Will Ikuhara ever be able to top Utena?

Will Ikuhara ever be able to top Utena?

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Yes, considering he already did.

>implying he hasn't already

Probably not but it's nice to see him try

>people actually believe this
Utena is his greatest achievement.

Sailor Moon S was better to begin with. That, he'll never top

No.

Not this late in the game, no.

>implying
The key to his success is long hiatuses in between projects.

He started working on Utena right after finishing Sailor Moon and has only ever made garbage since.

>Sailor Moon
Doesn't really count thought considering it wasn't his original IP.

poseurs get out of Sup Forums

>[autistic dyke noises]

He already did at least 2 times

Nah just once.

Neither of them surpassed Utena though.

His work in Sailor Moon S is a classic.
Utena was a 10, setting the standard higher.
Mawaru was a masterpiece, a solid 9.
YKA was an 8, peaking at ep.4.

That's the trend. He needs lots of episodes to deliver, in my opinion.

what books should i read before starting with this show and how pretentious is it ?

throw away your books, go out in the streets

Judging by your post I'd say you should skip on Utena, you're clearly way too intelligent for it and have better things to do with your time.

The only book that I have heard it draws from is Demian.

Probably an 8 or 9 on the pretentious scale, shit like Nanami episodes prevents it from getting too up there.

Have a (you), you've earned it.

The only way Yuri Kuma could have been better is if Lulu survived for an eternity of lesbian threeways in bear paradise.

I am doubtful

Utena Is terrible

Utena tv > Penguindrum > Utena Movie (though best visuals) > Sailor Moon > Yuri Kuma

Agreed, nice taste

Evidently not as every single production after Utena has been either an attempt to match it or original failures.

Link when?

How did that nigga not get his hand cut? That chin's sharper than nippon katana.

He would need to reunite Be-Papas to do that

Will this medium?

>books

Utena pulls a lot from Demian, but if you really want to "get" Ikuhara, go watch a bunch of Terayama films and listen to J.A. Seazer's discography

youtube.com/watch?v=MThQ8kQHEyg

Knowing about shoujo manga is also nice.

penguindrum wins by having cute penguins

Links fucking when?

absolutely never

Nevermind, found this on Ohtori Academy (Utena forum)
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Also, wasn't the manga supposed to get a new chapter in July?

>Japanese bootleg Twin Peaks

>Improving on the greatest anime ever made.
Impossible.
Who would pay him to anyway? I don't remember Yurikuma doing all that well.

utena is truly the evangelion of the madoka genre

They're NOTHING alike. Although Iku does admire David Lynch.

You're right, Utena didn't feature cherry pie.

wow photo bucket is shit.

>madoka genre
Utena came before and Madoka is literally the poor man's Utena.

i am memeing bro

no it didnt

Madoka haslike nothing to do with Utena

What are the best minor characters and why is it these guys?
Worst is Chuchu

>Worst is Chuchu
Take that back, NOW!

I like that scene in the final(?) episode when they get rejected by Nanami's crew.

Already did with Yurikuma

I will. But first, come here, user.

You didn't watched the show then. Hell, Shinbou even worked on Utena. The influence is clear, especially the end of both series.

I don't recall this, only them winning over and over again.

>come here, user.
Stay away from me!

But it had nice pink salmon sandwich with mayonnaise overflowing out.

>especially the end of both series
literally how

I found it, but only in gif form sadly.

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he just directed some sailor moon, he didn't compose the series like with utena, mawaru and yka. crediting him with anything sailor moon is asinine.

Stop that

do you guys think her pubes are pink too

I mean her eyebrows are pink, so I assume

Even if you could argue that there's some overlap between people who've worked with Ikuhara and also worked with Shaft (like pic related), any similarities between Meguka and Utena are superficial motifs or homages at best, much like the rest of that trainwreck of a mahou shoujo

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Why would you think about this? That was exactly the point of her character until it was ruined, that you didn't need to consider stuff like this. This is one of the few shows where in the course of a couple episodes you go from loving it to feeling sick in the stomach. The only reason I even finished it and didn't drop it outright is because it's an anime classic - if an anime with similar elements were made today (it wouldn't be, certainly not three cours) and in digital, I wouldn't have continued. Not to mention the shitposting would be unbearable.

Are you joking now? Both end with the sacrifice of the protagonist with overly explicit Christian symbology.
And even before, they both draw from fairy tales the same kind of elements (witches, princesses) to narrate about the loss of innocence.
Of course Utena is a masterpiece and Madoka is dogshit, but denying they share many traits is silly.

Utena did not end with the sacrifice of the protagonist

Yes it did, exactly like Penguindrum and Yurikuma. Have you even watched it?

i bet she has a really pink butthole too

>Shinbou even worked on Utena
He did not.

Shit taste, really.

mawaru wins because of ost alone

What did he mean by this?

He did with Mawaru Penguindrum.

Is he still writing that novel with Asumiko drawings?

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It's gonna take a while, but okay.

Thank you, user.

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Ok

sankyu acchan

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I can agree with that.

Ikuhara's style depends on him having a ton of episodes to work with so he can flesh out all the characters individually. That and no corporate meddling.

so no new project in the horizon

Utena had a significant amount of filler though.

How's his work on Sailor Moon? I'm seriously thinking on watching just because of him.

It was good filler most of the time.

Stuff with character development isn't filler.

I really don't think Nanami's egg/that curry episode had character development in it, albeit I still enjoyed them.

It's incredible how an anime with basically the same structure all episodes can be so good.

It's literally becomes a great series when he takes over.

Ok then. I just need to prepare myself to see the shittier episodes until he takes over.

The curry episode shows that Anthy is a manipulative troll and the egg episode shows that Nanami is sheltered, but also a good person deep down.

I thought the egg episode was about teen pregnancy and having a sexual life at young age.

It was, but it shows us a totally different side of Nanami when she starts to behave in a motherly way.

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Thanks user.