I know you said reddit is a better place for a response, but I don't use reddit and don't really want to make an account just for this. Sorry!


Sounds like a noble goal! Have you already checked all the available scripts, though? The Utena Translation Project scripts (now hosted on ohtori.nu) address many (all?) of your specific listed concerns with the Nozomi subs - the singular "End of the World," the phrase "Law(s) of the Rose Seal" and the Shadow Girls' and Juri's lines about it, the misattribution of the princess's "Pray, shall we meet again?" in the opening... all are better handled in the UTP script.

And as it happens, the UTP translation has already been used in a fan-compiled DVD version of Utena that was shared on the Asian DVD Club website shortly after the remastered DVDs were released. If you just take those subs and punch up the dialogue wherever you feel like it needs it, I think you'll save yourself a lot of hassle. If you properly credit UTP for the groundwork, I doubt anyone would have any problem with it.

As for the songs, yeah, they desperately need another pass.

Last edited by Dallbun (10-26-2016 05:24:51 PM)

They have. At the very least, there was a fan-compiled DVD version torrented on Asian DVD Club after the remasters were released in Japan, but before they were released here. They had the UTP subs as well as the old English DVD ones. There may be other versions out there, I don't know.

Last edited by Dallbun (10-26-2016 06:56:33 PM)

!!! I would love to help with this.
I don't know Japanese, but I have spent so much time and dedication doing as much research as I can on Utena and specifically the duel lyrics that I have a lot of background knowledge by this point. For example, I figured out the Archibras thing as well (can provide proof if required), and the Borges reference that confused everyone attempting to translate The Sea Moon Dies in Indigo (from the Rose Egg Sophia CD).