8.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Animation, Drama, Mystery, Fantasy • 2021 • 40 min
Summer Ghost (2021)
Summer Ghost (2021)
Overview
Summer Ghost is a 40-minute Japanese animated film about three teenagers who summon a spirit at an abandoned airfield, each quietly drawn there by their own proximity to death. Director Loundraw's film sits squarely in the tradition of quiet, melancholic anime shorts that treat grief and mortality as intimate rather than dramatic concerns. The Neutral label fits. The one notable ideological signal is a progressive lean on family, with biological parents shown as sources of pressure while the three teens form their own support circle. Everything else, politics, religion, identity, is absent. The film is too inward-looking and universal in its themes to pull strongly in any cultural direction.
Starring Cast
Chiaki Kobayashi • Miyuri Shimabukuro • Nobunaga Shimazaki
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Strongly Progressive
Viewer Rating
8.2
Overview
Summer Ghost is a 40-minute Japanese animated film about three teenagers who summon a spirit at an abandoned airfield, each quietly drawn there by their own proximity to death. Director Loundraw's film sits squarely in the tradition of quiet, melancholic anime shorts that treat grief and mortality as intimate rather than dramatic concerns. The Neutral label fits. The one notable ideological signal is a progressive lean on family, with biological parents shown as sources of pressure while the three teens form their own support circle. Everything else, politics, religion, identity, is absent. The film is too inward-looking and universal in its themes to pull strongly in any cultural direction.
Starring Cast
Chiaki Kobayashi • Miyuri Shimabukuro • Nobunaga Shimazaki
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: High
The film explores universal themes of death, grief, and the search for meaning through individual and interpersonal journeys, without engaging in political commentary or promoting any specific ideological viewpoint.
Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: High
The film features a cast and characters appropriate to its Japanese origin, without engaging in explicit racial or gender recasting of roles traditionally associated with other demographics. Its narrative focuses on universal themes and personal journeys, presenting traditional identities in a neutral or positive light without explicit critique.
Secondary
Family Values: Strongly Progressive
Confidence: Medium
The film consistently portrays biological family units as sources of pressure, misunderstanding, or neglect, leading the protagonists to form a strong 'chosen family' that provides the emotional support and understanding their parents cannot. Parental authority is undermined as the children find their own paths and solutions independent of their families.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
The film "Summer Ghost" explores themes of life, death, and personal struggles through the experiences of three high school students and a ghost. The narrative does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The story focuses exclusively on the protagonists' individual journeys and their shared quest for understanding.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: Medium
Summer Ghost does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The story centers on three high school students who meet the ghost of a girl who died by suicide, exploring their personal struggles and the meaning of life and death. No elements within the plot or character arcs depict or allude to transsexual identity.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film "Summer Ghost" is an original animated short film. All its characters were created specifically for this production, with no prior established gender in any source material, previous installments, or historical records.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
Summer Ghost is an original animated short film. Its characters were created specifically for this production and do not have prior canonical or historical racial depictions that could be altered.
Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: High
Not depicted in the film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.4
7.3
Critic Ratings
10.0
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