All jokes aside, I have to wonder if Tadahito Mochinaga pondered at all the story and characters through the lens of his own political beliefs. First, there's

All jokes aside, I have to wonder if Tadahito Mochinaga pondered at all the story and characters through the lens of his own political beliefs. First, there's the obvious "Red" part of the film's title character, which one might see as amusing or ironic given the term was used in the west for communists. Or in any way did he look at the story line of Santa's whole socioeconomic model centering around both pseudo (slave?) labor of the elves, combined with the socialist "toys for all" message of Santa. Should the workers rise up, or accept that their labor allows for socialism (of toys to children) to flourish?