LogFAQs > #963593069

Granted, Encanto was more general and focused on an entire family, whereas Turning Red is specifically about one girl going through adolescence/puberty/growing up, but it just seems weird that Disney would allow two movies so similar in message and theming to be released within 5 months of each other.

Both are about teenage girls and their relationship with the matriarch of their respective families. Said matriarch in each is, due to love and emotional baggage, unintentionally hurting their family with their expectations and pressure, largely expressed through tradition and a strict adherence to family before self.

I know that movies like Aladdin, The Little Mermaid and especially Mulan have touched on these themes before, but theyve never been as much of a focus as they are in these films.

Knowing how Disney is with its properties, you would think theyd have spaced these releases out some.