No, because like a lot of people who confidently expound on Utena and its meanings, he appears to have no knowledge of or interest in the production underpinings of the show. The re-use of footage, both in 90s anime in general and Utena in particular, was a necessity due to budget constraints, and in fact Utena was produced on a budget low even compared to other anime of that era. That it managed to parley those elements into becoming a part of its interesting and effective thematics, turning a seeming weakness into a strength, is one of the many reasons Utena is a masterpiece.

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The repetition in Utena is one of the best parts. It establishes patterns so it can assign connotation to them, and lets you roll with the 'structure' of an episode. Honestly, look at Penguindrum or Yuri Kuma Arashi, which although still use lots of repeating shots have far less pattern and structure than Utena, and see how much less story Ikuni fit in there. Utena's "slow pacing" actually allows for far, far more detail than at all immediately obvious. (Well, the 39 episodes and a movie also help with that.)

SaigonAlice wrote:

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I really don't like this guys attitude! sudoStef I mean.

I was debating going on this thread earlier, as part of me is anxious about discussions, but seeing this comment he made makes me wanna say something now. I found Stef's channel recently and enjoyed his content, and while I did kinda disagree with his Utena video I still saw his points. But that comment he made was really rude. Sure, what the person he replied to said could be taken as a little pretentious and goofy, that doesn't mean he can be rude back to them.
Baah, every orfice of YouTube's full of drama and arguing now anyways. :/

zeedikay wrote:

sailor-anthy wrote:

SaigonAlice wrote:

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I really don't like this guys attitude! sudoStef I mean.

I was debating going on this thread earlier, as part of me is anxious about discussions, but seeing this comment he made makes me wanna say something now. I found Stef's channel recently and enjoyed his content, and while I did kinda disagree with his Utena video I still saw his points. But that comment he made was really rude. Sure, what the person he replied to said could be taken as a little pretentious and goofy, that doesn't mean he can be rude back to them.
Baah, every orfice of YouTube's full of drama and arguing now anyways. :/

Yeah, that's a big reason I try my best to avoid youtube comments, especially in more popular videos. There's bits of good writing you can find in them, but more often than not it has people shouting because they can shout. And they folks who thrive in that environment are in constant danger of portraying and refining the worst of it. You make your people, unfortunately.

Any suggestions for any other videos of his you could suggest? Even this one was baffling at points, (he seemed to like the series otherwise, so that's nice to know) I'm curious to see what else he did. Though a quick peek through the channel might do the same as well.

His videos are actually pretty okay for the most part, but his asuka character analysis is pretty dope, as well as his angels egg video. His welcome to the NHK video has some minor issues but its alright otherwise

links and shit: angel egg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4visn0VCp4 asuka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArapHa9N87Y
NHK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNlxz5gkEPE

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itavin wrote:

His videos are actually pretty okay for the most part, but his asuka character analysis is pretty dope, as well as his angels egg video. His welcome to the NHK video has some minor issues but its alright otherwise

links and shit: angel egg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4visn0VCp4 asuka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArapHa9N87Y
NHK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNlxz5gkEPE

Yeah, those were basically the videos I was gonna recommend (except Angel's Egg 'cause I haven't seen the vid or movie itself yet). His analysis videos of Evangelion are pretty fun to watch because of how passionate about the series he is.

itavin wrote:

Speaking of people who critique utena and you want to physically shake them for focusing on the technical stuff too much https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huQ-R43U8Hk Wanted to see more  reviews of utena being a not so steller show. Instead I Found a not so steller review. Also there is part 2 which is way, WAY worse then part 1.

I clicked out right when he called Utena's approach to representing lesbianism "the retard way." I... I can't.

sailor-anthy wrote:

itavin wrote:

Speaking of people who critique utena and you want to physically shake them for focusing on the technical stuff too much https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huQ-R43U8Hk Wanted to see more  reviews of utena being a not so steller show. Instead I Found a not so steller review. Also there is part 2 which is way, WAY worse then part 1.

I clicked out right when he called Utena's approach to representing lesbianism "the retard way." I... I can't.

Yep, but that is light compared to what he called utena in the second part (Spoilers: He said that utena isn't an artistic series and that it means nothing in the grand scheme of things)

zeedikay wrote:

With the 20th anniversary this year, you think there's going to be an increase in Utena related analysis videos on Youtube? It's appeared on a few recommendation list videos on more than a few channels from what I can tell, so it's not going to be that much of a surprise.

There are slowly but surely more people who are analyzing utena online and with steven universe and star vs the forces of evil who are influenced from it, I hope more people will join the fandom and help uncover there secrets