id: rgu
year: 1997What is it?
Arguably the center of this entire endevour; certainly my entry to (nearly) everything else here.
Revolutionary girl Utena is a multi-media franchise spanning that began in... well.
The manga was the first to release, in 1996. But's something of a black sheep within the franchise, and it's not entirely clear to me how many of the differences come from being the first to release, versus mangaka Chiho Saitou's personal touches, versus meddling from executives at the magazine.
The anime first aired in 1997.
Saturn game in 1998.
Movie in 1999.
How's it connect to other stuff?
Utena is a lot more than only this, but a one lens to view it with is "man, Tuxedo Mask was kinda creepy."
Who worked on it?
Quite a number of people!
The core creative team behind Utena called themselves Be Papas. This was:
The core creative team behind Utena called themselves Be Papas. This was:
A brief overview
- Director Kunihiko Ikuhara
- Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (roughly the middle three-fifths of the 90s anime)
- Mawaru Penguindrum
- Yurikuma Arashi
- Sarazanmai
- Manga artist and original character designer Chiho Saito
- Animator and character designer Shinya Hasegawa
- Scriptwriter Youji Enokido
- Neon Genesis Evangelion (just prior to Utena)
- FLCL
- Ouran High School High Club (the anime adaptation)
- Redline (this makes far more sense than it should)
- Planner Yuuichirou Oguro
Aside from Be Papas,
There's quite a few other notable names attached to the franchise, including...
- Mamoru Hosoda
- Digimon Adventure: Our War Game (featuring Smash Mouth)
- Summer Wars
- Wolf Children
- Yoh Yoshinari
- Neon Genesis Evangelion
- FLCL
- Diebuster
- Little Witch Academia
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