Chatty AF Podcast: Revolutionary Girl Utena
Hey, readers! I was on Anime Feminist’s podcast this last week talking about an old favorite. Thought y’all might enjoy digging into some more Utena, now in audio form.
Hey, readers! I was on Anime Feminist’s podcast this last week talking about an old favorite. Thought y’all might enjoy digging into some more Utena, now in audio form.
The year is 1999, two years after the completion of Revolutionary Girl Utena’s television broadcast. The majority of the original creative team (with a few notable exceptions), have come together to create a feature film that is both a semi-encapsulation of and yet wildly different from the original […]
The intro is here. We’ve come to the end, and the beginning once more. Let’s go together.
The intro is here. Go ahead and just addend the phrase “you loathsome, scheming, fungal remnant of a rotting flesh sack” to every mention of Akio from here on in. It’s a pretty safe call.
The intro is here. Utena loves Anthy, news at 11.
The intro is here. Touga is one trilby short of a “milady.”
The intro is here. Just in case you forgot, episode 1’s cartoon jerkface is the one who figures out the show’s thesis.
The intro is here. We might as well call this arc “The Last Temptation of Utena.” Alternately: if you don’t ship Anthy and Utena after this one, you have got to be really trying.
The intro is here. Yes, it’s finally time to talk about That Scene. Spoiler alert, the word “statutory” is involved.
The intro is here. And now, an episode about screwing your sibling (over).