History VideoGame / NamuAmidaButsuUtena

* WidgetSeries: Portraying divine figures in a religion as serious as Buddhism as appealing men in an action-spiced SliceOfLife plot is clearly something only Japan is okay with.

* ExcitedShowTitle: The title of the game ends with a glottal stop (small ''tsu'') and an exclamation mark.

* AdaptedOut: Due to LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, most ''-UTENA-''-only characters are not adapted in the anime. In addition, unlike anime of predecessor games where the existence of the NonEntityGeneral is confirmed despite their not actually appearing, the ''dōmori'' is excluded from adaptation period; you can almost tell if someone introduced into the fandom in the ''-UTENA-'' era is an anime-only fan by whether they know who the ''dōmori'' is.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The original game only had the Thirteen Buddhas and Karuraten, but ''-UTENA-'' introduces new characters by the truckload.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Hair colors are many and varied among characters, from blond, red and brown to blue, pink and green, as well as multicolor, the biggest offender being Hana whose hair color spans a whole spectrum from blue to pink.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Hair colors are many and varied among characters, from blond, red and brown to blue, pink and green, as well as {{multicolor|edHair}}, the biggest offender being Hana whose hair color spans a whole spectrum from blue to pink.

* PlotHole: The game's prologue establishes Buddhas as InvisibleToNormals, but in other instances, they're shown to buy human products, go to human restaurants, play with human children, etc. No explanation is given.

-->''All that lives and breathes suffers from birth, age, disease and death.\\

* SkillScoresAndPerks: The Mandala Board allows each Buddha a stat boost with each unlocked node. As one progresses on the board, more resources are needed and some node sets have level prerequisites. The board also comes with nodes that unlock side stories for the character involved. Unlocking the whole board grants a special CG and skill.

The modern world as we know it seems normal and filled with people going about their lives, but deep in the dark recesses of the Sixth Heaven, the evil demon lord [[BigBad Māra]] gathers an army of materialized destructive emotions (''bonnō'' 煩悩, "kleśas") to wreck havoc on mankind and drag them down into endless torment as part of his revenge plot after his defeat against Shaka Nyorai/Shakyamuni. With humanity on the brink of disaster unseen to the mortal eye, it is up to Buddhas to work their divine power in battle to stop them and save mankind… with ''you'' as their commander. Oh wait, [[VideoGame/KantaiCollection where have]] [[VideoGame/ToukenRanbu we heard]] [[VideoGame/BungoToAlchemist this before]]…

* NonEntityGeneral: The Buddhas are lead by the ''dōmori'', this game's equivalent to the [[VideoGame/KantaiCollection admiral]], [[VideoGame/ToukenRanbu saniwa]] and [[VideoGame/BungoToAlchemist alchemist librarian]].

Compare ''VisualNovel/KamigamiNoAsobi'' (a human PlayerCharacter with a religious background is in charge of an ensemble of {{Physical God}}s in order to protect the world). For the anime adaptation, compare ''Anime/ToukenRanbuHanamaru''.

Compare ''VisualNovel/KamigamiNoAsobi''. For the anime adaptation, compare ''Anime/ToukenRanbuHanamaru''.

The game has received an anime adaptation produced by DMM pictures and Creator/AsahiProduction and aired on April 2019, making it part of the Spring 2019 anime season – compare ''Anime/ToukenRanbuHanamaru''. ''-UTENA-''[='=]s service was [[DefunctOnlineVideoGames terminated]] on August 31, 2020.

''Namu Amida Butsu! -UTENA-'' was the 2019 reboot by DMM Games of a little-known defunct 2016 online game entitled ''Namu Amida Butsu!'' developed by Visualworks, in which the player assumes the role of the ''[[NonEntityGeneral dōmori]]'' (堂守, roughly "guardian") of fictitious Bonnō Temple (梵納寺) who summons, trains and sends [[CastFullOfPrettyBoys good-looking]] Buddhas into battle against ''kleśas'' and unlocks stories as the game progresses. Not related to ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena''.

The game has received an anime adaptation produced by DMM pictures and Creator/AsahiProduction and aired on April 2019, making it part of the Spring 2019 anime season – compare ''Anime/ToukenRanbuHanamaru''. '''''-UTENA-''[='=]s service was terminated on August 31, 2020'''.

* SkillScoresAndPerks: The Mandala Board allows each Buddha a stat boost with each unlocked node. As one progresses on the board, more resources are needed and some node sets have level prerequisites. The board also comes with nodes that unlock side stories for the character involved.

* AdaptationAmalgamation: Despite the official status of the anime as an adaptation of ''-UTENA-'', in reality it incorporates aspects from the earlier game, namely the no-dōmori and no-later-generation-characters (aside from Taishakuten, Bonten and Māra).

* AdaptationAmalgamation: Despite the official status of the anime as an adaptation of ''-UTENA-'', in reality it incorporates aspects from the earlier game, namely the no-dōmori and no-later-generation characters (aside from Taishakuten, Bonten and Māra).

* AdaptedOut: Due to LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, only the Thirteen Buddhas and Karuraten are adapted in the anime. In addition, unlike anime of predecessor games where the existence of the NonEntityGeneral is confirmed despite their not actually appearing, the ''dōmori'' is excluded from adaptation period; you can almost tell if someone introduced into the fandom in the ''-UTENA-'' era is an anime-only fan by whether they know who the ''dōmori'' is.

The game has received an anime adaptation produced by DMM pictures and aired on April 2019, making it part of the Spring 2019 anime season – compare ''Anime/ToukenRanbuHanamaru''. '''''-UTENA-''[='=]s service was terminated on August 31, 2020'''.

The game has received an anime adaptation produced by DMM pictures and aired on April 2019, making it part of the Spring2019Anime season – compare ''Anime/ToukenRanbuHanamaru''. '''''-UTENA-''[='=]s service was terminated on August 31, 2020'''.

The game has received an anime adaptation produced by DMM pictures and aired on April 2019, making it part of the Spring2019Anime season – compare ''Anime/ToukenRanbuHanamaru''. The ''-UTENA-'' game itself became defunct on August 31, 2020.

* WidgetSeries: It's a game about Japanese Buddhism, what do you expect?