Adolescence of Utena (1999)

Original title

少女革命ウテナ アドゥレセンス黙示録

Directed by

Kunihiko Ikuhara

Genre

LGBTQ-related film, animated film with LGBT character(s)

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 89 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A tomboy high school student named Utena gets drawn into sword duels to win the hand of a mysterious student called the Rose Bride. The story explores gender, sexuality, and growing up through dreamlike imagery and symbolism.

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What happens

Adolescence of Utena is a 1999 Japanese animated romantic fantasy film. It is a follow-up to the 1997 anime television series Revolutionary Girl Utena, created by the artist collective Be-Papas. The film is directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara, written by Yōji Enokido based on a story by Ikuhara and produced by the animation studio J.C.Staff. An English-language dubbed version of the film produced by Central Park Media was released in 2001 as Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie. The plot follows Utena Tenjou, a tomboy high school student who is drawn into a series of sword duels to win the hand of Anthy Himemiya, a mysterious student known as the "Rose Bride". The film is noted for its extensive use of metaphor and symbolism; its focus on themes of gender, sexuality and the transition from adolescence to adulthood; and for its more mature subject material relative to the anime series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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