7.9
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Chibi Maruko-chan (1990)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.9
Overview
Meet Maruko, a sweet schoolgirl with a hefty dose of curiosity (and occasional laziness!). She sails through life in a cozy town alongside her loving parents, grandparents, and sister. Maruko has a band of loyal friends, including her closest pal, Tama-chan, but her playful and doting grandpa is at the heart of it all. Life is never dull in this charming series.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Overview
Meet Maruko, a sweet schoolgirl with a hefty dose of curiosity (and occasional laziness!). She sails through life in a cozy town alongside her loving parents, grandparents, and sister. Maruko has a band of loyal friends, including her closest pal, Tama-chan, but her playful and doting grandpa is at the heart of it all. Life is never dull in this charming series.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film focuses on apolitical, universal themes of childhood, family, and friendship, consciously avoiding any explicit promotion or critique of political ideologies, thus maintaining a neutral stance.
Chibi Maruko-chan, a Japanese production set in 1970s Japan, features a culturally consistent cast without any explicit race or gender swaps of roles that would be considered traditionally white. Its narrative focuses on everyday life and childhood experiences, neither critiquing nor explicitly promoting traditional identities or DEI themes.
Secondary
Chibi Maruko-chan is a slice-of-life anime focusing on the everyday experiences of a young girl and her family in 1970s Japan. The series does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes, as its narrative scope is centered on childhood, family dynamics, and school life without exploring queer identities or relationships.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The anime "Chibi Maruko-chan" (1990–1992) is a direct adaptation of the manga, and all main and recurring characters retain their established genders from the source material. No characters canonically established as one gender are portrayed as a different gender.
Chibi Maruko-chan is a Japanese anime adaptation of a Japanese manga. All characters are depicted as Japanese, consistent with the source material. There are no instances where a character's established race was changed for the on-screen portrayal.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
8.0
7.8
Critic Ratings
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