The main character is Utena Tenjou, a tomboyish teenage girl who was so impressed by a kind prince in her childhood that she decided to become a prince herself. She attends Ohtori Academy, where she meets a student named Anthy Himemiya, a girl who is in an abusive relationship with another student. Utena fights to protect Anthy and is pulled into a series of sword duels with the members of the Student Council. Anthy is referred to as the "Rose Bride" and is given to the winner of each duel. It is said that the winner of the of tournament will receive a mysterious "power to revolutionize the world", and the current champion is constantly challenged for the right to possess the Rose Bride.
1997-04-02 - 1997-12-24
| Title | Name |
|---|---|
| Season 1, Episode 1 | The Rose Bride |
| Season 1, Episode 2 | For Whom the Rose Smiles |
| Season 1, Episode 3 | On the Night of the Ball |
| Season 1, Episode 4 | The Sunlit Garden - Prelude |
| Season 1, Episode 5 | The Sunlit Garden - Finale |
| Season 1, Episode 6 | Take Care, Miss Nanami! |
| Season 1, Episode 7 | Unfulfilled Juri |
| Season 1, Episode 8 | Curried High Trip |
| Season 1, Episode 9 | The Castle Said to Hold Eternity |
| Season 1, Episode 10 | Nanami's Precious Thing |
| Season 1, Episode 11 | Gracefully Cruel - The One Who Picks That Flower |
| Season 1, Episode 12 | For Friendship, Perhaps |
| Season 1, Episode 13 | Tracing a Path |
| Season 1, Episode 14 | The Boys of the Black Rose |
| Season 1, Episode 15 | The Landscape Framed by Kozue |
| Season 1, Episode 16 | The Cowbell of Happiness |
| Season 1, Episode 17 | The Thorns of Death |
| Season 1, Episode 18 | Mitsuru's Impatience |
| Season 1, Episode 19 | A Song for a Kingdom Now Lost |
| Season 1, Episode 20 | Wakaba Flourishing |
| Season 1, Episode 21 | Vermin |
| Season 1, Episode 22 | Nemuro Memorial Hall |
| Season 1, Episode 23 | The Terms of a Duelist |
| Season 1, Episode 24 | The Secret Nanami Diary |
| Season 1, Episode 25 | Their Eternal Apocalypse |
| Season 1, Episode 26 | Miki's Nest Box (The Sunlit Garden - Arranged) |
| Season 1, Episode 27 | Nanami's Egg |
| Season 1, Episode 28 | Whispers in the Dark |
| Season 1, Episode 29 | Azure Paler Than the Sky |
| Season 1, Episode 30 | The Barefoot Girl |
| Season 1, Episode 31 | Her Tragedy |
| Season 1, Episode 32 | The Romance of the Dancing Girls |
| Season 1, Episode 33 | The Prince Who Runs Through the Night |
| Season 1, Episode 34 | The Rose Crest |
| Season 1, Episode 35 | The Love That Blossomed in Wintertime |
| Season 1, Episode 36 | And Thus Opens the Doorway of Night |
| Season 1, Episode 37 | The One to Revolutionize the World |
| Season 1, Episode 38 | End of the World |
| Season 1, Episode 39 | And Someday, Together, We'll Shine |