What did I just watch?

>>151520758
Good anime.

>>151520758
Princess Tutu apparently

My favorite anime
Post best girl faggots

>>151520758
Another overrated anime
Or I was too dense to understand it

>>151521051
What could possibly be hard to understand about Tutu?

>>151521118
Why it's so shit

>>151521180
It's hard to understand because it's not true.

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Is it okay to lewd Ahiru?

>>151521216
No that's bestiality

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>>151521008
But she's already on the OP

>>151520758
Guitar ninjas.

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>>151521216
No, too pure.
You can lewd Rue though, she's a slut anyway.

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>>151521216
No.

>>151520758
Obligatory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9197GTl1ASg

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One of the greatest anime ever made.

Well, maybe not, but I love it anyway.

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>>151520758

One of the three best mahou shoujo ever made.

>the duck never got the dick from Fuckya
My only gripe.

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>>151522452
Madoka is number one obviously, Tutu is number two I guess, so which one is number 3?

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>>151523116

She could have, if he wrote it in the story. Its left ambiguous on purpose.

Also, spoilers.

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>>151523352

Wrong. BSSM and CCS.

>>151523352
>Madoka
who?

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>>151523352
No, Tutu is.
1. Tutu, 2. CCS, 3. Madoka.

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So nan desu kaaaaaaaaa~

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>>151524334
>>151523400
>not giving deserved credit to true art

>>151524652

The creator of Utena worked on the bulk of Sailor Moon. And I prefer the characters and style of Sailor Moon myself. Utena fell apart in the black rose arc and the movie was one of the dumbest things I've ever seen. Like an art house student film with an unlimited budget.

My only gripe with this show is the lack of ballet animation, I was pretty disappointed to find out that the scenes in the teaser weren't in the show.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=z4_OOcdWQSo

Also Rue best girl

>>151524743
>Utena fell apart in the black rose arc
Can't say I noticed that but I do wish the series would have been given the movie's money instead.

>>151524652
Utena was fantastic, but it didn't feel like a true Mahou Shoujo to me. Otherwise it'd be #3 in my list, in place of Madoka.

>>151525433

>but it didn't feel like a true Mahou Shoujo to me.
Because its not. Its a weird fusion of a Fujo and a obscure romance drama. Which they somehow classify as 'shoujo'. And even if it was straight shoujo, that's not the same as mahou shoujo. Which most Utena fans can never seem to get.

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>>151520758
You know very well what you saw.

>>151523352
Magic Knight Rayearth.

>>151525433
Because the whole point was for it to be a mahou shoujo while not being one.

>>151523352
1. Tutu
2. CSS
3. Nanoha A's.

>>151525990
CCS, I meant

>>151521216
Yes. But only if it is Fakir x Ahiru vanilla.
Or Ahiru x Rue futa rape.

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>>151521216

They lewd her in the show.

What's not okay is to have her be with anyone besides Fakia. Including you.

>>151524652
If Utena counts then so does Cutey Honey and Ikuhara might be forced out of the top 5 altogether.

nice armpits

>>151526338
It does but I wouldn't kick him out of the top five.

>>151523400
>>151524334
>>151525990
Can you explain the fondness so many have for CCS because I never quite understood it? I get why Tutu is held so highly as it has likeable characters that get meaningfully challenged through a compelling and well paced narrative that doesn't overstay it's welcome. CCS on the other hand is episodic with samey scenarios quite like the majority of other mahou shoujo. Does the childish romance have anything to do with it? Because that worked wonders for E7.

>>151526338
>Cutey Honey
You're kidding? The masters of this craft, old Gainax, couldn't make a worthwhile watch out of that dull titillation.

I never understood, why were some characters animals? Like the ballerina instructor, why was he a cat? Why was one random girl an anteater?

>>151520758
>>151521051
Swan lake

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>>151526889

>I get why Tutu is held so highly as it has likeable characters that get meaningfully challenged through a compelling and well paced narrative that doesn't overstay it's welcome.
You literally described CCS at the same time. It was a show with very good characters that also knew the perfect place to end the story. CCS could have gone on for 10 more seasons with its popularity. But it ended when all the sub plots were concluded and didn't add new ones.

Of course all of this is going to be ruined with the upcoming sequel. But for a good 15 years, CCS was one of the best self contained stories in anime. Not just mahou shoujo.

>>151526953
This was outright said in the last episodes. I recommend re-watching it anon.

>>151527240
I guess I should, it's been a very long time. Another question, did the dub call Ahiru by Ahiru or Duck?

>>151526889

Complaining that CCS is episodic when comparing it to Princess Tutu is pretty dumb anon. Princess Tutu is far more episodic. While CCS has 1/3 its episodes with no card to collect and has a lot of character arcs going on at the same time.

>>151520758

The best modern fairytale story to come out in recent decades.

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Ballet is great. Why isn't it used as a theme in anime more often?

Niggas unironically think this is better than Utena?

hahahahaha u r like a little baby

>>151527532

Its been used before. Princess Tutu was just made specifically with Ballet as the main inspiration and not just a fighting/mahou gimmick.

>>151527545

Your reverse trolling is too transparent. Work harder boy.

>>151526889
It is precisely being episodic what makes it anon, CCS is not great because of the overall big plot and themes, but more for the high quality of each individual episode.

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>>151520758
The only flawless anime.

>>151520758
The greatest love story ever told.

>>151527629

Well aside from episodes being split into 12 minutes and the 480p resolution.

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Not one but two of the best endings in anime. In the same show.

>>151527312
Duck I think, but don't go with the dub. Original has that great but sadly unpopular Ahiru VA, Sakurai and based Nana.

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>>151527629
Almost. The ending was a bit rushed and the start of season 2 felt monster of the week-ish.
Apart from that it was perfect. 9/10
Also, don't forget best sidekicks ever.

>>151527788
Blame early digital anime. Same for that other 2002 masterpiece, Haibane Renmei.

>>151527885

The 480p resolution sure. The splitting of episodes is blamed on the network that aired the second season. Wanting to take a 13 episode show and spread it into 26.

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>>151527312
Duck.

>>151527788
The encode I have has 26 episodes at standard length.

>>151527885
What are you talking about, Haibane got a glorious 1080p release. ;_;

>>151527312

The dub used the original name for everyone, except Ahiru which they called duck. And it was very stupid. But that's what you get for watching dubs.

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>>151528083
>Haibane got a glorious 1080p release.
You mean this filtered to hell and back piece of sh... oh wait, you were being sarcastic.

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>>151528193

>watching a dub
>not the best human impersonating an animal voice in history

The seiyuu for Ahiru stole the show not just because she was the star, but because of her voice acting skill. She really personified the crackle and quacking of a duck in human form.

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>>151528288
The filters are probably the encoder's doing.

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>>151528525
Same source I believe.

>>151528525
>>151528589
Early digital coloring, as dull as it was, kinda worked for Haibane, but Tutu would have really benefited from modern vibrant colors. ;_;

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>>151528808
lolno tutu was one of the few early digital shows that actually looked decent.

>>151528944
Not saying Tutu doesn't have good visuals, but there's still some of that washed-out look that bothers me. Maybe it's just the releases that kinda suck.

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>>151529024
>but there's still some of that washed-out look that bothers me.
I think what you're referring to is something called "art direction". It involves setting the mood via lighting and colors.

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>>151529278
>>151528944

Tutu is one of the few early digital shows that attempted to simulate shading. It didn't get it exactly right. But for such an early (and low budget) show, it was a pretty damn good job. Not unlike Sailor Moon for its time.

>>151524743
>black rose arc
>fell apart
holy fucking shit is this nigga for real

>>151529278
Well, you could say it made the show more fairy tale and dream-like, but as based as Satou is I don't know how much of it was intentional and how much depended on other constrictions.

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>>151528525
>>151528589
It is early digital. Early digital looks like shit almost always when given a BD. Aria for example the BD looks like absolute shit. If you upscale the DVD it looks a little better but still not worth it in the end. Some things will just have to stay at 480.

>>151529366

The entire format of the show changed from a show focused on an ensemble cast to a few central characters. Remember all those people who complained Nanami virtually disappeared? That happened right at the start of the Black Rose arc.

Go ahead and prove it wrong if you can.

>>151520758
10/10

>>151522289
Tried watching it. The AMV is much better.

>>151529547
I don't see why one is inherently worse than the other but Black rose adds new characters while progressing/fleshing out literally every character form the first arc with the exception of Touga.

>>151529863

>but Black rose adds new characters
You mean those two gay guys who mostly just sit in a room and fondle roses? That's another flaw.

>>151529920
>two gay guys
I'm confused which two guys do you mean? Because it sounds an awful lot like you didn't get what was going on.

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>>151529920
If you meant these two "guys" it's safe to say that at the very least the black rose arc went over your head if not the show entirely.

>>151523352
Penguindrum

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>>151527532
Because most of the time, nobody known how to use ballet properly in their stories.

>>151527846
Only time I've ever cried at seeing a duck performing a ballet.

>>151529920
>two gay guys
mikado was utenas parallel and was an elaborate set up to force utena to realize that despite the fact that she claims she's protecting himemiya she is still using a shitty system for her own gain to inflate her self ego and reach goals for her own benefit, and that if she continues on this path she'll end up just like mikage. dead and having lost everything.
mamiya wasn't even the real mamiya, it was anthy, so clearly you weren't fucking paying attention.

>>151529547
>Nanami virtually disappeared
except for the fact that she didnt, she was constantly involved with the student council meetings, keiko was motivated by nanami's actions to be part of black rose, nanami has one of the best fights and coming of age moments in part three where she realizes how shitty the student council, ohtori, and her brother are and she moves the fuck on
are you on glue nigga

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>>151531072
>>151531213
What's with the lower case posting and weird spacing? I thought Utenafags were better than this.

>>151530478
That's even less a Mahou Shoujo than Utena.

>>151520758
Some damn fine anime you caveman.

>>151532928
savage!

Is Kill la Kill mahou shoujo?
If Cutie Honey is it must be.

>>151521008
Duck is best girl.

Would someone please explain utena for me!

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>>151533359

>>151533493
>So there is a prince who looses his powers (he is also a methapor for satan)
>his sister who happens to be a witch, resurrected him as a man named akio (who is a living Metaphor for the sex, power and corruption of the adult life, while being a huge manchild).
>Akio becomes corrupt and uses Anthys magic to create a school and a timeloop, while raping Anthy every week to keep her under control (thus anthy becomes his enabler, while akio relies on her for his looping world to exist. That is why he rapes her, so he would never loose his enabler)
>so there are a lot of timeloops, where every character is the main character at least once, they have to win all the duels, in order to get some bogus revoution power, while in actuality, the winner just unlocks the prince powers, which Akio will just steal.
>so if akio got the prince powers back, then he will be manchild devil with superpowers.
>The show is the loop where Utena is the main character, but instead of freeing the prince, she actually freed anthys heart from akio.
>Thus breaking the loop, and leaving the manchild devil forever trapped in his world, useless without an enabler.

>>151534169

Here's an easier description:

>muh symbolism

>>151534299
Or that.

>>151534169
It's magical realism, you don't need to use magic or time loop nonsense to explain why the setting is bizarre.

>>151533493

Climbing the stairs,
a girl is there.
We fight for the right,
to bed the purple head.

Our cycle complete,
it begins anew.
Lesbians and Semi trucks,
symbolizing everything and nothing.

A red rose for the pair,
a black rose for despair.
Playing the piano in the sunset,
tossing salad in a tunnel.

Revolution.

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>Princess Tutu thread
>devolves into arguing over Utena

Every fucking time. This is why Utena fans are seen as obnoxious.

>>151528525
>>151528808
>>151529501
Mastered at SD, can't have a decent HD encode. BD's filters are awful, stick to the DVD.

Since >>151522289 might as well post a couple others:
https://youtu.be/XjooRuCbNmY
https://youtu.be/3ziaglD2Cms

And some bonus mahou shoujo shit:
Sailor Moon
https://youtu.be/nmqqwrxzUN0
https://youtu.be/XEzPbmuRFN0
https://youtu.be/ztGgDsPbAQk
Meguka Meduka
https://youtu.be/EJ-dnuFItAE
https://youtu.be/fJ8JRfsurt4

>>151520758
Best major shoujo and one of the best animated stories out there.

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>>151534590

It's shit: http://thecartdriver.com/a-typical-episode-of-princess-tutu/

>>151537177
The show is extremely aware of all the tropes and ridiculous nonsense in it which is part of its charm.