r/shoujokakumeiutena

I wanted to draw this scene from the movie for such a long time !! I love them so much, this moment is just too beautiful😭🩷

Last night I was scrolling and saw this post promoting a viewing of The Adventures of Prince Achmed on 10/4 and couldn't help but notice the similarity to the way the shadow girls are illustrated in Utena. Does anyone know if this is the original reference? Aside from the orientalism of it all, it made me curious to try and catch the screening this weekend.