Revolutionary Girl Utena, a Japanese anime television series created by Be-Papas, features an extensive cast of characters. The series' protagonist is Utena Tenjou, a tomboy middle school student who is drawn into a series of sword duels to win the hand of Anthy Himemiya, a mysterious student known as the "Rose Bride". The characters were created by series director Kunihiko Ikuhara, and were designed by Chiho Saito. Saito's designs were then adapted for use in the television anime series by Shinya Hasegawa.[1] The character names follow a motif of being related to plants when written in kanji; "Utena" (萼), for example, means "calyx".[2]
- ^ Animage Editorial Department 1997b, pp. 14–15.
- ^ Animage Editorial Department 1997b, p. 19.