watching utena gonna see if i can get used to how it looks.... the backgrounds are amazing though

everyone GAY for utena

utena also GAY

every one of these dudes sucks 8 entire asses

still cant get used to the character designs generally

is the fuckin greek chorus anything i cant really tell

another thing i cant get used to: mokushi kushimo shimoku kumoshi moshiku shikumo

why are they fuckin singing about the paleozoic era while a duel is happening what

also could u stop with the flashing lights

90s anime really just didnt care if you got a seizure or not huh

ikuhara funny animal sidekicks went downhill from chuchu huh. @ penguins and @ keppi

forgot abt nyantaro i like nyantaro

so like, theres definitely a lot to do here thematically with gender roles, the way theyre forced on people and the rejection of them, but like idk if theyre gonna sustain that for 40 episodes and i cant really tell what else is there gonna be

anyway utena has 2 gfs and i hope she gets more

anthys snails........

nanami really do laugh exactly like that dont she

i kinda cant really get a read on what miki's whole deal is.... he seems like pretty alright as a dude but like that doesnt sound very ikuhara does it

also is there anything to the fact that hes obviously voiced by a female va

oh i see those caged birds thats a Symbolism

so like is tabuki penguindrum like meant to be a thematic connection to miki utena?

obviously this is very meta analysis but like if penguindrum is concerned about people who were rejected and seen as failures is utena more concerned with the trials of those who are/are trying to become successful and the hoops they gotta jump through?

definitely starting to see the thematic connection to the rest of the Ikuhara Collection now

its fucked up that ikuhara is such a distinctive well known figure in anime where its so common to analyse his work as a whole when he has directed 4.5 animes in 30 years

mikis becoming a wanker spoke too soon

evil dude be like Hey Miki Become A Wanker and he was like yeah sounds great

real question of the series is does utena's op+ed fuck harder than sarazanmai's

utena ed is good.... but its no stand by me onegai

me when someone beats me in smash

hows utena losing to a little mac just jump on a platform idiot

whys everyone in utena like assaulting anthy so much

juri lesbian too?

nvm

straight people be like hm today i will assault anthy for no reason

i really do like the kinda theater-like visual choices like how scenes often start with like stage lights off before turning spotlights on

somehow i can never predict wether or not theres gonna be zettai unmei mokushiroku idk why

okay so juri probably is gay after all however i dont think i got a proper read on her yet outside of that

episode 8 nanamis arson patrol

episode 8 nanamis freaky friday curry arson

episode 8 nanamis elephant related death

what the fuck is happening actually

episode 8 anthys curry murder that curses horrible creep into the body of a monkey for all eternity

utena weird

lol

did touya just jump in front of a sword just as a way to creep on utena some more

ore wa feminisuto

so is saionji just like Gone?

replaced

i like nanami bc her character make me sad.... she kinda feels like the character whos like My Arc Gets Resolved Thematically First So You Can Have The Same Thematic Resolution But More Complicated Later kinda character

shes like someone whos destructively obsessed with her given role and also keeps getting attacked by animals and i feel like that probably means something too

maybe the theme is just that nanami fuckin sucks and all creatures of nature get so fuckin pissed when they see her they start thirsting for blood