Hina the Prince wrote:

And I think Utena and Touga sang pretty well. I mean, Utena was completely off key and stuff, but she had lots of energy and her singing sounded real, which was a good and Utena-ish thing, in my opinion.

Maybe I'm a snob, then, but I really prefer it when people are singing notes.

Giovanna wrote:

Brother, Dear Brother is definitely an influence being that Juri looks exactly, EXACTLY Saint-Juste.

I think you mean Miya-sama (though her personality is much more that of Saint-Juste) -- but yes, I agree that Oniisama E was an influence, moreso than RoV, which tends to get more spotlight.  Aesthetically, Utena shares similarities with the Versailles design, but in terms of subject matter and characterization I think it owes a lot more to Oniisama E.

Giovanna wrote:

I actually got my hands on both and plan to do an SKU-inspiration trip report.

Ooh, please do.

I kept putting off watching the musical too long to post in this thread when it first popped up, but now I have most of it memorized.

Touga dancing to Nanibito mo Kataru Koto Nashi is the best thing ever, and Akio is always good for a laugh. For some reason, I found that I positively adore Anthy in the musical. I'd fight in the duels if it meant I could win her, and then I would make her sing for me. Juri's actress was nothing special, but she just served as a reminder to me that I always seem to find Juri hotter as a real person than in the anime. And poor Juri was in love with Touga, because a very important person was missing from the musical... Shiori.

Scortia wrote:

The saddest thing.... THE SOUNDTRACK DOESN'T HAVE AKIO'S SONG.  I guess because another cast member sings it on the soundtrack - "Tsuyoku Kedakaku".. but his sounded like liquid sex.  >P I love it when the femme-Akio goes "Daaaaaijoooobu Daaaaaaaa aaaaaa aaaa ah!"

I completely agree! Akio's song was my favourite part, it's dissapointing not to have it.


There was definitely room for improvement, the but I love the musical anyways. Was there only musical that got made? They mention other things on wikipedia, but I don't know what they're referring to.

I wish I could see more than the first two songs of the musical.
That's right, I only saw "I'd Rather Be a Prince" and "Something Blah Blah End of the World Miki's Gyrating Ass"

I'm a huge sucker for musicals of any kind, so I really loved it. And Wakaba girl was the cutest thing, ever. EVER.

Couldn't understand the random pink or blonde streak in Utena's hair though.

jayskittles wrote:

I wish I could see more than the first two songs of the musical.
That's right, I only saw "I'd Rather Be a Prince" and "Something Blah Blah End of the World Miki's Gyrating Ass"

That's all you have to say to get my complete and undivided attention. Do you have a link available?

^I remember finding that video when I googled Faust/Utena for my final paper in my Faust course. I really hope it turns into someting complete, it looks really fun.

As for the actual musical, I only saw bits and pieces, so I feel like I missed out. But what I did see, I LOVED. It was great and campy, and that's just what I look for in musicals. Dios and Utena were really, really bad(emphasis on Dios), but Anthy had a beautiful voice. She seemed to fit the character nicely as well, except she wasn't anorexic. tsk tsk.

I'm trying to download a higher quality version on torrent, but it's unfortunately not active. It's too bad, because for what it is, I think it's a work of genius.

If you guys use torrents, it's fairly easy to find. Here's one: http://www.fulldls.com/torrent-anime-207847.html

Later this week, I'll split it up into rar pieces so I can upload it to sendspace if you want.

I'll try and upload later, but right now slow internet is slooooow.

Lady Nilamarthiel wrote:

jayskittles wrote:

I wish I could see more than the first two songs of the musical.
That's right, I only saw "I'd Rather Be a Prince" and "Something Blah Blah End of the World Miki's Gyrating Ass"

That's all you have to say to get my complete and undivided attention. Do you have a link available?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=hiHlGLzG95A

I present to you, humbly, Miki's hypno butt.

jayskittles wrote:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=hiHlGLzG95A

I present to you, humbly, Miki's hypno butt.

With that as my first experience of the Utena musical (and being a rather huge fan of theater and musical theater), I'm not quite sure if I should be traumatized or if I should proclaim this as BEST MUSICAL I'VE SEEN SINCE SWEENEY TODD.

I can't say I particularly care for the musical, although this version is much better than the musical that is on the OST 5.  But perhaps that is just because KaNNa's voice drives me batty.  The only thing I might detest more might be Yumi Luka's voice, but that's neither here nor there.  With that said, here we go:

Part 1: http://www.sendspace.com/file/8oazjb (281 MB)
Part 2: http://www.sendspace.com/file/ytmvq9 (281 MB)
Part 3: http://www.sendspace.com/file/8uffni (15 MB)

I apologize for messing up the math.  I meant to have it split into two big files, but instead it needed a third smaller one.  If I had known it was going to do three files, I would have spread out the sizes more.  Anyway, use winrar or something to extract.

jayskittles wrote:

Lady Nilamarthiel wrote:

jayskittles wrote:

I wish I could see more than the first two songs of the musical.
That's right, I only saw "I'd Rather Be a Prince" and "Something Blah Blah End of the World Miki's Gyrating Ass"

That's all you have to say to get my complete and undivided attention. Do you have a link available?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=hiHlGLzG95A

I present to you, humbly, Miki's hypno butt.

Bendy Miki is bendy. Wow. No wonder everyone and their sister wants to corrupt him. Shoot. I wonder if it's genetic, and if Kozue would let me give her a go...?

But yes, most of the singing is atrocious. Anthy's voice is pleasant, though. And Saionji's voice made me laugh. And Miki's made me cringe, poor girl. Spectacular dancer, though. And did I mention bendy?