What is The Tale of the Princess Kaguya's IQ Score?

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya has an IQ Score of 166/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Masterclass tier. The score breaks down to 42/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 40/50 Educational Value, and 43/50 Craft & Quality.

Is The Tale of the Princess Kaguya educational?

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya is strong on educational value, 40/50 on TVI's rubric, which covers academic content, emotional intelligence, critical thinking, life skills, and knowledge transfer.

How does TV Intelligentsia calculate IQ Score?

TV Intelligentsia's IQ Score is calculated as round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers: Masterclass (≥160), Stimulating (≥130), Competent (≥100), Passive (≥70), and Numbing (<70). The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya , IQ Score 166/200

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya has an IQ Score of 166/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Masterclass tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-06-17·Methodology

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166/ 200

Masterclass

Measurably increases domain knowledge or cognitive capacity

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

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Why you should trust this score

Scored under Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH

Physician and founding editor. Maintains the adult catalog against the published rubric and reviews the rubric application.

Methodology

Published rubric, v1.2

Formula

round(C × 0.40 + E × 0.35 + Q × 0.25) × 4

Database scale

2,338 titles, version-controlled

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The TVI Take

Isao Takahata's 2013 final film before his death, an adaptation of the 10th-century Japanese folk tale 'The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter.' The hand-drawn watercolor-and-charcoal animation style is among the medium's most-formally-disciplined achievements; the structural commitment to letting the folk-tale's actual moral architecture (a celestial princess's wish to experience earthly life is granted and then rescinded) be the film's actual argument is rare animated-feature work.

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