An
anime series done in conjunction with a
manga of the same name, by
Chiho Saito. Japanese title: "
Shoujo Kakumei Utena".
Technically Shoujo manga, but it's so bizarre that nobody really notices. The story concerns a girl named Utena Tenjou, who attends Ohtori Academy. She's quite a tomboy, and wears a boys' uniform, excels in sports, and wants to be somebody's "prince charming".
She has some kind of mysterious past, and winds up being pulled into a strange dueling club in the school, where the duelists fight for possesion of the Rose Bride. Utena wins the Rose Bride in her first duel, and defeats all comers for quite a time.
The friendship between Utena and the Rose Bride, Anshi Himemiya, is rife with a strange sexual tension that tends to annoy a lot of fans and delight others at the same time.
Revolutionary Girl Utena is bizzare in the extreme, using the strangest over-the-top symbolism I've seen in a while. It's also great fun.