It's March 14, 2025! Last update was a fun but huge project, this is some chunky no holds barred meta commentary, all of it courtesy of Nagumo, with Ayu Ohseki editing.

The Rose Bride & The Rose Crest - This here is the episode commentary published in Yoji Enokido's twin script books! I sent these to Nagumo for assessment, and it turns out the scripts will be worth scanning! In the meantime, these incredible episode summaries drop lore and context I've never seen before! Translated by Nagumo, and edited by Ayu Ohseki! (NEW: March 14, 2025)

Mitsuhiro Oikawa X Revolutionary Girl Utena - This interview, published in in the July 1999 issue of H! Rockin' On Japan, is an exchange between Chiho Saito and the new voice actor for movie Akio, Mitsuhiro Oikawa. This is a really fascinating exchange given the dance they do around what we'd just call queerness now. Also, it's the origin of this cursed image, which to add insult to injury, is based on a photo they took in a love hotel. Amazing!! Translated by Nagumo, and edited by Ayu Ohseki! (NEW: March 14, 2025)

February 27, 2025 - A NEW YEAR, A NEW MASSIVE SCANLATION OF AN UTENA MAGAZINE SUPPLEMENTAL. We've got a full set now!

The Duelist Bible, the 100 page September 1997 Animedia Special
Nagumo and I never stop! I scurried to finish this in time for the Utena weekly watch thread's September content post, and I managed it! Translated and scanlated, this absolute feast of Utena meta is full of character stuff, setting stuff, duel guides, episode guides, and more! The best parts are the interviews with the voice actors at the end, as well as the bonus Chu-chu Let's Make pattern at the back--that's right, this book came with a guide to making a Chu-chu. I absolutely made the Chu-chu. I'm considering making it a kit.




New kibbles! Released July 22, 2024!

We have a couple new interviews, with one being translated twice!

Check out the 2017 Special Talk Chiho Saito and Kunihiko Ikuhara Interview! Translated from Italian by mint, and then from Japanese by Nagumo! This fantastic interview is a recent one, so they're far more willing to share than they used to be! (July 22, 2024)

Kunihiko Ikuhara: Without Deceit, I Am a Boy - This exchange at Annecy, France in 2001 was originally posted in French at FilmFestivals.com, to a page that no longer exists! Lucky for us, we have lots of languages in our fandom! Translated by SmashGenesis, and edited by Raph! (July 22, 2024)

    Revolutionary Girl Utena is a very, very old cow, with a history of neglect that's lost to us a lot of the extras, interviews, and curiosities offered by the creators of the series. This site makes available a wealth of information about Utena by the people who created and worked on it. For analysis, for exploration, for curiosity, for insight. After all, Empty Movement has a massive fan analysis section...shouldn't the creators, perhaps, have their say? We humbly leave it up to the reader what to take seriously, and what to take with a touch of salt. Ikuhara is notorious for his evasive interviews and absurd answers, and be-Papas bickers as much as discusses the show. If you can't love them for that, what are you watching Utena for? :)

    Credit for translations and the original resources is given where it can be, but some of the content offered here is so old I can't trace back who was responsible for it in the first place. It's my hope that the people who worked tirelessly on this material didn't do it so it would disappear forever. Either from the internet, or from practical availability, such as in the case of the Central Park Media extras that appear on their DVD releases, which are now no longer in print.

    Note that the special content produced for the new Nozomi releases is not included here, because the material is readily available, not on DVDs that have been out of print for years or sites that are disappearing fast. Support the releases and get some really entertaining tidbits from Be-Papas and the remaster team!





Shoujo Kakumei Utena (Revolutionary Girl Utena) is © Kunihiko Ikuhara, Chiho Saito, Shogakukan and bePapas/TV Tokyo and/or their respective copyright holders. The US release of the Revolutionary Girl Utena series and movie was © Central Park Media and now belongs to Right Stuf. The US release of the Utena manga is © VIZ. The various sources used in this site are noted where their content is presented. Don't sue us, seriously. Blood. Stone.