RYAN’S WORLD THE MOVIE: TITAN UNIVERSE ADVENTURE

Here's the decision. If your kids already love Ryan Kaji's YouTube world, this movie gives them more of it — bright, wacky, harmless-feeling anime action with a genuinely kind message underneath. Ryan learns to stop pushing his little sisters away and to cherish them instead. That's a lesson worth having in the room.

But the same movie leans on things many Christian families avoid in children's fare. The sisters gain the power of telepathy, a side character jokes about her horoscope, and the story runs on nearly nonstop fighting and peril — lava, imprisonment, brawls with a villain and his minions. None of it is graphic, but a −2 rating means it's more than parents should hand off unsupervised.

So this is a wait-for-home title. If you choose to watch it, watch it at home, where you can pause, talk through the occult touches, and enjoy the family heart at its center on your own terms.

Thirteen-year-old Ryan is a popular YouTube influencer with a stable of shows for kids — including his animated superhero, Red Titan. One day he buys a suspicious comic book from a hidden room in a comic shop.

At home, Ryan snaps at his twin little sisters, Kate and Emma, who only wanted to play, and vows never to play with them again. When they sneak into his room, the mysterious comic book comes alive and sweeps them into its world — where Red Titan's nemesis is waiting. Ryan leaps in after them, transforms into Red Titan himself, and the rescue begins.

Two stars, and here's what they mean: this is pleasant, forgettable fun for its intended fans, not a film that reaches beyond them. Filmed in a simple Japanese anime style, it borrows the wacky humor and action of kids' anime series and delivers a straightforward superhero adventure — lots of action, a couple of villains, and a race to get the girls home before their parents notice.

Built out of a YouTube empire that began as toy reviews, the movie plays like an extended, more traditional version of the channel's Red Titan bits. There's charm in that for young viewers who already know these characters. For everyone else, it stays exactly as lightweight as it sounds — competent, colorful, and thin.

At its heart this is a warm little story about family. Ryan wounds his sisters when he refuses to play with them, then risks everything to rescue them and reconciles — promising to play with them whenever they want. Courage in the service of family, and a brother learning to value the siblings he'd brushed aside: that's a moral the film genuinely celebrates, and it's the best reason to consider it.

The catches are the occult touches woven into the fantasy. In the Titan Universe, the twins discover their superpowers include telepathy, communicating mind-to-mind. A side character jokes about her horoscope being wrong. These are played lightly, but they're why this review carries a caution rather than a clean bill, and why parents will want to name them plainly for young viewers.

There's also a subplot worth noting for discussion: the children keep their dangerous adventure secret from their parents, and one villain is driven by jealousy over his sister's fandom. Small things, but honest ones to talk through.

The film's real longing is for a family made whole — a brother returning to those he pushed away. Scripture keeps a warmer version of that same reunion: "How good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!" (Psalm 133:1).

There's a real kindness at the center of this cartoon — a brother learning to cherish the little sisters he brushed aside. But between the constant fighting and the fantasy occult touches, it earns a careful eye, not a hand-off. So here's our answer: wait for home, and watch it with your kids so you can talk it through. Looking for something simpler for movie night? Try our latest family-friendly picks.