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Pretty Cure All Stars DX: Everyone Is a Friend - A Miracle All Pretty Cures Together

Pretty Cure All Stars DX: Everyone Is a Friend - A Miracle All Pretty Cures Together

Representation Score

6.8/10

Good

2009

Director

Takashi Otsuka

Runtime

70 minutes

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Pretty Cure All Stars DX is a powerful exploration of gender-based ability to act, successfully disrupting traditional masculine leadership models by centering women as the primary protectors of their social order. The film's strength lies in its commitment to a female-led power structure where women drive the action. However, the film struggles with the way different parts of someone's identity overlap. It lacks significant racial diversity and provides no overt visibility for LGBTQ+ identities, remaining within established genre norms. The representation is largely homogeneous and focused on a specific aesthetic. Ultimately, while the film provides a robust subversion of gender hierarchies, it misses opportunities to engage with disability or broader cultural and queer diversity.

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Category Breakdown

Does Pretty Cure All Stars DX: Everyone Is a Friend - A Miracle All Pretty Cures Together have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film highlights the importance of friendship among its female ensemble. However, it does not include explicit depictions of LGBTQ+ identities or same-sex romantic relationships.

How does Pretty Cure All Stars DX: Everyone Is a Friend - A Miracle All Pretty Cures Together portray gender?

Excellent

The narrative centers on a nearly all-female cast, showcasing strong, active roles that drive the plot forward. These characters are not passive figures but take charge of the story.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Pretty Cure All Stars DX: Everyone Is a Friend - A Miracle All Pretty Cures Together?

Limited

The character designs adhere to a specific aesthetic tradition, lacking significant diversity in ethnic backgrounds or challenging the homogeneity of the setting.

How does Pretty Cure All Stars DX: Everyone Is a Friend - A Miracle All Pretty Cures Together represent religion and culture?

Fair

The story promotes a collective social structure emphasizing communal harmony over individual pursuits. It operates within a traditional moral framework of good versus evil.

Does Pretty Cure All Stars DX: Everyone Is a Friend - A Miracle All Pretty Cures Together include disability representation?

Limited

Characters are portrayed as idealized, high-functioning warriors. The plot does not address the complexities of physical disabilities or neurodivergence.

Present on Screen

  • Highlights the importance of female characters taking active roles and driving the plot.
  • Promotes a collectivist social structure that emphasizes communal harmony and the power of friendship.
  • Centers women as the primary drivers of the plot and the main agents of change.

Limited or Absent

  • Includes more explicit representation of LGBTQ+ identities and non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth characters.
  • Shows greater diversity in racial and ethnic backgrounds within the character designs and setting.
  • Engages more with the complexities of physical and neurodivergent disabilities.

Official Synopsis

Love, Miki and Inori are on their way to a dance contest, but get lost on their way to Minato Mirai. Still looking for their way, they are attacked by a monster. When the three Fresh Precure girls start to fight it, other Precures show up to support them. They all have to combine their powers to win against this mighty enemy.

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