8.1
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Animation, Comedy, Fantasy • 2025 • 105 min • Teen (13+)
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: A lonely dragon wants to be loved (2025)
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: A lonely dragon wants to be loved (2025)
Overview
Anime fantasy comedy film in the 'Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid' series. Young dragon Kanna faces a dilemma when her father summons her back to the dragon world amid brewing war between chaos and harmony forces, straining her bonds with human friend Kobayashi and fellow dragons. Directed by Yasuhiro Takemoto. Key voices: Yûki Kuwahara as Tohru, Emiri Kato as Fafnir, Kaori Ishihara in supporting role.
Starring Cast
Kaori Ishihara • Emiri Kato • Yûki Kuwahara
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
8.1
Overview
Anime fantasy comedy film in the 'Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid' series. Young dragon Kanna faces a dilemma when her father summons her back to the dragon world amid brewing war between chaos and harmony forces, straining her bonds with human friend Kobayashi and fellow dragons. Directed by Yasuhiro Takemoto. Key voices: Yûki Kuwahara as Tohru, Emiri Kato as Fafnir, Kaori Ishihara in supporting role.
Starring Cast
Kaori Ishihara • Emiri Kato • Yûki Kuwahara
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
Political: Leans Left
Confidence: High
The film's solution to loneliness and neglect emphasizes building diverse, chosen family structures through acceptance and emotional connection, subtly favoring progressive ideals of inclusive relationships over rigid traditional ones.
Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: High
The anime maintains a traditional Japanese cast without ethnic diversity, while weaving in themes of acceptance and found family through human-dragon relationships that emphasize emotional bonds over societal norms.
Secondary
LGBTQ: Positive
Confidence: High
The film portrays queer-coded relationships through Fafnir's evolving companionship with Takiya, emphasizing dignity, mutual support, and emotional depth in male-male bonds. These elements integrate affirmingly into themes of found family and acceptance, without stereotypes or harm.
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Confidence: Medium
This anime movie warmly embraces chosen families as nurturing havens for kids aged 10 and up, with family co-viewing in mind, offering a gentle yet rousing affirmation of emotional bonds over rigid traditions. The decisive factor is its positive depiction of a supportive household that questions biological ties lacking love.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
No transgender characters or themes appear in the film. The story explores found family and loyalty among dragons and humans, emphasizing acceptance of unconventional relationships without addressing transsexual identity.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The 2025 anime film retains the original genders of characters from the Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid series, with returning voice actors portraying Kobayashi, Tohru, Kanna, and others as female, and male roles like Fafnir unchanged.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: Low
The 2025 anime film adaptation maintains the original source material's depictions of human characters as Japanese and dragons in humanoid forms without altering races or ethnicities.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.6
8.7
Critic Ratings
N/A
N/A
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