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Action, Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction • 1986 • 50 min

The great King Gurumes is searching for the Dragon Balls in order to put a stop to his endless hunger. A young girl named Pansy who lives in the nearby village has had enough of the treachery and decides to seek Muten Rōshi for assistance. Can our heroes save the village and put a stop to the Gurumes Army?
Masako Nozawa • Hiromi Tsuru • Naoki Tatsuta
The great King Gurumes is searching for the Dragon Balls in order to put a stop to his endless hunger. A young girl named Pansy who lives in the nearby village has had enough of the treachery and decides to seek Muten Rōshi for assistance. Can our heroes save the village and put a stop to the Gurumes Army?
Masako Nozawa • Hiromi Tsuru • Naoki Tatsuta
The film's central conflict revolves around universal themes of good versus evil, with individual heroes combating a tyrannical and greedy antagonist. The narrative focuses on apolitical adventure and friendship, rather than promoting specific political ideologies or systemic critiques.
The movie is a Japanese animated feature with characters and casting consistent with its origin, not featuring traditional Western roles or their intentional recasting. Its narrative is a straightforward fantasy adventure that does not engage in explicit critiques of traditional identities or modern DEI themes.
The film primarily depicts a 'found family' of adventurers, emphasizing strong bonds among non-biologically related individuals and an independent female character, rather than traditional nuclear family structures or gender roles.
The film "Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies" does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative is centered on a classic adventure story involving martial arts, magic, and the pursuit of mystical artifacts, with no elements pertaining to queer identity or experiences.
The film does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative centers on the adventures of Goku and Bulma as they search for the Dragon Balls and confront King Gurumes, with no elements pertaining to gender identity or transition. For example, the plot does not include any characters who express a gender identity different from their assigned sex at birth.
The film features Bulma and Launch as significant female characters. Bulma primarily uses technology and inventions, not engaging in direct physical combat. Launch, in her aggressive persona, uses firearms to incapacitate male opponents, which falls outside the defined criteria for close-quarters physical combat.
This film adapts early Dragon Ball manga characters. All established characters, such as Goku, Bulma, and Master Roshi, maintain their canonical gender as portrayed in the source material. New characters introduced in the film do not have a prior gender to swap from.
The 1986 animated film faithfully adapts characters from the original manga. All established human characters, such as Goku and Bulma, maintain their visually consistent East Asian-inspired designs from the source material. No character originally established as one race is depicted as a different race.
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