Nadesico is nothing like Utena, but VERY much worth watching. It does have the occasional thing that irritates me (well just one really; the tendency of EVERY woman to end up with a crush on the main dude at some point), but in general, it's a beautiful mix of silly and serious with some gutpunching comedy-tragedy shifts and a twist that is both ridiculous and an amazing metatextual commentary on the nature anime as a genre.
I have it on DVD, so if you want, I could make some copies for you and mail them to you? Let me know if you're interested.
Sadly I don't have Utena on DVD, but yeah. It's worth watching, particularly since you seem to know way more about anime than me! If you're an anime fan, it is definitely, definitely worth watching.
I'm glad I reblogged that link - I couldn't remember if I did that or just "liked" it. It was super interesting, and it's awesome that it was interesting to you too. Thanks for the link to the book on Japanese culture, too. Hopefully I'll have a chance to look into that at some point. (Though I definitely will not be looking into that Magical Girl series you mention. o.O)
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I have it on DVD, so if you want, I could make some copies for you and mail them to you? Let me know if you're interested.
Sadly I don't have Utena on DVD, but yeah. It's worth watching, particularly since you seem to know way more about anime than me! If you're an anime fan, it is definitely, definitely worth watching.
I'm glad I reblogged that link - I couldn't remember if I did that or just "liked" it. It was super interesting, and it's awesome that it was interesting to you too. Thanks for the link to the book on Japanese culture, too. Hopefully I'll have a chance to look into that at some point. (Though I definitely will not be looking into that Magical Girl series you mention. o.O)