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Does anyone remember Utena?
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I watched it recently, I swear it was on my to watch list for 15 years haha. It was really incredible. The movie omg. I need to watch more Ikuhara. I did expect greatness as Ikuhara did my favourite parts of Sailor Moon but it was even better than I expected.
Utena remains my 2nd favorite anime ever.
I actually had an OHTORI personalized license plate for 10 years or so.
I actually had an OHTORI personalized license plate for 10 years or so.
I have the Collector's Edition of the anime and movie, the Collectior's Edition of the manga, and the new After the Revolution manga. I have the Sega Saturn game too. I'm a massive Utena fan. I cosplayed her at a convention the last couple years while my fiancee was Anthy. Utena is my aesthetic. A woman on an endless journey with her lesbian partner.
I loved the anime and I really enjoy the aesthetic. The movie was interesting but should have been framed as a sequel instead of its own thing. After the Revolution was good until the very end, which was basic.
I loved the anime and I really enjoy the aesthetic. The movie was interesting but should have been framed as a sequel instead of its own thing. After the Revolution was good until the very end, which was basic.
All his shows are different but they retain that "fairy tale" feel to it.
Mawaru Penguindrum
I need to rewatch this one. I remember really enjoying it, but I don't remember a lot of the specifics.
Yurikuma Arashi
This one had a rough start, but it finished really strong.
Sarazanmai
Ikuhara makes a show focused on guy relationships. It's good, and weird in all the Ikuhara ways.
The only show I own three times over: original dvd release, remastered no set, and now the blue rays.
Absolutely love it. It's a surrealist fairy tale about gender and sexuality.
Absolutely love it. It's a surrealist fairy tale about gender and sexuality.
It was about 1998 I think when I first read about Utena in an anime magazine. The concept and something about the art completely enthralled me. I spent ages trying to find a way to watch it, but the best I could do with my non-existent budget was checking fan web sites with theories about the series in the library. The dream finally came true in 2004 when I got my own Internet connection at home and managed to see at least the movie, which is both a retelling and a sequel (it's complicated) of the original anime series. It was superb and absurd in equal measures.
Two years later, I managed to track down the anime. It was slow and the tone (at least for the first half of it) much less dark than the movie, but the extra time allowed the cast of characters to shine through. It's a story presented as a fairy tale about princes and princesses while in high school, of young dreams dashed by a bleak reality of manipulative monsters and sexual abuse, but which ultimately lead to a new world of hope and growth. It's quite revolutionary for something that came out in the 90's and, in fact, it keeps hitting you in the head that the characters want to bring revolution to the world.
Now in my older years, I rewatch the movie/series every five years or so. Still worth it. If you don't have the patience for a 40 episodes anime series, at least check out the movie.
Two years later, I managed to track down the anime. It was slow and the tone (at least for the first half of it) much less dark than the movie, but the extra time allowed the cast of characters to shine through. It's a story presented as a fairy tale about princes and princesses while in high school, of young dreams dashed by a bleak reality of manipulative monsters and sexual abuse, but which ultimately lead to a new world of hope and growth. It's quite revolutionary for something that came out in the 90's and, in fact, it keeps hitting you in the head that the characters want to bring revolution to the world.
Now in my older years, I rewatch the movie/series every five years or so. Still worth it. If you don't have the patience for a 40 episodes anime series, at least check out the movie.
Reminder that the entire series is officially available on Youtube from the show's Western licensor.
The soundtrack has some stuff that I don't recognize from the show itself, so I wouldn't be surprised if it was never in there.
It also has this track, which rules:
More importantly, one girl turns into a cow.
Currently watching it and really enjoyed all the episodes so far.
The first ending is fucking incredible
The first ending is fucking incredible
The TV anime is fantastic. The movie is one of the best things I have ever watched. I watched it all earlier this year but it's one of those things that you could have immediately predicted as it was releasing that it was going to be iconic, deeply influential and shape media for years, it's just that good and unique. Episode 01 leaves a very good and strong impression right off the bat, someone watching that the week it released could have told you this was going to be a classic for decades.
One of the greats. If you're confused by the show (don't blame you) or just want to know more about it there's an interesting website with all sorts of essays/analyses that really examine it in detail: http://ohtori.nu/analysis/
Fitting for when Utena starts taking the elevator in the third arc.
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Me and my ex-wife started watching it a few years back, but we never finished it. I'll go back to it at some point. I did like it, despite it being repetitive. I liked the characters, and the story was interesting and weird and intriguing!
meant to watch it with an ex years ago, because lesbianism & suppoosedly really good butch lesbian rep, but well, they're an ex for a good reason & I haven't really had the chance to watch it since then. :( I'm so bad with watching new (to me) stuff on my own anyway, hate it :(
I really really need to watch this one eventually, I've loved all of the creators other shows and even have Mawaru Penguindrum on DVD. Everything I've seen of it seems iconic
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Once again the UK sucks for anything anime related
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Once again the UK sucks for anything anime related
Missed that! Thank you! I'll give it a shot and pick up the blu-rays if I can't stand that standard def.
I spent a long while making an AMV of Utena (linked shamelessly below). I love the symbolism and visual allegory that Ikuhara employs. He's an auteur!
Nanami episodes rule
I didn't really appreciate Nanami until the last episode.
That scene with the Student Council around the fire and she's the only one who's thrown the ring away.