This is a static copy of In the Rose Garden, which existed as the center of the western Utena fandom for years. Enjoy. :)
I'm proud of what little I've managed to scrape up from the ever draining sea of SKU merchandise. I'm sure you all are too. Hell, it doesn't even have to be official. So let's show off some of the highlights, hmm?
Please only link to pictures larger than about 600 pixels wide. Table breaking and image heavy pages make me want to tear out my intestines.
Here we have a line up of goodies! The Utena and Anthy Sega Real Models, the CharaDoll Selection Utena, an Utena UFO Catcher, and Nanami and ChuChu keychains.
Did I mention that the Sega Real Model Utena is the superspecialawesome Barefoot Girl edition? That's right, folks. While trying to impale her leg with a piece of metal so she would stand the fuck up and quit molesting all my Pokemon pencil toppers, I broke off her calf! So now she's all fixed up with ACTUAL masking tape!! Woah!
Er...
And then I had fun with the "Utena Barbie."
Not work safe if your boss is offended by Ken's shiny, plastic bulge.
Just dumb.
Might post more later. What've you guys got?
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I don't have any pictures, but I've got three posters, and Dios gets awesome points for being the only boy on my wall out of eight posters. I used to own a Chu-Chu plushie, but then I remembered that I hate Chu-Chu, so I gave it to my friend for her birthday. I've got an I Revolutionary Girl Utena pin around here somewhere, but I can't find it. I own Juri's locket, and a Rose Crest.
Sadly, that's about it, unless you count my Ohtori Schoolgirl Uniform for cosplay, which I'm never going to wear again. But earlier today, my friend and I were discussing having her boyfriend try the uniform on. I'll be sure to take pictures for everyone here to see. (He'll do it, too.)
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NajiMinkin wrote:
Did I mention that the Sega Real Model Utena is the superspecialawesome Barefoot Girl edition? That's right, folks. While trying to impale her leg with a piece of metal so she would stand the fuck up and quit molesting all my Pokemon pencil toppers, I broke off her calf! So now she's all fixed up with ACTUAL masking tape!! Woah!
Sticking that piece of metal up her leg is somehow a surreal and slightly unsettling experience. Curse you for having Anthy, though! My Utena has to hang out with a bunch of Darkstalker figures instead.
Other than that, all I have are two small buttons, one of Utena and one of Anthy, which a friend gave me semi-randomly.
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I have one of Tenjou-Usagi's cosplay duellist rings and thats it ;
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No pictures but I have:
1. All the OSTs released in America
2. Utena stickers (all used....they're on my high school note books )
3. Utena file thingy
4. Utena binder thingy
5. Utena & Anthy keychains that I bought at Animazement (they're fanart...but they're really pretty!)
6. An Utena "music box" (it's not really a box) that plays "Truth"
I think that's about it but....
Things I used to have:
1. A wallscroll of the movie.
2. A shirt with the odd Utena sandwich picture from the last DVD
It makes me really sad that they are gone forever....
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DAWW I always loved the Nanami keychain.
I have... hmm.
●the PPcard set
●both rings, though I'm selling the black one.
●Ikuhara signed Art of Utena
●that movie script book
●the series acript books
●(unofficial)anthy plushies
●soundtracks
●the series on tape, dvd and vcd
●the manga, jsut for completion's sake.
●a bunch of half finished outfits.
●we USED to have a tiny Ohtori outfit, but I think it got donated to goodwill or something.
●the video game promo poster Red Angel and I 'collectively own' as she says.
●a show utena/anthy poster and a movie Utena/anthy wallscroll
Instead of each anthy having its own Utena, they have their pimp Zidane. He's a lucky lucky monkey man thing.
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I have the official Utena phone strap.
And:
Chiho Saito Luxury Illustrations Artbook - autographed by Chiho Saito
Adolescence Apocalypse Artbook
Art of Utena Artbook
Set of 20 Utena E-graphics Cards
2 Utena Coloring Books
La Fillette Revolutionnaire Utena, Original Soundtrack: Adolescence Rush, Yasashii Piano Book
All Utena Original Soundtracks
2 complete set of Utena manga - in Japanese and Chinese
Utena playing cards
A special art copy made for CN Anime - autographed by Chiho Saito and Ikuhara
The locket and duelist rings that I made myself
.....maybe more
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Wow, you guys are hardcore! I've got... um... the Tarot deck? And the PP cards, except for #6. (Got an extra, allegoriest?) Apart from that, my Utena merch is pretty much limited to the rose stickers I made for the Anime Club Dueling Game years ago.
Edit: Oh, and I have the series, movie, and manga... but that doesn't count, does it?
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i blackmailed ms saito and, she made me the art of utena and anshi kissing. it is very sweet. i was so happy i made it canon.
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ikuni wrote:
i made it canon.
U&A!!!!!!!!!
Proof here, people! Look no further!!
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i HAD stickers, the manga (+movie manga) a pin with the rose crest on it, a T-shirt (left it at Disney World) and of course the series and movie on DVD..
NOW i own nothing but the battered looking (but still functional) disks of the series, Juri locket and Touga. Yes i own Touga..hes giving me a backrub right now.
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My cards are packed up in luggage right now, but I don't think I have any extras... Though I'm planning on buying more for artsy-ish reasons.
..I also just bought the manga again. Hrm.
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I have a Duelist ring I bought for 30 bucks...
when it arrived, I figured out how it's made.
they take a picture of the rose crest, cover it in melted plastic, and stick it to a steel ring...
u.u;;;;;;;
It looks pretty good from a distance, though....
P.S.: I looked everywhere for a frickin' Utena doll...*seethes with jealousy*
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Not boasting, but...
http://cgi.ebay.com/Revolutionaly-Girl- … dZViewItem
is it legit? I sort of want it, but the fact that it's "Revolutionaly" Girl Utena bothers me a bit.
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Gio has seen that book before and she says it's the movie script. You can't be completely sure it's legit, but if you think it's worth the risk, go for it.
Quoting Gio: "As for the typo, it doesn't suprise me. They could never decide how to spell their own characters' names."
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I think that's a seller error...
Yeah, that's the film script book. But its different from the words in the movie and such. its like an early copy or something.
But there's like... three pages like the one they showed a picture of, and a few of character deisgns that you can find in the gallery already. its also like... seven inches high or so.
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I wish I had more SKU dolls *_*
I have:
-dvds (unofficial)
-the mangas
-the dvd and manga of the movie
-the rose crest *somewhere around here...*
-three Utena doujinshi
-a small Sega Miki plushie (my least favourite character, but for 50p I wasn't going to say no!)
-a small SEGA Anthy figure keyring
-a homemade touga jacket ;
-a Chuchu pin
I really want to find somewhere to buy SKU cosplay uniforms that aren't Utena's or Anthy's, and that isn't a crappy version of the school uniform D:
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Meh, I really don't have anything special. I have a few knicknacks like soundtracks, pins, an iron-on and a poster. Probably the nicest thing I have is my duelist ring.
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Most of the stuff I have is stuff I consider both mine and Gio's, cause I bought most of it from her when she needed money. There's an Akio cel, the tarot cards, a couple of UFO dolls, and a bunch of artbooks. And she gave me her ring when it no longer fit her. Still, though... those things aren't really mine, exactly.
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In my collection, you'll see...
◆ raw copy of the series on VHS (recorded while being shown on TV Tokyo for the first time)
◆ Series (DVD)
◆ Movie (DVD)
◆ Zettai Shinka Kakumei Zenya (Music CD)
◆ Adolescence Rush (Music CD)
◆ Shoujo Kakumei Utena manga (complete set)
◆ Adolescence Mokushiroku manga (2) 1 in Japanese, 1 in English; the latter was a birthday gift.
◆ Shoujo Kakumei Utena Visual Story Book (complete set)
◆ Sega Saturn Game: Itsuka Kakumei Sareru Monogatari; the double CD comes with 3 original trading cards.
◆ Sega Saturn Game: Itsuka Kakumei Sareru Monogatari Official Guide
◆ Adolescence Mokushiroku (2004 NTT™ Telephone Card)
◆ Shoujo Kakumei Utena Bara No Kokuhaku This is Animation
◆ Shoujo Kakumei Utena: Art of Utena
◆ Shoujo Kakumei Utena: Bara No Zenbou
◆ L'Apocalypse D'Adolescence Livre de Scénario Pour
◆ Shoujo Kakumei Utena Bara No Mokushiroku
◆ Animage Shoujo Kakumei Utena No Zenbou Vol. 227
◆ Sega Real Model Series (1/8 Scale Figure): Utena Tenjou
◆ Sega UFO Catcher: Touga Kiryuu
◆ Sega UFO Catcher: Juri Arisugawa
◆ a single copy of Ciao; the front cover shows Utena with blonde hair and Anthy wearing an immaculate white gown.
◆ All products from the Utena Signet Ring Fanbase. *snickers*
Items recently won at Yahoo Auction Japan
◆ P.PCARD
◆ Chuchu Mascot Wristwatch
◆ Shoujo Kakumei Utena Doujin Tarot - Bara No Tarot Card
◆ CD-ROM Saitou Chiho Gengashuu
◆ Animate Voice Cassette: Ohtori Gakuen Seitokai Hen
...and the collecting doesn't end there. *chuckles*
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Seitokaichou, I am incredibly jealous of your collection! Where on earth did you manage to get the watch? (And do you wear it?) As for my collection, I have a very modest one that includes all five manga volumes, the first two dvd boxed sets, and the first soundtrack, all US editions. I also have an adorable Anthy bear who's dressed in the series "escape" outfit from the last episode. And may I ask others where they got their sega utena figures? I know a shop that sells the anthy one, but I really want an utena to go with her.
And more additions to my collection are coming! soon! yay tax return!
EDIT: I forgot my utena art collection artbook!! I love it so much, I can't believe I forgot to list it!
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bella wrote:
Seitokaichou, I am incredibly jealous of your collection! Where on earth did you manage to get the watch? (And do you wear it?) As for my collection, I have a very modest one that includes all five manga volumes, the first two dvd boxed sets, and the first soundtrack, all US editions. I also have an adorable Anthy bear who's dressed in the series "escape" outfit from the last episode. And may I ask others where they got their sega utena figures? I know a shop that sells the anthy one, but I really want an utena to go with her.
And more additions to my collection are coming! soon! yay tax return!
Greetings, bella ! I wanna see the cuteness of your Anthy bear.
I won the item at Yahoo! Auction Japan. Much as I would like to wear the wristwatch, it might look awkward on me. *chuckles* This month (if I remember it correctly), I saw another ChuChu Mascot Wristwatch being sold at Yahoo Auction Japan; the price was around 13,000 yen.
Checking yafuoku (short for Yahoo! Auction Japan) has been a hard habit to break so if I see a Sega 1/8 scale Utena figure, I'll let you know. *winks*
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Actually, my collection is:
◆ DVD series [Italian Release]
◆ Saito's Movie Manga [Italian Release]
◆ Shoujo Kakumei Utena Original SoundTrack 2 [American Release]
◆ Shoujo Kakumei Utena Original SoundTrack 3 [Japanese]
◆ Shoujo Kakumei Utena Original SoundTrack 5 [Japanese]
◆ Art book: This is Animation [Japanese]
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Don't have many items, just a Himemiya key chain, some tapes and dvds.
I actually had a question for you intrepid merchandise collectors. Years ago, I saw someone wearing an Ohtori Academy Fencing Club polo. But, I haven't seen it since. Does any one know where a girl fencer could get her mitts on one?
Thanks for any thoughts!
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Seitokaichou wrote:
Greetings, bella ! I wanna see the cuteness of your Anthy bear.
I won the item at Yahoo! Auction Japan. Much as I would like to wear the wristwatch, it might look awkward on me. *chuckles* This month (if I remember it correctly), I saw another ChuChu Mascot Wristwatch being sold at Yahoo Auction Japan; the price was around 13,000 yen.
Checking yafuoku (short for Yahoo! Auction Japan) has been a hard habit to break so if I see a Sega 1/8 scale Utena figure, I'll let you know. *winks*
I will take pictures, then! I don't know how to navigate Yahoo! Auction Japan...would you mind giving me some pointers? I did a search for the ChuChu watch and nothing came up...I think. Thanks so much for your help!
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