Ranma ½: The Movie 3 — The Super Non-Discriminatory Showdown: Team Ranma vs. the Legendary Phoenix
1994 35m movie Film Japan

Ranma ½: The Movie 3 — The Super Non-Discriminatory Showdown: Team Ranma vs. the Legendary Phoenix

らんま½ 超無差別決戦! 乱馬チームVS伝説の鳳凰

Synopsis

らんま½ 超無差別決戦! 乱馬チームVS伝説の鳳凰

In this animated short, poetry-spouting high-school swordsman Tatewaki Kuno comes into possession of the egg of the legendary phoenix, which is said to grant its owner incredible powers. A shopkeeper sells the egg to Kuno on one condition: "Never, never, in any circumstance, put the darn thing on your head."

Audience Engagement

36
Reviews
56th
Review-volume percentile
92nd
Popularity percentile

36 audience reviews — more than 56% of Japan films in our index.

Popularity (92th percentile) outruns review volume (56th) — a trending, discussed title among Japan films.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Ranma ½: The Movie 3 — The Super Non-Discriminatory Showdown: Team Ranma vs. the Legendary Phoenix. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Other Titles From Studio Deen

Animation + Comedy in Japan

973 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Ranma ½: The Movie 3 — The Super Non-Discriminatory Showdown: Team Ranma vs. the Legendary Phoenix itself).

The 1993–1995 Japan Window

Ranma ½: The Movie 3 — The Super Non-Discriminatory Showdown: Team Ranma vs. the Legendary Phoenix holds position #25 of 135 Japan films in the 1993–1995 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. Romeo and the Black Brothers
    #1

    Romeo and the Black Brothers

    ★ 8.9 · 1995
  2. Furuhata Ninzaburo
    #2

    Furuhata Ninzaburo

    ★ 8.8 · 1994
  3. Neon Genesis Evangelion
    #3

    Neon Genesis Evangelion

    ★ 8.6 · 1995
  4. Slam Dunk
    #4

    Slam Dunk

    ★ 8.6 · 1993
  5. Magic Knight Rayearth
    #5

    Magic Knight Rayearth

    ★ 8.5 · 1994
  6. Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War
    #6

    Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War

    ★ 8.3 · 1993
  7. Golden Boy
    #7

    Golden Boy

    ★ 8.2 · 1995
  8. 2112: The Birth of Doraemon
    #8

    2112: The Birth of Doraemon

    ★ 8.2 · 1995

The 1990s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in Japan, 447 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Ranma ½: The Movie 3 — The Super Non-Discriminatory Showdown: Team Ranma vs. the Legendary Phoenix premiered alongside 39 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 39 other Japan films in 1994.

The 968th 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 Ranma ½: The Movie 3 — The Super Non-Discriminatory Showdown: Team Ranma vs. the Legendary Phoenix, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • giant bird · 5
  • allies · 2
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • high school student · 18
  • martial artist · 12
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • anime · 711
  • martial arts · 369

Reception Benchmarks

7.7
TMDB Rating
36
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #971 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 Animation productions specifically: #791 of 2,532 (top 31%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesStudio Deen, Kitty Films
Runtime35m
Release DateAugust 20, 1994
IMDbtt0109422