Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Adolescence of Utena (1999)

Very well executed

Truly Dreadful Film

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Utena is a title that goes beyond an institute within the grades that put your consideration in this particular film, which I mean, There is a part where Utena took the sword chest of Anthy in the first duel; states that Utena frees Anthy from the yoke of previous sexual Winner,Saijonji.All the characters in the film have problems related to sexuality, own adolescence: Utena has enormous emotional vacuum, which makes it sometimes confuse your feelings; Anthy feels guilty for the death of God, his brother, Akio, the degree of left manipulate and to a certain extent abuse it; Touga was a child raped by a man, Juri is a lesbian girl, repressed by society, Saionji is an inappropriate social Miki and Kozue face incestuous a problem, stemming from a possessive love; Shiori is a girl who woke up pretty soon their sexuality, and it is quite early, not to mention being by the death of his Prince and know that it is desired by another woman ... Akio is a man incomplete from the point of view inside, and looking to fill this vacuum with sex ...Has no filler, the animation is fine, the aesthetics is surprising: the poses shadow of girls, until the color of hair and eyes of Utena have a meaning ... the movie is a journey of opium, is full of symbolism and what you suggest for "real" is not always so. Adding insult to injury is the most confusing climax scene in the entire history of anime (!). It is described as a metaphor for one must leave the comfortable but at the same time confusing world of adolescence (Represented by the school Ohtori).

This movie is definitely not for people who enjoy a good plot - the story is very dream-like in that it presents a lot of changing images and scenes that are only loosely related. While the allusions become more clear once one has watched the series, the plot is still mostly absent. While it turned me off at first, but the movie has since grown on me now that I watch it more as a work of art or dream than a traditional movie.With that out of the way, the film is absolutely beautifully to watch. It is more of an experience than a film, the idea is to present images with music and dialogue for the purpose of creating feelings and thoughts within a viewer, such as an expressionist painting would, rather than a more direct plot-driven movie format.I recommend this movie to anyone who likes anime, especially the related series, but warn anyone who ventures into the world of the Revolutionary Girl Utena movie to resist trying to make sense of the plot.

A complete retelling of the original series, Adolesence of Utena is stunning in every aspect. The first time I watched it, I really did start crying. I -LOVED- the way they changed the character design for most of the characters. Espetially Juri's long hair, and Anthy without the glasses!^^yay! Akio actually seemed a lot more sexy in his David Bowie-esque look then he did in the anime. I really like Utena's new uniforms, too.^^; X.x;;I'm not a big fan of her hair getting all long and wavy when she draws the Sword of Dios from Anshii, though.x.x;One major problem I had with the movie was the fact that Nanami was hardly even IN the movie!!>.>Just that stuupid Scandalous Tape thingy...Anyways..^^Go and buy this movie!O.o;; I gave it 10/10.

I first saw this at a friend's place. It has quickly joined other anime greats such as Neon Genesis: Evangelion and Ghost in The Shell (to name some well known titles) as a Personal Favourite. The characters both male and female are beautiful and the soundtrack is both striking and complimentary.I fear however that the plot may seem a little too tenuous for a western audience and they may not understand what is happening. I do look forward to seeing more of this sort of thing readily available outside of Japan. :)