RoseandRelease wrote:

So, is the magazine itself out now?

Yep, it's the 28th in Japan now, so the magazine's just been released there. Also, the Flowers homepage (http://flowers.shogakukan.co.jp/) shows that the magazine cover isn't the only new piece of colour SKU art from Saito.

Besides the new chapter and the interview with Saito and Ikuhara, it should also be interesting to see the early character designs for Utena and Anthy that the natalie.mu article mentioned. Based on the one sample they posted, I'm guessing they're from before SKU's concept had been finalised?

MikoGalatea wrote:

RoseandRelease wrote:

So, is the magazine itself out now?

Yep, it's the 28th in Japan now, so the magazine's just been released there. Also, the Flowers homepage (http://flowers.shogakukan.co.jp/) shows that the magazine cover isn't the only new piece of colour SKU art from Saito.

Besides the new chapter and the interview with Saito and Ikuhara, it should also be interesting to see the early character designs for Utena and Anthy that the natalie.mu article mentioned. Based on the one sample they posted, I'm guessing they're from before SKU's concept had been finalised?

Waaaaah!!!  So gorgeous!  I need to save a copy but it only wants to save the web page!

Giovanna wrote:

Though it hasn't appeared in my email yet, my credit card is already being billed for my copy, so I'm expecting to get mine pretty soon.

If it is going to be installments, obviously I will be happy to be the ongoing resource for people. They're not too expensive if you're buying them at publish instead of aftermarket.

You are an incredible person!!!  So many thanks!!!

NEW UTENA

I love the and how she is hiding her face.

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Giovanna wrote:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-27/revolutionary-girl-utena-gets-another-new-manga-chapter-this-winter/.119386

"The first new chapter, titled "ShÅ jo Kakumei Utena After the Revolution," ran in the September issue of Flowers on Friday. The story takes place at Ohtori Academy after the end of the original manga's final chapter, when a certain person visits the school."

YESSSS A continuation!!!!!!!

This means we have a shot at more anime as well!!!

DorianGray345 wrote:

That is so nice to hear! I will continue to purchase the relevant Flowers issues, and will eventually obtain the compilation volume that I expect - i.e., hope - will be released in the future.

I wonder how much Utena will change now that it is being published in a Josei magazine… What can we expect - more depth? More fanservice? More Chu-Chu?

Also, I thought you guys might want to see this:
http://flowers.shogakukan.co.jp/magazin … ork1Sp.jpg
This delightful image will be part of the Chiho Saito art exhibition that was announced earlier today, alongside various images from the Adolescence of Utena manga, the SKU manga, and other Saito classics. Informally, this exhibition shall be called "Utena and Saito throughout the Ages."

Thank you for the full pic! 

Note of Interest:  Utena is not wearing a duelist ring.

Or, y'know, that particular drawing isn't really related.

Here's a bigger question: who's that girl on the cover who isn't Utena?

Is it an older Utena? Aunt Yurika? ...Chigusa?

Right-o, so I should have the manga early next week, so by weekend it should be ready for any translation projects incoming.

Please get the word out ASAP on further installments and where, and I'll try to keep on top of it through Amazon.

LadyButterflyNebula wrote:

Giovanna wrote:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-27/revolutionary-girl-utena-gets-another-new-manga-chapter-this-winter/.119386

"The first new chapter, titled "Sh� jo Kakumei Utena After the Revolution," ran in the September issue of Flowers on Friday. The story takes place at Ohtori Academy after the end of the original manga's final chapter, when a certain person visits the school."

YESSSS A continuation!!!!!!!

This means we have a shot at more anime as well!!!

Although I'm iffy about sequels sometimes, I'd be a liar if I said I read that and didn't instantly think "MY BODY IS READY " with white hot intensity.

I just got the manga boxset for my birthday a few days ago, so I better catch up! The only piece of Utena-media I've consumed is the anime.

I agree with Gio, I think it'd be very hard to add onto the anime, after the kind of ending it had, and not mess it up.

Last edited by sailor-anthy (08-01-2017 06:46:42 AM)

I can't read Japanese so I can't speak to how accurate your views are for them, but I really like the idea. Utena has this idea about it that a huge boundary separates maturity from not, when it's a gradient.

As far as the new manga, I will be scanning it and have it up for translators within a day or two. What I will say is this!

If you asked me what would be Giovanna fanservice, I'd tell you I wanted Akio, Touga, and Saionji, that I want there to be suits/men dressing good, and gratuitous sex.

I got two of those things, and it's the two I expected the least.

A lot of fans are uh.. Not going to be as happy about it. The only female with any dialogue is random Touga arm candy for like one page. Utena and Anthy appear but plainly as memories or some shit and I don't think they even speak. There is literally no one else from the cast.

It is drawn much more maturely and with very little kawaii shit, her style has cleaned up and I dare say vastly improved. It looks a lot more like something aimed at young adults, which follows since its for the same crowd that would have been the shoujo audience 20 years ago.

Also it draws much more from the aesthetic of the series than her own original manga. Akio is drawn with lots of flowing white hair when it's down. The school and tower look more like the series, and a few visuals are lifted directly from the show instead of her work, such as Akio’s car  backlighting a duelist, and Touga and Saionji's flashback to finding Utena in a coffin.

No idea what everyone is saying yet but uh it's pretty much a win for me, which I honestly didn't expect. I'm not sure how it'll go over with other fans that were waiting for Utena and Anthy post Ohtori. If she does continue on with this I'm sure they'll show up, but for this story at least, it's clearly Touga and Saionji.

LadyButterflyNebula wrote:

So to me, the fight doesn't end just because she made it out of the coffin.  There would still be more "duels" (challenges that will force you to adapt, thus change [hopefully for the better]).

To me that's what the movie always was? The series is about Anthy leaving Akio, but in the movie, Anthy has to confront Akio after he's dead. The challenge of one's memories that one has to face even after abuse.

Giovanna wrote:

Also it draws much more from the aesthetic of the series than her own original manga.

This kinda confirms what I thought; that this wasn't a "sequel to the manga", it's just a general continuation. The specifics of the ending to Utena the manga or Utena the show or Utena the whatever are probably not going to matter to this as much as what "the revolution" archetypally means as an ending.

As for the plot... I would probably be really disappointed if that was the only chapter we got, so I'm glad that it's already been announced that there's going to be at least one more. Because of that, I can enjoy this too.

The new manga chapter is here yoooo!

Hype aside, I'm very interested to see what the story (how ever short) will be like here. I personally have mixed feelings on how the manga went, for example a lot of the Student Council (except for Touga) ended up having little character development in the original manga story so its like ok what now? But, I excited nonetheless! Quick impressions from what I've seen, looks like the long haired trash sons have returned! And actual living garbage dump man Akio lol And they are as pretty as ever! I do like Miss Saito's art style and it looks even better now! Hm, but no Utena or Anthy yet I hear? Interesting. Welp, gotta wait for translations. Idk whats going on here lol.

Side note: I wondered this when this was announced but does this mean that a remake/reboot is on the way? I mean, this is a way to advertise such a thing and get new people interested to watch and get fans reinvested. Or it's just for the 20th anni, but then again the reboot thing could also come out for that. Hm...thats a totally different topic for discussion though. *Considering creating a discussion thread intensifies*

Yasha wrote:

Hey, our copy of the manga came yesterday and I can confirm that yes, it is full of trash sons. More to come soon, I'm trying to see if there's interest in translating it...

So basically this manga chapter is this image:



Source

Last edited by moo92 (08-01-2017 11:24:41 AM)

At Times, Love Is wrote:

I'm definitely interested in trying to translate it. I've never been able to translate manga before, so no guarantees, but I'll certainly do my best.

Same here.  I have two years of Japanese under my belt, a sinfully easy job, and translation software to help with the complicated kanji.  I would be honored and super thrilled to help TL!