was a production group founded by

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director Kunihiko Ikuhara. Its membership consisted of Ikuhara, manga artist Chiho Saito, animator and character designer

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, scriptwriter Yōji Enokido, and planner

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. Ikuhara founded Be-Papas in 1996 to create ''

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'', an original anime he conceived following his departure from

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, where he worked as a director on the anime series ''

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''. The group also created ''Revolutionary Girl Utena''s 1999 film sequel ''

Adolescence of Utena ''Adolescence of Utena'' is a 1999 Japanese animated romantic fantasy film. It is a follow-up to the 1997 anime television series '' Revolutionary Girl Utena'', created by the artist collective Be-Papas. The film is directed by Kunihiko Ikuhar ...

''. Be-Papas disbanded following the release of ''Adolescence of Utena'', but remained in existence as a corporate entity until at least 2001 to publish several projects created by its former members, specifically Ikuhara and Mamoru Nagano's 1999 novel series '' Schell Bullet'', Hasegawa and Enokido's 1999 serialized

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''Shounen Ou'', and Ikuhara and Saito's 2001 manga series '' World of the S&M'' (released in English as ''The World Exists for Me'').

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* 1996 establishments in Japan Japanese artist groups and collectives {{manga-stub