Episode 95 - Revolutionary Girl Utena by Chiho Saito and Be-Papas

A young girl is given a rose signet ring by a mysterious prince who saves her life... But when she grows up and finds herself at Ohtori Academy, where the student council also hold matching rings and end up challenging her to duel, what is young Utena Tenjo to do but throw herself in head first? 

This week, Mat is joined by Sarah and Joe of the Shoujoe Podcast to discuss Revolutionary Girl Utena by Chiho Saito and Be-Papas! As Shoujoe are currently watching Utena for their podcast, we spend a lot of this episode comparing and contrasting the manga to the anime, delving deeper into this cross media franchises' creative process before highlighting the strengths of each version of this classic shoujo story!

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Show Notes

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Utena Specific!

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The very insightful Wiki page of Utena

2017 interview with Chiho Saito and Kunihiko Ikuhara 

NYCC INTERVIEW WITH SAITO AND IKUHARA

1998 UTENA CD ROM(!) INTERVIEWS

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Manga / Anime

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Red River by Chie Shinohara

Kodocha by Mino Obana

Chainsaw Man by Tatsuki Fujimoto

The Rose of Versailles by Riyoko Ikeda

Skip Beat! by Yoshiki Nakamura

Ouran High School Host Club by Bisco Hatori

Kime no Todoke by Karuho Shiina

Thanks to Juliano Zucareli for our theme music!

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