Revolutionary Girl Utena
Original Title
Shôjo Kakumei Utena- Director: Kunihiko Ikuhara
- Writer: Yoji Enokido; Kunihiko Ikuhara
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This series is about a girl called Utena who was helped in a difficult time by a handsome prince. She was so impressed with him that she vowed to become a prince herself. She is attending a boarding school where she stands out with her gender bending ways and boy's uniform and makes friends with other students in school, most notably a bizarrely submissive Indian girl called Anthy. When one of her friends is publically humiliated by her crush, Utena protests and is called out on a duel by the boy at a bizarre arena. With some difficulty, she wins and finds that Anthy is now 'engaged' to her as the 'Rose Bride' that is the key to a world revolution. Now, she finds herself forced to fight repeated challengers for Anthy, face similar rivalries in her personal life and tries to help Anthy gain some will of her own. All the while, the duels she must fight are leading her to a goal of world revolution that has implications she is not yet aware of.
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Cast & Characters
Leah Applebaum as Nanami Kiryuu;
Sharon Becker as Anthy Himemiya;
Roxanne Beck as Wakaba Shinohara;
Mandy Bonhomme as Female Teacher;
Crispin Freeman as Dios;
Yuriko Fuchizaki as Anthy Himemiya;
Aya Hisakawa as Miki Kaoru;
Yuka Imai as Touga's mother;
Tomoko Kawakami as Utena Tenjo;
Satomi Koorogi as Chuchu;
Takehito Koyasu as Touga Kiryuu;
Takeshi Kusao as Kyoichi Saionji;
Rachael Lillis as Chu-Chu;
Kotono Mitsuishi as Jury Arisugawa;
Yuri Shiratori as Nanami Kiryu