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Revolutionary Girl Utena

TV · 1997

A hypnotic, theatrical descent into allegory and desire, where every duel and gesture feels like a ritual you must decode.

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Japanese anime television series
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Class
TV
Year
1997
Episodes
39
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
  • power
  • betrayal
  • love
Places
  • school
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror3
Humour3
Realism3
Romance5
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity9
Emotional weight8

Details

Genres
yuri, magical girl anime and manga, school anime and manga, fantasy anime and manga, romance anime and manga, LGBT-related
Created by
Kunihiko Ikuhara
Length
39 episodes, 25 min each
Network
TV Tokyo
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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