After requests from fans, Viz Media licensed the series for release in English across North America under the title of "Lum * Urusei Yatsura". Despite a strong start, the series was dropped after 8 issues. The series was then reintroduced in the monthly Viz publication "Animerica" and because of the long gap the series was retitled "The Return of Lum". To start, chapters were published monthly in "Animerica"; however, due to reader feedback and an increased popularity of the series it was decided to release it as an individual monthly publication. The English release finished in 1998 and is now out of print. The first 11 volumes of the Japanese release were covered, but several chapters were excluded and a total 9 English volumes of the series were released.