I think one of the creepiest moments is when the Shadow Play girls play are retelling the story of the Prince in Episode 34.  The play keeps cutting back to this empty theater where just Utena, Anthy, & Akio are sitting in the dark, watching this story unfold. 

I got chills when the Shadow Play girls said:

Shadow Play Prince:  "Calamity is threatening the world. There is one who plans to steal all the light from the world and plunge the land deep into darkness."
Shadow Play Prince:  "Who is this you speak of?!"
Shadow Play Witch:  "A witch!"

Immediately after she says, "Witch!" the scene cuts to Anthy again, with that same, sterile smile that we all know means there's gonna be trouble. 

If I had been Utena, I would have run out of that theater screaming - waaaay too creepy vibe.

Last edited by cscratch (11-06-2009 01:54:21 PM)

Okay so apparently I can't watch most of the Black Rose episodes that feature Nemuro Hall prominently alone during the late night, ESPECIALLY Kanae's episode because it FREAKS ME THE HELL OUT.

These include the empty shoes=dead people, the hindsight of  knowing there was some live burial going down within those coffins, and the vague sense Kanae heard banging from inside the coffins.

And also flashback scenes to Nemuro hall... ....

Although it really does help to see the building as a giant toaster...

one more:



I mean, I don't think Touga is THAT big, I think this girl has 9 years old, and still he....

Eeeeekkk

Giovanna wrote:

Touga's something in the realm of 6'4, and she comes up to where Anthy and Nanami's henchmen do. Anthy's about 5'0 and they're 14 or so.

He's still a damned pervert.

And it's pretty obvious he has a good teacher. I don't know if this has already come up, but there's that shot of Akio getting up close and personal with Wakaba:




When I first saw that one my reaction was pretty much along the lines of "eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeYAAAAAAAAAHHH! Oh dear god no! Run away! Run the eff away!"

Oh God, creepiest thing in the entire series? 
Young Touga's fingers as she strokes Utena's hair.  Reaching into a coffin to touch the hair of a 'dead' girl?  Ack!  There's something very tender and almost caring about the motion itself, but there's just something about his desire to touch her that bothers me.

crystalwren wrote:
And it's pretty obvious he has a good teacher. I don't know if this has already come up, but there's that shot of Akio getting up close and personal with Wakaba:


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When I first saw that one my reaction was pretty much along the lines of "eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeYAAAAAAAAAHHH! Oh dear god no! Run away! Run the eff away!"

I was more like this when Wakaba goes in a "date" with Akio:



nooooooooooooooooooo wakaba!!! Why god, why?

HonorableShadow wrote:

CREEPY AS FUCK

That car episode (I believe it's called "Barefoot Girl"?). Anthy was creepy with her eyes obscured by her glasses. And, holding the candles when the bells ring. When I first saw that scene, I thought to myself, "Anthy, who are you?"

HonorableShadow wrote:

    A lot of things you guys mentioned creep me out, especially during the Black Rose part!

    One thing that I didn't see here that creeps me out is the end credits of the last episode.  They're supposed to be uplifting, right?  Anthy is walking away from Ohtori to freedom and to find Utena.  It does make me feel warm and tingly inside, but there's the fact that she's not moving, the backdrop is.  And her shadow is up against the scenery.  It gives me the eerie feeling that she's still inside Ohtori and her escape is just another illusion from the projector.  She's really just walking in place.  I'm sure that's not the point of the end credits, it's just a stylistic choice..but the first time I noticed, it gave me chills!

Dear god why! But I do believe that Anthy really escaped from Ohtori. People have already posted a lot of creepy moments, but I still have some.

In episode 39, there's some rather disturbing foreshadowing when Juri tells everyone about her older sister nearly drowning and how she can't remember the name of the boy who died trying to save her sister. I think it's referring to how later they will all forget about Utena, even though she's probably not dead. Also, the way Nanami asks her why she told them that story, like she's on the verge of crying, is disturbing.
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Furthermore, there's the extremely creepy moaning that happens right after Akio leaps onto the platform that leads to the Rose Gate. the way he calls for Anthy when he hears the moaning is panicky, so you know something really bad will happen. The part with the voices saying, "Witch! Witch Witch!" over again gave me nightmares.

Another thing is the fact that no magic really binds the Rose Bride to Ohtori; it is her own personal choice to stay or leave. Since Anthy stays and endures the torture of the millions of swords, we can infer that she is so psychologically traumatized by the last time she was in the outside world that staying with the swords seems to be the better choice. In other words, Anthy's choice, from her point of view, is between eternal torture and returning to the place that brought about her torment in the first place.

Last edited by CausalityStar (09-22-2010 02:38:09 AM)

For me, the first scenes between Utena and Akio will always be creepy as creeping mint. Even before I knew the series well, I would watch Utena and Akio together and think "Something's...not right..."

I think the creepiest part is in Episode 14, where Utena and Anthy interrupt the "private party," Akio is blushing. Something about that detail wigs me out. It's just so duplicitous, except it might not be...maybe Anthy (who isn't blushing) arranged to get him caught in the act. I wouldn't put it past her.

Last edited by minervana (01-15-2011 04:56:57 AM)

Looks like no one posted in this thread in quite some time. Guess I'll go ahead and bring it back to life. I was cringing reading some of the responses. Sometimes I block the creepy stuff from my head.

To me, the entirety of "Missing Link" is pretty creepy and terrifying, especially the end where they keep saying "missing link" over and over.
Also, one of the creepiest scenes is when Himemiya stabs Utena and we see the carousel and hear children's laughter. It's amazing how something as sweet as children laughing can turn creepy in the right context.

Last edited by maridaberri (06-01-2016 06:08:40 PM)

The Anthy & Candle Holder thing is from Ep 30,  the Barefoot Girl,  I think.

I think Ep. 33 is full of creepy, for obvious reasons.