Captain N: The Game Master
1989 3 seasons · 34 ep live_tv Scripted Japan

Captain N: The Game Master

Synopsis

A teenager from Earth, is brought to another universe known as Videoland to defeat the evil villainess, Mother Brain, as foretold in an Ancient Prophecy.

Animation + Action & Adventure in Japan

706 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Action & Adventure genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Captain N: The Game Master itself).

The 1988–1990 Japan Window

Captain N: The Game Master holds position #75 of 110 Japan seriess in the 1988–1990 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. Legend of the Galactic Heroes
    #1

    Legend of the Galactic Heroes

    ★ 9.0 · 1988
  2. Chibi Maruko-chan
    #2

    Chibi Maruko-chan

    ★ 9.0 · 1990
  3. Ranma ½
    #3

    Ranma ½

    ★ 8.6 · 1989
  4. Grave of the Fireflies
    #4

    Grave of the Fireflies

    ★ 8.5 · 1988
  5. Moomin
    #5

    Moomin

    ★ 8.4 · 1990
  6. Dragon Ball Z
    #6

    Dragon Ball Z

    ★ 8.3 · 1989
  7. Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
    #7

    Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket

    ★ 8.2 · 1989
  8. My Neighbor Totoro
    #8

    My Neighbor Totoro

    ★ 8.1 · 1988

The 1980s Japan Landscape

1989 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 44 titles released, including Captain N: The Game Master. Bars below show how the 1980s stacked up year by year (280 total).

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 43 other Japan seriess in 1989.

The 796th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (1,671 seriess).

Audience Engagement

20
Reviews
36th
Review-volume percentile
47th
Popularity percentile

20 audience reviews — more than 36% of Japan seriess in our index.

Popularity sits at the 47th percentile among Japan seriess.

Broadcast Timeline

First Air Date
September 9, 1989
Last Air Date
October 26, 1991
Broadcast Span
2.1 years
Total Episodes
34 across 3 seasons
Format
Scripted
Total Runtime
≈ 12.5 hours

Reception Benchmarks

6.4
TMDB Rating
20
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #3,343 of 4,579 Japan seriess indexed here (27th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.5 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #2,081 of 2,532 (top 82%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageEn
Production CompaniesDiC Entertainment, Nintendo, Saban Entertainment
Series TypeScripted
Seasons / Episodes3 / 34
Release DateSeptember 9, 1989