HBO MaxMermicorno: Starfall (2025)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.5
Overview
In a fantastical and magical undersea world, where a team of Mermicorno (enchanting half-Unicorno/half-fish creatures) join together to save the ocean from the threat of the evil Ika Inkblot.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
HBO MaxBias Dimensions
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Female Combat: Yes
Overview
In a fantastical and magical undersea world, where a team of Mermicorno (enchanting half-Unicorno/half-fish creatures) join together to save the ocean from the threat of the evil Ika Inkblot.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
HBO MaxDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The film's dominant themes of environmental stewardship, cooperation, and diversity align with broadly progressive and community-centered values, positioning it as left-leaning despite its lack of explicit partisan political messaging.
Mermicorno: Starfall incorporates visible diversity through its magical character cast and voice actors, including an Indigenous Canadian actress. The series promotes inclusive themes of teamwork, friendship, and self-expression, aiming to provide positive social messaging for young audiences. The narrative focuses on embracing uniqueness and collaboration without critiquing traditional identities.
Secondary
Mermicorno: Starfall includes LGBTQ+ representation through a same-sex parental couple, depicted as a natural part of its inclusive undersea world. This subtle yet positive portrayal normalizes diverse family structures within the show's broader themes of acceptance and creativity, contributing to diversity in children's animation.
The show features multiple female characters, including Astra, Gwen, and Squishella, who engage in direct physical combat against male opponents. These characters are depicted winning hand-to-hand fights, wrestling duels, and contributing to group victories against male foes through skill and combat prowess.
All characters in Mermicorno: Starfall maintain genders consistent with their established canonical portrayals from the tokidoki Mermicorno source material. No instances of on-screen gender differing from original canonical gender are indicated.
The characters in "Mermicorno: Starfall" are non-human, fantastical mermaid-unicorn hybrids. Their race was never specified or visually depicted as a human race in the source material, precluding a race swap.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
7.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
8.1
7.0
Critic Ratings
N/A
N/A
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