Checkered Ninja (2018) poster
2018 · animation · comedy · adventure · fantasy

Checkered Ninja

Directed by Anders Matthesen, Thorbjørn Christoffersen1h 23m2018
ElsewhereIMDb7.17k
  • cosy
  • kinetic
  • inventive
  • redemptive
  • tender
  • funny
Movie DNA

Cosy, breathless, measured animation / comedy, inventive in texture. Redemptive, epic, tender, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

How every film is hand-scored →

A possessed Ninja doll teams up with a teenage boy to avenge the murder of a poor child factory worker.

Our read · Checkered Ninja (2018) reads as a cosy, breathless, inventive animation · comedy · adventure entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

Cast constellation
Where to watch

No streaming listing for Latvia right now — try the search links below.

More info & search links
Fingerprint

The shape of Checkered Ninja

DNA · twelve axes

The reading.

Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
Nearest by DNA

Eight films that read most like this one.

Geometric closeness in the twelve-axis space — pure DNA distance, not “people also liked.” Distance numbers are listed under each title for sceners who like to know the maths.

Your take
Rate it
star-clip-1-0star-clip-2-0star-clip-3-0star-clip-4-0star-clip-5-0
React
Discussion

Discussion

cmd enter to post

What does your Movie DNA look like?

Rate a few films you've seen. We map your taste across the same twelve axes and find the films you'll actually want to watch tonight.

Calibrate yourself