As I understand it from general net scuttlebutt, Enoki pulled a fast one on CPM, and rather than file a lawsuit (which they couldn't afford), they just renegotiated. That's just one version.. I imagine it could have been that they were negotiating, but Enoki upped the price or found a way to change the contract, so CPM had to keep bartering til Enoki agreed to a deal. That's why they went to Ikuragi (did I get his name right? ^_^ ) directly for the movie.

I highly doubt that CPM wouldn't have known what to do with Utena after the sales of the first two DVDs. Any reasonable person would put the rest of the series on a fast track to be completed. ^_^ But, in a way it's good this happened. Now we'll get better DVDs.