Exclusive: Revolutionary Girl Utena is the 1990s' best anime, and 29 years after its debut, its creator explains why it's more popular than ever.

Few anime films have cast a longer shadow over queer and arthouse animation than Kunihiko Ikuhara’s Adolescence of Utena. The surreal 1999 feature, which radically reimagines the already-iconic ...

Currently a features writer at Collider, Elisa Guimarães is an arts and entertainment journalist and a critic with over a decade of experience. Passionate about movies and TV shows as a whole, she ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recently, queer anime has been having a bit of a moment. Once generally marginalized and confined to specific circles, LGBT-themed ...

Whenever a movie releases in theaters, there’s always that tug-of-war over whether it’s worth making a trip to see it or if you’re better off just streaming it from the comfort of your home. Allow us ...

As part of the Nendoroid Funs 2025 Winter reveals, Good Smile Company officially announced a figure of Revolutionary Girl Utena heroine Utena Tenjou. There’s no release window for it yet. All that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Anthy is also the Rose Bride and the duels themselves take place ...

An avant-garde series that's as much a surreal art piece as a traditional narrative, the 1997 series remains as beguiling today as it was 30 years ago. Japan’s complex attitudes towards homosexuality ...