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Scored entertainment-first on WhatSphere's content-balance model 4

Its writer/showrunner stated on the record that "i have great actors, and I try hard to serve them well, And I have a great director and animation team" 1. Its director stated on the record that "we wanted to make sure that this wasn't just a story with just a lot of white people" 2. Its narrative-universality assessment registers 8 of 10 3. Taken together, the content-balance model places it entertainment-first at 12 of 100 4. Relative to the expected cast make-up for its production origin, on-screen representation registers above the baseline for White and below it for Hispanic 5.

The receipts — every claim above is sourced
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    Creator statementwriter/showrunner: "I have great actors, and I try hard to serve them well. And I have a great director and animation team."Paste Magazine source ↗
  2. 2
    Creator statementdirector: "We wanted to make sure that this wasn't just a story with just a lot of white people."FandomWire source ↗
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    Narrative universalityNarrative universality 8 of 10; identity centrality incidental.WhatSphere content assessment. Narrative universality 8/10 -> advocacy signal 22
  4. 4
    Content balanceAdvocacy 12 of 100, tier entertainment-first.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1. Narrative universality 8/10 -> advocacy signal 22
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    RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: White 82, Hispanic 28.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1

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Primary audienceOlder MenOlder Men80
Young MaleYoung FemaleMature MaleMature Female
Primary audienceOlder Men
Targeted

Quadrant Scores

Young Men
56
Young Women
20
Older Men
80
Older Women
45
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Audience Representation

White
82
Black
42
Hispanic
28
Asian
50
South Asian
46
Middle Eastern
54
Indigenous
48
Mixed
42
Other
48
LGBTQ+
0

Faithfulness

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Advocacy

Advocacy12
Entertainment

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Synopsis

A vampire hunter fights to save a besieged city from an army of otherworldly beasts controlled by Dracula himself.

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Advocacy Over Time in Animation

The average advocacy score of Animation titles by release year, with this title marked. Higher is more advocacy-driven.

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Average advocacy score of Animation titles by release year
YearAverage advocacyTitles
195102
195202
195732
196702
197042
197703
197823
197902
198102
198222
198314
198412
198532
1986012
198724
198837
198964
199013
199106
199233
199325
199453
199535
199634
199748
199813
1999413
200028
200149
200228
200328
2004412
200539
2006113
2007111
200838
200945
201036
201114
201223
2013511
201476
201564
201676
201746
2018117
201989
202068
2021119
20221411
2023258
20241211
2025414
202609
This title (2017)121

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