interviews, meta posts and analysis of my favorite anime of all time! watch utena!

• Ikuhara Kunihiko & Takemiya Keiko - Utena interview JUNE 1998
  • another ikuhara interview
• Ikuhara's Episode Commentary
• Playing the Protagonist, Hero, and Girl
• Prince Charming by Day, Superheroine by Night?
  • Subversive Sexualities and Gender Fluidity in Revolutionary Girl Utena and Sailor Moon
• Performance, Identity, Eternity: Revolutionary Girl Utena
• Revolutionary Girl Utena: Reflections on the Protagonist
  • Reflections on the Hero
  • Reflections on the Girl
• An Idealist Interpretion of Utena
• About Kozue's duel
• Character Analysis
  • Touga / + more
  • Portrayal of Girls
    • Shiori / + more and more
    • Kanae
    • Anthy
  • Ruka
  • Mikage
• About the amusement park
• About Anthy
  • Anthy's dress
  • Anthy's glasses
  • Akio's earrings
• “Revolutionary Girl Utena” Transgresses Gender and Sexuality
• questions over utena
• Revolutionary Girl Utena: Complete Triggers Guide (!!)
• Adolescence of Utena: Complete Triggers Guide
• "My first meeting with utena" 1997 Interview with Tomoko Kawakami, Voice of Utena Tenjou
• "anthy and me" 1997 Interview with Yuriko Fuchizaki, Voice of Anthy Himemiya
• "The Director Speaks about Revolutionary Girl Utena" 1997 Interview with "Revolutionary Girl Utena" Director Kunihiko Ikuhara
• Kunihiko Ikuhara's 2001 interview on Revolutionary Girl Utena part 1 & part 2
• ohtori.nu's analysis page
  • personal favorites
    • Utena's Revolution -or- la Fin de l'Ancien Régime Romantique
    • The Missing Link: Manga-Touga and the Solving of a Paradox
    • Killing (and Keeping) the Prince
    • The Dangers of Role Appropriation and Scripted Romance in Revolutionary Girl Utena
    • Pulling Swords Out of People
    • Anthy, the Queen of Stories
    • Anthy as Viewer's Mirror
• adolescence of utena: pseudo-sequel