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Originally Posted by ryllharu
There seems to be a divide in discussions over this point. Some immediately dismissing the entire series because of it, others saying it is a ripoff, but on the opposite side, it was very obviously intentional to make that homage, along with all the other references.
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I would find it very hard to believe the homages to be accidental; they are way too numerous and blatant (there's even a mascot-like character called Chuchu! And her silhouette is a dead ringer for the monkey!). There's no way nobody on the production team ever saw Utena, so I can only assume it was on purpose. OFC the question now is why would they do that.
My crack theory for now is that, given how conservative Bandai is with the Gundam brand, the boardroom was very uneasy with the concept of a female main character so someone on the production said "well there's this anime from the 90s that had a female protagonist and fighting and was popular with both genders..." and the execs just went "okay, so do it like that".
