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

DVD Verdict: For me, and I am sure a whole lot of others, animation is an art and a media, and people who want to limit it to a very young public are both wasting and strangling it to death!

Ergo, Checkered Ninja puts the right filters on in the right places, although opening on a sweat shop where children get beaten and even killed could be construed as being way too OTT!

Much like it is OK to make fun of a superficial girl, but it is not to embellish or disguise the murder of a sick and exhausted, exploited child. Sure, some people might prefer dumbed down movies like The Secret Life of Pets, where they can abandon their kid in front of the TV, but surely they are simply movies that will be quickly watched and immediately forgotten (because they simply have no soul and no true message).

Unlike them, Checkered Ninja is an educational and highly intelligent movie that should be studied in certain classes in schools (maybe even colleges), and that parents who want their child to think in front of the TV and form their own opinions, should make good use of.

All it shows and that is not as easily digestible as Tom and Jerry’s gratuitous, but extreme violence (for example) would provide a good occasion to talk and research. But I am pretty sure some people think a kid is too already too dumb to process any hard reality.

These people are the reason why kids in rich countries are less and less prepared for anything and explode with panic at the first problem. But, I digress, sorry.

I highly recommend this movie to any parent who has goals when it comes to good parenting as front runner Anders Matthesen has abilities like few other comedians in the world. His diverse cast of eccentric characters that function as caricatures on the stereotypical personalities we encounter are both obnoxious, hilarious and likable at the same time.

With his infallible and characteristic voicing talent he makes flawless use of danish slang and culture to poke goodhearted fun at the current generation of youths, parents, teachers and even musicians.

And in spite of crude humor and an especially brutal scene early on (as noted above), the movie, as a whole, ends up being heartwarming, and when the credits roll you realize that you have been fully attentive and entertained for the duration of the film. This is a Widescreen Presentation (1.85:1) enhanced for 16x9 TVs.

Official Trailer