Kill la Kill#Video game
{{Short description|Japanese anime television series and its franchise}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| image = killlakillpromo.jpg
| caption = International promotional artwork, featuring Ryuko Matoi (foreground, wearing Senketsu) and Satsuki Kiryuin (background, wearing Junketsu)
| ja_kanji = キルラキル
| ja_romaji = Kiru Ra Kiru
| genre = {{ubl|Action{{cite web|url=http://www.idigitaltimes.com/kill-la-kill-english-dub-episode-1-premiere-how-does-toonamis-attack-titan-412968|work=iDigitalTimes|first=Xavier|last=Harding|date=February 8, 2015|publisher=IBT Media|title=Kill La Kill English Dub Episode 1 Premiere: How Does Toonami's Attack On Titan Replacement Stack Up? [VIDEO]|archive-date=April 20, 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150420184708/http://www.idigitaltimes.com/kill-la-kill-english-dub-episode-1-premiere-how-does-toonamis-attack-titan-412968|access-date=April 20, 2015}}|Comedy{{cite web|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/356842/scitech/reviews/no-holds-barred-insanity-in-kill-la-kill|title=No-holds-barred insanity in 'Kill la Kill'|work=SciTech - GMA News Online|publisher=GMA Network|date=April 14, 2014|first=Michael|last=Logarta|access-date=April 15, 2014|archive-date=July 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701224226/http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/356842/scitech/reviews/no-holds-barred-insanity-in-kill-la-kill|url-status=live}}|Magical girl{{cite web|url=http://www.dailydot.com/fandom/kill-la-kill-fanservice-anime-sexist-critique/|title=Kill La Kill: How the year's most polarizing anime became a smash hit|date=April 3, 2014|work=The Daily Dot|first=Aja|last=Romano|access-date=April 20, 2015|archive-date=May 26, 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150526004855/http://www.dailydot.com/fandom/kill-la-kill-fanservice-anime-sexist-critique/|url-status=live}}}}
| creator = {{ubl|Trigger|Kazuki Nakashima}}
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = tv series
| director = Hiroyuki Imaishi
| producer =
| writer = Kazuki Nakashima
| music = Hiroyuki Sawano
| studio = Trigger
| licensee = {{English anime licensee|NA=Aniplex of America|UK=Anime Limited|AUS=Crunchyroll LLC{{efn|Through Crunchyroll Store Australia (formerly known as Madman Anime).}}
}}
| network_en = {{English anime network
| US = Adult Swim (Toonami)
| UK = Viceland
}}
| first = October 4, 2013
| last = March 28, 2014
| episodes = 24 + OVA
| episode_list = List of Kill la Kill episodes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = {{ill|Ryō Akizuki|ja|あきづきりょう}}
| publisher = Kadokawa Shoten
| demographic = Seinen
| magazine = Young Ace
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher|NA=Udon Entertainment}}
| first = October 4, 2013
| last = March 4, 2015
| volumes = 3
| volume_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer|portal=yes}}
{{Nihongo|Kill la Kill|キルラキル|Kiru Ra Kiru|lead=yes}}{{efn|{{IPA|ja|kʲiɾɯ̟ᵝ ɾa̠ kʲiɾɯ̟ᵝ|pron}}. The title puns on the English word kill (pronounced kiru in Japanese approximation) and the Japanese verbs kiru (切る, "cut, slice, carve"), and kiru (着る, "wear (on the upper part of the body)"); ra can be read as 裸 ("naked") or 羅 ("light clothing, silk").{{Cite web|url=https://kotaku.com/kill-la-kill-is-a-rare-breed-of-anime-1558049005|title=Kill la Kill Is a Rare Breed of Anime|website=Kotaku|date=April 4, 2014|access-date=April 1, 2022|archive-date=April 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401192738/https://kotaku.com/kill-la-kill-is-a-rare-breed-of-anime-1558049005|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/kill-la-kill-series-facts-trivia/|title=Does Kill La Kill Have A Manga? & 9 Other Questions About The Series, Answered|date=May 18, 2021|website=CBR}}}} is a Japanese anime television series created and produced by Trigger. The series follows vagrant schoolgirl Ryuko Matoi on her search for her father's killer, which brings her into violent conflict with Satsuki Kiryuin, the iron-willed student council president of Honnouji Academy, and her mother Ragyo Kiryuin's fashion empire. Ryuko, Satsuki, and others obtain martial arts superpowers from their clothes, which appear to have a will of their own.
The series is Trigger's first original anime television project, directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi and written by Kazuki Nakashima, both of whom had previously worked together on Gurren Lagann in 2007 and would go on to work on Promare in 2019. Kill la Kill was broadcast in Japan on MBS' Animeism programming block between October 2013 and March 2014. An original video animation (OVA) was released as a 25th episode in September 2014. A manga adaptation by Ryō Akizuki began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace magazine from October 2013 to March 2015. A video game adaptation, titled Kill la Kill the Game: IF, was released in July 2019, with slight deviations to the main storyline of the anime.
In North America, Aniplex of America licensed the anime for a simulcast with a home video release starting in July 2014. The series premiered in the United States on Adult Swim's Toonami block in February 2015.
Synopsis
{{see also|List of Kill la Kill characters{{!}}List of Kill la Kill characters}}
=Setting=
{{Nihongo|Honnouji Academy|本能字学園|Honnōji Gakuen}} is a fictional high school situated in Tokyo Bay, Japan, on the island of Honnō City. The school is dominated by its fearsome student council led by their president Satsuki Kiryuin. The students wear {{Nihongo|Goku Uniforms|極制服|Gokuseifuku}}{{efn|Gokuseifuku is a portmanteau of {{nihongo3|"finest quality"|極製|gokusei}} and {{nihongo3|"school uniform"|制服|seifuku}}.}} which give their wearers superhuman abilities because they are constructed with a special material known as {{nihongo|Life Fibers|生命戦維|Seimei Sen'i|lit. "Life Battle-Fibers"}}. Honnouji Academy and Honnō City feature a stratified class structure, in which higher-ranked students are allowed to obtain more powerful Goku Uniforms. This in turn affects the social status of the student's family.
=Plot=
Ryuko Matoi, a transfer student, arrives in Honnō City to find the murderer of her father Isshin Matoi. Her search leads her to Honnouji Academy, a militaristic high school ruled by Satsuki Kiryuin and the Elite Four student council, who use school uniforms called Goku Uniforms powered by a fabric called Life Fibers.
Following a failed attempt to challenge Satsuki on her first day, Ryuko stumbles across a sentient sailor uniform beneath the ruins of her father's home, which is a pure Life Fiber clothing called a {{Nihongo|Kamui|神衣||lit. "Godrobe"}} that increases her abilities while transformed. She names the outfit "Senketsu", and becomes armed with a scissor-shaped longsword called a Scissor Blade that can cut Goku Uniforms. Satsuki responds by donning her family's Kamui Junketsu to challenge Ryuko's powers. Ryuko is joined by her hyperactive classmate Mako Mankanshoku, a no-star student who lets Ryuko move in with her impoverished family, and her homeroom teacher Aikuro Mikisugi, who is actually an undercover agent of the anti-Life Fiber paramilitary organization {{nihongo|Nudist Beach|ヌーディスト・ビーチ|Nūdisuto Bīchi}}.
After battling numerous council members, including the Elite Four, Ryuko meets Nui Harime, a member of the global {{nihongo|REVOCS Corporation|REVOCSコーポレーション|Ribokkusu Kōporēshon}} run by the academy's director and Satsuki's mother, Ragyo Kiryuin. Harime reveals herself as Isshin's killer, who stole the other Scissor Blade.
Satsuki leads her school to the upcoming Tri-City Schools Raid, a blitzkrieg raid to annex the remaining independent schools in Kansai, with the secret goal of destroying Nudist Beach's base in Osaka. After the raid, Ryuko learns that her father founded Nudist Beach and created Senketsu to fight the Life Fibers, which are actually parasitic aliens that prompted humanity's evolution to later feed on them.
Ryuko and Nudist Beach storm the Honnouji Academy festival held in Ragyo's honor before she awakens the Life Fibers. Satsuki betrays her mother, revealing her true goal to destroy the Life Fibers and avenge her father and younger sister, whom Ragyo ordered killed when Satsuki was young. Satsuki's plan backfires when Ragyo, revealed to be a human/Life Fiber hybrid, captures her while ordering the Life Fibers to consume every human. Ryuko discovers that she is Satsuki's presumed-dead younger sister and Ragyo's daughter; Ragyo's ex-husband, Sōichirō Kiryuin, faked his death and saved the infant Ryuko before taking the identity of Isshin as a disguise.
As Ragyo and the Life Fibers devastate Japan, the Elite Four and Nudist Beach rescue both Satsuki and Mako. Ryuko is brainwashed and bonded to Junketsu to pursue them, but Satsuki, Mako, and Senketsu manage to free Ryuko, who then regains the other Scissor Blade from Harime. Ryuko and Satsuki proceed to intercept Ragyo before she and the Primordial Life Fiber, the source of all Life Fibers, can reach Honnouji Academy to launch a command signal to a satellite for all Life Fibers to cover the planet and destroy it. However, Harime completes Shinra-Kōketsu, the ultimate Kamui, with Ragyo's secretary Rei Hououmaru offered as a sacrifice to activate it.
The heroes destroy the transmitter and extract Rei from Shinra-Kōketsu, only for Ragyo to restore its power by absorbing Harime and the Primordial Life Fiber. Ryuko pursues her mother into space after everyone offers their Goku Uniforms to power up Senketsu. She manages to have Senketsu absorb Shinra-Kōketsu to rescind the order. Defeated, Ragyo spitefully commits suicide while promising that the Life Fibers will one day attack Earth again. Despite being victorious, Senketsu begins breaking down from absorbing Shinra-Kōketsu and sacrifices himself to ensure Ryuko safely returns to Earth.
In the follow-up OVA episode, set two weeks after the battle with Ragyo, Rei Hououmaru uses leftover Life Fibers to create doppelgängers of Satsuki and the Elite Four in Junketsu and their original Goku Uniforms to disrupt Honnouji Academy's graduation ceremony and avenge Ragyo. The clones are defeated while Satsuki convinces Rei to abandon her struggle as Ryuko uses the Scissor Blades to finish off Honnouji Academy. Honnō City and the school sink into Tokyo Bay, as well as Ryuko's Scissor Blades. With their mission over, everyone can finally live a normal life free of the Life Fibers.
Development
The anime television project, directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi at his animation studio, Trigger, was first teased in the March 2013 issue of Kadokawa Shoten's Newtype magazine released on February 7, 2013.{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-02-07/panty-and-stocking-helmer-imaishi-trigger-launch-new-anime|title=Panty & Stocking Helmer Imaishi, Trigger Launch New Anime|work=Anime News Network|date=February 7, 2013|access-date=June 29, 2013|archive-date=October 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002050907/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-02-07/panty-and-stocking-helmer-imaishi-trigger-launch-new-anime|url-status=live}} Kill la Kill was officially announced on May 8, 2013, with scripts written by Kazuki Nakashima and character designs by Sushio.{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-05-08/kill-la-kill-anime-reunites-gurren-lagann-director-writer|title=Kill La Kill Anime Reunites Gurren Lagann Director, Writer|work=Anime News Network|date=May 8, 2013|access-date=June 29, 2013|archive-date=January 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117191712/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-05-08/kill-la-kill-anime-reunites-gurren-lagann-director-writer|url-status=live}}
According to director Imaishi, much of the plot is based on his observation that the Japanese manner of pronouncing {{nihongo|"fascism"|ファッショ|fassho}} is nearly the same as the word {{nihongo|"fashion"|ファッション|fasshon}}, his observation that the pronunciation of the Japanese words {{nihongo|"school uniform"|制服|seifuku}} and {{nihongo|"conquest"|征服|seifuku}} are identical, and that the titular {{nihongo3|||kiru}} may mean {{nihongo|"kill"|キル}}, {{nihongo|"to cut"|切る}}, or {{nihongo|"to wear"|着る}}.{{cite web|last=Chaisiri|first=Andy Lee|title=Kill la Kill: The Fashion of Fascism|url=http://art-eater.com/2013/11/kill-la-kill-the-fashion-of-fascism/|work=Art-Eater|access-date=March 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314162301/http://art-eater.com/2013/11/kill-la-kill-the-fashion-of-fascism/|archive-date=March 14, 2014|url-status=dead}}
Release
{{see also|List of Kill la Kill episodes{{!}}List of Kill la Kill episodes}}
=Broadcast=
Kill la Kill aired in Japan on MBS' Animeism programming block between October 4, 2013, and March 28, 2014.{{cite news|title=Amazon Prime to Stream Animeism Shows Including Altair Worldwide|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-06-29/amazon-prime-to-stream-animeism-shows-including-altair-worldwide/.118205|work=Anime News Network|access-date=November 30, 2018|date=June 30, 2017|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111231330/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-06-29/amazon-prime-to-stream-animeism-shows-including-altair-worldwide/.118205|url-status=live}} It also aired on TBS, CBC and BS-TBS.
The series is licensed in North America by Aniplex of America, who simulcasted the series on Daisuki,{{cite web|url=https://www.daisuki.net/topics/view/10122|title=DAISUKI.NET ANNOUNCES SIMULCAST OF ANIPLEX'S KILL la KILL in 5 languages|publisher=Daisuki.net|date=September 25, 2013|access-date=October 3, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004213453/https://www.daisuki.net/topics/view/10122|archive-date=October 4, 2013}} and streamed it on Crunchyroll and Hulu.{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-08-11/aniplex-usa-streams-kill-la-kill-ad-with-english-subtites|title=Aniplex USA Streams Kill la Kill Ad With English Subtitles|work=Anime News Network|date=August 11, 2013|access-date=September 5, 2013|archive-date=October 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008051921/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-08-11/aniplex-usa-streams-kill-la-kill-ad-with-english-subtites|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-09-18/aniplex-usa-to-stream-magi-and-valvrave-2nd-seasons-kill-la-kill-on-4-sites|title=Aniplex USA to Stream Magi & Valvrave 2nd Seasons, Kill la Kill on 4 Sites|work=Anime News Network|date=September 18, 2013|access-date=October 18, 2013|archive-date=September 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210919032009/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-09-18/aniplex-usa-to-stream-magi-and-valvrave-2nd-seasons-kill-la-kill-on-4-sites|url-status=live}} The series aired on Adult Swim's Toonami block in the United States from February 8 to August 2, 2015.{{cite news|title=Aniplex USA Adds Kill La Kill|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-08-10/aniplex-usa-adds-kill-la-kill-tv-anime|work=Anime News Network|date=August 10, 2013|access-date=August 10, 2013|archive-date=October 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002050904/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-08-10/aniplex-usa-adds-kill-la-kill-tv-anime|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-01-16/kill-la-kill-to-run-on-toonami-starting-in-february/.83374|date=January 16, 2015|title=Kill la Kill to Run on Toonami Starting in February|work=Anime News Network|access-date=February 17, 2015|archive-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706083948/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-01-16/kill-la-kill-to-run-on-toonami-starting-in-february/.83374|url-status=live}}{{cite tweet|user=KillLaKillUSA|author=Kill La Kill|title=Just a reminder, Episode 24 of Kill la Kill will be on Toonami, ending its run. Members of the English Cast...|date= July 30, 2015|number=626928660818235392|access-date=August 5, 2015}}{{efn|name="after midnight adult swim"|Adult Swim used an after midnight schedule for Toonami, so the show's programming guide lists the dates for its shows on the Saturday night, February 7, 2015, which is technically the same as Sunday morning, February 8, 2015. The English airdates shown in this list reflect the actual date.{{cite web|url=http://toonami.tumblr.com/post/109334851853/ch-ch-ch-changes|title=Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes|date=January 27, 2015|work=Toonami Tumblr|access-date=January 28, 2015|archive-date=May 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505170901/https://toonami.tumblr.com/post/109334851853/ch-ch-ch-changes|url-status=live}}}} and premiered on Viceland UK on October 16, 2017.{{cite web|title=KILL LA KILL comes to VICELAND soon|url=https://twitter.com/vicelanduk/status/911194399014518784|website=Twitter|access-date=September 22, 2017|date=September 22, 2017|archive-date=January 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106022614/https://twitter.com/vicelanduk/status/911194399014518784|url-status=live}}
In Italy, the streaming rights of the series were acquired by Dynit, which announced the acquisition, with reservation, at its conference at Lucca Comics 2017.{{cite news|first=Associazione NewType|last=Media|url=https://www.animeclick.it/news/70092-lucca-2017-gli-annunci-dynit|title=Lucca 2017: gli annunci Dynit|work=AnimeClick.it|accessdate=March 16, 2018|archive-date=July 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715181502/https://www.animeclick.it/news/70092-lucca-2017-gli-annunci-dynit|url-status=live}} The acquisition became successful on December 22 of the same year{{cite news|first=Associazione NewType|last=Media|url=https://www.animeclick.it/news/71287-palinsesto-vvvvid-per-natale-arrivano-no-game-no-life-serie-e-film-e-kill-la-kill|title=Palinsesto VVVVID per Natale: arrivano No Game No Life (serie e film) e Kill la Kill|work=AnimeClick.it|accessdate=March 16, 2018|archive-date=March 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317040015/https://www.animeclick.it/news/71287-palinsesto-vvvvid-per-natale-arrivano-no-game-no-life-serie-e-film-e-kill-la-kill|url-status=live}} and Dynit published the series on VVVVID on February 6, 2018.{{cite news|first=Associazione NewType|last=Media|url=https://www.animeclick.it/news/72358-kill-la-kill-sbarca-finalmente-su-vvvvid|title=Kill la Kill sbarca finalmente su VVVVID|work=AnimeClick.it|accessdate=March 16, 2018|archive-date=March 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317040018/https://www.animeclick.it/news/72358-kill-la-kill-sbarca-finalmente-su-vvvvid|url-status=live}} Subsequently, the Italian dub of the series was added to Netflix on September 1, 2018.{{cite news|first=Associazione NewType|last=Media|url=https://www.animeclick.it/news/76379-kill-la-kill-su-netflix-dal-1%25c2%25b0-settembre-in-italiano|title=Kill la Kill su Netflix dal 1º settembre in italiano|work=AnimeClick.it|accessdate=September 6, 2018|archive-date=September 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903182947/https://www.animeclick.it/news/76379-kill-la-kill-su-netflix-dal-1%25c2%25b0-settembre-in-italiano|url-status=live}}
=Home media=
==Japanese==
The video release on Blu-ray Disc and DVD began on January 8, 2014.{{cite web|title=Official website|url=http://www.kill-la-kill.jp/blu-ray_dvd/01.html|publisher=Aniplex|access-date=December 20, 2013|language=ja|archive-date=December 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218111509/http://www.kill-la-kill.jp/blu-ray_dvd/01.html|url-status=live}} Soundtrack CDs are included with the first and fifth volumes, making-of documentary DVDs are included with the third, seventh, and ninth volumes, and drama CDs are included with the second, fourth, sixth, and eighth volumes. An original video animation episode was released as part of the ninth volume on September 3, 2014.{{cite news|title=Last Kill la Kill Blu-ray/DVD to Include Unaired Episode|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-19/last-kill-la-kill-blu-ray/dvd-to-include-unaired-episode|work=Anime News Network|access-date=December 20, 2013|date=December 19, 2013|archive-date=July 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707063231/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-19/last-kill-la-kill-blu-ray/dvd-to-include-unaired-episode|url-status=live}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width: 98%;"
|+ Aniplex (Region A/2) |
| Volume
! Episodes ! Release date |
|---|
| Volume 1
|1–2 |January 8, 2014 |
| Volume 2
|3–5 |February 5, 2014 |
| Volume 3
|6–8 |March 5, 2014 |
| Volume 4
|9–11 |April 2, 2014 |
| Volume 5
|12–14 |May 7, 2014 |
| Volume 6
|15–17 |June 4, 2014 |
| Volume 7
|18–20 |July 2, 2014 |
| Volume 8
|21–23 |August 6, 2014 |
| Volume 9
|24 + OVA (25) |September 3, 2014 |
==English==
The series was released in five BD/DVD volumes in North America. The first volume was released on July 15, 2014, in limited edition BD/DVD combo packs including soundtrack CDs, as well as standard Blu-ray Disc and DVD releases.{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2014-05-29/aniplex-of-america-to-release-kill-la-kill-on-blu-ray-and-dvd/.75024|title=Aniplex of America to Release Kill la Kill on Blu-ray and DVD|work=Anime News Network|access-date=August 15, 2014|archive-date=December 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181208034331/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2014-05-29/aniplex-of-america-to-release-kill-la-kill-on-blu-ray-and-dvd/.75024|url-status=live}} At Anime Expo 2014 held in Los Angeles, Aniplex premiered the first English dub episode, and hosted a performance by theme song singer Eir Aoi, and a panel with script writer Kazuki Nakashima, director Sushio, producer Yosuke Toba, and voice actresses Ami Koshimizu and Ryoka Yuzuki.{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-05-12/kill-la-kill-english-dub-to-premiere-at-anime-expo|title=Kill la Kill English Dub to Premiere at Anime Expo|work=Anime News Network|date=May 12, 2014|access-date=June 22, 2014|archive-date=January 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126065621/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-05-12/kill-la-kill-english-dub-to-premiere-at-anime-expo|url-status=live}}
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|+ Aniplex of America (Region A/1) |
| colspan="2"|Volume
! Episodes ! Release date |
|---|
| rowspan="5" width="1%" style="background: #C64043;"|
|Volume 1 |1–4 |July 15, 2014 |
| Volume 2
|5–9 |October 21, 2014 |
| Volume 3
|10–14 |December 23, 2014 |
| Volume 4
|15–19 |February 24, 2015 |
| Volume 5
|20–24 + OVA (25) |April 28, 2015 |
The series is licensed in the United Kingdom and France by Anime Limited, and was simulcast on Wakanim, later receiving a digital release on Netflix.{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-10-04/new-u.k-anime-online-broadcaster-announced|title=New U.K. Anime Online Broadcaster Announced|work=Anime News Network|date=October 3, 2013|access-date=October 5, 2013|archive-date=August 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816144950/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-10-04/new-u.k-anime-online-broadcaster-announced|url-status=live}} The series was released on Blu-ray and DVD in three Collector's Edition sets. The first set was originally slated for a release date on December 8, 2014,{{cite web|title=Anime Limited Licenses Kill la Kill for Home Video in the UK|url=http://www.alltheanime.com/klk_pressrelease/|format=Press release|work=All the Anime|publisher=Anime Limited|date=March 7, 2014|access-date=April 5, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407093523/http://www.alltheanime.com/klk_pressrelease/|archive-date=April 7, 2014}} but was later moved to November 17, 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.alltheanime.com/kill-la-kill-release-trailer-new-date/|title=All the Anime – KILL LA KILL – RELEASE TRAILER & NEW DATE|work=All the Anime|publisher=Anime Limited|access-date=October 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011051425/http://www.alltheanime.com/kill-la-kill-release-trailer-new-date/|archive-date=October 11, 2014|url-status=dead}} Subsequently, the release was pushed forward a further two weeks, with the first release being available in the UK on November 3, 2014,{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/alltheanime/posts/597813013663886|title=Anime Limited - 'Well blow me over!' is what you're going... - Facebook|work=facebook.com|access-date=October 22, 2014|archive-date=November 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231111120418/https://www.facebook.com/alltheanime/posts/597813013663886|url-status=live}} while the Blu-ray version was pushed back to December 1, 2014.{{cite web|url=https://animeuknews.net/2014/10/anime-limited-pushes-kill-la-kill-blu-ray-back-to-1st-december/|title=Anime UK News :: Anime Limited Pushes Kill la Kill Blu-Ray Back To 1st December|work=animeuknews.net|date=October 28, 2014|access-date=May 26, 2017|archive-date=September 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905214820/https://animeuknews.net/2014/10/anime-limited-pushes-kill-la-kill-blu-ray-back-to-1st-december/|url-status=live}}
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|+ Anime Limited (Region B/2) |
| colspan="2"|Volume
! Episodes ! Release date |
|---|
| rowspan="1" width="1%" style="background: #C64043;"|
|Volume 1 |1–9 |November 3, 2014 (DVD) |
| rowspan="1" width="1%" style="background: #C64043;"|
|Volume 2 |10–19 |March 23, 2015 |
| rowspan="1" width="1%" style="background: #C64043;"|
|Volume 3 |20-24 + OVA (25) |July 11, 2016 |
In Australia and New Zealand, the series is licensed by Madman Entertainment, who simulcasted the series on Madman Screening Room, and later released the series digitally on AnimeLab.{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-09-20/madman-entertainment-acquires-kill-la-kill|title=Madman Entertainment Acquires Kill La Kill|work=Anime News Network|date=September 20, 2013|access-date=October 3, 2013|archive-date=October 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008053451/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-09-20/madman-entertainment-acquires-kill-la-kill|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-09-15/madman-adds-kill-la-kill-to-animelab/.78793|title=Madman adds Kill La Kill to AnimeLab|date=September 9, 2014|access-date=January 20, 2017|work=Anime News Network|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202091508/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-09-15/madman-adds-kill-la-kill-to-animelab/.78793|url-status=live}} The series was released on Blu-ray and DVD, and mirrored the release pattern of the North American releases. The first volume was released on October 15, 2014.{{cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-10-01/australian-release-list-october-2014/.79423|title=Australian Release List - October 2014|work=Anime News Network|date=October 1, 2014|access-date=January 20, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202091458/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-10-01/australian-release-list-october-2014/.79423|url-status=live}}
Soundtrack
{{Infobox album
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Music for the series is composed by Hiroyuki Sawano.{{cite web|url=http://vgmdb.net/album/42078|title=SVWC-7973 {{!}} KILL la KILL ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK - VGMdb|website=vgmdb.net|access-date=November 15, 2016|archive-date=November 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121234738/http://vgmdb.net/album/42078|url-status=live}} For the first fifteen episodes, the opening theme is {{nihongo|"Sirius"|シリウス|Shiriusu}} by Eir Aoi, while the ending theme is {{nihongo||ごめんね、いいコじゃいられない。|Gomen ne, Iiko ja Irarenai|extra="Sorry, I'm Done Being a Good Kid"}} by Miku Sawai.{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-08-29/kill-la-kill-anime-new-ad-previews-aoi-eir-song|title=Kill la Kill Anime's New Ad Previews Eir Aoi's Song|work=Anime News Network|date=August 29, 2013|access-date=September 5, 2013|archive-date=October 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003014723/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-08-29/kill-la-kill-anime-new-ad-previews-aoi-eir-song|url-status=live}} From episode 16 onwards, the opening theme is "ambiguous" by Garnidelia, a duo consisting of vocalist Maria and composer Toku,{{cite news|title=GARNiDELiA Duo to Perform Kill La Kill Anime's New Opening|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-12/garnidelia-duo-to-perform-kill-la-kill-anime-new-opening|access-date=March 4, 2014|newspaper=Anime News Network|date=December 12, 2012|archive-date=April 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409153719/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-12/garnidelia-duo-to-perform-kill-la-kill-anime-new-opening|url-status=live}} and the ending theme is {{nihongo|"Shin Sekai Kōkyōgaku"|新世界交響楽||"New World Symphony"}} by Sayonara Ponytail,{{cite news|title=Sayonara Ponytail to Perform Kill la Kill's 2nd Ending Theme|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-02/sayonara-ponytail-to-perform-kill-la-kill-2nd-ending-theme|work=Anime News Network|date=January 2, 2014|access-date=January 6, 2014|archive-date=January 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106021321/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-02/sayonara-ponytail-to-perform-kill-la-kill-2nd-ending-theme|url-status=live}} though an extended version of the original ending theme returns for the last portion of episode 24. Aoi's song "Sanbika" was used as an image song to accompany climactic events in episodes 3, 7, 11 and 23.
The first soundtrack album was published on December 25, 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.kill-la-kill.jp/products/goods01.html|title="Kiru ra Kiru" Orijinaru Saundotorakku|script-title=ja:「キルラキル」オリジナルサウンドトラック|trans-title=Kill la Kill Original Sound Track|publisher=Trigger|language=ja|access-date=December 27, 2013|archive-date=December 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226210150/http://www.kill-la-kill.jp/products/goods01.html|url-status=live}} Aniplex USA also released the CD on January 17, 2014.{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-24/aniplex-usa-to-release-kill-la-kill-original-soundtrack-cd|title=Aniplex USA to Release Kill la Kill Original Soundtrack CD|work=Anime News Network|access-date=December 27, 2013|date=December 24, 2013|archive-date=December 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226095002/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-24/aniplex-usa-to-release-kill-la-kill-original-soundtrack-cd|url-status=live}} It features 18 tracks, including six vocal songs performed in English and German. The background music tracks feature titles that are typographical variants of "Kill la Kill".
The second soundtrack album was released in Japan as part of the fifth DVD/Blu-ray disc set on May 7, 2014.{{cite news|last=Green|first=Scott|title="Kill La Kill" Blu-rays to Feature Soundtrack and OVA|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/12/19/kill-la-kill-blu-rays-to-feature-soundtrack-and-ova|access-date=March 31, 2014|newspaper=Crunchyroll|date=December 20, 2013|archive-date=February 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224225313/https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/12/19/kill-la-kill-blu-rays-to-feature-soundtrack-and-ova|url-status=live}} It also features {{nihongo|"Kara-OK"|空OK|karaoke}} versions of the vocal tracks from the first album, among other background music.
= Track listing =
{{Track listing
| all_music = Hiroyuki Sawano
| headline = Kill la Kill Original Soundtrack
| extra_column = Performer(s)
| title1 = Before my body is dry
| note1 =
| length1 = 4:07
| lyrics1 = {{hlist|mpi|David Whitaker}}
| writer1 =
| extra1 = {{hlist|Mika Kobayashi|David Whitaker}}
| title2 = goriLLA-Ja-L
| note2 = {{nihongo2|goriLLA蛇L}} Gori Ra Jaru
| length2 = 4:16
| writer2 =
| extra2 =
| title3 = InuKA3L
| note3 = {{nihongo2|犬Kあ3L}} Inu Ka Saru
| length3 = 4:34
| lyrics3 =
| writer3 =
| extra3 =
| title4 = Blumenkranz
| note4 =
| length4 = 4:19
| lyrics4 = Rie
| writer4 =
| extra4 = Cyua
| title5 = Ad la Lib
| note5 = {{nihongo2|AdラLib}} Ado Ra Ribu
| length5 = 3:24
| lyrics5 =
| extra5 =
| title6 = Kiryu ga KiLL
| note6 = {{nihongo2|鬼龍G@キLL}} Kiryū ga Kiru
| length6 = 4:38
| extra6 =
| title7 = KILL 7la Kill
| note7 = {{nihongo2|KILL7la切ル}} Kiru Nara Kiru
| length7 = 4:46
| extra7 =
| title8 = Suck your blood
| length8 = 3:40
| lyrics8 = mpi
| extra8 = {{hlist|mpi|Benjamin Anderson}}
| title9 = Kik9{{=}}KELL
| note9 = {{nihongo2|Kiっ9{{=}}KELL}} Kikku wa Keru
| length9 = 4:51
| extra9 =
| title10 = k1ll wa iLL
| note10 = {{nihongo2|k1ll◎iLL}} Kiru Wa Iru
| length10 = 3:08
| extra10 =
| title11 = Light your heart up
| length11 = 3:56
| lyrics11 = cAnON.
| extra11 = Aimee Blackschleger
| title12 = Hiru ra lilL♪
| note12 = {{nihongo2|昼裸lilL♪}} Hiru Ra Riru
| length12 = 2:02
| writer12 =
| extra12 =
| title13 = KiLL La KiLL
| note13 = {{nihongo2|斬LLLア生LL}} Kiru Ra Kiru
| length13 = 4:25
| writer13 =
| extra13 =
| title14 = Kiryu ha KiLL
| note14 = {{nihongo2|キ龍ha着LL}} Kiryū Ha Kiru
| length14 = 4:15
| writer14 =
| extra14 =
| title15 = I want to know
| length15 = 4:07
| lyrics15 = {{hlist|mpi|Benjamin Anderson}}
| extra15 = Benjamin Anderson
| title16 = NeLL na Ki9
| note16 = {{nihongo2|寝LLna聴9}} Neru Na Kiku
| length16 = 7:08
| writer16 =
| extra16 =
| title17 = Kill a KiLL
| note17 = {{nihongo2|Kiる厭KiLL}} Kiru A Kiru
| length17 = 5:06
| writer17 =
| extra17 =
| title18 = Till I Die
| length18 = 4:41
| lyrics18 = cAnON.
| extra18 = CASG (Caramel Apple Sound Gadget)
| total_length = 1:17:22
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Kill la Kill Original Soundtrack Vol. 2
| total_length = 1:14:05
| title1 = Gekiban Tokka-gata Hitotsuboshi Gokuseifuku
| note1 = {{nihongo2|劇伴特化型1☆極★服}}
| length1 = 3:24
| title2 = Rhythm Kyōka-gata Futatsuboshi Gokuseifuku
| note2 = {{nihongo2|リズム強化型2☆極★服}}
| length2 = 4:12
| title3 = Nichijō Gekijō-gata Mittsuboshi Gokuseifuku
| note3 = {{nihongo2|日常劇場型3☆極★服}}
| length3 = 3:35
| title4 = Fuku o Kita Buta-gata Yottsuboshi Gokuseifuku
| note4 = {{nihongo2|服着豚型4☆極★服}}
| length4 = 4:13
| title5 = Naming Sense 0-gata Itsutsuboshi Gokuseifuku
| note5 = {{nihongo2|名付扇子0型5☆極★服}}
| length5 = 5:10
| title6 = Tsuika Hatchū-gata Muttsuboshi Gokuseifuku
| note6 = {{nihongo2|追加発注型6☆極★服}}
| length6 = 4:14
| title7 = Haikei Keigu-gata Nanatsuboshi Gokuseifuku
| note7 = {{nihongo2|背景敬具型7☆極★服}}
| length7 = 4:21
| title8 = MT Hensō-gata Yattsuboshi Gokuseifuku
| note8 = {{nihongo2|MT変装型8☆極★服}}
| length8 = 4:51
| title9 = Tabun LASTBOSS-gata Kokonotsuboshi Gokuseifuku
| note9 = {{nihongo2|多分裸SBOSS-型9☆極★服}}
| length9 = 3:30
| title10 = Zenhan Saishūroku-gata Tōnohoshi Gokuseifuku
| note10 = {{nihongo2|前半再収録型10☆極★服}}
| length10 = 4:45
| title11 = Tsuika Saishūroku-gata Tōtohitotsuboshi Gokuseifuku
| note11 = {{nihongo2|追加再収録型11☆極★服}}
| length11 = 2:54
| title12 = Jūyoubutsu Hakkō Kyōchō-gata Tōtofutatsuboshi Gokuseifuku
| note12 = {{nihongo2|重要物発行強調型12☆極★服}}
| length12 = 4:09
| title13 = Before my body is dry
| note13 = {{nihongo2|Before my body is dry <空OK>}}
| length13 = 4:06
| title14 = Suck your blood
| note14 = {{nihongo2|Suck your blood <空OK>}}
| length14 = 3:41
| title15 = Blumenkranz
| note15 = {{nihongo2|Blumenkranz <空OK>}}
| length15 = 4:18
| title16 = Light your heart up
| note16 = {{nihongo2|Light your heart up <空OK>}}
| length16 = 3:55
| title17 = I want to know
| note17 = {{nihongo2|I want to know <空OK>}}
| length17 = 4:06
| title18 = Till I Die
| note18 = {{nihongo2|Till I Die <空OK>}}
| length18 = 4:41
}}
{{clear}}
Other media
=Manga=
A manga adaptation by {{ill|Ryō Akizuki|ja|あきづきりょう}} started in Kadokawa Shoten's Seinen manga magazine Young Ace on October 4, 2013,{{cite web|script-title=ja:「グレンラガン」スタッフの新作「キルラキル」をマンガ化|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/100714|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=November 30, 2024|language=ja|date=October 4, 2013|archive-date=April 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404231709/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/100714|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-09-04/gurren-lagann-staff-kill-la-kill-anime-gets-manga|title=Gurren Lagann Staff's Kill la Kill Anime Gets Manga|work=Anime News Network|date=September 4, 2013|access-date=September 5, 2013|archive-date=September 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921231121/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-09-04/gurren-lagann-staff-kill-la-kill-anime-gets-manga|url-status=live}} and concluded with 17 chapters on February 4, 2015.{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-30/ryou-akizuki-kill-la-kill-manga-to-end-in-february/.82731|title=Ryou Akizuki's Kill la Kill Manga to End in February|date=December 30, 2014|work=Anime News Network|access-date=December 4, 2015|archive-date=November 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109100348/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-12-30/ryou-akizuki-kill-la-kill-manga-to-end-in-february/.82731|url-status=live}} Its chapters were collected in three {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes, released from December 4, 2013, to March 4, 2015.
In North America, the manga was licensed for English release by Udon Entertainment.{{cite news|last=Ressler|first=Karen|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-07-27/udon-entertainment-licenses-kill-la-kill-manga-more/.77055|title=Udon Entertainment Licenses Kill La Kill Manga, More|work=Anime News Network|date=July 27, 2014|access-date=August 17, 2014|archive-date=July 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705181914/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-07-27/udon-entertainment-licenses-kill-la-kill-manga-more/.77055|url-status=live}}
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|ISBN = 978-4-04-120908-0
|LicensedRelDate = {{dts|2015|10|15}}{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=North American Anime, Manga Releases, October 11–17|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-10-13/north-american-anime-manga-releases-october-11-17/.94158|website=Anime News Network|access-date=November 30, 2024|date=October 13, 2015|archive-date=January 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107201630/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-10-13/north-american-anime-manga-releases-october-11-17/.94158|url-status=live}}
|LicensedISBN = 978-1-9279254-92
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|VolumeNumber = 2
|RelDate = {{dts|2014|3|10}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:【3月10日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/111525|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=November 30, 2024|date=March 10, 2014|archive-date=October 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012173134/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/111525|url-status=live}}
|ISBN = 978-4-04-121048-2
|LicensedRelDate = {{dts|2016|4|20}}{{cite press release|title=UDON Entertainment Releases 2nd Volume of Kill la Kill in Stores|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2016-04-17/udon-entertainment-releases-2nd-volume-of-kill-la-kill-in-stores/.101163|publisher=Udon Entertainment|via=Anime News Network|access-date=November 30, 2024|date=April 17, 2016}}
|LicensedISBN = 978-1-927925-54-6
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|VolumeNumber = 3
|RelDate = {{dts|2015|3|4}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:【3月4日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/139931|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=November 30, 2024|date=March 10, 2015}}
|ISBN = 978-4-04-102107-1
|LicensedRelDate = {{dts|2016|9|20}}{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=North American Anime, Manga Releases, September 18–24|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-09-20/north-american-anime-manga-releases-september-18-24/.106703|website=Anime News Network|access-date=November 30, 2024|date=September 20, 2016|archive-date=July 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719095726/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-09-20/north-american-anime-manga-releases-september-18-24/.106703|url-status=live}}
|LicensedISBN = 978-1-927925-84-3
}}
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=Video game=
{{main|Kill la Kill: IF}}
A video game adaptation titled {{nihongo|Kill la Kill the Game: IF|キルラキル ザ・ゲーム -異布-|Kiru ra Kiru za Gēmu: Ifu}}{{efn|{{nihongo|IF|異布|ifu}} roughly translates to "Irregular Fashion".}} was announced at the Anime Expo between July 5–8, 2018. The game was published by Arc System Works and developed by A+ Games, who developed Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time, also based on another anime by Trigger.{{cite news|title=Teaser trailer reveals Kill la Kill game, published by Arc System Works|url=https://www.destructoid.com/teaser-trailer-reveals-kill-la-kill-game-published-by-arc-system-works-508514.phtml|work=Destructoid|access-date=June 16, 2018|archive-date=June 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616194846/https://www.destructoid.com/teaser-trailer-reveals-kill-la-kill-game-published-by-arc-system-works-508514.phtml|url-status=live}} It was released on PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC in Japan on July 25, 2019, and in North America and Europe the next day. In Europe, the game was published by PQube. Kill la Kill the Game: IF also received an English dub.{{cite news|title=Kill la Kill – IF Appears To Be Releasing In Japan On July 25, 2019|url=https://www.siliconera.com/2019/03/14/kill-la-kill-if-appears-to-be-releasing-in-japan-on-july-25-2019/|website=Siliconera|date=March 14, 2019|access-date=March 15, 2019|archive-date=March 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331011926/https://www.siliconera.com/2019/03/14/kill-la-kill-if-appears-to-be-releasing-in-japan-on-july-25-2019/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Stevens|first=Colin|title=Kill la Kill: IF Release Date Announced|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/03/20/kill-la-kill-if-release-date-announced|access-date=March 20, 2019|work=IGN|date=March 20, 2019|archive-date=March 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321152246/https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/03/20/kill-la-kill-if-release-date-announced|url-status=live}} The game's storyline takes place during the events of episode 3, depicting Satsuki being placed by Junketsu in artificial reality that follows the anime storyline with slight deviations.
Reception
Kill la Kill was met with mostly positive reviews. Eliot Gay of Japanator called the "uniquely fun, even gripping" series "a reminder of how fun and creative anime can be at its best."{{cite web|url=http://www.japanator.com/first-impressions-kill-la-kill-29823.phtml|title=Imaishi and crew hit it out of the park|publisher=Japanator|first=Eliot|last=Gay|date=October 8, 2013|access-date=February 17, 2014|archive-date=April 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415114333/https://www.japanator.com/first-impressions-kill-la-kill-29823.phtml|url-status=dead}} Kat Bailey of IGN, describing the series as "magical girl anime on speed", noted that its over-the-top absurdity was part of its charm.{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/01/30/6-animes-that-would-make-great-video-games|title=9 Anime That Would Make Great Video Games|first1=Kat|last1=Bailey|first2=Marty|last2=Sliva|date=January 30, 2014|work=IGN|access-date=April 20, 2015|archive-date=August 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829103646/https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/01/30/6-animes-that-would-make-great-video-games|url-status=live}} Article was updated from its original. {{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140216061623/http://ap.ign.com/en/feature/11188/6-animes-that-would-make-great-video-games|url=http://ap.ign.com/en/feature/11188/6-animes-that-would-make-great-video-games|title=6 {{sic|nolink=y|Animes}} That Would Make Great Video Games|first=Kat|last=Bailey|date=January 30, 2015|archive-date=February 16, 2014|url-status=dead}} Joseph Luster of Otaku USA described the series's concept as "mostly straightforward setup for revenge and shonen-style 'stronger! STRONGER!' battle progression", but praised its execution.{{cite news|title=Anime First Impressions: Kill la Kill|url=http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/Anime/News1/Anime-First-Impressions-Kill-la-Kill-5305.aspx|first=Joseph|last=Luster|date=October 4, 2013|magazine=Otaku USA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904172431/https://www.otakuusamagazine.com/Anime/News1/Anime-First-Impressions-Kill-la-Kill-5305.aspx|archive-date=September 4, 2014}} Richard Eisenbeis of Kotaku appreciated the series for "perfectly mixing comedy and action", its pacing, internal consistency and over-the-top straightforward adaptation of standard action anime tropes.{{cite news|last=Eisenbeis|first=Richard|title=Kill la Kill Is a Rare Breed of Anime|url=http://kotaku.com/kill-la-kill-is-a-rare-breed-of-anime-1558049005|access-date=April 5, 2014|newspaper=Kotaku|date=April 4, 2014|archive-date=April 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406134234/http://kotaku.com/kill-la-kill-is-a-rare-breed-of-anime-1558049005|url-status=live}}
The animation of fight scenes and character movements, as well as the "keen selection of music", were particularly praised by Robert Frazer of UK Anime Network,{{cite web|url=http://www.uk-anime.net/anime/Kill_la_Kill_-_Eps._1-5.html|title=Kill la Kill – Eps. 1–5|publisher=UK Anime Network|last=Frazer|first=Robert|date=November 8, 2013|access-date=December 27, 2013|archive-date=December 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229032436/http://www.uk-anime.net/anime/Kill_la_Kill_-_Eps._1-5.html|url-status=live}} The site selected it as the 2013 UK Anime Network Awards winner in the "Best streaming anime" category.{{cite web|url=http://www.uk-anime.net/articles/The_2013_UK_Anime_Network_Awards.html|title=The 2013 UK Anime Network Awards|publisher=UK Anime Network|first=Andy|last=Hanley|access-date=February 16, 2014|archive-date=March 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313021142/http://www.uk-anime.net/articles/The_2013_UK_Anime_Network_Awards.html|url-status=live}} Carl Kimlinger of Anime News Network also appreciated the inventive and funny animation and the series's "retro shonen action pushed to ... loony, hyperactive extremes".{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/kill-la-kill/episodes-1|title=Kill la Kill Episodes 1–6 Streaming|work=Anime News Network|last=Kimlinger|first=Carl|date=November 21, 2013|access-date=December 27, 2013|archive-date=December 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226094654/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/kill-la-kill/episodes-1|url-status=live}} Michael Logarta of GMA News Online likewise noted the "superb pacing", to-the-point storytelling and well-realized characters in the series's "whirlwind of gorgeous visuals, story, and unfettered insanity".{{cite news|last=Logarta|first=Michael|title=No-holds-barred insanity in 'Kill la Kill'|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/356842/scitech/reviews/no-holds-barred-insanity-in-kill-la-kill|access-date=April 15, 2014|newspaper=GMA News Online|date=April 14, 2014|archive-date=July 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701224226/http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/356842/scitech/reviews/no-holds-barred-insanity-in-kill-la-kill|url-status=live}}
Kill la Kill won multiple prizes during the 4th Newtype Anime Awards, including Best Character Design (Sushio), Best Script (Kazuki Nakashima), Best Sound, and Best Picture (TV Broadcast). It placed second for Best Theme Song ("Sirius"), Best Director (Hiroyuki Imaishi) and Best Studio (Trigger). In the Best Mascot category, Senketsu placed third and Guts placed ninth. In Best Character (female), Ryuko placed second, and Mako placed third.{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-10-12/kill-la-kill-idolm@ster-movie-win-top-prizes-in-newtype-awards/.79838|title=Kill la Kill, Idolm@ster Movie Win Top Prizes in Newtype Awards|work=Anime News Network|access-date=December 4, 2016|archive-date=January 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109152534/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-10-12/kill-la-kill-idolm@ster-movie-win-top-prizes-in-newtype-awards/.79838|url-status=live}} The anime was part of the Jury Selections of the 18th Japan Media Arts Festival in the Animation category.{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=KILL la KILL {{!}} Jury Selections {{!}} Animation Division {{!}} 2014 [18th]Japan Media Arts Festival Archive|url=http://archive.j-mediaarts.jp/en/festival/2014/animation/works/18anj_KILL_la_KILL/|access-date=March 21, 2022|website=Japan Media Arts Festival|language=en|archive-date=February 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208084641/http://archive.j-mediaarts.jp/en/festival/2014/animation/works/18anj_KILL_la_KILL/|url-status=live }}
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External links
- {{Official website|www.killlakill.com|Official English website}}
- {{Anime News Network|anime|15336}}
- {{IMDb title|id=3114390}}
{{Hiroyuki Imaishi}}
{{Studio Trigger}}
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{{Young Ace}}
{{Newtype Anime Award - Best Television}}
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