Post-Utena
Ikuhara's post-Utena works include the manga The World of S&M (released in English as The World Exists for Me), on which he collaborated with Chiho Saito; the novel Schell Bullet, which he co-wrote with Mamoru Nagano; and the Schell Bullet-based concept album Thanaphs 68. He enjoys the theatre and singing, and has sung on the Utena and Thanaphs 68 soundtracks.
He supervised the production of the English dub of the Utena movie, checking the quality of the translation; he expressed strong distaste for the idea of his work being cut, censored, or changed to seem more "American."
After the conclusion of Utena, Ikuhara's only works in anime for a time were as the storyboard creater for the opening sequences of Nodame Cantabile and yuri anime Aoi Hana, until his return to as series director for the show Mawaru-Penguindrum, which begain airing in July 2011.
He is currently writing the manga Nokemono to Hanayome, illustrated by artist Asumiko Nakamura and published monthly in Japanese fashion magazine KERA.
His newest Project is called "Penguinbear" with is rumered to be related to Penguindrum in some way, thought not much is known yet. A website for it was released in August 2012
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