Ranma ½: Chûgoku Nekonron daikessen! Okite yaburi no gekitô hen (1991)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Shuji Iuchi

Writers:

Shuji Iuchi (writer)
Rumiko Takahashi (comic)

Genre:

Comedy | Animation

Plot:

When Prince Kirin of the 7 Lucky Gods shows up at the Tendo dojo looking for his bride-to-be, guess...

Plot Keywords:

Based On Comic | Sequel | Sex Change | Anime | Martial Arts

Cast

Kappei Yamaguchi	...	Ranma Saotome (male) (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara	...	Ranma Saotome (female) (voice)
Noriko Hidaka	...	Akane Tendô (voice)
Kaneto Shiozawa	...	Kirin (voice)
Sakiko Tamagawa	...	Lychee (voice)
Ryûnosuke Ôbayashi	...	Sôun Tendô (voice)
Kenichi Ogata	...	Genma Saotome (voice)
Minami Takayama	...	Nabiki Tendô (voice)
Kikuko Inoue	...	Kasumi Tendô (voice)
Hirotaka Suzuoki	...	Tatewaki Kunô (voice)
Kazuhiko Inoue	...	Bishamonten / Mikado Sanzenin (voice)
Hiromi Tsuru	...	Ukyô Kuonji (voice)
Eiko Yamada	...	Monlon / Tsubasa Kurenai (voice)
Naoko Matsui	...	Azusa Shiratori (voice)
Kôichi Yamadera	...	Ryôga Hibiki / P-chan (voice)

Also Known As:

Ranma ½: The Movie, Big Trouble in Nekonron, China (USA)
Ranma 1/2: Big Battle at Nekonron! The No-Rules All-Out Battle
Ranma 1/2: Big Trouble in Nekonron, China

Runtime:

74 min

Country:

USA | Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Germany:6 | UK:PG

Company:

Kitty Films

Trivia:

Originally played in Japan as a double-feature with Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling. Viz Media LLC's title for this film is a parody of the 1986 film Big Trouble in Little China.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Akane is sneaking out to the kitchen in order to cook something, she briefly has a see-through hand.

Movie Connections:

Follows "Ranma ½: Nettô-hen" (1989)

Soundtrack:

It's love

Here's my little movie summary

I figure since no one's written on this yet, let me be the first. And this is from a fan, not a film critic, so hey. Well, it's Ranma, and for those of you who love Ranma, you must think this movie's like the toast of the town [or whatever phrases y'all use]. But, looking at it objectively, it's a horrid story. I am of the unfortunate few who don't understand Japanese and have to wait for english dubbed releases of movies, but when you get right down to it, this movie wasn't a great piece of writing. The beginning opens with I think just about every Ranma TV-show character ever made, but then they all vanish so you can get to the real story, which is your standard, "Girl gets kidnapped, it's up to Guy/Girl to rescue her!" It contains a few choice moments (prince Kirin eating meat!) but other than that, it's a pretty lame movie.

But to fans it's great!

I voted it a 4 because the second Ranma movie is better by leaps. [Not bounds, just leaps]