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To LOVE-Ru

2008 · TV Series · TV-MA · 24 min · ★ 8.2

ComedySci-Fi & FantasyActionAnimeRomance

A shy high-school boy struggles to confess to his crush when an unexpected visitor suddenly appears in his life: an alien princess on the run from an arranged marriage. Her decision to stay on Earth pulls him into a chaotic mix of school life, strange visitors, and nonstop romantic misunderstandings.

Also known as To Love-Ru Trouble Darkness · Motto To Love Ru · To LOVE Ru Darkness

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Details
Original title
To LOVEる -とらぶる-
Years
2008–2015
Release date
2008-04-04
Network
TBS, Tokyo MX, BS11
Language
Japanese
Rated
TV-MA
Runtime
24 min
TMDB rating
8.2/10 (406 votes)
About

If you want a light, raunchy comedy packed with constant romantic chaos and lots of fan service, this should fit; Not for you if you need a serious plot, subtle humor, or minimal nudity—similar to Date A Live.

Pros: big, varied cast; lots of laughs; bold fan service | Cons: very simple story; repetitive gags; uneven early episodes

Themes

  • harem
  • romance
  • alien
  • school
  • based on manga
  • ecchi
  • shounen
  • anime
  • japanese high school
  • comedy

Cast & crew

Directed by Masaki Utsunomiya, Tsuyoshi Nagasawa, Taketomo Ishikawa +3 more

Episodes4 seasons · 64 episodes

Season 126 episodes
  • S1E1The Girl Who Fell From the Sky24m
  • S1E2A Broken Engagement?!24m
  • S1E3Love Triangle24m
  • S1E4A Love Apron from Outer Space24m
  • S1E5The Queen's Challenge24m
  • S1E6The Alien Assassin24m
  • S1E7All Men Should Be Like This24m
  • S1E8The Prefect of Spotless Integrity24m
  • S1E9From A Shining Star, With Love24m
  • S1E10A Space Entertainer24m
  • S1E11The Golden Darkness24m
  • S1E12A Frightening Field Day!24m
  • S1E13The Greatest Man in the Universe24m
  • S1E14A Secret Between the Two of Us24m
  • S1E15Princess of the Jungle24m
  • S1E16Run's Surprise Confession24m
  • S1E17The Ghost in the Old School Building24m
  • S1E18Saruyama, The Gift24m
  • S1E19Hell's Hot Springs: Alien Girls and Colorful Exposed Bodies24m
  • S1E20Explosive Heat Magical Girl Kyouko Flame24m
  • S1E21A Chronicle of Bloodshed at Yuuki Inn24m
  • S1E22A Frightening School Festival!24m
  • S1E23Saruyama's Tales of the Inner Chambers24m
  • S1E24With Shyness24m
  • S1E25Earth's Final Night24m
  • S1E26Lala24m
Season 212 episodes
  • S2E1Once Again From Here / Bathroom War / Tick-Tock, Tick-Tock, the Sound of Love24m
  • S2E2The Thing That Surfaces in the Darkness / Welcome to the Yuuki Household / Slumber Party24m
  • S2E3Special Love Potion / Looking at You Through the Lens... / The Lovely You is Cinderella24m
  • S2E4Yami Yami Fashion / Wonderful Love / Twins Escape24m
  • S2E5Queen of Romance?! / Let's Play a Game / That Sweet Feeling Tastes Like Chocolate24m
  • S2E6Beach Girls / Late Night Private Tutor / Master of Romance24m
  • S2E7Yami's Clinic / Hostility / A Weird Haruna24m
  • S2E8Become Bigger / Wonderful Life / The Trance of Feelings24m
  • S2E9For Whom the Bell Tolls / The Troubling Rampage / Loving Idol24m
  • S2E10Pollen Telepathy / A Girl's Feelings / Heart-Throbbing E-Mail24m
  • S2E11All Quiet on the 'Sister' Front / The False Love? / Predicting Love24m
  • S2E12I Love You Parts 1, 2 & 324m
Season 312 episodes
  • S3E1Continue24m
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  • S3E2Doubt and Dish24m
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  • S3E3Each Speculation24m
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  • S3E4True Smile ~The Past, Friends and Smiles~24m
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  • S3E5A Man? A Woman? ~Changing Ones~24m
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  • S3E6Metamorphose ~Changing Times~24m
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  • S3E7Sisters ~The Invention of Happiness~24m
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  • S3E8Bad Mood ~The Bond of Happiness~24m
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  • S3E9True Self ~The True Face in the Darkness~24m
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  • S3E10Past ~The Memory That Leads to Tomorrow~24m
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  • S3E11The Right Thing ~What is the Way of Life?~24m
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  • S3E12Room ~The Maiden's Thought~24m
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Season 414 episodes
  • S4E1Unconsciously ~Light Head, Pounding Heart~24m
  • S4E2Uneasy ~A Wavering Heart~24m
  • S4E3After a storm comes a calm ~Friends~24m
  • S4E4Summer festival ~The Beginning of the Festival~24m
  • S4E5New move ~Two of a Kind?~24m
  • S4E6Manservant ~Competition~24m
  • S4E7Resistance ~I Know, But Still~24m
  • S4E8Danger ~Peril~24m
  • S4E9Kiss ~What Lies Beyond a Kiss~24m
  • S4E10True Character ~True Identity Revealed!?~24m
  • S4E11The Beginning of Darkness ~That Time~24m
  • S4E12Prediction is Impossible ~Darkness Out of Control~24m
  • S4E13Power and Power ~Protector and Protected~24m
  • S4E14Bright Future ~Thank You~24m