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Crayon Shin-chan: Pursuit of the Balls of Darkness (1997)

Crayon Shin-chan: Pursuit of the Balls of Darkness poster

Crayon Shin-chan: Pursuit of the Balls of Darkness (1997)

Overview

The Noharas get caught between two rival clans when Himawari swallows a pretty bead that turns out to be a mysterious ball with hidden powers.


Starring Cast


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional

Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Negative
Trans: Negative

Viewer Rating
7.1

Overview

The Noharas get caught between two rival clans when Himawari swallows a pretty bead that turns out to be a mysterious ball with hidden powers.


Starring Cast

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Traditional

Primary

The film's central conflict is a generic good-vs-evil plot focused on world domination, which lacks inherent political valence. Its primary emphasis is on apolitical themes of family, adventure, and humor, leading to a neutral rating.

This Japanese animated film features a cast of characters consistent with its cultural origin, without engaging in explicit DEI-driven casting as defined by the prompt. The narrative maintains a neutral or positive portrayal of traditional identities, and DEI themes are not central to the story.

Secondary

The film features Mr. Lavender, a queer-coded character whose effeminate mannerisms and appearance are consistently used for stereotypical comedic effect. This portrayal relies on common tropes for humor without offering depth, dignity, or any affirming counter-narrative, resulting in a net negative impact.

The film depicts the 'Okama Trio' as comedic villains whose effeminate and cross-dressing presentation relies on the derogatory 'okama' stereotype. Their portrayal reinforces harmful tropes, using their gender non-conformity as a source of ridicule and villainy without offering dignity or complexity, resulting in a problematic net impact.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The film features the established Crayon Shin-chan characters who retain their canonical genders. New characters introduced for the movie's plot have their genders established within the film itself, without prior canonical gender to swap from. One character's gender expression within the plot does not constitute a gender swap.

This animated film is an installment in the Crayon Shin-chan franchise, featuring established characters consistently depicted as Japanese. New characters introduced in the film do not have prior racial depictions to be considered a 'race swap.'


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.1

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.0
The Movie Database logo
7.1

Critic Ratings

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N/A
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N/A

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