Be-Papas
Be-Papas was an artist collective and collective pen name founded by anime director Kunihiko Ikuhara. Its membership consisted of Ikuhara, manga artist Chiho Saito, animator and character designer Shinya Hasegawa, scriptwriter Yōji Enokido, and planner Yūichirō Oguro.
The group created the 1996–1997 manga and anime series Revolutionary Girl Utena, and its 1999 film and manga sequel Adolescence of Utena.
Be-Papas disbanded following the release of Adolescence of Utena. Ikuhara and Saito later collaborated on the 2001 manga series World of the S&M, the authorship of which was credited to Saito and Be-Papas.
