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The Evangelion of Shojo: Revolutionary Girl Utena

Posted on June 6, 2015May 23, 2016 by Chris Kincaid

Revolutionary Girl Utena is a game changer on the order of Evangelion.  Like Sailor Moon, Utena is a magical girl story. The story is stuffed with symbolism and considered a post-modern fairy-tale (Haeker, n.d). This symbolism is what makes many people consider Utena the Evangelion of shojo (Rose, 2013). I will touch on some of these…

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