![]() Things change when a hot-blooded female transfer student/delinquent named Matoi Ryuuko transfers into the school and immediately challenges Satsuki because Matoi suspects that she knows something about the murder of her estranged father Matoi Isshin. The students and teachers live in fear of Satsuki and have mostly given up and accepted her rule. Furthermore, Kiryuuin and her minions wear special school uniforms called Goku uniforms that give them superhuman powers making it virtually impossible for anyone without said uniforms to win a fight against them to top it off, Satsuki's mother Ragyou, the CEO of the biggest and most powerful corporation in the world, owns the school. No one dares to oppose her and her minions and anyone who does is publicly punished. It is run like a fascist police state by the dictatorial female student council president Kiryuuin Satsuki. Honnoji Academy is one of the most infamous schools within this setting. It is set in a Japan which is filled with run-down shanty towns and schools are run like nations/fiefdoms. ![]() Those who wish to be unspoiled should be wary of searching for anything relating to this series online. The anime has quite a few major plot twists, especially during the second half of the series. The series also has plenty of fan service for both male and female characters. The clothing theme extends to the dialogue of the series characters often make clothing-related analogies and comparisons when talking to each other. The characters' weapons are also related to clothing for example, Ryuuko uses one-half of a giant scissor like a sword while Tsumugu uses handguns that fire needles and which also look like sewing machines. Kiru can either mean "kill," "to cut," or "to wear." Furthermore, the Japanese pronunciation of the words school uniform, and conquest, is the same, seifuku. The title, pronounced like kiru ra kiru in Japanese, is also a pun. The basic premise of the series was conceived after the creators noted that the Japanese pronunciation of the word fascism is very similar to the Japanese pronunciation of fashion. Much like how TTGL was based around drills and spirals, this series is based around clothing, which, in this series, is literally a source of power. ![]() The vocal songs are predominantly in English with one song sung in German. Many of the vocalists who have collaborated with Sawano on other anime soundtracks like Kobayashi Mika and Aimee Blackshleger perform original songs for this series. Quite a few of the voice actors in this series have also worked on other productions that involved Imaishi and his fellow animators like Fujimura Ayumi who played Kneesocks in Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt and plays Mankanshoku Matarou in this series. The characters are designed by Sushio who also worked on TTGL. Due to the similarities and various creator connections between both Kill La Kill and TTGL, it is common for Kill La Kill fan art to include references to TTGL. Like said series, this series has plenty of over-the-top action and plenty of hot-blooded characters. It notably reunites quite a few of the cast and crew members who worked on the 2007 super robot Gainax anime Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann like director Imaishi_Hiroyuki and head writer Nakashima Kazuki. An epilogue OVA episode was released on September 3, 2014. The manga adaptation began a day after the anime started airing. ![]() It aired from October 3, 2013, to March 27, 2014. A magical girl action anime TV series animated by Trigger_(company).
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