The Revolutionary Girl Utena franchise spans a number of different media, but the most prominent are the manga series published in 1996 and 1997, the anime series that aired during 1997, and the animated movie that was released in 1999. Each of these depicts the same basic set of characters but takes place in a slightly different continuity.
In 2017, the series celebrated its 20th anniversary with the release of a set of 3 manga chapters taking place after the events of the series. However, the backstories referenced in these chapters establish it as taking place in yet another continuity, one which combines elements of all three of the aforementioned continuities.
I'm specifically interested in the characters in their anime incarnations, and I feel that the new material in the manga is sufficiently set apart from the anime as to count as a different canon.
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The Revolutionary Girl Utena franchise spans a number of different media, but the most prominent are the manga series published in 1996 and 1997, the anime series that aired during 1997, and the animated movie that was released in 1999. Each of these depicts the same basic set of characters but takes place in a slightly different continuity.
In 2017, the series celebrated its 20th anniversary with the release of a set of 3 manga chapters taking place after the events of the series. However, the backstories referenced in these chapters establish it as taking place in yet another continuity, one which combines elements of all three of the aforementioned continuities.
I'm specifically interested in the characters in their anime incarnations, and I feel that the new material in the manga is sufficiently set apart from the anime as to count as a different canon.