This wiki is dedicated to the manga and anime adaptation of chiho saitos shoujo kakumei utena, otherwise known as revolutionary girl utena. An englishlanguage dubbed version of the film produced by central park media was released in 2001 as revolutionary girl utena. I recommend utena movie to anyone that is interested in philosophy, psychology, feminism, romance, absurdism, fairy tales or. Jul 11, 2014 in the thirtyeighth and penultimate episode of revolutionary girl utena, i imagine that each one of you were waiting for me to watch that scene, and youll be rewarded with my utter devastation and shock. Amanda goodman was born on august 11, 1965 as amanda r.
The anime series revolutionary girl utena was produced by the japanese animation studio j. Central park media licensed adolescence of utena and released it to a dubbedonly vhs and a bilingual dvd in 2001 under the title revolutionary girl utena. I wasnt sure what to expect of revolutionary girl utena. Aya hisakawa was born on november 12, 1968 in kaizuka, japan. Utena gets glomped by wakaba, and promptly slumps to the ground. In the mean tiome, to continue to provide utena to our fans, we have licensed the revolutionary girl utena movie, which was available from. Fromt the makers of sailor moon comes this very different anime with a twisting plot that is as mysterious and action packed and funny as it is romantic. Shop unique revolutionary girl utena posters on redbubble. The soundtrack is every bit as good as the opening itself.
Tumblr is a place to express yourself, discover yourself, and bond over the stuff you love. At a tender age, tenjou utena lost both of her parents. Utena is a show about big ideas, and attacking them through symbol and metaphor. Jury, the fencing team captain, has taken a special interest in utena lately.
Its where your interests connect you with your people. List of revolutionary girl utena episodes wikipedia. The series aired between april 2, 1997 and december 24, 1997 on tv tokyo in japan and spanned 39 episodes. Shoujo kakumei utena revolutionary girl utena works. Revolutionary girl utena was originally a manga with story by bepapas and art by chiho saito that ran in shogakugans ciao magazine from 1996 to 1997. Apr 20, 2019 its sort of a summary of revolutionary girl utena lets live our life with style. A sequel adapting the black rose saga, revolutionary girl utena. The prince left utena only with a ring bearing a strange rose crest and a promise that she would meet him again some day.
Featuring not only impressive artistic characteristics and. Based on the japanese animated series of the same name, revolutionary girl utena involves the plight of utena into womanhood through fighting techniques and other physical drama. Revolutionary girl utena a parents guide to anime rated. It is a followup to the 1997 anime television series revolutionary girl utena, created by the artist collective bepapas. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. The story is stuffed with symbolism and considered a postmodern fairytale haeker, n.
As she was grieving, a mysterious prince appeared on a white horse. Based on the japanese animated series of the same name, revolutionary girl utena involves the plight of utena into womanhood through fighting techniques and. High quality revolutionary girl utena gifts and merchandise. Revolutionary girl utena is strange, strange stuff, and though its inconsistency and odd pacing undermine an promising start comparable to evangelion in this case, this show is guaranteed its share of fans, as well as a few detractors. This has been years in the making, which is why its desktopoptimized, you all were still using them when i started this, so deal with it. After meeting a traveling prince who consoled her after the deaths of her parents, utena tenjou vowed to become a prince herself. Episode 8, curried high trip it means if you do something bad, bad things will happen to you. The manga ran for five volumes from 1996 to 1997, with the anime adaptation arriving in april of 1997 and running til september. Revolutionary girl utena the rose collectionthe movie. At the same time, utena reunites with touga kiryuu, a friend from her childhood who seems to know the secrets behind the duels. With tomoko kawakami, yuriko fuchizaki, leah applebaum, roxanne beck. Just a heads up this story may contain potential spoilers to the series, revolutionary girl utena. A complete, insane, maybe obscene resource for everything and anything to do with the music and soundtracks of revolutionary girl utena.
Trailer 1 out of 3 so ive always wanted to make an utena trailer and had been working with. Masami okui, okui masami, born march, 1968 is a japanese singer and songwriter from itami, hyogo. Hang your posters in dorms, bedrooms, offices, or anywhere blank walls arent welcome. Kimba, princess knight, revolutionary girl utena, nadesico anime to catalog. Utena has won and dios descends down from the upsidedown castle in the sky.
She finds utena s lack of regard for the dueling game to be sensible, but jury still. This is a show many viewers will have strong opinions over, but this series just doesnt seem to add up to. Revolutionary girl utena and princess tutu both take classical fairy tale elements and use them to make something unique, but recognizable. Kunihiko ikuhara would have made the latters schoolgirl lesbians as the primary characters, and some of his original ideas for the movie would eventually be repurposed for the utena television series. Judging by the lighthearted nature of the first episodes from revolutionary girl utena, one would think that it is something like sailor moon in fact, the creator of this series used to work on that anime show but it eventually turns into something much more complex and darker, involving adult themes and creepy plot twists.
Jun 06, 2015 revolutionary girl utena is a game changer on the order of evangelion like sailor moon, utena is a magical girl story. In 2001, central park media released the film as revolutionary girl utena. When her parents died when she was only a child, she fell into a serious depression. The film was also screened at several anime conventions and had a very limited theatrical run. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Revolutionary girl utena dvd details jun 23, 2001 anime. Revolutionary girl utena adolescence of utena full movie. Its worth the watch and i can watch it over and over again. In revolutionary girl utena, utena and anthy were close and there were times that the relationship between the two could be taken toward the realm of lesbianism, but it never did. Utena recognizes dios as the prince she had met when she was a child. As its name suggests, revolution kakumei is a key theme in the suite of productions that go by the name revolutionary girl utena shoujo kakumei utena. Like many other japanese manga, it is a story that has appeared in three formats as a printed comic manga, a television series, and a film known in english as adolescence of utena. Central park media bought the rights to the film in 2001, releasing it on vhs and dvd.
Blooming rose of deepest black, was staged in 2019, with the cast and director of bud of the white rose reprising their roles. When japan released revolutionary girl utena shoujo kakumei utena and when it was brought to the states, it couldnt be turned into a show for kids, like sailor moon before it. After the anime ended a movie called the adolescence of utena was created and hit theatres in 1999. Find out more about nozomi entertainments release of revolutionary girl utena at never lose that strength or nobility, even when y. I would say that revolutionary girl utena has one of the best soundtracks ever made, all the songs has good melody and support every scene to the maximum effect.
In a loose retelling of the revolutionary girl utena tv series, utena tenjou arrives at ohtori academy, only to be immediately swept up in a series of duels for the hand of her. An archive of our own, a project of the organization for transformative works. It has been licensed stateside by viz media, and the final volume, which covers the movie, was released on december 3rd, 2007. User recommendations about the anime shoujo kakumei utena revolutionary girl utena on myanimelist, the internets largest anime database. Revolutionary girl utena anime recommendations animeplanet. Utena vows to reach the castle and see him once more. No quotes approved yet for revolutionary girl utena. In a loose retelling of the revolutionary girl utena tv series, utena tenjou arrives at ohtori academy, only to be immediately swept up in a series of duels for the hand of her classmate anthy himemiya and the power she supposedly holds. A subreddit for the anime series revolutionary girl utena shojo kakumei utena. The movie 2001 voice credits behind the voice actors. I think utena is damn near the best anime ever produced, with the caveat that it is also a very particular kind of show with a very particular kind of appeal. Anthy, who responds by slapping one of them back and challenging them to a real fight.
In the film, however, this idea was brought to the viewer fullthrottle and it kind of ruins the predeceasing series character development. Revolutionary girl utena ending hd remastered youtube. A handsome youth by the name of tenjo utena transfers to the distinguished ohtori academy. A tomboyish schoolgirl finds herself forced into repeated duels for another girl who has a role in a world revolution. But utena s true identity is actually a girl, who due to a certain event from her past, has decided to crossdress in order to fulfill the highest of ambitions. And a adult now i came back to watch the full anime, movie and now have recently ordered all the mangas to better understand the storyline. Adolescence of utena is a 1999 japanese anime film. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. While not quite as strange as the aforementioned works of art, revolutionary girl utena combines a seemingly normal shoujo story with enough outoftheordinary happenings to turn more than a few heads. He embraced her with the scent of roses and told her to never lose her strength and nobility. Revolutionary girl utena the manga began in 1996 and the anime was first broadcast in 1997. Both begin with an almost monsteroftheweek type plot mixed with fun, schoollife and move on to be quite a bit darker than one might expect. Adolescence of utena is a richly detailed and visually stunning film, with a. At its simplest, it is a fairy tale set on its head.
However, i was extremely frustrated by the fact that there are no chapter marks for the episodes. Inspired designs on tshirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. From almost the very beginning of her career, masami has sung themes for anime television and movies. Revolutionary girl utena retrospective with transcript in its 20th anniversary year, caitlin, dee and vrai talk about a series they have all loved and analyzed for many years. Unlike anime which are weird for the sake of being weird, there is a method to the madness that makes revolutionary girl utena anything but.
And in the finale, they are successfully able to unswitch utena and anthys personality swap only to cause one between saionji and chuchu. See more ideas about revolutionary girl utena, revolutionaries and magical girl. An additional movie, called adolescence of utena was serialized in 1999. Revolutionary girl utena is the result of a what could have been for the sailor moon supers movie. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Utena was a young girl who lost her parents and was impressed by a. Bud of the white rose, was staged in 2018 and adapts the student council saga from the original anime. Revolutionary girl utena deepdive analysis a prismatic revolution of love duration. Twin saplings, the first of the two light novels by ichiro okouchi. He has created and collaborated on several notable anime and manga series, including his early works sailor moon and revolutionary girl utena, and his later works mawaru penguindrum, yurikuma arashi, and. Based on the japanese animated series of the same name, revolutionary girl utena involves the plight of utena into womanhood through fighting techniques. The movie is one of the best modern anime movies to come out of japan in the last few years. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. I enjoyed the episodes of the anime series in the set.
The movie dvd, 2001 at the best online prices at ebay. So by not finishing the tv series, you are short changing yourself. At the very start of the series, we are given a vague explanation of some of the events that lead to utena becoming who she is today. Revolutionary girl utena is routinely described as neon genesis evangelion for girls, and not without good reason. This set includes two dvds of episodes of the revolutionary girl utena anime series, and a disc with adolescence of utena the revolutionary girl utena movie. Ikuhara kunihiko, born december 21, 1964, also known as ikuni, is a japanese director, writer, artist, and music producer. She is an actress, known for ressha sentai toqger 2014, fruits basket 2001 and revolutionary girl utena. Revolutionary girl utena tv series 1997 revolutionary. Find films and movies featuring rachael lillis on allmovie. Find films and movies featuring rachael lillis on allmovie allmovie. The winning duelist will not only receive anthy, but also the revolutionary power that she holds. The movie dvd, 2001, 2disc set, limited edition at the.
Her goal leads her to ohtori academy, where she finds herself drawn into a series of sword duels for possession of the rose bride, another girl at the school. Adolescence apocalypse is a 1999 japanese anime film. Utena doesnt truly suffer in her struggle to be a prince, anthy becomes a stereotypical damsel in distress who doesnt walk the fine line between a princess and a witch, juri is reduced to a shallow, jealous lover who constantly bickers over touga, and these are just the big changes. She is then thrust into a series of battles with other duelists to win her friend anthy, who is known the rose bride.
Revolutionary girl utena is one of the best anime for people who love to analyze media, tear it apart and work out its kinks, as all of these ideas are buried under layers and layers of symbolism. Welcome to the overhauled audiology subsite of empty movement. The genius and revolution of shoujo kakumei utena youtube. The movie has all of these elements, plus a new take on the story. The film is directed by kunihiko ikuhara, written by yoji enokido based on a story by ikuhara, and produced by the animation studio j. She began her professional musical career at age 21 as a concert backup singer. Revolutionary girl utena transgresses gender and sexuality.
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