An Utena fanvid rec post

[salinea]

I kind of wanted to make one for a while ^_^

Revolution by Amazon Mandy
My favourite Utena vid, it uses both movie and series footage for a dizzying, electrifying evocation of the theme of revolution in a somewhat meta way as well as fitting to the series, and is also a great dance / fight vid. It's only a little bit spoilery and it's gorgeous.

Tra~la~la by Gret
My favourite amongst the funny Utena AMVs, it's a hilarious take on some of the most sexual themes, motifs and symbols of Utena, and Akio/Touga's relationship and their sexy bodies in particular. Not very spoilery.

Embers by alicemeichi
Fun story about the Utena amv fandom, there is no less than 3 fanvids set to Evanescence songs which are actually extremely good and very fitting to the vid. It's sort of ironic I guess?
Anyway this is one is (IMHO) the best one of the three (also the easier one to link to ;_;), and is a summary of the complicated relationship between Juri and Shiori. It's simply visually stunning and really captures the violence of their feelings. Somewhat spoilery.

Sex, Lies & Roses by VegettoEX & MeriC
An awesome portray of Akio through his relationship with Utena. Very cleverly made. Very spoilery.

To Hell and Back by Amazon Mandy
This vid is basically an epic, orchestral summary of the whole Utena series, mostly concentrating on Utena and Anthy (and Utena/Anthy) of course. VERY spoilery

Novae Final by WUNETTI Production
WUNETTI Production has made a lot of great Utena vids , and this one in particular is the fourth of a series which I'd recommend entirely really (though perhaps not in sequence because that's a lot of VAST in one time). What this one vid does is simply sumerising the series finale set to another epic orchestral tune, and it does so magnificantly. VERY spoilery, it goes without saying.

(for the people here who still don't know about Utena : here's my introduction post to the series)

Comments

[curtana.livejournal.com]

I watched all of these :) The Tralala one, OMG, I forced my friend elanya to watch as well, because it was so hilarious! Thank you for linking to them!

[wingblossom.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I don't think I've seen the first vid on that list. I like all the others you've mentioned, though, especially Sex, Lies, & Roses. The Tra La La vid has also had the dubious honor of slightly traumatizing one of my friends (who has seen all of the series). XD

I do have a lot of other Utena vids I love -- reading this makes me want to make my own rec post!

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you liked them!! :) there are a few other hilarious vids if you want ;)

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

hahaha, i can see how it would be traumatising.

there are a lot of good utena vids, it was hard for me to limit myself to only half a dozen ^^

[twhitesakura.livejournal.com]

My personal favorite Utena AMV is this Juri one. It was originally set to Madonna's "Take a Bow" but then YouTube muted it. Shame, because it was perfectly timed. =(