VA does a few side characters. 

They give off similar vibes 

Both series are iconic 80's anime and both their main heroines (Lum and Madoka) are iconic 80's waifus. Both have an episodic nature albeit KOR has a more involved plot that runs in the background. KOR has fewer recurring characters alongside fewer episodes but its characters are slightly more complex. If you want to watch another series with a great 80's soundtrack and animation you have to pick one that you haven't seen already. 

Both are 80s romcoms with zany supernatural/scifi antics that would have a fair amount of influence on the genre going forward. Their formulas are different however, as KOR follows a continuous story with somewhat episodic hijinks, while UY is entirely episodic without no overarching plot aside from the additions of new characters. 

If you like an absurd "aliens randomly visit earth and cause chaos" plot then Urusei Yatsura is the first and best of its kind. The character dynamics are a bit different but you're missing out by not seeing one of the absolute classics of comedy anime. 

Both feature lots of great slapstick humour and very likeable female protagonists. Urusei Yatsura is more toward aliens/science fiction as a major series theme, and Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid is focused on the supernatural/fantasy elements. Both stories actually have some very compelling romantic moments with lots of dramatic punch/depth and significant others that are both merely mortal, but interesting characters with depth in their own right. And both shows have utterly bonkers OPs, both are hard to skip LOL! 

There's no other anime out there on the same level of Ginatam's fever dream after Level E like this one. You can say it's Gintama but tuned down. A prototype you might say. It has the same spirit of wild, mischievous adventures along with a huge cast that you can't help but love everyone of them, with the exception of Ataru sometimes.  

After a couple of Urusei Yatsura episodes, it's obvious that Fantasia is a short and lower quality rip-off. Pretty much the same plot and characters crammed into a single-episode OVA. I wouldn't really recommend Fantasia unless you're really craving for something similar to Urusei Yatsura and you don't mind compromising quality. Watch at your own risk I guess. 

both are great comedy shows which both ran at exactly the same time 

Both are episodic comedies in which the main character is suddenly engaged to a non-human girl due to ridiculous circumstances. Seto no Hanayome retreads many of the tropes and characterizations that Urusei Yatsura set forward (I honestly kept referring to Kai as Mendou by accident cuz they're so similar), is much more ridiculous and over the top, and is A LOT shorter. If you want a taste of some of the ideas Urusei Yatsura brought to the genre, but are intimidated by the older art style and long episode count, I recommend trying Seto no Hanayome first. If you found Seto no Hanayome too ridiculous, Urusei Yatsura's relatively more subdued style may be more to your liking. read more