A beautifully animated, dense, fun, bold, poppy, artsy continuation and expansion of the Revue Starlight series. The stage girls plan for their futures post-Seisho Music Academy and reengage in symbolic, fanciful, competitive combat performances with one another. The duels felt purposeful and character driven, but to offer a mild critique, I think the movie would have been even more dynamic if in the latter half the action sequences were given more breathing room. I've never tired of the roses in Utena and I never tired of watching the animators play with the Toyko Tower in this. Love a strong motif.
