7.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Animation, Fantasy, Romance • 2025 • 90 min
ChaO (2025)
ChaO (2025)
Overview
ChaO is a 2025 Japanese animated romantic comedy fantasy film directed by Yasuhiro Aoki at Studio 4°C. In a world where humans and merpeople coexist, human engineer Stephan, voiced by Oji Suzuka, becomes engaged to mermaid Princess Chao, voiced by Anna Yamada.
Starring Cast
Oji Suzuka • Anna Yamada
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
7.6
Overview
ChaO is a 2025 Japanese animated romantic comedy fantasy film directed by Yasuhiro Aoki at Studio 4°C. In a world where humans and merpeople coexist, human engineer Stephan, voiced by Oji Suzuka, becomes engaged to mermaid Princess Chao, voiced by Anna Yamada.
Starring Cast
Oji Suzuka • Anna Yamada
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
Political: Leans Left
Confidence: High
The central conflict revolves around human-merpeople relations strained by environmental harm, resolved through technological innovation for protection and personal embrace of cultural differences, aligning with progressive values of sustainability and multiculturalism.
Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: High
ChaO employs standard Japanese voice casting without diverse ethnic representation. Central themes address prejudice against merpeople as a minority, resistance to cultural mixing, and adaptation challenges, portraying societal barriers critically yet resolved through positive growth.
Secondary
Family Values: Leans Traditional
Confidence: High
The film portrays marriage as an evolving commitment that fosters a supportive nuclear family, with characters prioritizing relational bonds and sacrifice amid cultural differences. This positive depiction of partnership and parenthood leans toward traditional values while incorporating themes of adaptation and acceptance.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
The film contains no LGBTQ+ characters or themes.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
The film contains no identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on an interspecies romance between a human and a mermaid princess, exploring adaptation and relationships without addressing transgender identity.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: Medium
ChaO presents original characters in a newly created world of humans and merpeople, with no adaptations or legacy figures involving gender changes from canonical sources.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: Medium
ChaO presents original characters in a futuristic fantasy world of humans and mermaids, without adaptations from prior source material that establish canonical races for its protagonists.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.9
8.2
Critic Ratings
8.5
6.7
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