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Touga has a mysterious encounter with Shiori where Shiori talks about how her childhood prince was killed by a girl. The girl fell off a boat and the prince drowned trying to save her. At night, Anthy enters Utena's room to have sex with her but Utena rejects her advances and questions her about the meaning of the duels and the rosebride. Anthy says she will sleep with whom ever wins in a duel. Through a telephone call a mysterious man tells Touga how his sister was a witch. Through her magic, the sister made [[Beelzebub|the lord of the flies]] into a prince but when her magic faded the prince turned to his true self again. Touga asks the man if he tried to regain that power. A flashback reveals that Touga was sold and raped as a child. Juri and Miki walks through a garage which Juri claims leads to the "end of the world" (the alias of the villain in the anime series). A car bearing Kozue's name is shown next to Miki, who notices an apparition of the prince. Juri hits on Miki, but they are interrupted by Shiori. Shiori emotionally blackmails and manipulates Juri into duelling Utena, bringing up that because of Juri a prince died. |
Touga has a mysterious encounter with Shiori where Shiori talks about how her childhood prince was killed by a girl. The girl fell off a boat and the prince drowned trying to save her. At night, Anthy enters Utena's room to have sex with her but Utena rejects her advances and questions her about the meaning of the duels and the rosebride. Anthy says she will sleep with whom ever wins in a duel. Through a telephone call a mysterious man tells Touga how his sister was a witch. Through her magic, the sister made [[Beelzebub|the lord of the flies]] into a prince but when her magic faded the prince turned to his true self again. Touga asks the man if he tried to regain that power. A flashback reveals that Touga was sold and raped as a child. Juri and Miki walks through a garage which Juri claims leads to the "end of the world" (the alias of the villain in the anime series). A car bearing Kozue's name is shown next to Miki, who notices an apparition of the prince. Juri hits on Miki, but they are interrupted by Shiori. Shiori emotionally blackmails and manipulates Juri into duelling Utena, bringing up that because of Juri a prince died. |
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Utena confronts Anthy in the rose garden and blames Anthy for making her relationship with Toga end. Utena thinks Touga is in love with Anthy. Utena breaks down and Anthy comforts her by dancing with Utena. The next day during art class Utena and Anthy |
Utena confronts Anthy in the rose garden and blames Anthy for making her relationship with Toga end. Utena thinks Touga is in love with Anthy. Utena breaks down and Anthy comforts her by dancing with Utena. The next day during art class Utena and Anthy draw each other naked. Anthy reveals a huge hole in her body and tells her that the one who possesses the rosebride will have the power to revolutionize the world and make miracles happen. A videotape reveals that the headmaster and Anthy's brother Akio drugged and raped Anthy. Juri duels Utena. During the duel it is shown that Miki does not know who Touga is. Juri gets the upper hand, but in her eyes Utena transforms into the prince, a younger and incorrupt Akio. Utena defeats Juri, but Akio's hidden grave is found, showing him to have been dead for some time. A second tape produced by Shiori to frame Anthy for murder shows Anthy was awake during the rape, seemingly consenting to it. This disturbs Akio who starts to frantically search for his lost car keys. Akio stabs Anthy and jumps out of a window. Utena runs to find Anthy and ends up confronting Touga in an elevator. Utena remembers that Touga was the one who jumped in the river to save a girl, who turns out to be Juri. Touga disappears into a watery, dark void after kissing Utena who tearfully thanks him for really being her prince. Utena meets up with Anthy in the rose garden, but she is swallowed by a carwash and turned into a pink car. Anthy takes seat in the car and drives towards the "outside world". Shiori, also in car form, attacks them on the highway and tries to stop them. Anthy rams Shiori off the road, but is attacked by hundreds of black cars. Being close to be crushed by a tank-like car, Anthy is saved by Juri, Miki and Kyoichi in their own car, which wares the name "Wakaba". The trio says that they have been inspired by Utena and Anthy to take the same path as them, leaving the academy for the "outside world" and Kyoichi promises to seduce Anthy. After they part, an enormous castle drives into the highway and tries to crush Anthy beneath it but Anthy manages to make it through. After passing underneath the castle two giant tankwheels catches Utena. A large apparition of Akio appears on the road, saying that Anthy and Utena should remain princesses. Anthy replies that Akio only can be a prince in this world but not the "outside-world" and drives Utena through Akio who explodes into roses as Utena and Anthy emerges naked on a driving platform. They kiss as they drive into a grey wasteland, with a castle showing in the clouds the way they are heading, before it vanishes into the blue sky. |
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| Adolescence of Utena | |
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| Directed by | Kunihiko Ikuhara |
| Written by | Yoji Enokido |
| Produced by | Tomoji Matsukura Atsushi Moriyama Toshimichi Ohtsuki |
| Starring | Tomoko Kawakami Yuriko Fuchizaki |
| Cinematography | Toyomitsu Nakajo |
| Edited by | Shigeru Nishiyama |
| Music by | Shinkichi Mitsumune J.A. Seazer |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Toei |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Budget | ¥120,000,000 |
Adolescence of Utena (少女革命ウテナ アドゥレセンス黙示録, Shōjo Kakumei Utena Aduresensu Mokushiroku) is a 1999 Japanese anime film directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara, written by Yoji Enokido, from a story by Ikuhara, and produced by J.C. Staff. The film is a retelling of the plot of the anime and the manga Revolutionary Girl Utena, but like the two it has its own continuity. In English speaking territories, it was released as Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie. In 2001, Central Park Media licensed & released the movie, with the English voice cast to reprise their roles from the TV series.[1] In 2010, following the closure of Central Park Media, Right Stuf Inc. announced their license to the film, as well as the TV series.[2]
Plot
Utena is a new student at Othori Academy. Although Utena is a girl she dresses in a boys uniform. Her short hair makes people think she is a boy. She is shown around by the happy-go-lucky fellow student Wakaba, who declares Utena to be her prince. As Utena watches over a fencing match between Juri and Miki, she notices her former boyfriend Touga also watching over the match. She follows him to a yard where roses are grown. Utena tells over her ambition to be prince as the main reason for her dressing. Utena notices Touga wearing a ring she takes to be a wedding ring. Touga says that the ring made him seek out the academy. Touga gives Utena a white rose. When Touga leaves the rose opens to reveal a ring with the same rose crest as on Touga's. Utena notices roses falling from above and discovers a huge rosegarden above. In the garden she meets Anthy, who introduces herself as the Rosebride. Suddenly Anthy's fiancé Kyoichi Saionji shows up. When he sees Utena's ring he challenges her to a duel. Utena accepts when she sees Kyoichi slapping Anthy. Utena fights with a broom but Kyoichi uses a real sword and cut the broom in half. Anthy throws herself at Utena and kisses her. Utena then drags a sword out of Anthy's chest and uses it to defeat Kyoichi. Miki takes a bath with his sister, Kozue, who threatens him with a knife and says he has failed to be her prince.
Touga has a mysterious encounter with Shiori where Shiori talks about how her childhood prince was killed by a girl. The girl fell off a boat and the prince drowned trying to save her. At night, Anthy enters Utena's room to have sex with her but Utena rejects her advances and questions her about the meaning of the duels and the rosebride. Anthy says she will sleep with whom ever wins in a duel. Through a telephone call a mysterious man tells Touga how his sister was a witch. Through her magic, the sister made the lord of the flies into a prince but when her magic faded the prince turned to his true self again. Touga asks the man if he tried to regain that power. A flashback reveals that Touga was sold and raped as a child. Juri and Miki walks through a garage which Juri claims leads to the "end of the world" (the alias of the villain in the anime series). A car bearing Kozue's name is shown next to Miki, who notices an apparition of the prince. Juri hits on Miki, but they are interrupted by Shiori. Shiori emotionally blackmails and manipulates Juri into duelling Utena, bringing up that because of Juri a prince died.
Utena confronts Anthy in the rose garden and blames Anthy for making her relationship with Toga end. Utena thinks Touga is in love with Anthy. Utena breaks down and Anthy comforts her by dancing with Utena. The next day during art class Utena and Anthy draw each other naked. Anthy reveals a huge hole in her body and tells her that the one who possesses the rosebride will have the power to revolutionize the world and make miracles happen. A videotape reveals that the headmaster and Anthy's brother Akio drugged and raped Anthy. Juri duels Utena. During the duel it is shown that Miki does not know who Touga is. Juri gets the upper hand, but in her eyes Utena transforms into the prince, a younger and incorrupt Akio. Utena defeats Juri, but Akio's hidden grave is found, showing him to have been dead for some time. A second tape produced by Shiori to frame Anthy for murder shows Anthy was awake during the rape, seemingly consenting to it. This disturbs Akio who starts to frantically search for his lost car keys. Akio stabs Anthy and jumps out of a window. Utena runs to find Anthy and ends up confronting Touga in an elevator. Utena remembers that Touga was the one who jumped in the river to save a girl, who turns out to be Juri. Touga disappears into a watery, dark void after kissing Utena who tearfully thanks him for really being her prince. Utena meets up with Anthy in the rose garden, but she is swallowed by a carwash and turned into a pink car. Anthy takes seat in the car and drives towards the "outside world". Shiori, also in car form, attacks them on the highway and tries to stop them. Anthy rams Shiori off the road, but is attacked by hundreds of black cars. Being close to be crushed by a tank-like car, Anthy is saved by Juri, Miki and Kyoichi in their own car, which wares the name "Wakaba". The trio says that they have been inspired by Utena and Anthy to take the same path as them, leaving the academy for the "outside world" and Kyoichi promises to seduce Anthy. After they part, an enormous castle drives into the highway and tries to crush Anthy beneath it but Anthy manages to make it through. After passing underneath the castle two giant tankwheels catches Utena. A large apparition of Akio appears on the road, saying that Anthy and Utena should remain princesses. Anthy replies that Akio only can be a prince in this world but not the "outside-world" and drives Utena through Akio who explodes into roses as Utena and Anthy emerges naked on a driving platform. They kiss as they drive into a grey wasteland, with a castle showing in the clouds the way they are heading, before it vanishes into the blue sky.
Cast
| Character | Japanese | English |
|---|---|---|
| Utena Tenjo | Tomoko Kawakami | Rachael Lillis |
| Anthy Himemiya | Yuriko Fuchizaki | Sharon Becker |
| Touga Kiryuu | Takehito Koyasu | Crispin Freeman |
| Shiori Takatsuki | Kumiko Nishihara | Lisa Ortiz |
| Akio Otori | Mitsuhiro Oikawa | Josh Mosby |
| Juri Arisugawa | Kotono Mitsuishi | Mandy Bonhomme |
| Miki Kaoru | Aya Hisakawa | Jimmy Zoppi |
| Kanae Otori | Ai Orikasa | Kerry Williams |
| Kyoichi Saionji | Takeshi Kusao | Jack Taylor |
| Wakaba Shinohara | Yuka Imai | Roxanne Beck |
| Shadow Girl C-Ko | Kumiko Watanabe | Roxanne Beck |
| Shadow Girl E-Ko | Maria Kawamura | Lisa Ortiz |
| Shadow Girl F-Ko | Satomi Koorogi | Mandy Bonhomme |
| Kozue Kaoru | Chieko Honda | Roxanne Beck |
| Art Teacher | Kunihiko Ikuhara | Tony Salerno |
Reception
THEM Anime gave the movie three stars out of four, saying it impressed more than it disappointed.[3] Silver Emulsion gave a favourable review but admitted the film would have a limited appeal.[4] The Artificate described the film as "anime on LSD" and commented that the film only worked as a companion to the show and not on its own. In the end the film received a 3,5/5 score.[5]
References
- ^ "CPM Acquires Utena Movie". Anime News Network. 2001-01-31. Retrieved 2014-12-14.
- ^ "I.G: Right Stuf Has Utena Movie". Anime News Network. 2010-07-03. Retrieved 2014-12-14.
- ^ http://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=467
- ^ http://www.silveremulsion.com/2013/05/01/stephen-reviews-revolutionary-girl-utena-the-movie-1999/
- ^ http://the-artifice.com/the-adolescence-of-utena-1999-review/
External Links
- Adolescence of Utena at IMDb
- Adolescence of Utena (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
