Forum - View topicNEWS: Utena/Penguindrum's Ikuhara Reveals 'Yuri Kuma Arashi' Anime
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penguintruth
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Lesbian Bear Storm, huh?
That's a storm I wouldn't mind getting caught in. Unless it involves actual bears. |
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The Mad Manga Massacre
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animenewsnetwork.com/anime-news-nina/2012-12-05 For some reason this came to mind...
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PurpleWarrior13
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That's why I love Utena so much. There is so much to discover, and there are so many hidden meanings, it really holds up well. It's very easy to forget you're watching a show from the late 90s. The characters are so fascinating, and they all represent something different, it's really a unique way of storytelling. It's an anime I think everyone should see. It's a shame that some think it's just a lesbian/yuri show. I still need to see Penguindrum. If it's even nearly as good as Utena, I'm in. |
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Chagen46
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Well then clearly I won't like his work if it's stuffed to the gills with yuri. There's enough yuri in anime as it is. Might watch this out of how bizarre the title is. |
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roseversailles
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Ikuhara can do no wrong.
BRING ON THE LESBIAN BEARS!!! 
In all seriousness, could it be a continuation of Penguindrum? With an alternate timeline with Yuri, Momoka, and the ominous bears of the old show? ighaoignoigno;aihgsgmfs I DON'T CARE IT'S IKUHARA I LOVE IT ALREADY <333333 |
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roseversailles
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But there's so much more to his animes than yuri; it's often in the background, and isn't always explicitly stated/shown (or milked as otaku fanbait). His series really grapple with the nature of adolescence, family, growing up, facing a challenge to your world view/perspective, the concept of death/afterlife, conspiracy, the contrasts between healthy and abusive love, incest, psychological struggles, fairytales and mythology, AND SO MUCH MORE. I'd recommend Utena to someone who's never seen his stuff (the show, not the film), especially to someone who digs symbolism, psychology, and coming of age stories. It's a really solid series. Imo, Utena doesn't really flash its brilliance till The Black Rose Arc, so if you don't warm to it at first, don't worry, I didn't either 
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KENZICHI
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Laughing my ass off here! But to back up from that could this be the PenguinBear? Has to be. This cannot be a coincidence! Excited! |
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Stark700
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So many new anime, so little time. Well this one? Definitely looking forward to it.
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vanfanel
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Lesbian schmesbian! This is clearly my long-awaited Dirty Pair spinoff! And if it does well, maybe Kei will get a standalone series too!
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fuuma_monou
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Really, now. Name five yuri series off the top of your head. |
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darkchibi07
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Something tells me everything will not be what it seems despite having "yuri" in the title. I'm still intrigued though.
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GeOMeek417
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Lesbian bear storm.
Ikuhara i just - love you I dont know what the project is gonna be but i hope its a continuation of penguindrum, because i loved the utena movie (im strange yes) Albeit a movie contiuation may be unlikely due to ikuhara nae wanting his shows to be compared to one another 
Th mind boggles |
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Chrno2
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I'm dying here. Wow, another work and it didn't take aeons this time. I guess after Penquin Drum his juices are flowing. I'm curious to see how this one turns out. |
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HitokiriShadow
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Oh yes, we're just OVERFLOWING with yuri anime. I can think of precisely two lesbian couples in the past two years. Neither of them were in anime that could really be considered "yuri anime" overall, they were somewhat prominent side-characters in otherwise not-yuri anime (which is great, we need more of that too). Outside of that, you have Yuru Yuri, which is just a bunch of one-sided crushes and only one or two of them have clearly romantic interests in another girl (or fantasize about girl/girl relationships). Yeah, we have SO MUCH yuri, we sure don't need any more. |
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soulelle
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What I love about Ikuhara - you can start making predictions, seeking for allusions, etc even before the project is released xD I posted the text below already on MAL, but why not share my thoughts here either.
I bet the story of the new show will be based on the following incident: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sankebetsu_brown_bear_incident As you can see, it's already been dramatized in 70-80's under the name "Kuma Arashi" or "The Bear Storm", but, of course, Ikuhara will most likely use it in a fashion similar to what he did with the Sarin gas attack incident. And since at penguinbear.com the storm is mentioned with an adjective "clear/transparent/invisible" (透明), it will most likely contain a similar idea/concept/allusion as the child broiler from penguindrum, which processed the "trashed" kids into pieces of broken glass. And it looks like we expect a girl capable of transforming into a bear to crush the world with yuri love. Or, perhaps, it's going to be a return of Momoka LOL xDDD Ah, whatever that is, Ikuhara-sensei, I truly Love You! Thanks for sharing another fruit of art with us! Can't really wait to watch it! |
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