kill la kill

Kill la Kill

Kill la Kill (Japa ese: キルラキル, Hepbu : Ki u Ra Ki u)a is a Japa ese a ime elevisio se ies p oduced by T igge . The se ies follows vag a schoolgi l Ryuko Ma oi o he sea ch fo he fa he ‘s kille which b i gs he i o viole co flic wi h Sa suki Ki yui , he i o -willed s ude cou cil p eside of Ho ouji Academy, a d he mo he Ragyo Ki yui ‘s fashio empi e. Ryuko, Sa suki, a d o he s ob ai ma ial a s supe powe s f om hei clo hes, which appea o have a will of hei ow .

The se ies is T igge ‘s fi s o igi al a ime elevisio p ojec , di ec ed by Hi oyuki Imaishi a d w i e by Kazuki Nakashima, bo h of whom had p eviously wo ked oge he o Gu e Laga i 2007 a d would go o o wo k o P oma e i 2019. Kill la Kill was b oadcas i Japa o MBS’ A imeism p og ammi g block be wee Oc obe 2013 a d Ma ch 2014. A o igi al video a ima io (OVA) was eleased as a 25 h episode i Sep embe 2014. A ma ga adap a io by Ryō Akizuki bega se ializa io i Kadokawa Sho e ‘s You g Ace magazi e f om Oc obe 2013 o Ma ch 2015. A video game adap a io , i led Kill la Kill he Game: IF, was eleased i July 2019, wi h sligh devia io s o he mai s o yli e of he a ime.

I No h Ame ica, A iplex of Ame ica lice sed he a ime fo a simulcas wi h a home video elease s a i g i July 2014. The se ies p emie ed i he U i ed S a es o Adul Swim’s Too ami block i Feb ua y 2015.

Co e s

Sy opsisedi

Se i gedi

Ho ouji Academy (本能字学園, Ho ōji Gakue ) is a fic io al high school si ua ed i Tokyo Bay, Japa , o he isla d of Ho ō Ci y. The school is domi a ed by i s fea some s ude cou cil led by hei p eside Sa suki Ki yui . The s ude s wea Goku U ifo ms (極制服, Gokuseifuku)b which give hei wea e s supe huma abili ies because hey a e co s uc ed wi h a special ma e ial k ow as Life Fibe s (生命戦維, Seimei Se ‘i, li . Life Ba le-Fibe s). Ho ouji Academy a d Ho ō Ci y fea u e a s a ified class s uc u e, i which highe – a ked s ude s a e allowed o ob ai mo e powe ful Goku U ifo ms. This i u affec s he social s a us of he s ude ‘s family.

Plo edi

Ryuko Ma oi, a vag a a sfe s ude a med wi h a scisso -shaped lo gswo d ha ca cu Goku U ifo ms, a ives o Ho ō Ci y i sea ch fo he mu de e of he fa he Isshi Ma oi a d assumes Sa suki migh be co ec ed. Followi g a failed a emp o challe ge Sa suki o he fi s day, Ryuko s umbled ac oss a se ie sailo u ifo m i a u de g ou d complex be ea h he fa he ‘s home. She ames he ou fi Se ke su, la e lea i g ha he is a Kamui (神衣, li . God obe) as he i c eases he abili ies while a sfo med. Sa suki espo ds by do i g a Kamui of he ow , called Ju ke su, accep i g Ryuko’s challe ge if she ca defea he wo-s a s ude club p eside s ha would a ge he . Ryuko is joi ed by he hype ac ive classma e Mako Ma ka shoku, a o-s a s ude who le s Ryuko move i wi h he impove ished family, a d he home oom eache Aiku o Mikisugi, who is ac ually a u de cove age of he pa amili a y o ga iza io Nudis Beach (ヌーディスト・ビーチ, Nūdisu o Bīchi).

Ryuko la e ge s he cha ce o co f o Sa suki whe she eo ga izes hei s ude cou cil h ough a ba le oyal a d ki g-of- he-hill eve k ow as Na u als Elec io , equi i g he o fi s defea each membe of Sa suki’s Eli e Fou . Bu he eve is i e up ed by Nui Ha ime, a membe of he global REVOCS Co po a io (REVOCSコーポレーション, Ribokkusu Kōpo ēsho ) u by he academy’s di ec o a d Sa suki’s mo he , Ragyo Ki yui . Ha ime eveals he self as Isshi ‘s kille while eveali g he o he Scisso Blade, p ovoki g Ryuko i o a age ha causes a u s able fusio be wee he a d Se ke su, which ea ly kills he . She is o ly s opped a d defused f om he Kamui whe Mako i e ve es. Ryuko becomes eluc a o wea Se ke su soo af e while lea i g ha Sa suki used he o efi e he Goku U ifo ms fo he upcomi g T i-Ci y Schools Raid. Ha ime, havi g bee ba ed f om he academy, icks Ryuko i o pu i g Se ke su back o befo e sh eddi g he Kamui o pieces a d a emp i g o kill he , bu she is d ive off by Sa suki. As Sa suki comme ces he T i-Ci y Schools Raid o a ex he emai i g i depe de schools i Ka sai, wi h i s ac ual pu pose o loca e a d des oy Nudis Beach’s base, Ryuko follows o e ieve he pieces of Se ke su’s body ha Sa suki gave o he subo di a es.

Ryuko succeeds i es o i g Se ke su bu fails o s op Sa suki’s age da, lea i g f om Mikisugi ha he fa he fou ded Nudis Beach a d c ea ed Se ke su f om Ryuko’s DNA o figh he Life Fibe s, evealed o be pa asi ic alie s ha played a fac o i huma i y’s evolu io o la e feed. Ryuko a d Nudis Beach s o m he Ho ouji Academy fes ival held i Ragyo’s ho o befo e she awake s he Life Fibe s, o ly o fi d he a acked by Sa suki. Sa suki eveals he pla of des oyi g he Life Fibe h ea o ave ge he fa he a d you ge sis e ‘s dea h f om bei g expe ime ed o by Ragyo. Bu Sa suki’s pla falls apa whe Ragyo, evealed o have u ed he self i o a huma Life Fibe hyb id a d also o de ed Isshi ‘s mu de , defea s a d cap u es he while o de i g he Cove s o co sume eve y huma p ese . Nudis Beach, he Ma ka shoku family, a d Sa suki’s i e ci cle a e fo ced o e ea as Ragyo eveals Ryuko as he disca ded daugh e , havi g bee aised by he ex-husba d Sōichi ō Ki yūi u de he guise of Isshi . Ryuko goes i o a coma sho ly af e , as Ragyo fo cibly emoved Ryuko’s hea f om he ches while eveali g he fac ha she is Ryuko’s mo he .

A mo h la e , Ragyo a d he Life Fibe s have devas a ed Japa as he Eli e Fou a d Nudis Beach escue bo h Sa suki a d Mako. Bu a bi e Ryuko, havi g woke up f om he coma a d aba do ed he f ie ds u de he belief ha she is a mo s e , is cap u ed a d b ai washed i o a acki g he he oes, o ly o be f eed by Sa suki, Mako, a d Se ke su as she gai s he o he Scisso Blade a d c ipples Ha ime by ampu a i g he a ms. Ryuko a d Sa suki p oceed o i e cep Ragyo befo e she a d he P imo dial Life Fibe , he sou ce of all Life Fibe s, ca each Ho ouji Academy o lau ch a comma d sig al o a sa elli e fo all Life Fibe s o cove he pla e a d des oy i as pa of hei life cycle. Bu Ha ime comple es Shi a-Kōke su, e abli g Ragyo o comma d all pu e-Life Fibe s wi h o ly Ryuko a d Se ke su u affec ed. The he oes des oy he a smi e , bu Ragyo abso bs Ha ime a d he P imo dial Life Fibe while asce di g o space o ma ually issue he comma d. Bu Ryuko pu sues he mo he af e eve yo e offe s hei Goku U ifo ms o powe up Se ke su, ma agi g o have Se ke su abso b Shi a-Kōke su o esci d he o de . Defea ed, a defia Ragyo spi efully commi s suicide o e su e he su vival of he las Life Fibe s. Despi e bei g vic o ious, Se ke su begi s b eaki g dow f om abso bi g Shi a-Kōke su a d uses he las of his s e g h o e su e Ryuko safely e u s o Ea h, givi g his life i he p ocess.

I he follow-up OVA episode, Ragyo’s sec e a y Rei Hououma u uses lef ove Life Fibe s o c ea e doppelgä ge s of Sa suki a d he Eli e Fou i Ju ke su a d hei o igi al Goku U ifo ms o dis up Ho ouji Academy’s g adua io ce emo y a d ave ge Ragyo. Bu he clo es a e defea ed while Sa suki co vi ces Rei o aba do he s uggle as Ryuko uses he Scisso Blades o fi ish off Ho ouji Academy. The school is shu dow du i g he si ki g of Ho ō Ci y, a d eve yo e leaves o live ou o mal lives, wi h Sa suki havi g he s ude s, Eli e Fou , Io i, Rei, a d Mi suzo give a fi al salu e o he school while Ryuko depa s wi h Mako a d he family.

Developme edi

The a ime elevisio p ojec , di ec ed by Hi oyuki Imaishi a his a ima io s udio, T igge , was fi s eased i he Ma ch 2013 issue of Kadokawa Sho e ‘s New ype magazi e eleased o Feb ua y 7, 2013.7 Kill la Kill was officially a ou ced o May 8, 2013, wi h sc ip s w i e by Kazuki Nakashima a d cha ac e desig s by Sushio.8

Acco di g o di ec o Imaishi, much of he plo is based o his obse va io ha he Japa ese ma e of p o ou ci g fascism (ファッショ, fassho) is ea ly he same as he wo d fashio (ファッション, fassho ), his obse va io ha he p o u cia io of he Japa ese wo ds school u ifo m (制服, seifuku) a d co ques (征服, seifuku) a e ide ical, a d ha he i ula ki u may mea kill (キル), o cu (切る), o o wea (着る).۹

Releaseedi

B oadcas edi

Kill la Kill ai ed i Japa o MBS’ A imeism p og ammi g block be wee Oc obe 4, 2013, a d Ma ch 28, 2014.10 I also ai ed o TBS, CBC a d BS-TBS.

The se ies is lice sed i No h Ame ica by A iplex of Ame ica, who simulcas ed he se ies o Daisuki,11 a d s eamed i o C u chy oll a d Hulu.1213 The se ies ai ed o Adul Swim’s Too ami block i he U i ed S a es f om Feb ua y 8 o Augus 2, 2015.141516c a d p emie ed o Vicela d UK o Oc obe 16, 2017.18

I I aly, he s eami g igh s of he se ies we e acqui ed by Dy i , which a ou ced he acquisi io , wi h ese va io , a i s co fe e ce a Lucca Comics 2017.19 The acquisi io became successful o Decembe 22 of he same yea 20 a d Dy i published he se ies o VVVVID o Feb ua y 6, 2018.21 Subseque ly, he I alia dub of he se ies was added o Ne flix o Sep embe 1, 2018.22

Home mediaedi

Japa eseedi

The video elease o Blu- ay Disc a d DVD bega o Ja ua y 8, 2014.23 Sou d ack CDs a e i cluded wi h he fi s a d fif h volumes, maki g-of docume a y DVDs a e i cluded wi h he hi d, seve h, a d i h volumes, a d d ama CDs a e i cluded wi h he seco d, fou h, six h, a d eigh h volumes. A o igi al video a ima io episode was eleased as pa of he i h volume o Sep embe 3, 2014.24

E glishedi

The se ies was eleased i five BDDVD volumes i No h Ame ica. The fi s volume was eleased o July 15, 2014, i limi ed edi io BDDVD combo packs i cludi g sou d ack CDs, as well as s a da d Blu- ay Disc a d DVD eleases.25 A A ime Expo 2014 held i Los A geles, A iplex p emie ed he fi s E glish dub episode, a d hos ed a pe fo ma ce by heme so g si ge Ei Aoi, a d a pa el wi h sc ip w i e Kazuki Nakashima, di ec o Sushio, p oduce Yosuke Toba, a d voice ac esses Ami Koshimizu a d Ryoka Yuzuki.26

The se ies is lice sed i he U i ed Ki gdom a d F a ce by A ime Limi ed, a d was simulcas o Waka im, la e eceivi g a digi al elease o Ne flix.27 The se ies was eleased o Blu- ay a d DVD i h ee Collec o ‘s Edi io se s. The fi s se was o igi ally sla ed fo a elease da e o Decembe 8, 2014,28 bu was la e moved o Novembe 17, 2014.29 Subseque ly, he elease was pushed fo wa d a fu he wo weeks, wi h he fi s elease bei g available i he UK o Novembe 3, 2014,30 while he Blu- ay ve sio was pushed back o Decembe 1, 2014.31

I Aus alia a d New Zeala d, he se ies is lice sed by Madma E e ai me , who simulcas ed he se ies o Madma Sc ee i g Room, a d la e eleased he se ies digi ally o A imeLab.3233 The se ies was eleased o Blu- ay a d DVD, a d mi o ed he elease pa e of he No h Ame ica eleases. The fi s volume was eleased o Oc obe 15, 2014.34

Sou d ackedi

Music fo he se ies is composed by Hi oyuki Sawa o.39 Fo he fi s fif ee episodes, he ope i g heme is Si ius (シリウス, Shi iusu) by Ei Aoi, while he e di g heme is Gome e, Iiko ja I a e ai (ごめんね、いいコじゃいられない。, So y, I’m Do e Bei g a Good Kid) by Miku Sawai.40 F om episode 16 o wa ds, he ope i g heme is ambiguous by Ga idelia, a duo co sis i g of vocalis Ma ia a d compose Toku,41 a d he e di g heme is Shi Sekai Kōkyōgaku (新世界交響楽, New Wo ld Sympho y) by Sayo a a Po y ail,42 hough a ex e ded ve sio of he o igi al e di g heme e u s fo he las po io of episode 24. Aoi’s so g Sa bika was used as a image so g o accompa y climac ic eve s i episodes 3, 7, 11 a d 23.

The fi s sou d ack album was published o Decembe 25, 2013.43 A iplex USA also eleased he CD o Ja ua y 17, 2014.44 I fea u es 18 acks, i cludi g six vocal so gs pe fo med i E glish a d Ge ma . The backg ou d music acks fea u e i les ha a e ypog aphical va ia s of Kill la Kill.

The seco d sou d ack album was eleased i Japa as pa of he fif h DVDBlu- ay disc se o May 7, 2014.45 I also fea u es Ka a-OK (空OK, ka aoke) ve sio s of he vocal acks f om he fi s album, amo g o he backg ou d music.

T ack lis i gedi

All music is composed by Hi oyuki Sawa o.

O he mediaedi

Ma gaedi

A ma ga adap a io illus a ed by Ryō Akizuki bega se ializa io i Kadokawa Sho e ‘s You g Ace magazi e o Oc obe 4, 2013.46 The se ies e ded wi h he seve ee h chap e o Feb ua y 4, 2015, a d was compiled i o h ee a kōbo volumes be wee Decembe 2013 a d Ma ch 4, 2015.47 Udo E e ai me has lice sed he ma ga adap a io .48

Video gameedi

A video game adap a io i led Kill la Kill he Game: IF (キルラキル ザ・ゲーム -異布-, Ki u a Ki u za Gēmu: Ifu)d was a ou ced a he A ime Expo be wee July 5–۸, ۲۰۱۸٫ The game was published by A c Sys em Wo ks a d developed by A Games, who developed Li le Wi ch Academia: Chambe of Time, also based o a o he a ime by T igge .55 I was eleased o PlayS a io 4, Ni e do Swi ch, a d PC i Japa o July 25, 2019, a d i No h Ame ica a d Eu ope he ex day. I Eu ope, he game was published by PQube. Kill la Kill he Game: IF also eceived a E glish dub.5657 The game’s s o yli e akes place du i g he eve s of episode 3, depic i g Sa suki bei g placed by Ju ke su i a ificial eali y ha follows he a ime s o yli e wi h sligh devia io s.

Recep io edi

Kill la Kill was p aised. Elio Gay of Japa a o called he u iquely fu , eve g ippi g se ies a emi de of how fu a d c ea ive a ime ca be a i s bes , despi e he eadily appa e budge co s ai s.58 Ka Bailey of IGN, desc ibi g he se ies as magical gi l a ime o speed, o ed ha i s ove – he- op absu di y was pa of i s cha m.2 Joseph Lus e of O aku USA desc ibed he se ies’s co cep as mos ly s aigh fo wa d se up fo eve ge a d sho e -s yle ‘s o ge ! STRONGER!’ ba le p og essio , bu p aised i s execu io .59 Richa d Eise beis of Ko aku app ecia ed he se ies fo pe fec ly mixi g comedy a d ac io , i s paci g, i e al co sis e cy a d ove – he- op s aigh fo wa d adap a io of s a da d ac io a ime opes.60

The a ima io of figh sce es a d cha ac e moveme s, as well as he kee selec io of music, we e pa icula ly p aised by Robe F aze of UK A ime Ne wo k,61 The si e selec ed i as he 2013 UK A ime Ne wo k Awa ds wi e i he Bes s eami g a ime ca ego y.62 Ca l Kimli ge of A ime News Ne wo k also app ecia ed he i ve ive a d fu y a ima io a d he se ies’s e o sho e ac io pushed o … loo y, hype ac ive ex emes.63 Michael Loga a of GMA News O li e likewise o ed he supe b paci g, o- he-poi s o y elli g a d well- ealized cha ac e s i he se ies’s whi lwi d of go geous visuals, s o y, a d u fe e ed i sa i y.64

Kill la Kill wo mul iple p izes du i g he 4 h New ype A ime Awa ds, i cludi g Bes Cha ac e Desig (Sushio), Bes Sc ip (Kazuki Nakashima), Bes Sou d, a d Bes Pic u e (TV B oadcas ). I placed seco d fo Bes Theme So g (Si ius), Bes Di ec o (Hi oyuki Imaishi) a d Bes S udio (T igge ). I he Bes Masco ca ego y, Se ke su placed hi d a d Gu s placed i h. I Bes Cha ac e (female), Ryuko placed seco d, a d Mako placed hi d.65 The a ime was pa of he Ju y Selec io s of he 18 h Japa Media A s Fes ival i he A ima io ca ego y.66

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