Prime VideoKung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny (2018)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.2
Overview
As the Dragon Master, Po has endured his fair share of epic challenges but nothing could prepare him for his greatest one yet-as a Kung Fu teacher to a group of rambunctious kids from Panda Village who have been imbued with a mysterious and powerful chi energy. Together they embark on amazing adventures, battle ferocious villains, and become legends!
Starring Cast
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Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Female Combat: Yes
Buddhism: Positive
Overview
As the Dragon Master, Po has endured his fair share of epic challenges but nothing could prepare him for his greatest one yet-as a Kung Fu teacher to a group of rambunctious kids from Panda Village who have been imbued with a mysterious and powerful chi energy. Together they embark on amazing adventures, battle ferocious villains, and become legends!
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Prime VideoApple TVGoogle PlayDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The series focuses on universal themes of personal growth, responsibility, and teamwork within a traditional martial arts framework, without explicitly promoting or critiquing specific political ideologies. The solution to the narrative's problems emphasizes a balanced blend of individual discipline and collective action.
The movie is set in a non-Western, anthropomorphic animal world, which inherently features a diverse cast of characters without engaging in explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles. Its narrative focuses on universal themes of heroism and destiny, rather than explicitly critiquing or promoting specific human traditional or DEI identities.
Secondary
The show features female characters Nu Hai and Jing, who are skilled martial artists. They repeatedly engage in and win physical confrontations against multiple male antagonists and their henchmen using their kung fu abilities.
The series is deeply infused with themes of inner peace, balance, destiny, and enlightenment, which are central to Buddhist philosophy. These concepts are consistently portrayed as the path to wisdom and heroism, with characters embodying these virtues in a positive light.
The animated series 'Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny' does not include any discernible LGBTQ+ characters or themes within its narrative. The show's focus remains on its established characters and their adventures in the Kung Fu Panda universe, without exploring queer identities or relationships.
The show introduces new main characters whose genders are established within the series. Returning legacy characters from the film franchise maintain their original genders, with no instances of a character's gender being changed from prior canon.
The film features anthropomorphic animal characters, not human characters. The concept of a 'race swap' as defined, which applies to human racial categories, is not applicable to this animated series.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
7.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
7.2
7.2
Critic Ratings
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