Revolutionary Girl Utena: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Utena Tenjou's parents died when she was a little girl. At that time, a prince appeared to her and gave her a signet ring with a rose crest. He told Utena to keep the ring and promised that they would meet again someday. Utena was so impressed by him that she decided to become a prince herself! Utena is all grown up now. She studies at the Ohtori Academy and wears her own version of the boys' uniform. She still looks forward to finding her prince, but in the meantime, it's up to Utena to save damsels in distress and cross swords with Ohtori Academy's top duelists. When Utena unwittingly wins the "Rose Bride" in one such duel, she finds herself in the middle of something else... something that just may lead her to her prince.

Series details

• Title: Revolutionary Girl Utena
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Fantasy
• Premiere date: 1997-04-02
• Final broadcast date listed: 1997-12-24
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Tokyo
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 21695
• IMDb ID: tt0205410
• TVDB ID: 79449

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1997-04-02; final listed air date 1997-06-25.
• Season 2: premiered 1997-07-02; final listed air date 1997-09-10.
• Season 3: premiered 1997-09-17; final listed air date 1997-11-12.
• Season 4: premiered 1997-11-19; final listed air date 1997-12-24.

Source and licence

Adapted from Revolutionary Girl Utena on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.