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Cencoroll Connect

Name: Cencoroll Connect
Director: Atsuya Uki
Released: 2019
Duration: 75 min

Representation Score

7.4/10

Good

2019

Director

Atsuya Uki

Runtime

75 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Cencoroll Connect stands out by subverting gender clichés and departing from standard moral binaries. By placing Yuki at the center of the conflict, the film avoids relegating female characters to secondary roles. However, the lack of explicit LGBTQ+ representation and the homogeneous cast limit its reach in terms of diverse identity expression. Additionally, the portrayal of Tetsu's lethargy remains ambiguous and does not provide clear insights into disability or neurodivergence.

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Category Breakdown

Does Cencoroll Connect have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film does not include explicit representations of LGBTQ+ identities or same-sex relationships. Instead, it centers on the supernatural conflict involving the main characters and their adversaries.

How does Cencoroll Connect portray gender?

Fair

Yuki plays a central role in driving the plot rather than being a passive observer. Her active involvement in the battle challenges traditional clichés where female characters are often sidelined.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Cencoroll Connect?

Fair

The cast appears to be from a single cultural background. While the film avoids overt racial hierarchies or stereotypes, it does not incorporate diverse ethnic blending as a key theme.

How does Cencoroll Connect represent religion and culture?

Good

The story emphasizes individual ability to act and the breakdown of urban order rather than traditional social institutions. It explores subjective morality through a clash of wills, moving away from a simple good versus evil binary.

Does Cencoroll Connect include disability representation?

Fair

Tetsu is portrayed as lethargic, which might suggest a neurodivergent condition or a specific psychological state. However, the film remains ambiguous about how this trait is used or interpreted.

Present on Screen

Challenges gender clichés by giving Yuki a central role and a significant role in driving the story in the conflict.
Moves beyond traditional moral binaries, focusing instead on subjective morality and individual will.
Deconstructs standard science fiction clichés through unconventional narrative structures and character dynamics.

Limited or Absent

Does not include explicit representations of LGBTQ+ identities or non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth characters.
The cast remains homogeneous, lacking racial or ethnic diversity.
The portrayal of Tetsu's lethargy is ambiguous and does not clearly address disability or neurodivergence.

Official Synopsis

Student Yuki has never seen one of the giant monsters she always hears about on the news and that threaten her city. But when she meets the lethargic Tetsu one day, things change suddenly. Because Tetsu moves around the houses with a creature called Cencoroll, which he can control with mind control and which can transform into a wide variety of objects. But not only Yuki is fascinated by Cencoroll: the boy Shu tries to take Cencoroll from Tetsu with the help of his own telepathy monster, whereupon the four engage in a bitter fight, in which Yuki also intervenes and the entire city is converted into a battle arena.

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