The image quality is much better, but there are only a few minor changes to the actual content.  Here's a thread about some of them.  Off the top of my head, the differences I remember are: different bell sound at the end of the duels, Utena saying "Himemiya" instead of "Anthy" in episode 20, open coffins in the Black Rose Saga, extra frames in the Akiocar in episode 25, slight change to Shiori's face after Ruka loses his duel, black instead of red background when Saionji draws Touga's sword, and fixed aspect ratio of Anthy's silhouetted stabbings in the last episode.  Unfortunately, derpface moments like this have not been fixed.

Koshernova wrote:

Hi all!

Like everyone goddamn else I'm excitedly awaiting the US re-release of Utena in its shiny fancy remaster form.

However, I'm wondering just what they mean with 'remastering'. I know that generally means a cleaner transfer, less film grain, etcetera. That's terrific, but I also know that it's not uncommon for remasters to do a whole lot more than that and actually re-do some artwork and even add or substract scenes (the Legend of the Galactic Heroes DVDs, for instance, have many small parts that have been re-animated compared to the Laserdisc).

Is there anyone out there that has made a few comparison screenshots for the remaster? Has any of the artwork been updated or, if it was not great art to begin with in the show (the animation budget in SKU really could've used a few more bucks at times), has any of it been corrected?

Hell, if you own the Japanese remastered DVDs, I'm not demanding you post screenshots A yes or no will do and have me happy!

The bit rates on the original R1 discs were pretty bad to boot.  I remember the first two discs in particular, six eps apiece at less than 4.7 gigs per disc.

I figured by "Remastered" they were just going to give us decent quality discs instead of what we got the first time around.

Can't wait.

Thanks for the links y'all!

(I kinda think that for Utena to be made truly better a bit of the show has to be trimmed down and many parts of it reanimated completely, which they haven't done but HEY I'm not complaining the new transfer looks *beautiful*)

Okay, just watched the first episode and there's a few things nobody mentioned in any of the threads I saw:

-Remastered op/ending/Zettai Unmei Mokushiroku! These songs have been either remastered from the originals or re-recorded in better quality audio, because they sound SIGNIFICANTLY better! To the point that When Where Who Which, which has not been remastered, clearly shows the difference.

-New Eyecatch! Now without the silvery border.

-Episode title subtitles: I don't think those were in the original release...

Tsuwabuki's Diary was needless. But generally, yes, agreed. Perfect length.