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.
The 1986–1988 Japan Window
99 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle sits at position #57.
#1Legend of the Galactic Heroes
★ 9.0 · 1988
#2The Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye
★ 8.6 · 1986
#3Silver Fang
★ 8.6 · 1986
#4Grave of the Fireflies
★ 8.5 · 1988
#5Saint Seiya
★ 8.5 · 1986
#6The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
★ 8.3 · 1986
#7Dragon Ball
★ 8.2 · 1986
#8My Neighbor Totoro
★ 8.1 · 1988
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
The 1980s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1980s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle premiered. 280 total titles in this decade from Japan.
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 |