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== Lacking manga information ==
I see that many facts in Saito's beautiful novels are ignored. I would think that about 79% of this article is focused on the anime series, 17% is dedicated to the movie, leaving a very small segment or two for the graphic novels. Please keep things balanced on Wikipedia.

[[User:Goodyfun|Goodyfun]] ([[User talk:Goodyfun|talk]]) 20:11, 10 March 2008 (UTC)goodyfun

== Adolescence of Utena?? ==

The article refers to "Adolescence of Utena" as the name of the movie. However, as the article states, the Japanese title is "Adolescence Mokushiroku." The official English title is, in fact, "Utena the Movie." As far as I know, "Adolescence of Utena" refers to the ''manga'' that came out at the same time as the movie, but is not synonymous ''with'' the movie. I'd change it, but I'm not 100% sure on this. Anyone else know?

For that matter, the ''Adolescence of Utena'' manga ought to be mentioned somewhere, since most other iterations of Utena are. - [[User:DeathQuaker|DeathQuaker]] 8 November 2006, 12:10 AM (EST)
:I just watched the movie, and the phrase "Adolescence of Utena" appears in the beginning as a title. It's true that the packaging itself makes no mention of the name, though. --[[User:Starwed|Starwed]] 10:24, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
The Genon released OST for the movie has on the spine: Genon Pioneer Utena Movie: Adolescence of Utena Adolescence Rush 5233-2 I don't know how useful that information is... --[[User:Tyrfing|Tyrfing]] 20:26, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

In Japan, the english title is "Adolescence of Utena" and it was meant to be the official english title in other countries as well, but the official USA release has "Revolutionary Girl Utena : The Movie" on the box and just shows the "adolescence of Utena" as a title card. [[Special:Contributions/65.189.255.148|65.189.255.148]] ([[User talk:65.189.255.148|talk]]) 06:35, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

== Questions and Edits ==

Question 1: Is it me, or is the "Movie" section at the bottom redundant, considering it's discussed at the top? Someone braver than I ought to perhaps remove it. Also, I'm wondering if eventually this article should be separated into three different articles about the two mangas, the TV series, and the movie, as they are all separate canons.

Question 2: Way at the bottom, it mentions that Ikuhara denies connection to Rose of Versailles in the commentary. I'm fairly certain they do acknowledge a connection (if a minimal one). Anyone sure about this?

I went through this and cleaned up some language and corrected some minor factual errors (sometimes anime, movie, and manga got confused). Speculative comments were made more clearly speculative or removed (e.g., Ruka "dying" at the end of his arc in the anime; it's arguable whether that is actually true or as true as any other "Shadow Play" is). Added, as mentioned below, a brief blurb on Tatsuya and Mari. I pretty much ignored the themes section and beyond because I need to go to bed. :) I removed the "weird facts" from the entries on Utena, Akio, and Anthy. For the first two, they were inaccurate at best and unnecessarily silly at worst (Akio says "Ciao" in one scene in the movie and that's it. That does not a "habit" make). Come on people: we need ''necessary'' silliness here. Please try to improve.

:In the original Japanese, Akio says "Tou!" in the movie, whatever that means. "Ciao" is what the dub has him say. -[[User:Tacubus|Tacubus]] ([[User talk:Tacubus|talk]]) 14:40, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

I removed the "stub" warning at the bottom. Pretty obvious this is longer than a stub now. -- [[User:DeathQuaker|DeathQuaker]] 8 November 2006, 12:10 AM (EST)

== The Two Reporters ==

At the end of the movie, the two reporters (the pink-haired shadow girls) turned into dolls made of hay. When they close up to their name tags it said "Utena" and "Anthy" in katakana. What does that mean? [[User:Jigen III|Jigen III]] 11:08, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
:No idea, and I suggest you take it to a message board. Wikipedia talk pages are for discussing the article, not the subject itself. Thanks. [[User:Ladlergo|Ladlergo]] 13:46, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

== The Car ==

It said Shiori on the license plate, not Kozue. [[User:Jigen III|Jigen III]] 12:31, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
*I believe they mean the car near the beginning of the movie, not during the big climax scene. --[[User:Katsuhagi|Katsuhagi]] 02:32, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

: The car in the darkened garage in the film says Kozue. The one that chases Utena, crashes, and explodes says Shiori. The "Kozue" label is one of the film's inexplicable moments if you haven't seen the TV series. When Kozue appears in the bath tub with Miki and tries to cut his throat, she isn't named. No (sigh) it's not trivia... it is one of a great many covert linkages between the film and preceding TV series and manga.

:Another occurs very early in the film when Wakaba is showing Utena around Ohtori, and Utena stops on some stairs, turns her head, and asks an incomplete question about the campus, only to be interupted by the Miki-Juri fencing match. If one stops the film to see what Utena is looking at, there in the background are some of the columns of the "old" Ohtori from the TV show. Yet another occurs when, for a moment, we see a locket around Juri's throat -- it's her locket from the film. In the film Nanami is actually a cow; in the TV series, she only wears a cowbell. There are ''many'' more examples like these.

:Thus, the film is a kind of karmic repetition of the same story as the TV show, except that ''this'' it works out differently.

: [[User:Timothy Perper|Timothy Perper]] 17:00, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

== Rose Color ==

I've seen multiple Utena sites that list the color of the rose each duelist wears and some of the symbolism behind that color. I'm going to quickly add the rose color for each and perhaps later go deeper into it if it's deemed necessary.--[[User:Katsuhagi|Katsuhagi]] 00:47, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
:This doesn't seemed to be mentioned on the page at all; given the extremely heavy use of each duelist's colour, it should be. --[[User:Starwed|Starwed]] 10:27, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

== Add Dios? ==
<strike>Even though he's technically not physical or real for that matter, should we add a section on Dios? I think he's still important even as just a spirit of sorts and in how he helps Utena regularly.</strike> I see that was already done at some point. Never mind. --[[User:Katsuhagi|Katsuhagi]] 20:02, 3 April 2006 (UTC)


== Sega and Episodes ==


<s>I've removed the episode list; none of the other anime pages have lists. It was just sort of an ugly infodump, and didn't seem encyclopedic. We don't list chapters for books, so why list episodes for anime? (What we do for Star Trek doesn't count; Star Trek doesn't really have an overarching plot.) -[[User:Pyrop|Pyrop]] 03:21, Nov 5, 2004 (UTC)</s>

That information is now at [[List of Revolutionary Girl Utena media|Revolutionary Girl Utena media information]]. -[[User:Pyrop|&#8472;yrop]] [[User talk:Pyrop|(talk)]] 22:50, Dec 25, 2004 (UTC)

Concerning the movie soundtrack; while the bulk of it was quite good (especially the "love theme", Toki Ni Ai Wa (At Times, Love Is), and the new duel themes are riveting and filled with the same brashness and neo-philisophical lyrics we come to expect from Ikuhara and Seazer, some fans feel the movie version of Zettai Unmei Mokushiroku (Absolute Destiny Apocalypse) falls short. By fusing 20th-century semitonal techniques with the classic Seazer "choral rock" style, it attempts to be something new and unique; however, while unique, the work can be grating at times, and the horror-movie-esque quality it gives doesn't really fit the scene in which it is used, in some opinions.
--[[User:Gau|Gau]] 05:36, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Sega was a major funder of Shoujo Kakumei Utena; not only did they sponsor the series, but also funded the creation of a set of action figures (the "Real Doll" series, which included a CD), provided major financial support for the movie, and even created a Sega Saturn game (which is highly prized by collectors.)
== Plot summary ==
I have a VERY long plot summary (near 10 pages). Replace the stub with it, or is it too long?
--Jed Blue, 20 May 2005
:Sounds a little too long to me. [[User:DenisMoskowitz|DenisMoskowitz]] 15:14, 2005 May 20 (UTC)
:Sounds FAR too long to me. -[[User:Pyrop|&#8472;yrop]] [[User talk:Pyrop|(talk)]] 17:56, May 20, 2005 (UTC)

ToSumarize into paragraphs and post a link here.

Might want to add to it.

Most of the Utena page, including the summary, is about the anime/movie. Shall I split the article into two - manga and anime - or is it better to rewrite the text?
My opinion only - agree/disagree? [[User:Merry|Merry]]
:I'd say rewrite, maybe making Anime and Manga sections. [[User:DenisMoskowitz|DenisMoskowitz]] 13:53, 2005 August 23 (UTC)

== Amercian fans?Nani?!? ==

Why the hell we list that?

It's throwaway. Unneeded.





About the episode list?

Why?

Why not list the manga And the anime seperatly, nonlisted? Just say (There are X episodes of the animė, x books in the manga."


I think there are too many highly speculative and meaningless bits of info on some random fans interpretations. There's nothing encylopedic about a few people thinking that the whole thing is in anthy's head or the whole school being some kind of purgatory. If encyclopedia's needed that kind of speculation, you'd have a whole section on the show being a bunch of empty promises of character development followed by random uses of symbolism and foreign words that sounded cool.
[[User:66.41.66.213|66.41.66.213]] 03:56, 15 October 2005 (UTC)lotusduck

== Shiori Takatsuki ==

I don't think Shiori's last name is ever revealed to be Takatsuki, especialy seeing as how Takatsuki is a character in the series, and one of the Black Rose Duelists.

:Shiori's last name ''is'' revealed as "Takatsuki" by signage; the name is never in dialogue, but it is the name on her room, and official sources back this up as well. The other character you're thinking of here is "Tsuwabuki." - [[User:Rikoshi|Rikoshi]] 22:39, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
::Could you add a citation for this? [[User:Susan Davis|Susan Davis]] 18:54, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
:::Given that everything is coming out of official sources, I don't think we need a citation.
:::I noticed her name when I rewatched it just the other day. [[User:Ladlergo|Ladlergo]]
::::Yep. Episode 17. [[User:DeathQuaker|DeathQuaker]]

== About the Takarazuka Musical ==

I have been wondering if it was available in Japan on DVD ? Or if there was any other way to watch it ? I have only listened to the songs from the ''Saa, Watashi to Engage Shite'' CD, and it only left me pandering for more... [[User:Ialdaboth|Ialdaboth]] 15:37, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

== Themes section ==

The Themes section had been edited to claim that "At its center, ''Shoujo Kakumei Utena'' is a [[Mahayana]] [[Buddhist]] [[allegory]]." This claim is original research, and not NPOV: there is no one correct interpretation of the series or the movie. This section could certainly be re-added as a "possible interpretations" bit or something, but not in the given phrasing. [[User:DenisMoskowitz|DenisMoskowitz]] 23:15, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Likewise, there's a lot said about Gnosticism in that section, none of which is sourced, either. I'm not an expert in Wikipedia citation style, but the whole article could stand a top-to-bottom once-over by someone who is, adding appropriate citiations in the right places. [[User:Susan Davis|Susan Davis]] 18:53, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

:The director's commentary on some of the DVDs can shed some light and provide citations. But he's often cryptic, too. [[User:Michiganotaku|Michiganotaku]] 15:28, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

== about utena and anthy ==

dont know but i think utena and anthy seems to be lesbian. they kinda treat each other like lovers. and also that girl with red long hair loved her old girlfriend that stole her boyfriend, and she took her picture for years in her necklace. also the boys of the black rose or whatever it is, call themselves the rose bride . this is a homosexual movie or what.

lori, albania

:Yes, Utena and Anthy are clearly depicted as a romantic couple. The article discusses [[shoujo-ai]] (lesbian) and [[shonen-ai]] (gay male) themes and pairings in ''Utena''. --[[User:Fubar Obfusco|FOo]] 04:04, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

::While are clearly ''depicted'' as a romantic couple...in the sense that they are frequently depicted as Prince Utena with Princess-ey Anthy (and how much more romantic can you get), whether they '''are''' a romantic couple is still subjective. Utena and Anthy's relationship is left ambiguous in most of the media. There's plenty of imagery etc. to the effect that they are lovers. However, there is also a near (but not quite) equal amount that indicates that they are both heterosexual and that their relationship is platonic. What would be not subjective? (1) A straightforward statement by the creators, which doesn't exist. SKU was a collaborative work and the two major voices from the creating group don't agree in clear un-ambiguous terms that the U & A are lesbians. (Although, sadly, I think it's noteworthy that some of what Ikuhara has said on the subject is pretty disastrous or, well, insensitive. For example, I think I remember him saying in an interview that he had them kiss at the end of the movie because he thought it would be sexy. I gather that's a joke, but, well, I'll leave my aside at that.) I know I remember Ikuhara saying that he prefers to avoid his female protagonists having relationships with guys because he feels the relationship tends to become the focus and take over the plot. Got that interview saved somewhere. (I personally feel this must apply equally to a homosexual relationship--it can obstruct a more nuanced interpretation.) Anyway, the point is that their exact relationship is subjective and there's reason to believe that was intentional based on Ikuhara's & Saito's statements over the years. (2) A straightforward scene with unambiguous dialog in all the different media. Which doesn't exist, but on the other hand...it's pretty clear you're meant to see U & A that way at least '''some''' of the time. Homosexuality is certainly a ''major theme'' in the show. [[Special:Contributions/199.44.153.1|199.44.153.1]] ([[User talk:199.44.153.1|talk]]) 15:37, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Wait, where is the evidence that they're heterosexual? I'm definitely not seeing that at all -- not explicitly, and not in the larger context of a show in which almost every character has bisexual moments. At any rate, I agree, though I would consider their relationship to be strongly _suggested_. [[Special:Contributions/74.124.41.231|74.124.41.231]] ([[User talk:74.124.41.231|talk]]) 14:59, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

== two notes about the movie ==
first, touga:
it's not clear that he's "come back to life" in the movie. it can easily be read that he is a hallucination of utena. i'm pretty sure that in all scenes involving him and other people, they're not actually interacting with him -- they may speak or maybe he speaks, but they don't *converse*.
second, wakaba:
wakaba appears at the end of the movie as the jeep-like vehicle on which all utena's friends are riding. (the license plate reads "wakaba")
:He has one scene in which he interacts with Shiori.
:Fixed the mention of Wakaba in the movie. [[User:Ladlergo|Ladlergo]] 03:20, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

:He also interacts/flirts with Anthy up in the pool area, in the presence of Utena, after a water pipe bursts (in fact, this contributes to Utena's conclusion that Anthy "stole" Touga from her). [[User:Jccleaver|Etcetera]] 19:03, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

::The other ...ghosts (for lack of a better word) seem to be able to see him, however he is clearly not there to most of the regular people. Miki has never even heard of him. And Akio didn't "Come Back to Life" either. He was still buried in the garden. Anthy is apparently exempt from this rule. --[[User:Tyrfing|Tyrfing]] 19:30, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

:::Juri mentions Touga in her duel with Utena (if I remember correctly), and Shiori interacts with him more than once. -[[User:Tacubus|Tacubus]] ([[User talk:Tacubus|talk]]) 14:48, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

::::Juri mentions Touga because Shiori mentioned Touga to her in the car garage to induce Juri to challenge Utena. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/199.44.153.1|199.44.153.1]] ([[User talk:199.44.153.1|talk]]) 15:38, 27 April 2011 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

== About Be-Papas ==

I feel like the article lacks some substantial info about Be-Papas. How and for what purpose was Be-papas created ? Who was the driving force behind it (ikuhara I can guess too but some clear references about it and about the roles of the rest of the staff would be great, too) ? How was Be-paspas involved in the different stages of the Utena project and afterward, in the S to M no sekai manga ? Does Be-papas still exist nowaday, will it resume one day or not ? There is so much questions about the background of the creation of the show..
:Well, given that I know nothing about them and don't know anyone who does... [[User:Ladlergo|Ladlergo]] 23:22, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
::I imagine if all that is to be answered, it ought to be described in a separate Wikipedia article and referenced here. [[User:DeathQuaker|DeathQuaker]]

== No love for the Onion Prince? ==

Tatsuya, is seen more then once in the series and he is the star of an episode. I believe he also should get a character description, since he is the "boy that replaces Utena" in the movie that Wakaba is usually seen hanging out with. Not to mention, only because of Tatsuya do we see that Mikage doesn't take any pawn delivered to him. Mikage even goes as far to say the boy has a pure heart. Which is very uncharacteristic of the cold calculating Mikage.
: I added a brief description of him and Mari Hozumi. Someone knowledgeable needs to add the kanji for their names, though. [[User:DeathQuaker|DeathQuaker]]

== Complete list of Utena manga and anime ==

There is a complete list of English-language and Japanese manga and anime for Revolutionary Girl Utena in Mechademia: An Academic Form for Anime, Manga, and the Fan Arts, 2006, pages 169-170. The list was compiled by Martha Cornog and me -- we're book review editors for the journal.

There is also an article in the issue about Utena by Kotani Mari:

Kotani Mari 2006 Metamorphosis of the Japanese girl: The girl, the hyper-girl, and the battling beauty. Mechademia, 1:162-169.

[[User:Timothy Perper|Timothy Perper]] 05:39, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

== Remastered ==

[http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/utena/index.html It seems that ''Revolutionary Girl Utena'' is being re-released in Japan as remastered DVD box sets.] Somebody who knows more Japanese than me could properly add that info to the article. [[User:MayumiTsuji|MayumiTsuji]] ([[User talk:MayumiTsuji|talk]]) 18:03, 16 June 2008 (UTC)MayumiTsuji

== English manga info ==
At the end of volume 1 of the manga there is information on the themes that the creators intended to cover. This could go in a development section about the manga. [[User:WhisperToMe|WhisperToMe]] ([[User talk:WhisperToMe|talk]]) 04:30, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

== Review(s) ==

[http://m.io9.com/5530348/5-brilliantly-perverted-manga 5 Brilliantly Perverted Manga, Jason Thompson] --[[User:KrebMarkt|KrebMarkt]] 06:55, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

[http://web.archive.org/web/20010711100531/http://www.ex.org/5.4/32-manga_utena.html ''EX'' review] --[[User:Gabriel Yuji|Gabriel Yuji]] ([[User talk:Gabriel Yuji|talk]]) 16:57, 6 July 2014 (UTC)

== Citations ==

I'm a little curious about this in the "Themes" area:
:Most of the characters are estranged from a loved one in their childhood, something which affects them deeply and arguably stunts them, and this relationship is often complicated or corrupted by a sexual element.[1]
Where [1] is a link to Shoujo Kakumei Utena Monomyth. Empty Movement. http://ohtori.nu/analysis/07_rhyaniwyn_monomyth.htm.
Because, um, I'm Rhyaniwyn, the author of that essay, and while I'm very flattered to be cited... I don't think that point is made in the linked essay. That aside, I'd be surprised if my essay really meets the criteria for a verifiable source? I don't know that much about Wikipedia guidelines. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/199.44.153.1|199.44.153.1]] ([[User talk:199.44.153.1|talk]]) 15:51, 27 April 2011 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

== Utena origins, and movie ==

You guys might want to look for 2000 references recording Ikuhara's comments at Otakon that year, given these emails:

<blockquote>
> It's [''Revolutionary Girl Utena''] directed by Ikuhara, one of Anno's good friends. I call it the Shoujo EVA.
<br>
<br>
Ikuhara actually caled it that himself at Otakon this year. He made the Utena movie as revenge against Anno. He wanted to make something seriously dented, and I think he accomplished just that...</blockquote>

http://eva.onegeek.org/pipermail/oldeva/2000-August/037218.html

<blockquote>The manga ideas came first, though I don't think the author really produced much before the anime. Ikuhara tempted the author away from GAiNAX (I wish I could remember the guy's name...Hasegawa? I know he was the character designer for the anime) and they worked together rather stealthily on the anime because Ikuhara was still under contract for Sailor Moon (and he didn't want Anno to find out). So I guess my answer is the Utena manga *idea* came first, but the anime took hold and then the real manga began.</blockquote>

http://eva.onegeek.org/pipermail/oldeva/2000-August/037228.html --[[User talk:Gwern |Gwern]] [[Special:Contributions/Gwern | (contribs)]] 01:55 3 September 2011 (GMT)

== ''Manga Impact'' ==

''Manga Impact: The World of Japanese Animation'', 6 December 2010, {{ISBN|978-0714857411}}; pg 230;

<blockquote>
Utena Tenjo is not of this world, nor does she belong to the world of conventional fairytales. Her life was marked by a solitary childhood and, it is suggested, complicity in the death of both her parents. Then, following a kiss at her parents' graveside, a mysterious prince puts a ring on her finger with the seal of a rose and promises to meet her again. Once grown-up, Utena decides not to wait and proclaims herself a prince. With her pink hair and watery blue eyes, she wears a male uniform as a sign of absolute devotion to her love, as she transfers to Ohtori Academy. After crossing swords with one of the good-looking boys at the school (a member of student council) and battling for possession of his girlfriend, she wins control over the disquieting Anthy Himemiya, a student known as the 'Rose Bride'.
An immaculately conceived creature from the imagination of director Ikuhara Kunihiko, with the support of the Be-Papas group, Utena is the lead character of a ''shojo'' manga by Saito Chiho. The television anime ''Revolutionary Girl Utena'' tells a different story from the film, ''The Adolescence of Utena'' (1999).
<br>
A successor to ''Sailor Moon'' (1992, dir. Sato Junichi et al), the series is a world apart from typical pop culture, with its intriguing heroine a victim of Ikuhara's unpredictable imagination. She is similar to the protagonist of ''Rose of Versailles'' (1979, dir. Nagahama Tadao et al) and ''Princess Knight'' (1967), a woman able to renounce her masculinity, but in love with princely attitudes - a pop icon called to shake up an entire system of codes. Even her language springs from Ikuhara's contaminated readings and visions, such as when he tells Utena to be '''run-run''' in homage to the lead character of ''Hana no Ko Lunlun'' (''Flower Angel'', 1979, dir. Endo Yuji).
<br>
M.A.R. [Mario A. Rumor]
</blockquote>

--[[User talk:Gwern |Gwern]] [[Special:Contributions/Gwern | (contribs)]] 19:49 23 December 2011 (GMT)

== Utena Yuri? ==

What the fuck? Utena is not yuri. The yuri scenes have symbolic connotations.

it's not shojo either... lol <small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/188.22.221.240|188.22.221.240]] ([[User talk:188.22.221.240|talk]]) 01:03, 18 May 2015 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

Yuri: "(slang, anime, manga) A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or sexual relationship between two or more females." Utena is an anime that features a romance between Utena and Anthy, two women, therefore it is yuri. Not only that, but Utena is well respected in the yuri community and is considered yuri by said community ~ NewPollution96 (8:18, 29 July 2016)

:It's well established in the Yuri genre, or did you miss the part where Utena and Anthy make -out naked on a motorcycle at the end of the movie? This feels like hate bait and should probably be removed from the talk section at this point. [[User:ButterflyNebula|ButterflyNebula]] ([[User talk:ButterflyNebula|talk]]) 19:12, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

== Sources for expansion ==

Some sources for use in expanding the article, organised pretty haphazardly:
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;General reception
*http://www.japanator.com/classic-anime-spotlight-revolutionary-girl-utena-9321.phtml
*http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2016-01-20/which-anime-made-you-cry/.97780
*http://www.themarysue.com/shoujo-anime-and-manga-part-2/
*http://www.themarysue.com/steven-universe-and-fandom/ (some mention of how ''Steven Universe'' homages it)
**http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2015-07-31/why-are-anime-fans-obsessed-with-steven-universe/.91130
**http://interviewly.com/i/rebecca-sugar-aug-2014-reddit
*http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/04/08/pictures-of-utena-and-penguindrum-exhibit-in-ikebukero

;Student Council Saga
*http://www.animefringe.com/magazine/00.04/reviews/3/index.php3
**http://www.animefringe.com/magazine/00.08/reviews/3/index.php3
*http://www.japanator.com/japanator-recommends-revolutionary-girl-utena-pt-1-19671.phtml
*http://www.fandompost.com/2011/06/03/revolutionary-girl-utena-collection-1-dvd-review/

;Black Rose Saga
*http://www.animefringe.com/magazine/02.12/reviews/5/index.php3
*http://www.japanator.com/japanator-recommends-revolutionary-girl-utena-pt-2-3-21416.phtml (also Apocalypse)

;Manga
*http://www.sequentialtart.com/archive/feb02/ao_0202_7.shtml

;Soundtrack
*http://www.animefringe.com/magazine/2004/12/review/13.php

Suggest giving dub separate paragraph in Reception, maybe also a separate paragraph for later remasters.

;Academic stuff
*''[[Anime from Akira to Howl's Moving Castle]], Updated Edition''
*''[[Anime Classics Zettai!]]''
*''[[Mechademia]] 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime and Manga''
*:"Metamorphosis of the Japanese Girl: The Girl, the Hyper-Girl, and the Battling Beauty"
*:"In the Sound of the Bells: Freedom and Revolution in ''Revolutionary Girl Utena''"
*''Channeling Wonder: Fairy Tales on Television''
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*"[https://etd.ohiolink.edu/!etd.send_file?accession=bgsu1250882984&disposition=inline Gender and Sexuality in Shoujo Manga: Undoing Heteronormative Expectations in Utena, Pet Shop of Horrors, and Angel Sanctuary]", Emily M. Hurford
*"[http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.70.8863&rep=rep1&type=pdf Anime pleasure as a playground of sexuality, power, and resistance]", Lien Fan Shen
*"Prince Charming by Day, Superheroine by Night? Subversive Sexualities and Gender Fluidity in Revolutionary Girl Utena and Sailor Moon", Catherine E. Bailey
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I'm hoping to take a crack at it at some point, but they might come in handy for anyone else who wants to improve the article. Also, I outright don't have access to most of the books. – [[User:The Millionth One|The Millionth One]] <small>([[User talk:The Millionth One|talk]]) ([[Special:Contributions/The Millionth One|contribs]])</small> 06:21, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

: I'd also like to expand on the Reception/ Impact section since this series has had major influences on western animation in recent years such as <i>[[Adventure Time]], [[My Little Pony Friendship is Magic]], [[Steven Universe]],</i> and <i>[[Star vs. the Forces of Evil|Star VS. The Forces of Evil]].</i>[[User:ButterflyNebula|ButterflyNebula]] ([[User talk:ButterflyNebula|talk]]) 19:15, 21 March 2017 (UTC)


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==Did you know nomination==
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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that director Kunihiko Ikuhara created the anime series Revolutionary Girl Utena after becoming frustrated by his lack of creative control as a director of the anime series Sailor Moon?
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Needs a clean-up and expansion[edit]

Gonna be taking a crack at cleaning this article up and fleshing it out over the next few weeks. Right now I see the major problems as a) large swaths of unsourced material, especially in sections that aren't straight descriptions of plot or acknowledging the existence of various pieces of Utena-related media; b) basically zero focus on the series' impact and legacy; and c) the tone the article is written in, which is vaguely unencyclopedic and over-long in many parts. Morgan695 (talk) 06:07, 24 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Update progress[edit]

  • Intro Paragraph: Ongoing; did a re-write and will take a second pass once the rest of the article is finalized
  • Main infobox: done
  • Plot: done
  • Production: not done
  • Themes: not done
  • Primary Media: not done
    • Manga: in progress
    • Anime television series: not done
    • Anime film: done
  • Related media: not done
    • Music: not done
    • Stage shows: done
    • Other media: light novel done, video game not done
  • Releases: not done
  • Reception: not done
  • Influence and legacy: not done
  • External links: done

GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: TeenAngels1234 (talk · contribs) 19:55, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm gonna review this. Stay tuned.TeenAngels1234 (talk) 19:55, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  • It's not stringent for the purpose of promotion, but can't the two articles be created for Hasegawa and Oguro? Even a few lines would be fine. They are definitely encyclopedic because they have participated in and written successful and relevant works beyond Utena.
    • I'll look into seeing if I can't make at least stub articles for them both.
  • I would suggest adding a summary of the Reception section in the lead.
    • Done.
  • I know what gyaru are, but can you make it more explicit by explaining it?
    • I'm not sure how to best approach this one. I don't think gyaru in this context requires any more explanation than "a boisterous woman", but that just seems repetitious with the context the quote already gives.
  • I would suggest explaining who said "influenced by idiosyncrasies."
    • Done
  • I would avoid explicit references to other sections, such as "See Soundtrack and music below."
    • Done.
  • "Saito ultimately expressed an affirmative position on how the series presented the relationship between the characters." Can you explain further? I'm not sure I understand.
    • That she ultimately has spoken positively of the decision to depict them as a couple; I've rephrased the section.
  • Soukatsu shite. Can you add the Japanese text with the Nihongo template and translation?
    • Done.

@Morgan695: That's all for now. Good work.--TeenAngels1234 (talk) 09:38, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@TeenAngels1234: Hi, response above. Morgan695 (talk) 19:24, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Okay. Then:

  • Perhaps capitalization for "for western audiences" would be better?
    • Done.
  • Perhaps "Animerica described" is better than "Animerica characterized."
    • Done.
  • "patcicipating." Probably a typo.
    • Done.
  • Ikuhara's comment in Reception seems superfluous to me.
    • I disagree; a creator specifically acknowledging that a series continues to have a following two decades-plus after its release specifically because of its LGBT fans feels relevant to a section on its impact and legacy.
  • I would suggest moving the content regarding Evangelion to the Themes section, perhaps creating a separate subsection.
    • Giving it its own section under Themes feels like it would be WP:UNDUE to me, but I'm not sure the paragraph makes sense anywhere other than under Reception.

@Morgan695: That's all I can find. The rest seems to me to be not only from GA, but perhaps also from FA. As a long-time Utena fan somewhat upset by the anime's poor recognition on Wikipedia and elsewhere, I am pleased. Great job.TeenAngels1234 (talk) 20:43, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@TeenAngels1234: Hi, response above. Morgan695 (talk) 01:19, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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    It represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each:
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    Brief summa. The entire article is verifiable and full of reliable sources. The prose is excellent, like an AF. Exposition practically flawless. Editing was timely and appropriate. Great job.--TeenAngels1234 (talk) 17:55, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination[edit]

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 13:12, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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  • ... that director Kunihiko Ikuhara created the anime series Revolutionary Girl Utena after becoming frustrated by his lack of creative control as a director of the anime series Sailor Moon? Source: "The Power to Revolutionize the World, or Absolute Gender Apocalypse?: Queering the New Fairy-Tale Feminine in Revolutionary Girl Utena"
    • ALT1: ... that Tomoko Kawakami, who voiced the title role in the anime series Revolutionary Girl Utena, secured the role in part because she did not read the character description before auditioning? Source: "ウテナ白書" [Utena Dossier]
    • ALT2: ... that director Kunihiko Ikuhara developed the cast of his anime series Revolutionary Girl Utena using the self-described principle of "never give a character only one personality"? Source: Revolutionary Girl Utena: 20th Anniversary Ultra Edition
    • Reviewed: Lee Chih-kai

Improved to Good Article status by Morgan695 (talk). Self-nominated at 18:16, 26 February 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Revolutionary Girl Utena; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation

QPQ: No - Not done
Overall: @Morgan695: Good article. AGF on sources I can't access. waiting on QPQ. Onegreatjoke (talk) 22:14, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Onegreatjoke: Hi, QPQ has been completed. Morgan695 (talk) 00:50, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Approve. Onegreatjoke (talk) 02:01, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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