Director(s)
Mitsuru Hongo
Production Year
2019
Genre(s)
Animation
Cast
Reba Buhr, Armen Taylor, Jeannie Tirado
TV Show
Ascendance Of A Bookworm
ASCENDANCE OF A BOOKWORM is a Japanese animated series; in this episode, Myne is torn between joining the Church for the benefit of her health and staying with her family.
ASCENDANCE OF A BOOKWORM is a Japanese animated series; in this episode, Myne is torn between joining the Church for the benefit of her health and staying with her family.
Director(s)
Mitsuru Hongo
Production Year
2019
Genre(s)
Animation
Cast
Reba Buhr, Armen Taylor, Jeannie Tirado
mild threat
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15/11/2023
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- There are moments of very mild threat. A girl is accidentally killed by a tower of falling books but is quickly reborn into a new life. Infrequent use of very mild bad language occurs ('damn').
moderate bloody images
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15/11/2023
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- A pig rushes at a young girl, startling her, but is stopped before it can harm her. Characters talk about a public event which involves pig butchery. There is very mild bad language ('hell').
mild bad language, sex references
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15/11/2023
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- References are made to a girl's recent illness in which she 'nearly died'.
infrequent mild bad language
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15/11/2023
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- There are very mild scenes in which a girl is briefly upset by setbacks in her project or struggles with illness and exhaustion. She is supported by her family and friends, and the overall tone is up-beat and reassuring.
mild threat
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15/11/2023
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- A girl is given a knife by her father and is subsequently shown carving wood without any adult supervision. This takes place within a fantastical context and is presented unrealistically. Very mild bad language ('hell') occurs. A character becomes upset when her mother burns one of her possessions by accident.
mild upsetting scenes
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15/11/2023
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mild bad language, threat, injury detail
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mild threat
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- A young girl and boy are briefly shown using knives to scrape bark from branches as part of the paper making process. This takes place within a fantastical context and is presented as wholly unrealistic.
upsetting scenes
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15/11/2023
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- A girl gets embarrassed when a boy calls her ‘cute’ and subsequently imagines being hit by a large rock.
mild bad language, threat
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15/11/2023
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mild threat, sex references
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15/11/2023
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- A girl’s family are saddened by bad news about her health during very mild scenes of emotional upset. There is a very mild sequence of slapstick violence, with no resulting injuries. One person refers to another as an ‘old fart’.
very mild upsetting scenes, injury detail, rude humour
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15/11/2023
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very mild bad language, threat
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moderate violence, threat
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15/11/2023
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- There is emotional upset centred on a young girl’s fantastical, potentially fatal illness. There is mild bad language (‘crap’), as well as very mild terms (‘hell’).
references to sexually abusive behaviour
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15/11/2023
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mild sex references
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15/11/2023
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- There are very mild and comic scenes of characters boxing. A young girl faints and there are undetailed references to her having an illness. Very mild threat occurs. Very mild bad language includes 'hell', 'damn' and 'moron'.
mild violence, sex references
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15/11/2023
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- A character repeatedly breaks down in tears and begs not to be returned to an orphanage; she quickly stops crying when others question her motives. There are moments of very mild threat. Very mild bad language occurs ('hell', 'moron' and 'jerk').
mild upsetting scenes, language
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15/11/2023
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very mild bad language
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infrequent mild bad language, violence
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15/11/2023
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- There are very mild scenes of emotional upset related to a family argument, but the episode ends reassuringly.
brief child sexual abuse references
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15/11/2023
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- There is a mild sex reference in which a girl describes how that noblemen, in order to produce an heir, will come looking for once she comes of age.
brief child sexual abuse references
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15/11/2023
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very mild bad language, threat
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very mild threat
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- There are very mild references to a person’s long-term illness and resulting fevers. A short sequence shows farmers chasing a pig, followed by a discreet partial image of the pig (now implied to be dead) hanging up by its trotters; the sequence is not upsetting and contains no visible injury detail.
moderate threat, violence
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15/11/2023
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- An unlikeable character refers to the heroine as a ‘dirty commoner’ and addresses her as ‘street rat’ and ‘worm’, but such attitudes are clearly criticised. There is infrequent use of very mild bad language (e.g. ‘imbecile’).
brief moderate violence
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15/11/2023
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- There is a mild upsetting scene in which a reincarnated character becomes distressed by visions of her mother from her previous life, whom she will never see again; however, the character is subsequently comforted by the relationships she has forged in her new life. Other issues include infrequent very mild bad language (e.g. ‘hell’).
Classified date
15/11/2023
Distributor
Anime Ltd
Language
English