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Dokidoki! Pretty Cure the Movie: Memories for the Future

Name: Dokidoki! Pretty Cure the Movie: Memories for the Future
Director: Naoyuki Ito
Released: 2013
Duration: 72 min

Representation Score

2.1/10

Limited

2013

Director

Naoyuki Ito

Runtime

72 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

The film stands out in gender representation by giving its female leads significant roles and physical prowess. This subversion of traditional feminine roles provides a strong foundation for character-driven action. However, the production remains narrow in its demographic scope. It operates within a homogeneous cultural framework that lacks racial diversity and includes no representation of LGBTQ+ identities or individuals with disabilities. Ultimately, the movie celebrates traditional social bonds and established heroic archetypes. While empowering for its female cast, it does not offer a broad range of diverse identities or systemic critiques.

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Category Breakdown

Does Dokidoki! Pretty Cure the Movie: Memories for the Future have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film does not include any LGBTQ+ characters or non-cisgender identities. It maintains traditional romantic and social frameworks without depicting same-sex relationships or challenging assumptions about straight relationships.

How does Dokidoki! Pretty Cure the Movie: Memories for the Future portray gender?

Good

Female protagonists play a significant role in driving the plot with both intelligence and physical strength. The film successfully subverts the traditional damsel in distress cliché by placing young women in central defensive roles.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Dokidoki! Pretty Cure the Movie: Memories for the Future?

Limited

The cast is made up of a homogeneous group set in a typical Japanese urban setting. There are no diverse racial or ethnic backgrounds represented in the film.

How does Dokidoki! Pretty Cure the Movie: Memories for the Future represent religion and culture?

Limited

The story emphasizes communal harmony, family lineage, and the preservation of memories. The narrative sticks to traditional moral frameworks without offering critiques of societal structures.

Does Dokidoki! Pretty Cure the Movie: Memories for the Future include disability representation?

Minimal

The film does not feature any characters with visible or invisible disabilities. There are no characters defined by neurodivergence or physical impairments, leaving this area of representation unaddressed.

Present on Screen

Female protagonists have significant intellectual and physical roles.
The film challenges the traditional damsel in distress cliché.
Emphasis on communal harmony and the importance of family lineage.

Limited or Absent

The cast lacks racial and ethnic diversity.
No representation of LGBTQ+ identities or non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth characters.
No characters with visible or invisible disabilities.

Official Synopsis

One day, Mana Aida receives a wedding dress from her mother and grandmother that they had worn in the past. While thinking about who she would wear this beside someday, a mysterious man named Marsh appears, and Mana is thrown back into the past. She was happy to see her grandmother she loved and her old dog Maro, but she then realizes that Alice and Rikka aren't there because memories have been altered. In order to save precious memories, the future, dreams and hope, Mana transforms into Cure Heart.

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