Killing The Prince in Adolescence of Utena | Backlog Bop 

Fun fact, the Wakaba car has a japanese new/inexperienced driver decal on it. The student council are almost ready to leave but need a bit more growth till they're ready for the exit ramp. ;)

Utena and Athy’s dance scene was one of the most literally and figuratively beautiful scenes I’ve ever watched

Revolutionary Girl Utena could easily be a "literary classic" of anime. The layers of (non-pretentious) complexity it contains are just stupefying. Thanks for such a great video!

Utena is a timeless speech of coming of age anime

Utena is the pinnacle of what 90s anime was doing at its best: critique of otaku and anime culture, a beautiful representation of the auteur’s ideas on society and its norms, mental health and psychological examinations of sex and gender. It is my fave anime of all time, tied with Evangelion, but I wish more people talked about it more

I've been a fan of Utena since high school and an episode was tacked on to the end of a VHS fansub a friend loaned me. I've seen this movie many times and now as a grown adult I think it is both a re-telling and a sequel at once. Anthy is definitely more free and aware in this version of the world, its like she's the one saving Utena this time.

Yay. Another positive viewpoint of Adolescence since alot of people dismiss it outright without reason.

This is a really well thought out interpretation of the movie. I was always a bit irked by people who dismiss it, even some fans of the original TV series. However, a shortcoming is that despite possibly a standalone, I don't think the symbolism comes through quite as meaningfully if you haven't seen the original series.

This is a great example of explaining complex themes in a simple manner, without losing any of their essence.

It saddens me that This video ths far, only has 3k views. Utena is good even in the eyes of the anime community, but not alot of people want to talk about it like we do neon genesis Evangelion ;-;

The absolute destiny apocalypse!

A great look at one of my favorite shows. The optimism of adolescence of utena is why I love it so much.

I’m so relived this movie was explained in a way I could understand, this movie was visually beautiful as well as it’s original show, and it was obviously full of symbolism but if you watch the movie without thinking about what it truly signifies, then the movie won’t make any sense, so thank you for explaining this to me

I knew absolutely nothing about this anime before watching this video, but after watching this, I feel like I know even less

I really like the movie and i would love it if it weren't for the blaring absence of basically the whole Mikage Seminar arc. Other than the elevator Utena encounters Touga in and (arguably) all the black cars that came after Anthy after Shiori went down, I saw nothing from it. That's really disappointing since i love the SHIT out of that arc since it's really nice foreshadowing for what would eventually happen to Utena (doing all the duels and realizing they need to grow up and move past them in order to be freed into the adult world, subsequently being erased from existence at Ohtori Academy). Plus, I feel like Nanami was done SO DIRTY with her screen time. She seems to draw lots of parallels to Anthy (having their prince be their brother who ends up manipulating them) and I feel like they could've accentuated that in the movie. Maybe they could've shown her failing to cope with her "Brother"'s death or they could've shown her being a good example, being princeless and free to do what she wishes. Or maybe her not being in the movie (minus the Cow thing) is supposed to represent her already having moved on from her childhood. We may never know man.

I always saw Adolescence Touga as representing how the only ideal prince is a dead prince. Only the dead can be ideal. Touga died before "growing up" and corrupting the vision he presents

Thanks for such a great and interesting video! Revolutionary Girl Utena is truly a masterpiece. Now I'm 17 and it's been three months since I watched it fully, and I think that was exactly the right time to put such a great message to my teenage mind. It inspires not to be afraid and, you know, to break the earth's shell, if even only for yourself and only in little things. Firstly I laughed at the pretentious images of the duels and of the academy, but it stars to make sense, grows on you. All the symbolism of the show is a gigantic topic to discuss and I hope to see more videos on this amazing anime. Thank you🌹

This motivated me to watch Utena -- even though I've been spoiled. What you said in this video seems pretty cool! And Utena is already in my PTW for a long time, so thanks!

No one ever talks about 6:09 where Anthy is an inanimate doll until Utena is near. Super creepy!!

I see Adolescence as the next Karmic Wheel. The next revolution, if you will. The prince is dead, and Utena has to mourn him and say goodbye - I think she felt at the end of the series that she had failed to live up to her own ideals and to free anthy, not knowing what would happen after, so being able to let that idea of a prince go was necessary for her. Anthy is able to exercise her agency openly and live much more freely but is still inside the system until Utena provides a vehicle to escape it. I think a big part of her growth this cycle is admitting she enjoyed parts of her role in the last cycle - the old corrupt system made her a victim but also gave her power over the duelists. Touga got to live out the ideal of the prince that Utena inspired in him at the end of the show. Juri has moved from cynicism and hopeless immobility to idealism. The Kouru twins are honest and open (naked) with each other. Saionji - well Saionji still needs to work on his shit, I guess. But he's at least no longer bound to competition with Touga I guess - Touga let his own cycle of abuse stop with him. Nanami, being the youngest, hasn't made it to this wheel or level of consciousness yet. She's still an animal. And I think we're meant to understand Shiori as The Witch, here. She, Anthy and Utena are the only ones who can see this ghost of Touga. She's got her own familiar now (the little crocodile). She's a woman working actively to undermine other women for the sake of a man - a role Anthy played in the series.

I LOVE this movie, much more than the TV series even, so it's really nice to see someone giving it the attention it deserves. Great analysis.

UTEENNNAAA!!!!!

Revolutionary Girl Utena is truly wonderful masterpiece to behold

Just realized that Redline made a AoU reference with the car breaking apart at the end

i'm much more fond of the tv series, personally, but i enjoyed this video regardless :) it's a shame utena doesn't get as much attention as nge and such

Thank you so much for discussing this series. It's one of my favorites of all time, sadly it's not as popular as others. This was awesome.

I love it! Is really difficult to find cool videos like this about Utena.

best analysis i've seen so far, it's pretty concise

really well argued essay! i wasn’t sure what to make of this film particularly in terms of its reconfiguration of akio and touga, but this interpretation reconciles it really well.

Utena series review whenUGHHHHHH. Your videos are so flawless.

Revolutionary Girl Utena - Gravity of Love Enigma (1999 AMV) that's how i found out about this Movie. surprisingly someone got that too and uploaded it on RU-vid.

Wow! This is outstanding! You have an instant subscriber!!

I watched this Utena for the first time in middle school and I can’t get over how beautiful the show and the movie were. But tbh I could watch it a million times and not understand anything past the base message.

excellent videos.sinceramente never completely understand serie and film of Utena, but now after watching video I understand better.Thanks

Loved it!! Utena - as a lot of great art - can be tricky to explain and carries as many interpretations as viewers... but I would say what it is about more than anything (even adolescence and the struggles / victories of women) is revolution and empowerment of the self. Utena / Anthy at the end of either the series or film could be anybody.

Thank you for a great video on one of my fav fiction worlds ever

I recently watched the series and movie for the first time, and I was kind of like "What the hell? What are these trying to say?" But after hearing your explanation, I look at the final scene again in the movie and think it's so beautiful. Utena and Anthy heading into the adult world together with nothing, but at least they're free, you can't get much more satisfying than that.

Wonderful essay on Utena! I would love to hear your thoughts on some other older shows like Akira or Armitage (or not so old like wolf children or patema inverted). You offer such unique and interesting views and have given me a lot to think about especially with shows that I have already scene but not put so much thought into the viewing. I love it!

Excellent analysis 🌹

I am totally lost but it sounds amazing

1st person to give the car scene some sense. Thanks!

Are you going to do a video on the series? This video had some really excellent analysis, and I'd love to see your thoughts on the series itself. I think that the film, while still excellent, was a bit overambitious for its runtime and didn't quite have the same depth and impact as the series. I'd love to hear what you think of the way Anthy is portrayed in the anime, as well as the Black Rose arc, which seems to stump most people attempting to analyze it.

Thank you for this video!

The best explanation I have ever heard!!!

Wow, that was a great analysis.

Thank you for this video. I understand the movie so much better now.

duuude thats some complicated stuff

This was very beautifully told and really good ❤️❤️❤️♥️💗♥️💗💗💗 I love the movie as well as the series ❤️❤️❣️❤️

The is anime is definitely ahead of its time

This is very unrelated to this video, but please watch Maquia! I feel like you would really enjoy it! Though with all the hype surrounding it, you probably have already seen it XD

I love your video! I wish that this series would be more popular because it is perfect. Suscribe!

at least I'm not the only one that needed help understanding what is going on

Hey since you did utena can you PLEASE talk about penguindrum. Thanks!

I found the ending of the series confusing, perhaps shocking but I love it

Revolution is the power to imagine the future. Damn.

Muy bueno!

Right, that series has a movie... To the Ptw!

hell yeah

Is that tony hawk pro skater music I hear! O:

I don't understand why they haven't made another movie of Utena? I can't believe that was the ending.

say under the scope please review the melancholy of haruhi suzumiya.😸

Love utena!

Interesting to see the interpretation overcoming the "petriacial system". I personally never say either serie or movie thogh i heared both are pretty good. Good storrytelling needs personal comflict and overcoming obstacles unless you go into slice of live. Seems from your description Utena does a good job in using good storrtelling. As soneone she havent seen this i got the question. Is the concept of the prince bad? Does he needs to be overcome by anybody? Freedom and choises do not equall personal happyness especally in a non Black and white seting. Anyway glad to hear that there is another good anime. If anything this vid made me interested enogh to look for a copy despite not being a fan of the artstyle.

hey random question can you do a review on weiss kreuz knight hunters and knight hunters etunity, takahito made, i feel they are underratted and deserve a bit more exposure and a full break down to why. The dark plots, backgrounds, lesson of no good vs. Evil but perspective of being a evil to annihilate worser evil so on. Personal dweeby loving request!

IM LAUGHING AT HOW UTENA TURNED INTO A CAR WKDNWODNQJD

Hello, could you enable caption ??? Please.

I didn’t understand does the prince AKio Othtori and prince Mamiya Chida the same ? Because in the move they said that there is no prince himemiya just create it , but in another seen they say that he dead . and touga is dead , so way they can see him ? and way utena said to himemiya that she the cause of her brother’s death ? Can anyone explain to me

what us the outro song?

Adolescence of Utena is not canon sequel

Revolutionary Girl Utena is still Ikuhara's best work while Mawaru Penguindrum is subpar and Yuri Kuma Arashi is plain trash, can't wait to see how Sarazanmai turns out it'll probably end up becoming trash like YKA as well.

Have you read the manga? I found it to be pretty disappointing... it's nothing compared to the anime series and movie.

This is a great video until you realize that like half of it's literally regurgitating the director's commentary track. Contextualizing what Ikuhara said there is cool and valuable because most audience members are too dumb to do that themselves, but unless I'm the dumb one and was not paying attention, this video presents all of what it says like it's composed mainly of original insights.

I didnt understand shit :(

I think this video was more beautiful than the actual movie/series.

I think the movie is real bad because can't stand on is own.

Utena and Athy’s dance scene was the most literally and figuratively beautiful scene I’ve ever watched