Comedy, Romance, Animation, Fantasy  •  2017  •  93 min  •  Teen (13+)

Night Is Short, Walk On Girl (2017)

Night Is Short, Walk On Girl poster

Night Is Short, Walk On Girl (2017)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Family Values: Mixed

Viewer Rating
7.6

Overview

A Japanese animated fantasy from director Masaaki Yuasa, this film follows a single surreal night in which a cheerful university student wanders through an increasingly strange urban landscape while an oblivious senior schemes increasingly elaborate ways to cross her path. The story celebrates youthful spontaneity, chance, and the absurdity of romantic longing. The Leans Progressive label is modest and fits the film's sensibility. The most relevant signal is a prominent supporting character, the God of Used Books, depicted with gender-fluid qualities and treated as a figure of wisdom rather than comic relief. The film is otherwise apolitical, culturally grounded in Japanese university life, and focused on individual experience over ideology.


Starring Cast

Gen Hoshino  •   Kana Hanazawa  •   Hiroshi Kamiya


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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

Political: Center
Confidence: High

The film's central themes are apolitical, focusing on individual experience, chance encounters, and the surreal journey of youth rather than engaging with specific political ideologies or societal critiques.

Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: High

The film features a cast and characters consistent with its Japanese cultural origin, without explicit DEI-driven casting or race/gender swaps of traditionally white roles. Its narrative focuses on individual experiences and surreal adventures, presenting traditional identities neutrally or positively without explicit critique or central DEI themes.

Secondary

LGBTQ: Positive
Confidence: Medium

The film features the God of Used Books, a prominent and powerful deity depicted with gender-ambiguous or gender-fluid characteristics. This non-conforming presentation is treated with dignity and reverence, serving as a source of wisdom and wonder. The character is benevolent and plays a significant role, contributing to the film's overall celebration of individuality and unconventional paths, resulting in a net positive portrayal.

Family Values: Mixed
Confidence: High

The film's narrative primarily focuses on individual adventures and a budding romance in a fantastical urban setting, with established family units and family-life norms being largely absent from the story.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: High

Night Is Short, Walk On Girl does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative explores themes of youth, love, and the absurdities of life through the whimsical adventures of its main protagonists and a host of eccentric supporting characters, none of whom are depicted as transsexual.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High

The film is an adaptation of a novel by Tomihiko Morimi. All major characters, including the unnamed male protagonist "Senpai" and female protagonist "The Girl," retain their established genders from the source material in the film adaptation.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: High

The film is a Japanese animated adaptation of a Japanese novel, featuring characters depicted as ethnically Japanese. There are no instances where a character established as one race in the source material is portrayed as a different race in the film.

Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: High

Not depicted in the film.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.6

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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7.5
The Movie Database logo
7.4

Critic Ratings

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9.0
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6.5

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