8.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
PLUTO (2023)
PLUTO (2023)
Overview
When the world's seven most advanced robots and their human allies are murdered one by one, Inspector Gesicht soon discovers that he's also in danger.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
NetflixRating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Neutral
Viewer Rating
8.7
Overview
When the world's seven most advanced robots and their human allies are murdered one by one, Inspector Gesicht soon discovers that he's also in danger.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
NetflixDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
PLUTO delivers a powerful anti-war narrative, explicitly critiquing the justifications and devastating consequences of conflict, drawing strong parallels to the Iraq War. Its central thesis promotes empathy, understanding, and the recognition of shared sentience as a solution to prejudice and the cycle of hatred, aligning with progressive ideology.
The movie, being an anime, features a cast and characters that are diverse by virtue of its Japanese origin, rather than through explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally Western roles. The narrative does not overtly critique traditional identities, maintaining a neutral stance on such themes.
Secondary
The anime 'PLUTO' includes an incidental depiction of an LGBTQ+ relationship through Professor Hoffman and his male partner. This portrayal is neutral, presenting the relationship as a normal aspect of the character's life without being central to the plot or subject to strong positive or negative commentary.
There is not enough information available to assess the film's portrayal of transsexual characters or themes. Without specific plot details or character descriptions, it is impossible to determine if any transsexual characters are present or to evaluate the nature of their depiction.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The anime adaptation of "PLUTO" faithfully retains the established genders of all its major characters from the original manga and its "Astro Boy" source material, with no characters portrayed as a different gender.
The characters in PLUTO, many of whom are robots, originate from Japanese manga where their race is not explicitly defined in real-world terms. The anime adaptation maintains the visual designs from the source material, thus no character established as one race has been portrayed as a different race.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
8.1
7.9
Critic Ratings
10.0
8.6
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