I wrote up the first draft of this guide for my cousin, when I first gave her the entire series to watch. I've revised it a couple times since then. It's designed to give episode titles and important comments about episodes for the beginning Utena watcher. There's so much there, and so many people miss key points the first time through if they don't have someone there going, "Did you see it?"
I originally drew the episode titles from the Utena Encyclopedia.
I hope you find this useful.
| EP# | Japanese Name | English Name | Comments |
| #1 | "Bara no Hanayome" | The Rose Bride | |
| #2 | "Tagatame ni Bara wa Hohoemu" | For Whom the Rose Smiles | |
| #3 | "Butoukai no Yoru ni" | On the Night of the Ball | |
| #4 | "Hikari Sasu Niwa - Prelude" | The Sunny Garden - Prelude | First half of a two-parter. A bit of silly Nanami stuff. |
| #5 | "Hikari Sasu Niwa - Finale" | The Sunny Garden - Finale | Second half of the two-parter. |
| #6 | "Nanami-sama Goyoujin!" | Nanami-sama, Beware! | The first of the silly Nanami eps. |
| #7 | "Mihatenu Juri" | Unfulfilled Juri | |
| #8 | "Curry-naru High Trip" | The Great Curry High Trip | Another silly Nanami ep. |
| #9 | "Eien ga Aru toiu Shiro" | The Castle Said to Hold Eternity | |
| #10 | "Nanami no Taisetsu na Mono" | Nanami's Precious Thing | NOT a silly Nanami episode. Disturbing as all heck. |
| #11 | "Yuuga ni Reikoku, Sono Hana wo Tsumu Mono" | Graceful and Ruthless; the One Who Picks the Flower | First half of a two-parter. |
| #12 | "Tabun Yuujou no Tame ni" | For Friendship, Perhaps | Second half of the two-parter. |
| #13 | "Egakareru Kiseki" | Plotting a Locus | A review episode; if you're pressed for time, you can skip this, but it's worth seeing for the character it introduces. |
| EP# | Japanese Name | English Name | Comments |
| #14 | "Kurobara no Shounen-tachi" | The Boys of the Black Rose | |
| #15 | "Sono Kozue ga Sasu Fuukei" | Landscape Framed by Kozue | |
| #16 | "Shiawase no Cowbell" | Cowbell of Happiness | Yet another silly Nanami ep. |
| #17 | "Shi no Toge" | Thorns of Death | |
| #18 | "Mitsuru Modokashisa" | Mitsuru's Growing Pains | |
| #19 | "Ima wa Naki Oukoku no Uta" | Song of the Fallen Kingdom | First half of a two-parter. |
| #20 | "Wakaba Shigereru" | Wakaba Hath Flourished Verdantly | Second half of the two-parter. |
| #21 | "Warui Mushi" | Troublesome Insects | |
| #22 | "Nemuro Kinenkan" | Nemuro Memorial Hall | |
| #23 | "Duelist no Jouken" | Qualifications of a Duelist | |
| #24 | "Nanami-sama Himitsu Nikki" | Nanami-sama Secret Diary | A review of the silly Nanami eps. Skippable, if you must. |
| EP# | Japanese Name | English Name | Comments |
| #25 | "Futari no Eien Mokushiroku" | Our Eternal Apocalypse | |
| #26 | "Miki no Subako (Hikari Sasu Niwa/Arrange)" | Miki's Nest Box (Sunny Garden -Arranged) | If you don't see a fleeting something in this episode that makes you scream, "WHAT?" you missed something. |
| #27 | "Nanami no Tamago" | Nanami's Egg | This may look like another silly Nanami episode, but it's very much worth watching, if only for the quick view of Saionji. |
| #28 | "Yami ni Sasayaku" | Whispering in the Dark | First half of a two-parter. |
| #29 | "Sora yori Awaki Ruriiro no" | Azure Blue Paler Than the Sky | Second half of the two-parter. |
| #30 | "Hadashi no Shoujo" | The Barefoot Girl | |
| #31 | "Kanojo no Higeki" | Her Tragedy | Another non-funny Nanami episode. Disturbing as all heck. |
| #32 | "Odoru Kanojotachi no Koi" | Romance of the Dancing Girls | Yet another non-funny Nanami episode. Disturbing as all heck. In fact, everything from now on is disturbing as all heck. |
| #33 | "Yoru wo Hashiru Ouji" | The Prince Who Runs in the Night | This is the one review episode you MUST NOT SKIP. If you don't see something that makes you scream and rewind, you missed it. Rewind. |
| EP# | Japanese Name | English Name | Comments |
| #34 | "Bara no Kokuin" | Seal of the Rose | |
| #35 | "Fuyu no Koro Mebaeta Ai" | The Love That Blossomed in Winter | |
| #36 | "Soshite Yoru no Tobira ga Hiraku" | And the Gates of Night Open | Once you pass this episode, you won't want to stop. If you're tired, stop here and watch the last three episodes tomorrow. You'll be glad that you did. |
| #37 | "Sekai wo Kakumei Suru Mono" | The One Who Will Revolutionize the World | |
| #38 | "Sekai no Hate" | The Ends of the World | |
| #39 | "Itsuka Issho ni Kagayaite" | Someday, Shine Together | Don't stop the credits from running. Keep watching them to the very end. Of course, you probably will anyway. |