The Student Council's oath, more commonly known as "the chick speech", is a variation of, "The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born first must destroy a world. The bird flies to God. That God's name is Abraxas" from Herman Hesse's Demian. It is a direct tie into the multiple Gnostic themes of the show.
Series rumored to be heavily inspired by Riyoko Ikeda's 'Rose of Versailles'
The entire series is available on YouTube through the company channel. (This may have changed recently.)
Chu-chu is a monkey. This is easier to see in the manga, where he has more hair. Also, in episode 8, when Saionji and Chu-chu switch places, he is seen in a tree eating a banana.
Debuted on TV Tokyo on Wednesday, April 2, 1997 at 6pm.