Apple TVXavier: Renegade Angel (2007)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.2
Overview
Follows the humorous musings of an itinerant humanoid pseudo-shaman and spiritual seeker named Xavier.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Apple TVBias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Negative
Buddhism: Negative
Christianity: Negative
Hinduism: Negative
Overview
Follows the humorous musings of an itinerant humanoid pseudo-shaman and spiritual seeker named Xavier.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Apple TVDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film employs pervasive, absurdist satire to deconstruct all forms of dogma, societal constructs, and the search for meaning, without championing any specific alternative. This results in a balanced critique of ideological extremes, making it neutral.
The film features a cast of non-human, abstract characters, with its primary voice actors being white males, indicating no explicit diversity in human representation. However, the narrative explicitly critiques traditional male identity through its protagonist, Xavier, who is consistently portrayed with negative and destructive masculine traits.
Secondary
Xavier: Renegade Angel includes sporadic, highly problematic depictions of LGBTQ+ characters and themes. These portrayals often rely on harmful stereotypes, presenting characters as objects of mockery or sources of absurd violence without dignity or complexity. The show's surreal and offensive humor uses queer identity primarily for shock value and ridicule, resulting in a net negative impact.
The show portrays Buddhist practices and concepts through Xavier's ignorant and self-serving interpretations, consistently leading to absurd, destructive, or superficial outcomes, thereby satirizing the misuse of these spiritual traditions.
The show satirizes Christian themes, iconography, and biblical narratives through its unreliable protagonist, Xavier, depicting them as sources of absurdity, hypocrisy, and self-delusion rather than genuine spiritual insight.
Similar to Buddhism, the show lampoons Hindu-adjacent concepts like chakras and gurus through Xavier's misguided and self-serving lens, depicting them as sources of absurdity and personal harm rather than profound spiritual understanding.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Xavier: Renegade Angel is an original animated series with characters created specifically for the show. There are no pre-existing characters from source material, previous installments, or real-world history whose gender could have been altered.
Xavier: Renegade Angel is an original animated series, not an adaptation of prior material or a historical depiction. All characters were created for the show, establishing their race within its own canon. Therefore, no character's race could have been changed from a pre-existing depiction.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
8.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
7.9
8.5
Critic Ratings
N/A
N/A
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