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" (1989)

Soundtrack:

It's love

Below average Takahashi adaption

Have you noticed, how every first theatrical animation of a series has to a) have every character appear at least for a split second and b) present a story that would like to be overwhelming (but is actually very poor) and tries to adapt the complete content of the original comic character development as if there was no intent of making another one ? And then the creators loosen up in the making of the sequel which then turns out much better ? This is a perfect example. The seriousness and the somewhat heroic-like behaviour of the protagonists just don't allow the typical "Ha-ha-Ranma-no-baka" feeling, especially towards the end. Sure, there are some laughs, but hardly anything new for the devoted Ranma-lovers. You don't have to be a Ranma-Fanatic to enjoy this movie, but being one doesn't help either.