Kill la Kill (2013; anime)
a.k.a Kiru Ra Kiru
Creator: Kazuki Nakashima
Plot Synopsis[]
A young girl (Ami Koshimizu/Erica Mendez) arrives at a school of superhumans to find out the truth behind her father (Kinryû Arimoto/Doug Stone)'s murder.
Male Deaths[]
- Kinryû Arimoto [Sōichirō Kiryūin/Isshin Matoi] (Japanese Voice)
- Kôsei Hirota [Takiji Kuroido] (Japanese Voice)
- Sam Riegel [Suzuki] (English Dub)
- Toshihiko Seki [Senketsu] (Japanese Voice)
- John Snyder [Takiji Kuroido] (English Dub)
- Doug Stone [Sōichirō Kiryūin/Isshin Matoi] (English Dub)
- Chihiro Suzuki [Suzuki] (Japanese Voice)
- David Vincent [Senketsu] (English Dub)
Female Deaths[]
- Romi Park [Ragyō Kiryūin] (Japanese Voice)
- Laura Post [Ragyō Kiryūin] (English Dub)
- Stephanie Sheh [Nui Harime] (English Dub)
- Yukari Tamura [Nui Harime] (Japanese Voice)
Trivia[]
- Hiroyuki Imaishi came up with the concept after observing the similarity between the Japanese terms "fassho" and "fasshon" ("fascism" and "fashion"), and the dual meaning of the terms "seifuku" (it means both "conquest" and "uniform") and "kiru" (it means both "to kill" and "to wear").
- The uniform Ryuko possesses is called "Senketsu", which means "fresh blood". Conversely, the uniform her rival Satsuki possesses is called "Junketsu", which means "purity".
- The producers cite Sukeban deka (1985) (a show about a schoolgirl who infiltrates a school to put a stop to criminal activities) as an influence on the show.
- Studio Trigger's first TV series and currently the only one to be rated TV-MA in the USA, all the others are rated TV-14 or lower.However it received a TV-14 rating on certain services.
- In Australia volumes 1, 2, and 5 are given an M rating equivalent to the MPAA's PG-13 rating volume 3 is given an MA15+ rating equivalent to the MPAA's R rating while volume 4 is given an R18+ rating equivalent to the MPAA's NC-17 rating the reason why the fourth volume was rated R18+ in Australia was because it had a darker tone than the other volumes.
- Erica Mendez (Ryuko Matoi), Stephanie Sheh (Nui Harime), Laura Post (Ragyo Kiryuin), and Michael Sorich (Barazo Mankanshoku) later appeared in the English dub of Little Witch Academia (2017) three of which reprised their roles as Atsuko Kagari, Lotte Jansson, Jasminka Antonenko, and Diana Cavendish from the two pilot episodes of the series Michael Sorich appears voicing a character debuting in the 2017 series that character was Fafnir the Dragon.
- Johnny Yong Bosch's only Studio Trigger project up until Promare (2019), released 5 years later.
- The second time Johnny Yong Bosch and experienced voice actor Kaiji Tang worked together, the first being Doraemon (2005).