Line #94 Trivia/KilllaKill


1	* ActingForTwo: Creator/AyumiFujimura provides the voices of Matarou Mankanshoku and Rei Hououmaru.
2	* AnimeFirst: The tie-in manga debuted on the same day as the anime.
3	* {{Blooper}}: In episode 16, Ryuko is seen reverse sitting on a chair, her legs through the holes under the arm-supports. Then she violently stands up, grabbing said chair and lifting it above her head. However, there is no scene of her pulling her legs out from under the arm supports. It's pretty much like they phased through her legs when she was standing up. Can be seen [[http://imgur.com/v7C6AGR here]] and [[http://imgur.com/5I4uLdi here]].
4	* BreakthroughHit: For Studio Trigger. Granted, the two big names behind the project (Creator/HiroyukiImaishi and Kazuki Nakashima) were already noted for ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''; ''Kill la Kill'' was just their breakthrough for their new studio (which had already done a few things like animation for ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone'').
5	* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The series' Chinese title, which translates to both ''The Girl Who Cuts Cloth'' and ''The Girl Who Cuts by Dual Wielding''.
6	* TheDanza: Suzuki was named after his Japanese voice actor, Creator/ChihiroSuzuki.
7	* DenialOfDigitalDistribution: While the series itself is available on several digital platforms, the OVA[=/=]25th episode, "Goodbye Once Again", is only available through physical media via the Volume 9 DVD/Blu-ray or the Complete Series Blu-ray and has never seen an official digital release.
8	* EditedForSyndication:
9	** The broadcast version of episode 9 that aired on Creator/{{Toonami}} has the scene in which Gamagoori whip Ryuko's expose butt cropped so that way viewers don't see all of her bare butt (though they still managed to show her getting whipped). The part after where Ryuko hangs from the edge by the straps of her uniform and the crowd (including Mako) getting nosebleeds and going wild over her underboobs being shown on the jumbo screen was also cut.
10	** Toonami's version of episode 11 cropped Ryuko's jiggling underboobs when she tells Jakuzure to "blow it out [her] ass" after Jakuzure knocks her down for trying to attack Satsuki, which really made no difference. Ryuko's jiggling underboobs (this time, shown from underneath) were censored again later in the same episode when Jakuzure attacks her and Sunkestu with Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5: Fate", only here, they replaced the scene with an extended close-up of Sunkestu's eye while the audio played as normal.
11	** The broadcast version of episode 16 cut Satsuki and Ragyo's bath scene to remove some of the more sexually explicit details (mostly nudity and scenes that make it obvious that Ragyo is bringing Satsuki to orgasm). Despite this, the ParentalIncest implications are still there.
12	** In the broadcast version of episode 19, the scene where Ragyo has Satsuki captured cuts away just before the former puts her fingers down the latter's crotch. Despite this, it is still shown in a way that makes it obvious what Ragyo is doing.
13	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Good luck trying to obtain the [=DVDs=]/Blu-rays containing the English dub, with the [=OVA=] included, as Aniplex has made obtaining them very expensive, forcing fans to have to buy five separate individual volumes instead of a box set. It's possible to get the whole series, sans OVA, on digital home release via iTunes, but it's only subbed. To really add insult to injury, ''Kill la Kill'''s home releases have gone out of print. This has become somewhat alleviated as Website/{{Crunchyroll}} and Creator/{{Hulu}} offer the English dub while the box set is available on Right Stuf's website, albeit at an expensive price.
14	* MemeAcknowledgment: The Trigger Twitch stream page have [[https://www.twitch.tv/studio_trigger/clip/RamshackleSavoryHorseradishDoubleRainbow acknowledged the My Little Pogchamp meme]].
15	* NoBudget: In spite of the series' stellar AnimationBump and SugarWiki/AwesomeArt moments, the series was made on a rather tight budget compared to similar series that premiered around the time, resulting in numerous LimitedAnimation moments. Nui Harime actually uses this to show how ''[[UncannyValley inhuman]]'' she is.
16	* PlayingAgainstType:
17	** Creator/StephanieSheh, who usually plays either {{Shrinking Violet}}s or {{Genki Girl}}s, plays the sadistic, FauxAffablyEvil, Nui Harime.
18	** Creator/CristinaValenzuela almost always provides the voice for a protagonist or an ally of the protagonist. Here, she is one of the bad guys.
19	** Creator/JohnnyYongBosch plays with both of his types as hero and [[spoiler:villain as Nui Harime's disguise Shinjirou Nagita]].
20	* {{Symbolism}}: [[http://imgur.com/znVzFyo This]] is a good run-down of much of the mythological symbolism used in the series. It involves TheFourGods (The Kiryuin Conglomerate, though there seems to be no one for Seiryu), The Four Devas of Hinduism (The Elite Four), Chakras, some Japanese history (which puts Satuski in UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga's role of attempting to unite Japan), and the placement of the REVOCS building ({{Tokyo\|IsTheCenterOfTheUniverse}}) and the academy (where Tokyo's three rivers converge).
21	* ThrowItIn: [[http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/728524-kill-la-kill According to Ryoka Yuzuki]], Satsuki's [[spoiler:SayMyName moment]] during the finale was improvised. There wasn't anything written in the script, but Yuzuki's mind was screaming that [[spoiler:Satsuki had to catch Ryuko at all costs and she couldn't help but cry out Ryuko's name]]. Given that said moment is featured in the [[Awesome/KillLaKill Awesome]], [[Funny/KillLaKill Funny]] and [[Heartwarming/KillLaKill Heartwarming]] sections, it's probably safe to say that fans are glad she did.
22	* TrollingCreator:
23	** Episode 15 ends with yet another victory for Satsuki, along with the promise of a much-needed InfoDump in the next episode. Episode 16 opens with Senketsu stating that it's time for a RecapEpisode! Just before the audience can get too angry, it becomes apparent that the recap will be a {{Motor Mouth}}ed crash course that doesn't take a full minute. The episode proceeds as it should from there:
24	---> '''Senketsu:''' Haha! I'm sure you groaned when you heard me say [[RecapEpisode "recap episode",]] but have faith! Thanks to ''Kill la Kill's'' lightning pace, our recaps fit in the prologue! Now, let the episode proper begin!
25	** Fans have been predicting Mako's death since the series began; episode 21 just takes this and runs with it by putting her into so many near-death experiences. [[spoiler:Unsurprisingly, she survives the episode.]] Episode 22 follows suit [[spoiler:and she ''still'' survives]].
26	* UnderageCasting: Creator/LauraPost, who voices Ragyo Kiryuin, is actually seven years ''younger'' than Creator/CarrieKeranen, who voices Satsuki.
27	* UnspecifiedRoleCredit: After being listed as "'''[[TheFaceless ?]]'''" in the credits, Guts' Japanese voice actor [[http://imgur.com/LmRVIQr revealed himself]] two days after the finale aired:
28	--> '''Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi''': "...[[CharacterCatchphrase Let me give you two pieces of information]]. One, our UsefulNotes/{{DVD}}s and Blu-rays are selling like hotcakes; Two, I'm Guts, GATTSU-GATTSUU~!!"[[note]]The creators mentioned at the episode 24 screening that the "?" credit was initially because, with Konishi being a big name voice actor, they didn't want fans to guess that they wouldn't hire him just to play a Poke-Speaking dog and guessing that he was going to voice another character (the as-yet-unrevealed Tsumugu, who didn't appear until episode 5).[[/note]]
29	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
30	** Originally, the anime was supposed to be titled ''The Crimson Garment'' and the animation/art style was to be similar to ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt''.
31	** In the earliest scripts, Ryuko was supposed to be a bounty hunter with a price gun as her weapon. However, while the original script was scrapped for being too dark, the price gun concept was recycled into Tsumugu's sewing machine and the Osakans' money guns, and Ryuko's original bounty hunter concept was recycled into Tsumugu. Also, Tsumugu's mohawk was supposed to be pink.
32	** Ryuko's original design was supposed to resemble Satsuki's. The fact that Satsuki wears Senketsu later on in the series is a CallBack to Ryuko's original design.
33	** Originally, Ryuko didn't have any transformations. In fact, transformations were added very late into the series' development.
34	** Senketsu's mouth was originally green and in his transformed state, the middle exposed area between the straps was going to have a transparent stocking-like material. This was scrapped because Trigger thought it made Ryuko too sexualized.
35	** Mako was originally going to have either a ponytail or pigtails, along with having black hair, and Goku uniform was originally going to be able to transform into what Wakabayashi described as a "giant Hulk-like Mako". The transformation would have been named, "The Invincible Mako" or "The Unbreakable Mako".
36	** Jakuzure was originally going to be a punk rocker wielding an electric guitar and would use guitar riffs. However, this design was scrapped in favor of the the marching band look and classical music since they better fit the high school theme of the series.
37	** The Elite Four was supposed to be all girls and Houka was originally supposed to have black hair.
38	** Aikuro Mikisugi was originally going to have red hair along with the idea of possibly making him one of Ryuko's few blood relatives; this was originally going to be one of the many plot twists in the series. Due to his nature, this was dropped for obvious reasons.
39	** Nui's parasol was supposed to be a pink lightsaber.
40	** Takaharu Fukuroda was originally going to have a larger role in the plot. Additionally, the series was initially going to have a greater focus on boxing, from which he was left over.
41	** Senketsu and Junketsu were going to become mechs in their transformations. Apparently, Trigger has a "NO ROBOTS" policy, although recycled and reintroduced introduced in some of their transformations.
42	** Ryuko's transformations was originally written to be triggered by her running her bloody thumb down the stripes of Senketsu's collar. The sequence itself would have Ryuko doing a [[Franchise/KamenRider henshin pose]] before Senketsu engulfs and transforms her similar to the real time version in episode 2.
43	** Originally, Ragyo was going to be a man and Satsuki and Ryuko's father. However, Nakajima decided that Raygo should be a woman and the mother because he didn't want the story to become "murky" and he figured the protagonists could fight to their fullest. The semblance of her old designs can be seen in the designs for Isshin and Aikuro.
44	** Apparently, Soichiro was supposed to have a more major role in the plot according to some [[https://40.media.tumblr.com/7cacc13c26de143c3da7ea1505ad8074/tumblr_ns5j7wAYtv1r2hsazo1_1280.jpg concept]] [[https://40.media.tumblr.com/113c97d725b5c468354eb8b6231277b0/tumblr_ns5j7wAYtv1r2hsazo2_1280.jpg art]], particularly where he's with Mako and there is some dialogue. Likewise, he was also supposed to be in a wheelchair and bald.
45	** The Anime Expo 2018 panel for ''Kill la Kill the Game'' revealed that there was a scrapped episode that involved Senketsu and Junketsu being at the cleaners at the same time and focused on the two communicating with each other.
46	* WordOfGod: What isn't said in the series (or the supplementary materials), it's said on Studio Trigger's social media pages and/or shown on Sushio's Twitter or Instagram account.
47	* WorkingTitle: In the original drafts of the script, the series' title was ''The Crimson Garment''.

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