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NEWS: I.G: Right Stuf Has Utena Movie License

Have to say, while the visuals are mind-blowing and the music gets an upgrade, I do not care that much for the movie. I loved the character development of the series, and all that complexity pretty much disappears and gets replaced with... well, naked bobsledding lesbians. Which, while fun, isn't quite as good IMnsHO.

And they were lesbians in the tv series anyways (as stated in the commentary), Ikuhara didn't care about Saito quitting the project at that point in time by him going overly overt with it, which was what she threatened to do during the production of the tv series. Not saying it being represented by subtext and slightly more subtle (or unsubtle) visual cues was bad either, but that was the intent all along.

J-Syxx wrote:

And they were lesbians in the tv series anyways (as stated in the commentary), Ikuhara didn't care about Saito quitting the project at that point in time by him going overly overt with it, which was what she threatened to do during the production of the tv series. Not saying it being represented by subtext and slightly more subtle (or unsubtle) visual cues was bad either, but that was the intent all along.

Bah, the only person in the whole show who was a lesbian was Juri. Everyone else was totally bi. You're not a lesbian if you're still going trying to go after guys as well as girls.

But that aside...

I wonder if this means the movie will be with the box set, or sold separately. I believe the Japanese boxset(s) had the movie included which is why I was surprised when Right Stuf claimed they didn't have the movie.

Then again they haven't said whether or not they're going for a similar box set style to the Japanese collection. I really hope they do because that design was awesome, and I'd be willing to put down a ton of money for it seeing as I was already willing to put down hundreds of bucks for the CPM dvds.

littlegreenwolf wrote:

J-Syxx wrote: And they were lesbians in the tv series anyways (as stated in the commentary), Ikuhara didn't care about Saito quitting the project at that point in time by him going overly overt with it, which was what she threatened to do during the production of the tv series. Not saying it being represented by subtext and slightly more subtle (or unsubtle) visual cues was bad either, but that was the intent all along. Bah, the only person in the whole show who was a lesbian was Juri. Everyone else was totally bi. You're not a lesbian if you're still going trying to go after guys as well as girls. But that aside... I wonder if this means the movie will be with the box set, or sold separately. I believe the Japanese boxset(s) had the movie included which is why I was surprised when Right Stuf claimed they didn't have the movie. Then again they haven't said whether or not they're going for a similar box set style to the Japanese collection. I really hope they do because that design was awesome, and I'd be willing to put down a ton of money for it seeing as I was already willing to put down hundreds of bucks for the CPM dvds.

Two women together in a relationship = lesbian couple. They have sexual romantic/sexual attraction to each other anyways. I don't think you need to go deeper into it than that, but yeah the bi-sexual nature of most Utena characters are obvious. Anthy's sexual preference though I don't think would be determined by the fact she did it with Akio since that was forced on her like everything else including the princess role of the rose bride. You also forgot that Juri hit on Miki in the film.

I wonder if this means the movie will be with the box set, or sold separately. I believe the Japanese boxset(s) had the movie included which is why I was surprised when Right Stuf claimed they didn't have the movie.

J-Syxx wrote:

littlegreenwolf wrote: J-Syxx wrote: And they were lesbians in the tv series anyways (as stated in the commentary), Ikuhara didn't care about Saito quitting the project at that point in time by him going overly overt with it, which was what she threatened to do during the production of the tv series. Not saying it being represented by subtext and slightly more subtle (or unsubtle) visual cues was bad either, but that was the intent all along. Bah, the only person in the whole show who was a lesbian was Juri. Everyone else was totally bi. You're not a lesbian if you're still going trying to go after guys as well as girls. But that aside... I wonder if this means the movie will be with the box set, or sold separately. I believe the Japanese boxset(s) had the movie included which is why I was surprised when Right Stuf claimed they didn't have the movie. Then again they haven't said whether or not they're going for a similar box set style to the Japanese collection. I really hope they do because that design was awesome, and I'd be willing to put down a ton of money for it seeing as I was already willing to put down hundreds of bucks for the CPM dvds. Two women together in a relationship = lesbian couple. They have sexual romantic/sexual attraction to each other anyways. I don't think you need to go deeper into it than that, but yeah the bi-sexual nature of most Utena characters are obvious. Anthy's sexual preference though I don't think would be determined by the fact she did it with Akio since that was forced on her like everything else including the princess role of the rose bride. You also forgot that Juri hit on Miki in the film.

Yeah, I'm sure the student council had many orgies, but Juri was full on lesbian as far as I can tell. She just liked teasing Miki because he was so cute. There was never really any indication that Juri was attracted to or sleeping with any of the guys.

Still though, you're not a lesbian if you like guys. Tv series Utena and movie Utena had relationships with men. I'm not saying she's straight, I'm just saying she likes the guys too. If that wasn't the case than most of what she went through in the show wouldn't have been possible.

I love that Utena has been licensed again. I haven't been able to discuss it with people in forever.