Absolute Destiny Apocalypse (original)
Absolute Destiny Apocalypse (original) (karaoke)
Absolute Destiny Apocalypse (industrial mix)
Absolute Destiny Apocalypse with Universal Gravitation
Absolute Destiny Apocalypse II
Absolute Destiny Apocalypse – Adolescence of UTENA
Absolute Destiny Apocalypse (Girl's Character Song Best)
Bossa Nova [Absolute Destiny Apocalypse]
Bossa Nova [Absolute Destiny Apocalypse] (karaoke)
Club Mix [Absolute Destiny Apocalypse Simple Edit]
Absolute Destiny Apocalypse ・Complete
Absolute Destiny Apocalypse ・Original Version

Calling this a cheat sheet to Absolute Destiny Apocalyse would be wrong...it's more of a cheat tome. The song appears in many places, with many versions to account for. Broken down here are all the versions of the song in chronological order of initial release, with descriptions as well as information on where in the Utena CDs they appear.

The first appearance of Absolute Destiny Apocalypse is in November of 1995, as part of the performance カスパー・ハウザー　《人間の謎への序章》、あるいは《わたしのモーシェ》のために』 or Kaspar Hauser 《Prologue to the Human Mystery》 or 《For the Sake of My Montage》 by 演劇実験室◎万有引力 (Engeki jikken-shitsu ◎ Ban'yū Inryoku or Theater Laboratory ◎ Universal Gravitation), the theater troupe headed by J. A. Seazer. It was recently released as a bonus disc to OST 13, and is on this list as "Original Version."

Translations/Lyrics for Absolute Destiny Apocalypse
Translation/Lyrics for Absolute Destiny Apocalypse ・Complete (OST12)

The first version heard plays during the arena ascension sequence in the Student Council Arc, episodes 1-13. It's safe to call this the 'original' recording, based on the Kaspar Hauser version, recorded for Utena.

Lyrics & Composition: J.A. Seazer (J.A.シーザー)
Arrangement: Shinkichi Mitsumune (光宗信吉)
Chorus: Suginami Jidou Gasshodan (杉並児童合唱団), Maki Kamiya (上谷麻紀), Kunihiko Ikuhara (幾原邦彦), & Shinkichi Mitsumune (光宗信吉)

This is the musical track behind the "original" recording used in the Student Council Arc, spanning episodes 1-13. Being the karaoke version, it's without any vocals.

Lyrics & Composition: J.A. Seazer (J.A.シーザー)
Arrangement: Shinkichi Mitsumune (光宗信吉)

This is the remix used for the arena ascent sequence in the Black Rose Saga, spanning episodes 14-24. It's notable primarily for the weird male roboto voice that dominates the vocals. Absolute Destiny Apocalypse II, the musical version, is virtually identical to this one, except it lacks this male vocal.

Lyrics & Composition: J.A. Seazer (J.A.シーザー)
Arrangement: Shinkichi Mitsumune (光宗信吉)
Chorus: Tokyo Konsei Gasshodan (東京混声合唱団), Suginami Jidou Gasshodan (杉並児童合唱団), Maki Kamiya (上谷麻紀), Kunihiko Ikuhara (幾原邦彦), & Shinkichi Mitsumune (光宗信吉)

The arena ascent is changed for the Akio and Apocalypse arcs. The song changes with it, and is darker in tone than the previous two. Because it's recorded by Seazer's theater company, it has a 'live' sound to it, heavily instrumental and very much the opposite of the industrial mix version.

Lyrics & Composition: J.A. Seazer (J.A.シーザー)
Chorus: Tokyo Konsei Gasshodan (東京混声合唱団) and Engeki Jikken-shitsu "Ban'yū Inryoku" (演劇実験室 "万有引力") Theater Laboratory "Universal Gravitation"

This is the version used in the first Utena musical, and is virtually identical to the industrial mix version that accompanies the Black Rose Saga, excepting for a lack of the male robot-like vocal in that version. In its absence the female vocals appear to be layered over each other, or possibly added to. KaNNa, the woman that plays Anthy, is credited as recording the musical songs on this CD, though I cannot confirm whether she added to this particular song. The 'industrial' aspect remains.

Lyrics & Composition: J.A. Seazer (J.A.シーザー)
Arrangement: Shinkichi Mitsumune (光宗信吉)
Chorus: Tokyo Konsei Gasshodan (東京混声合唱団), Suginami Jidou Gasshodan (杉並児童合唱団), Maki Kamiya (上谷麻紀), Kunihiko Ikuhara (幾原邦彦), & Shinkichi Mitsumune (光宗信吉)

This is the version used in the 1999 Utena movie, Adolescence Apocalypse. It's a bizarre techno/piano/eerie vocals rendition that's difficult to describe, but has a frenzied feeling to it that's quite fitting the for car transformation sequence. It's very unlike any of the others.

The two names above are because the song has slightly different titles in the two places it appears. They are identical, however. I use the OST 8 as the default title, because that's the movie soundtrack

Lyrics & Composition: J.A. Seazer (J.A.シーザー)
Arrangement: Hideto Amari, & Shinkichi Mitsumune (光宗信吉)
Chorus: Tokyo Konsei Gasshodan (東京混声合唱団), Kunihiko Ikuhara (幾原邦彦), & Hideto Amari

This song has nothing but its source to distinguish it titlewise from the others, but it was a bonus track, accompanied by a similar Virtual Star Embryology, to the Starchild Girls Character Song Best album, a compilation of songs from multiple anime, including Neon Genesis Evangelion, Love Hina, and Cyber Team in Akihabara, released in 2002.

The musical background is similar to the industrial mix, overlaid howeer with additional guitars and such. The lyrics are primarily sung by Maki Kamiya, rather than the chorus that does also pop in and out.

Lyrics & Composition: J.A. Seazer (J.A.シーザー)
Arrangement: Shinkichi Mitsumune (光宗信吉)
Chorus: Tokyo Konsei Gasshodan (東京混声合唱団), Suginami Jidou Gasshodan (杉並児童合唱団), & Maki Kamiya (上谷麻紀)

This is the remix included on the bonus disc, UTENA in the CLUB, packaged with the COMPLETE CD-BOX, that otherwise collected the eight released previous albums. I don't know what club these people go to, since it sounds far more like lounge music dramatically had sex with elevator music and pumped out bizarre lyrics over a calming melody.

Lyrics & Composition: J.A. Seazer (J.A.シーザー)
Arrangement, Keyboard, Programming: Shinkichi Mitsumune (光宗信吉)
Vocals: Yuka Muraishi, Naoki Takao

This is the remix included on the bonus disc, UTENA in the CLUB, packaged with the COMPLETE CD-BOX, that otherwise collected the eight released previous albums. It's the karaoke version of the above song, and so is missing the loungey vocal track.

Lyrics & Composition: J.A. Seazer (J.A.シーザー)
Arrangement, Keyboard, Programming: Shinkichi Mitsumune (光宗信吉)

This is a track included on the bonus disc, UTENA in the CLUB, packaged with the COMPLETE CD-BOX, that otherwise collected the eight released previous albums. It is a part of a much larger, 16 minute track called Club Mix [Absolute Destiny Apocalypse J.A. Seazer Medley] that includes it among remixed pieces of basically the rest of the Seazer songs in a big you know, medley. Because it's encorporated into the medley, that version is slightly different, but this is basically the same thing, and a version of the song on its own.

It's much more 'in the CLUB' than the other remix on this CD, with that super like...EDM sound that was a thing in the 90s, that I recall, making it a little dated for when it came out, but endearing nevertheless.

Lyrics & Composition: J.A. Seazer (J.A.シーザー)
Arrangement: Yuichi Nagayama

This is an extended version of Absolute Destiny Apocalypse with extra stanzas not in the other recordings. I don't know whether the lyrics were added for this recording, or existed previously, but they were not in the original appearance of Absolute Destiny Apocalypse in Kaspar Hauser in 1995, so this seems likely.

Musically, it has the same sound as Absolute Destiny Apocalypse with Universal Gravitation, the version used for the Akio and Apocalypse Arcs, which makes sense since it's the same recording group.

Obviously, I won't leave you hanging. Lyrics this way!!

Lyrics & Composition: J.A. Seazer (J.A.シーザー)
Chorus: Tokyo Konsei Gasshodan (東京混声合唱団) and Engeki Jikken-shitsu "Ban'yū Inryoku" (演劇実験室 "万有引力") Theater Laboratory "Universal Gravitation"

This is the original performance version of Absolute Destiny Apocalypse, recorded in 1995.

Lyrics & Composition: J.A. Seazer (J.A.シーザー)
Performed by: Engeki Jikken-shitsu "Ban'yū Inryoku" (演劇実験室 "万有引力") Theater Laboratory "Universal Gravitation"

カスパー・ハウザー　《人間の謎への序章》、あるいは《わたしのモーシェ》のために』
Kaspar Hauser 《Prologue to the Human Mystery》 or 《For the Sake of My Montage》
(November 22 ~ 28, 1995 - Shinjuku Space Zero)