New Initial D the Movie - Legend 3: Dream
2016 1h 5m movie Film Japan

New Initial D the Movie - Legend 3: Dream

頭文字D Legend3 夢現

Synopsis

頭文字D Legend3 夢現

Mt. Akina's new downhill racing hero Fujiwara Takumi prepares for the final showdown against Red Sun's unbeaten leader and Akagi's fastest driver, Takahashi Ryosuke.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with New Initial D the Movie – Legend 3: Dream. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

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Action + Animation in Japan

1178 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Animation genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding New Initial D the Movie – Legend 3: Dream itself).

The 2015–2017 Japan Window

New Initial D the Movie – Legend 3: Dream holds position #132 of 588 Japan films in the 2015–2017 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

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    #1

    The Relative Worlds

    ★ 9.1 · 2017
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    #2

    My Korean Teacher

    ★ 8.8 · 2016
  3. My Hero Academia
    #3

    My Hero Academia

    ★ 8.7 · 2016
  4. KONOSUBA – God's blessing on this wonderful world!!
    #4

    KONOSUBA – God's blessing on this wonderful world!!

    ★ 8.6 · 2016
  5. Mob Psycho 100
    #5

    Mob Psycho 100

    ★ 8.6 · 2016
  6. Yuri!!! on Ice
    #6

    Yuri!!! on Ice

    ★ 8.6 · 2016
  7. SCHOOL-LIVE!
    #7

    SCHOOL-LIVE!

    ★ 8.6 · 2015
  8. Castle Town Dandelion
    #8

    Castle Town Dandelion

    ★ 8.6 · 2015

The 2010s Japan Landscape

2016 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 213 titles released, including New Initial D the Movie – Legend 3: Dream. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (1769 total).

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 212 other Japan films in 2016.

The 3285th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).

Audience Engagement

54
Reviews
65th
Review-volume percentile
53rd
Popularity percentile

54 audience reviews — more than 65% of Japan films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 53th percentile among Japan films.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on New Initial D the Movie – Legend 3: Dream, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • mountain pass · 5
  • touge · 5
  • motorsport · 4
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • car race · 11
  • street race · 9
  • drifting · 6
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • anime · 711
  • based on manga · 297

Reception Benchmarks

7.7
TMDB Rating
54
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #953 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (79th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.8 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Action productions specifically: #432 of 1,714 (top 25%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesSanzigen, Avex Entertainment
Runtime1h 5m
Release DateFebruary 6, 2016
IMDbtt5463088
Official Siteinitiald-movie.com

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