My name is Paris, I'm 24 and currently reside within Glasgow City, Scotland.
I've been a fan of 'Revolutionary Girl Utena' for as long as I can remember...
I never always understood it but I felt that as I grew, the series and its meaning changed with me.
It's a beautiful, complex story and I've yet to grow tired of it. I only wish that I knew more fans!

My favourite character is Utena which is probably not a shock to anyone here.
The reason being that I can relate a lot to her in many personal [and obvious] ways.

...Putting aside the fact that I wanted to be a Prince when I was 4 and onwards.

I'm beyond happy to be here and I look forward to becoming a familiar face among the community!
I.. I'm not very good with introductions but with time, I hope you can get to know me a little better.
Thank you for having me!

Hello everyone :3
I'm Tenshi Androgynous, pleased to meet you all!
I'm 21 and I'm a relatively new fan of SKU. My main geek profession is cosplaying :3
I've visited this forum many times already to search for some Utena quotes, and now I've come to you seeking for some fandom-related help.
I've only registered now since I was always scared of forums for some reason... this is the first forum I've ever been a part of, so please tell me if I do anything wrong :')
If anyone could point me to a place where I could ask for help about ideas for editing my Utena cosplay photos and get opinions on some I already made, I'd be grateful ^-^
Thank you !! ~

Hello, I'm 20 years old and go by Monocle Grizzly. Pleased to meet you! I watched RGU for the first time early this year and it immediately became one of my favorite anime. I'm very excited about joining some of the discussions here and getting to know y'all!

MonocleGrizzly wrote:

Hello, I'm 20 years old and go by Monocle Grizzly. Pleased to meet you! I watched RGU for the first time early this year and it immediately became one of my favorite anime. I'm very excited about joining some of the discussions here and getting to know y'all!

Ooh, always cool to see a familiar name from Anitwitter. Hi Grizzly! You're going to enjoy it here, I'm sure.

It's nice to meet you too, Jax! Let us know how you like the series-- I always love to hear people's first impressions!

Hey folks! New to the forums, but a long-time fan of Utena (since the Before Time of fansubs on VHS).

But yeah, so I'm Rikoshi, mid-30s in the San Francisco Bay Area. I'm also a professional Japanese translator, so I'm happy to help out with things here and there; since Japanese translation is my full-time day job already, I might not be able to commit myself to major, long-term fan projects, but I'm always happy to help chime in on small things (and who knows, maybe someday I will have more time to devote to things, but with the Saturn game having just been translated I'm not sure what else there even is!).

I've been a huge fan of this series ever since I first stumbled across it nearly two decades ago now, and I just recently finished a rewatch of the series (showing it to my housemate who'd never seen it). My appreciation of the show has only expanded watching it again as a (nominal) adult compared to when I was in college, and I'm really eager to get in on some fun discussion about this landmark series!

KissFromARose wrote:

I'm a personal student of Japanese, Rikoshi, and will be visiting there for a month for business here in a few days. I would love to hear more about your job and all that!

Oh, hey, I hope you have a good trip! A month abroad for business can be rough, so here's hoping the Japanese experience is fun enough to take the edge off!

And I'd be happy to get into some details about my job! Is there a good place for me to talk about that, other than dumping a wall of text here?

KissFromARose wrote:

Jax. Amazing that you only knew of the game. How did you discover that? What had you stumble into Utena in this way?

I don't really remember actually. I've been using the internet since 1998 so it was probably from then to like 2001 where I must have found out about it somewhere. I was surprised when I found out about the movie at least.

KissFromARose wrote:

Cant wait to hear about your Utena experience as well! Its going to be fun.

Thanks. I'm also going to read vraikaiser's write-ups as I go along.

KissFromARose wrote:

You said "research purposes" what did you mean? Please elaborate!

Nothing too spectacular I'm afraid. It's just that I'm one of the (many) contributors of the SEGA Retro wiki, and since we cover everything SEGA I wanted to find out SEGA's involvement with Utena to see if I needed to make pages for the anime and movie. I still need more info in that department.

(( Hey all,

Um... well... okay so... yeah, me.

I... really get anxious doing stuff like this; however, I also told myself that I'm going to go and meet more people.  So... while, yes, this isn't meeting physical people... it still makes me a nervous wreck actually because I tend to struggle with my sense of self.  So... even going so far as to meet people by typing sets off the same sense of agoraphobia and anxiety.  Um... anyway.

Okay... so where to start with this without sounding... out-of-place.

RGU wasn't my first anime.  And, I guess before I get any further, I know it's SKU... but... I've kinda called it RGU for years and years.  So... I hope it doesn't ruffle any feathers if I keep calling it that.  To me, it's no different than me calling "Macross" "Robotech".  I grew up watching "Robotech", and not even knowing that wasn't the original title.

Um... anyway, my first anime was Devil Hunter Yohko and End of Summer... both on VHS.  I ended up upgrading DHY to DVD, and lost my End of Summer tape.  Utena came a little bit after that... I think it would have been the same time I was picking up Escaflowne and MKR.

Let's see... other stuff I like to do... I do enjoy console-RPGs (haven't done pen-and-paper in years), and painting my warhammer miniatures very average-ly.  I spend a lot of time playing odd games on my PSVita and PS3, like Corpse Party, Child of Light, Witch and the Hundred Knight, Rule of Rose, and Valkyrie Profile.  Oh, that's the best cRPG game ever.  If you've never tried Valkyrie Profile, it's freaking awesome.  I had it for my PS1, and it still amazes me.  About the only thing I find close to Valkyrie Profile would be System Shock 2... because space-horror is huge fun to me.  Anyway, being as I lived through the 80s and 90s, I also enjoy a good post-nuclear-apocalypse game, so Fallout is freaking awesome.  Best part I remember was being weighed down with a ton of stuff worth even more bottle caps than I could count... if I could get back to town and sell it.  Well... when you're weighed down, you crawl along, and can't fast move.  And then I remembered I had the Scribe Veronica with me.  And I thought to myself, "Oh, I can give her all the heavy stuff!".  So... I open her inventory, and she literally says, "You're giving me all the heavy stuff, aren't you?"  And... it was awkward.  I... had to say "Yes".

I guess I do really enjoy the Disgaea series of games, since I started picking them up on the PS2.  Weirdest moment of fun with them is as follows.  For D-4, I was wandering in the random item dungeons, and I finally figured out what the purple-event thingies were for.  Well, normally I don't think of elevation any, as my zippiest character, Sneakers, tends to have shoes on... and she's a Theif.  So... she can jump really well.  So, I also find out Sneakers can make a box as a special ability.  And... I'm like... oh.. kay.  Boxes, huh.  Right.  Anyway, I find a purple-event-thingy, and... Sneaks can't actually jump that high, and I'm like, "Dangit.  How'm I going to get up there?"  And then it hits me.  Sneakers can make a box!  So, I had her make a box, and she jumped up just fine.

Uh... yeah.  It was funny to me.  I'm... pretty sure it was lost in typing.  Um... don't ask me about Marona and Ash and Sneakers and the box.  Though... that was pretty awesome too.

So... yeah.  I guess I got kinda side tracked.  So... um... sorry.  Mea culpa.  Anyway, I've always enjoyed Utena, ever since I first watched it, and I really enjoy the fact I can re-re-re-watch it, and find something new each time... or a new way to interpret something that I thought I had "figured" out.  I actually like that the story isn't cement.  It's fluid.

So... I guess that'll do as an intro, before I do anything else.  ))

Hi everyone.

I tried signing up a few months back when I was in my home-country but apparently my location indicated that I was a spammer. Anyway I hope this forum isn't too dead and look forward to getting to know you guys and having some interesting discussions regarding the show

Hi, I'm pagetheplush. I'm a graphic design student who wanted to be able to talk with more people about Utena. I love drawing and I've recently gotten into writing. (After i finished sku i started filling my notebook with fanart doodles) This anime actually helped me feel more confident with myself and with things like my sexuality; it's affected me in a really positive way and i just love it overall.  Ah I'm not very good with introductions but I'll probably loosen up pretty quickly :3

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Hi!

I am Inlustris.

I love Revolutionary Girl Utena.

I think I am going to analyze the show as part of my Master's thesis!

Wooh.

Happy to be here! =]