Best part about the scene is that it puts Anthy in the driver's seat, giving her power - AKA she was the one who escaped, on her own. Utena was the vehicle that allowed the escape. It pretty much says what the TV series does that Anthy is not a helpless princess that needs saving. She's a strong independent women who can escape on her own - all she needed was a vehicle.
I like how everyone has their theories about this scene, even though the director simply admitted to wanting to have a pretty girl turn into a car. Which is fine.
Rule 1 of Ikuhara interviews: He's a bloody liar! Seriously he once told a fan who asked who the shadow girls where that they were aliens who spoke to him through radio waves and another guy that Miki's watch contains the secrets of the universe. The guy knows he confuses us and seems to take every opportunity to confuse us more!
Vervain Vanity There is an explanation, actually which is pretty plain when you get down to it: Utena is the vehicle that allows Anthy to escape Ohtori. It's just very...literal depiction of the fact.
I mean, cars have always been kind of a metaphor for sexual maturity throughout the show. You can tell from all the scenes where Toga and Akio lay strewn... shirtless... sexy... on the hood of a convertible. Which is not gay nor sexual at all. Nope.
Utena's age-of-coming makes herself lose the dream of "becoming a prince" thus, having more "real life" dreams, the car is a metaphor of Utena's will of driving Anthy away from the previous station of life. I'm no native of english, but here is my theory.
Aside from the fantastic transformation, the BEST part of this movie is @0:04 Here, Anthy hangs like the empty doll she is, waiting for the attention of her princess to animate her. Kunihiko Ikuhara is a freakin' genius.
I saw a lecture by Crispin Freeman once that described the third act of this movie as a metaphor for the steps toward spiritual transcendentalism. Blew my goddamn mind.
Utena is the car for Anthy's escape from the school. Thus is the reason why Utena turns into a car. The Adolescence of Utena has allot of symbolism that can be interpreted in many ways. One of my favourite parts is the video of Nanami the Cow. Unless if you have seen the series that moment will be total loss for words for you.
PeachWookiee That must be some good weed he/she's been smoking, whatever it is, it's probably even better than what Tetsuya Nomura's been smoking, and he created Kingdom Hearts for fuck sake, I thought nothing could get more weird yet serious at the same time than that game franchise, but this is somehow even more mind boggling!
I'm always amazed at the whole machinery. It's mostly useless, with lot of unrelated things rotating, turning and moving around without purpose. Completely useless but awesome, therefore it's essential.
Utena was just about leaving her childhood ways and becoming an adult. This movie and show has alot of symbolism. The car scene was just her become an adult. :)
Yes I love the machinery animation! This is the only scene without much color, everything whirring with a sense of urgent inevitable purpose but no actual functional machine is depicted. I love how they animate the atmosphere
I think that Anthy struggling to pull Utena out of the transformation machine was similar to when Utena tried to pull Anthy out of her coffin in the original series. Perhaps this is where Anthy went when she left her world to find Utena, and maybe driving Utena is her guiding her to safety.
This anime isnt weird. This anime is perfectly normal. absolutely, perfectly normal. just a regular anime. with no weird things happening. thats what this anime is.
It's a metaphor for Utena being the Vehicle of Anthy's escape, it shows how you can't drag a person out of their abusive relationships only help them leave on their own terms,
End of the World lured every duelist he came across by taking them for a ride. Here we see someone whose been in said car bent on choosing to create a new path for someone whose only known the path that end of the world has shown.
They said that I could become anything when I grew up... So, I became a car... As amazing as this series is, I still don't get why she turned into a car.
Susan Hutton The way I see it is this: Revolutionary Girl Utena was about growing up, leaving childhood behind, and entering the adult world. It is about loss of innocence, finding oneself as a person, who you truly are, and not who you want to be. Adolescence of Utena is about finding and embracing your sexual orientation and your sexuality. Utena turning into a car seems to symbolize her acceptance of both these things, and also as a metaphor for "driving/entering" the world of adult relationships, and being mature/in control enough to do so. Anthy "driving" Utena seems to represent being Utena's soulmate/chosen one, and also going along with Utena into the world of adult relationships as her love. God, I love this series.
Anthy.... why is there a car wash in your rose garden? What, I don’t think even you know why let alone why Utena is a car now. It’s kinda nice to see Anthy be the one to be confused and speechless.
What I love about the scene is that it is a dead-on parody of _Neon Genesis Evangelion_ & _End of Evangelion_. The red pipes of the opening scene evoke everyone tanging, the scene is a pitch-perfect imitation of an Evangelion launch scene complete with unnecessary bolts screwing & unscrewing and platforms ascending/descending - you even have a nameplate 'UTENA' in the NGE stretched-font style! All played absolutely dead-serious, and at the end you see... Utena emerging from a carwash as a racing car! 😆
@brinpol Man Utena is so deep...I once heard some ppl interpret Utena/Anthy as the same person during the TV show....that's a pretty clever interpretation...
I watched this years ago (One of my first real exposures to anime--besides something 4kids) and I was so confused, but this part has always been my favorite (especially the music)
this movie is weird as fuck...but give them points for A) one of the most romantic dance scenesever, and B) THE MOST EPIC OUT OF PLACE CAR TRANSFORMATION EVUR!
@Nenna333 Cars in Utena symbolize freedom. By becoming a car, she allows Anthy and herself to find a way to freedom and away from the oppressiveness of her older brother. Its a symbolism thing - you have to look at what the car represents in the movie. Not what it is. The whole movie is like that.
You have to imagine what the overseas animation company thinks when they have to work this out. Or maybe it's like actors who don't bother to watch the movie they're in while acting.
I like how at first she's screaming to Utena because she's genuinely worried, but when Utena comes out as a car she's like "Wait....what the fuck?"
+wearelegion103 The clip cuts before Anthy can say, "Utena...nan no?" which basically means, "Utena... What the?"
@@Krendall2 Na no means "is it"
*Walks up to lesbian couple* So which one of you is the car?
The official symbolism is that the car clearly represents Ikuhara's unquenchable desire to turn Utena into a car :D
Best part about the scene is that it puts Anthy in the driver's seat, giving her power - AKA she was the one who escaped, on her own. Utena was the vehicle that allowed the escape. It pretty much says what the TV series does that Anthy is not a helpless princess that needs saving. She's a strong independent women who can escape on her own - all she needed was a vehicle.
I like how everyone has their theories about this scene, even though the director simply admitted to wanting to have a pretty girl turn into a car. Which is fine.
Sometimes you just want to turn a character into a car. There's no shame in it.
Vervain Vanity So sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
Rule 1 of Ikuhara interviews: He's a bloody liar! Seriously he once told a fan who asked who the shadow girls where that they were aliens who spoke to him through radio waves and another guy that Miki's watch contains the secrets of the universe. The guy knows he confuses us and seems to take every opportunity to confuse us more!
Vervain Vanity There is an explanation, actually which is pretty plain when you get down to it: Utena is the vehicle that allows Anthy to escape Ohtori. It's just very...literal depiction of the fact.
I mean, cars have always been kind of a metaphor for sexual maturity throughout the show. You can tell from all the scenes where Toga and Akio lay strewn... shirtless... sexy... on the hood of a convertible.
Which is not gay nor sexual at all. Nope.
This is my favourite Fast and Furious film.
The Fast and the Furious: Lesbian Drift
Nope. Sorry movie. I watched the series. There is nothing you can do that will faze me. Utena is a car now. Fine. We'll just roll with that.
*****
Why would he not intend that pun lmao
He'd have to be driving automatic on this, though.
There's no stick to shift with.
Head shats please stop you sound like a fool
Is this what puberty is like in Japan? No wonder they have the best cars.
Utena's age-of-coming makes herself lose the dream of "becoming a prince" thus, having more "real life" dreams, the car is a metaphor of Utena's will of driving Anthy away from the previous station of life.
I'm no native of english, but here is my theory.
Utena literally becomes the vehicle of Anthy's great escape from her oppression.
Utena, Transform and Roll Out!
I wish I could like this a thousand times.
Gotta admit, I never thought the power of lesbianism would be the key to defeating Megatron, but that was a fantastic plot twist.
Did I just see a car wash eat somebody, just to spit out a car? I knew my fear of car washes was justified!!
Nah, it turned her into a car.
So you know, totally unjustified. You know you want to be the car.
Aside from the fantastic transformation, the BEST part of this movie is @0:04 Here, Anthy hangs like the empty doll she is, waiting for the attention of her princess to animate her.
Kunihiko Ikuhara is a freakin' genius.
If you were paying attention this was totally foreshadowed.
They told me puberty was weird, but this is ridiculous!
They see me rolllin'
They hatin'
Stop.
I saw a lecture by Crispin Freeman once that described the third act of this movie as a metaphor for the steps toward spiritual transcendentalism. Blew my goddamn mind.
the new transformers movie looks great
+Nanarox Nation LMAAAAAOOOOOOOOOO
Utena is the car for Anthy's escape from the school. Thus is the reason why Utena turns into a car.
The Adolescence of Utena has allot of symbolism that can be interpreted in many ways. One of my favourite parts is the video of Nanami the Cow. Unless if you have seen the series that moment will be total loss for words for you.
Revolutionary Turbo Teen Girl Utena
Whatever the director is on, I want some.
PeachWookiee That must be some good weed he/she's been smoking, whatever it is, it's probably even better than what Tetsuya Nomura's been smoking, and he created Kingdom Hearts for fuck sake, I thought nothing could get more weird yet serious at the same time than that game franchise, but this is somehow even more mind boggling!
@@IncarnationOfNeutrality I saw this without having seen the series first. Slightly post-college me was rather confused.
The director spent 10 years grinding kids cartoons at Toei.
I'm always amazed at the whole machinery. It's mostly useless, with lot of unrelated things rotating, turning and moving around without purpose. Completely useless but awesome, therefore it's essential.
Utena was just about leaving her childhood ways and becoming an adult. This movie and show has alot of symbolism. The car scene was just her become an adult. :)
Yes I love the machinery animation! This is the only scene without much color, everything whirring with a sense of urgent inevitable purpose but no actual functional machine is depicted. I love how they animate the atmosphere
Headcanon is that this will wear off in a few days, and Utena will come out of it naked and utterly confused.
Isn't that what happens though? (minus the few days and confusion?)
+Toa of Gallifrey Yes that does happen. They go to the real world
I think that Anthy struggling to pull Utena out of the transformation machine was similar to when Utena tried to pull Anthy out of her coffin in the original series. Perhaps this is where Anthy went when she left her world to find Utena, and maybe driving Utena is her guiding her to safety.
This anime isnt weird. This anime is perfectly normal. absolutely, perfectly normal. just a regular anime. with no weird things happening. thats what this anime is.
Even with context this can't be explained.
Beautiful style and animation though
It's a metaphor for Utena being the Vehicle of Anthy's escape, it shows how you can't drag a person out of their abusive relationships only help them leave on their own terms,
End of the World lured every duelist he came across by taking them for a ride. Here we see someone whose been in said car bent on choosing to create a new path for someone whose only known the path that end of the world has shown.
The fact that the battle theme plays during this segment just makes it even more damn insane.
the director just went from part-time marijuana in tv series to full-time meth in the movie.
But....nothing about this is like a meth induced fantasy. This is in line with dropping acid and eating shrooms.
At least she's a cool car
¨Autobots wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of the decepticons !¨
Just when I thought Utena couldn't get any weird. Nopenopenopenope. *gets in the nope car
They said that I could become anything when I grew up... So, I became a car...
As amazing as this series is, I still don't get why she turned into a car.
Susan Hutton The way I see it is this:
Revolutionary Girl Utena was about growing up, leaving childhood behind, and entering the adult world. It is about loss of innocence, finding oneself as a person, who you truly are, and not who you want to be.
Adolescence of Utena is about finding and embracing your sexual orientation and your sexuality. Utena turning into a car seems to symbolize her acceptance of both these things, and also as a metaphor for "driving/entering" the world of adult relationships, and being mature/in control enough to do so. Anthy "driving" Utena seems to represent being Utena's soulmate/chosen one, and also going along with Utena into the world of adult relationships as her love.
God, I love this series.
It's because Utena is, quite literally, the vehicle for Anthy's salvation--her escape from the cage of Ohtori Academy.
According to the Director, it was meant to symbolize Sleeping Beauty. Utena being Sleeping Beauty, and Anthy being her prince.
SYMBOLISM!
sabetasama how
Damn, that description.
"i will turn a [person] into a convertible" - dababy
I just watched the movie and spent the last 20 minutes with my mouth hanging open from absolute confusion.
Anthy.... why is there a car wash in your rose garden? What, I don’t think even you know why let alone why Utena is a car now. It’s kinda nice to see Anthy be the one to be confused and speechless.
Anthy's expression at the end is the exact same as mine.
“Get in loser, we’re going shopping.”
Now this is what i call Car-achter development
The animation and the mokushiroku rendition are an insane combo.
“So how was your day?”
“I turned into a car. And you?”
The classic transformer sure are weird
This scene is basically what happens if you drink a bottle of Delsym cough syrup.
I hate it when that happens.
This franchise is a drug trip.
What I love about the scene is that it is a dead-on parody of _Neon Genesis Evangelion_ & _End of Evangelion_. The red pipes of the opening scene evoke everyone tanging, the scene is a pitch-perfect imitation of an Evangelion launch scene complete with unnecessary bolts screwing & unscrewing and platforms ascending/descending - you even have a nameplate 'UTENA' in the NGE stretched-font style! All played absolutely dead-serious, and at the end you see... Utena emerging from a carwash as a racing car! 😆
I guess this symbolizes every young girls dream to become a car.
I will never get tired of this movie.
メカの描写がハンパないですね。
Lol, that's the point. It's an allegory for just that. The car and the driver becoming one. THEIR FIRST TIME. XD
Nobody can convince me otherwise that scripts somehow got mixed up during the storyboarding
@brinpol Man Utena is so deep...I once heard some ppl interpret Utena/Anthy as the same person during the TV show....that's a pretty clever interpretation...
I watched this years ago (One of my first real exposures to anime--besides something 4kids) and I was so confused, but this part has always been my favorite (especially the music)
what everyone who owns a 3D printer wants you to think they do with it
...THIS IS AN EVEN BETTER EXPLANATION THAN I WOULD HAVE IMAGINED ANY RGU FAN SAYING....
And S-shiori...didn't have Juri...so she... ;_;
Baby you can drive my car!
!!!VROOM!!!VROOM!!!VROOM!!!
You gonna be a star!
Okay... my girlfriend became a car. How in the hell am I gonna explain this to my folks?
wtf a CAR!!!really a freaking car 0-0
Utena the turbo child
this movie is weird as fuck...but give them points for A) one of the most romantic dance scenesever, and B) THE MOST EPIC OUT OF PLACE CAR TRANSFORMATION EVUR!
@Nenna333 Cars in Utena symbolize freedom. By becoming a car, she allows Anthy and herself to find a way to freedom and away from the oppressiveness of her older brother. Its a symbolism thing - you have to look at what the car represents in the movie. Not what it is. The whole movie is like that.
And I tought what happened to Sokka girlfriend was weird...
Beautifully explained.
You have to imagine what the overseas animation company thinks when they have to work this out. Or maybe it's like actors who don't bother to watch the movie they're in while acting.
You have to admit, utena makes for one sweet ass ride. Her car transformation is killer too(bad joke but had to do it XD)
Especially the car part. "WHY IS THIS PINK HAIRED BITCH A CAR?!" *wipes tear from eye*
WHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST WATCH?
IF THERE WAS A AWARD FOR THE WEIRDEST MOMENTS IN ANIME THIS WOULD WIN. HOLY SHIT
tfw you turn into a car #relatable
I AM SO FUKING CONFUSED!Not sure if ok with this.
I want to see Anthy drive Utena in Initial D.
"I wanted to see a beautiful girl turn into a car."
Ikuhara is a fucking genius.
At the car wash! Transforming into a car while ominous music pays at the carwash!
This scene wasnt in the anime, is it from the movie?
Yes :)
Turbo Teen: The Movie
She turned... into a car... what the fuck why is Revolutionary Girl Utena so weird...
I still can't find an meaning for the ending of the AoU. But what I can sum up is "I don't always duel but when I do I grow up I turn into a car."
OMG that was strang. And Anthy and Utena did not become the same person.
Elio should make an Utena Car for real.
When I watched this movie at age 16 - WHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST SEE?
A decade later - WHAT THE BLUEBERRY FUCK DID I WATCH?
why a car
Because Utena
What... the fuck did I just watch.
WHAT EVEN IS THIS MOVIE? !
They just don't make anime like they used to...
the car was also used as a symbol of "freedom"
WTF! I liked it better when she just turned into a prince not a...a car!
uh..did she turn into a car?
Wait...What? She got turned into a car? Wow. That's original. And Creepy.
totally the best part
rw:1 word for all this :weird
i love anthy with her hair down
Wait, instantly recogniseable plot? What am I missing?
So when are we getting an Utena transformer with car kibble?
does she turn back? D8
what episode is this transformation?
Pisleag George It's from the movie, actually
And the joke just went right over your head XDD.
What's the name of the song that plays at 0:02
The Incredible Turbo Teen!
breast grabbing sword unsheathing? what doesn't look like a fight gonna happen
You gotta turn into a car Morty!