Japan Synopsis
ドラゴンボール 魔神城のねむり姫
Goku and Kuririn are given an assignment by Kame-Sen'nin: "Retrieve the sleeping princess from Lucifer and I will take you as my students." But the mission proves to be more perilous than originally thought.
Audience Engagement
220 audience reviews — more than 87% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 95th percentile among Japan films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
5 sharedDragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies
★ 6.8 · Japan
4 sharedDragon Ball: The Path to Power
★ 7.3 · Japan
3 sharedDragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon
★ 7.2 · Japan
3 sharedDragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn
★ 7.5 · Japan
3 sharedDragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge
★ 6.9 · Japan
3 sharedA Silent Voice: The Movie
★ 8.4 · Japan
Other Titles From Toei Animation
Action + Animation in Japan
1178 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Animation genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle itself).
The 1986–1988 Japan Window
Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle holds position #57 of 99 Japan films in the 1986–1988 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1980s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1980s in Japan, 280 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle premiered alongside 26 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 26 other Japan films in 1987.
The 715th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- gi · 3
- jewel · 2
- thief · 23
- quest · 6
- anime · 711
- martial arts · 369
- based on manga · 297
- friendship · 134
- vampire · 36
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,079 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (33rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.4 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #1,208 of 1,714 (top 70%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Toei Animation |
| Runtime | 45m |
| Release Date | July 18, 1987 |
| IMDb | tt0142249 |