Raven Nightshade wrote:

Scortia wrote:

Well, the real question would be "Ikuhara-sensei, will you give me an answer beyond 'himitsu desu'!?"

You mean, Ikuhara is actually Xelloss from Slayers?! I knew it!

I can't remember which con it was... one of the west coast ones. I had read a transcript from it and almost every question he'd either answer back with a question or say it's a secret.  Like Miki's stopwatch, the world will never know. ;

You could ask him something absurd enough that maybe he'll dignify it with an answer.

'Saionji: boxers or briefs? '

Scortia wrote:

Raven Nightshade wrote:

Scortia wrote:

Well, the real question would be "Ikuhara-sensei, will you give me an answer beyond 'himitsu desu'!?"

You mean, Ikuhara is actually Xelloss from Slayers?! I knew it!

I can't remember which con it was... one of the west coast ones. I had read a transcript from it and almost every question he'd either answer back with a question or say it's a secret.  Like Miki's stopwatch, the world will never know. ;

He's answered quite a bit of questions on the symbolism in the commentary for the last 3 episodes if I remember right.

On Miki's stopwatch, didn't he say that Miki was counting the seconds between people's lines?

If I remember right, a lot of Ikuhara's explanations for things seemed to be a little silly and unusual at times.  In the commentary, Chiho Saito recalls asking him about a lot of the symbolism and her response to almost every instance of his explanation was "...HUH????"

I've got nothing but respect for the guy, but even he himself said that some things were just done for the "coolness factor".  It's a lot like Takashi Miike.  His films can seem extraordinarily deep on the surface and you can come up with all sorts of amazing interpretations to the symbolism in his films, but half the time... if you ask him, his explanation can be so simplistic that it's a bit jarring.

Last edited by Mendou (12-17-2007 09:39:48 PM)

Mendou wrote:

If I remember right, a lot of Ikuhara's explanations for things seemed to be a little silly and unusual at times.  In the commentary, Chiho Saito recalls asking him about a lot of the symbolism and her response to almost every instance of his explanation was "...HUH????"

What I got the most out of the commentary is that all Ikuhara ever does is sleep, ramble, and tell people to do their work over again.

Giovanna wrote:

'Saionji: boxers or briefs? '

loincloth.

Of course I will ask to Ikuhara the real role of Chu-chu in the Episode "Nanami's Egg".

Sevelle wrote:

Are you compensating with the Ohtori tower Ikuhara?

Phallic symbols in Utena:

-Ohtori Tower
-Ohtori car
-Swords.  Lots of swords
-Sword penetrating flower

My my...

I'd ask him his opinion on Utena herself.
She's rather forgotten for the main character of the show....

Iris: Don't forget carrots!... I know there's way more.  I discovered so many sexual images I never really paid attention to when I made my AMV.    Ikuhara is a dirty boy.

Giovanna: Dunno if you watch Metalocalypse at all, but I figure Akio and Touga would share Skwisgaar's philosophy on underwear... you freeball it unless you get some of the kinky undies for sex games.  >_>  We know Akio doesn't wear them in the tv series, we've seen his pants unzipped low enough to see pubic hair if he had any.

"少女革命ウテナに関して、何故美少年を殺すことが好きですか？"

Translation: Regarding Shoujo Kakumei Utena, why do you like killing gorgeous male characters?

I once read an interview with Naoko Takeuchi (manga artist of Sailormoon) confessing that she likes killing her bishounen characters; I want to know Ikuhara's reason.

"Do you have any plans to create another mindscrew symbolism laden series?"

I'd like to know if there might be a chance of a live-action movie.

would fans even like that ?

Can you show us a teaser of "Nokemono to Hanayome"?

Razara wrote:

I'd ask him what he thinks of Shiori.

According to Ikuhara's Adolescence of Utena commentary, he included Shiori in the movie because he "likes bad girls"...make of that what you will.

Did you realize that among the student council members, NOBODY is designated as the treasurer?

Was that intentional?