Wednesday, November 20, 2013

All Voiced Characters


Part 1: Ratio of Female to Male Characters (from 2008-2012)
All Voiced Characters with a name or character descriptor
Looking at only American, or American/Foreign Coproduced Animated Films Rated G or PG that were released in at least 500 theaters. If the film contained live action scenes, it primarily had to be about the animated characters set in an animated world*

Year: 2008 - 2012



53 Movies Released

29% Female (460)
71% Male (1109)
Total Characters: 1569
Per Movie
2/53 female majority (with 2.5 more female then male characters)
51/53 male majority (with an average of approximately 13 more male than female characters)

Year: 2008

12 Movies Released:

The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything, Horton Hears a Who, Kung Fu Panda, WALL-E, Space Chimps, Fly Me to the Moon, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Igor, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Bolt,Delgo, The Tale of Despereaux

29% Female (105)
70% Male (253)
Total Characters: 358

Per Movie

1/12 female majority (with 3 more female than male characters)
11/12 male majority (with an average of 14 more male than female characters)
Year: 2009

11 Movies Released:

Coraline, Monsters Vs. Aliens, Battle for Terra, Up, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Astro Boy, A Christmas Carol, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Planet 51, The Princess and the Frog

30% Female (98)
70% Male (234)
Total Characters: 332
 Per Movie

1/11 female majority (with 2 more female than male characters)
10/11 male majority (with an average of 15 more male than female characters) 
Year: 2010

8 Movies Released:

How to Train Your Dragon, Shrek Forever After, Toy Story 3, Despicable Me, Alpha and Omega, Legend of the Guardians, Megamind, Tangled

34% Female (74)
66% Male (143)

Total Characters: 217

Per Movie

0/8 female majority
8/8 male majority (with an average of approximately 9 more male than female characters)
Year: 2011

12 Movies Released: 

Gnomeo& Juliet, Rango, Mars Needs Moms, Rio, Hoodwinked Too, Kung Fu Panda 2, Cars 2, Winnie the Pooh, Puss in Boots, Happy Feet Two, Arthur Christmas, Tintin 

24% Female (97)
76% Male (302)
Total Characters: 399

Per Movie

0/8 female majority
12/12 male majority (with an average of approximately 17 more male than female characters)
Year: 2012

10 Movies Released:

 Dr. Suess’ the Lorax, The Pirates! Band of Misfits, Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted , Brave, Ice Age: Continental Drift, ParaNorman, Hotel Transylvania, Frankenweenie, Wreck-it Ralph! , Rise of the Guardians

33% Female (86)
67% Male (177)
Total Characters: 263

Per Movie

0/10 female majority
10/10 male majority (with an average of approximately 9 more male than female characters)

PART TWO
 
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