Kill La Kill

Details are starting to come out on Trigger's next, and first major project!

Magazine scan.◊

Here are some details I've found.

• Directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi (Director of TTGL and Panty & Stocking)
• Series Composition by Kazuki Nakashima (Series Composition of TTGL)
• The theme is “ruthless sword-fighting action in an all-girls high school” but focused on CHARACTER DRAMA
• A transfer student wielding a weird sword that looks like half-scissors arrives at a school ruled by power and starts causing trouble.
• The main characters are heroine Ryuuko and rival Satsuki. Ryuuko’s theme is “UNIFORM X REVENGE”, Satsuki’s theme is “UNIFORM X CONQUEST”. The heart of the show is their relationship and rivalry.
• They were very specific in saying that both Ryuuko and Satsuki are the “protagonists” and that “their rivalry is what drives the entire series”.
• Satsuki rules the school with the power of her uniform and Ryuuko opposes her. The main drama is created betwen these two characters.
• The show has two sides to it: BATTLE MANGA and CHARACTER DRAMA. It is set to run for 2-cours (24-26 episodes).
• Release date unannounced.

EDIT: The name of the series is Kill-La-Kill, not Killer Kill.

edited 8th May '13 1:50:14 AM by tvsgood

Killer Kill? That's like the epitome of Department of Redundancy Department. I thought the last time I would hear of something like that was with Speed of Sound Sonic.

Not really.

Killer's a noun, and Kill's a verb (or a noun in certain cases).

Just the fact that the guy behind Gurren Lagann is the director is reason enough for me to be interested.

Hot buzzwords.

Will watch because Trigger.

That sounds kind of awesome. Now if only I'd liked anything Imaishi directed

You didn't like Dead Leaves, Gurren Lagann, or Panty And Stocking With Garterbelt?!

A preview of this is gonna be out in 2 weeks or so, so I guess we'll hear more about it then.

^^To be fair, I haven't actually watched Dead Leaves. But Gurren Lagann completely failed to entertain me (and I watched quite a bit of it), and PSG is very nearly the exact opposite of what I like

It seems that Kill-La-Kill has been registered by Aniplex, and I rechecked the magazine scan to confirm, so that's the real name of the series.

edited 8th May '13 1:41:26 AM by tvsgood

Sounds like the Female equivalent of Madworld but in a HIGH SCHOOL!

I'll take it.

Welp, sounds like the Yuri Fan demographic's going to have a fun time of it.

It's a 2-cours battle action show set in an all girls high school. The main characters are Ryuuko Matoi and Satsuki Kiryuuin. Satsuki is a transfer student who carries a one handed longsword and believes that might makes right. She attempts to subjugate the school body using her strength. Ryuuko, who carries a sword that looks like half-scissors, is the one who stands in her way, and seems to be driven by revenge.

Originally the plan was to make a pure battle manga sort of series set in a highschool, with the main character beating rival after rival in combat. After Nakashima compled about 4 episodes worth of scripts, Imaishi probably got bored of it because he decided to trash everything. The series has apparently since been changed to focus on character drama instead. The rivalry between the two main characters will be a major driving force.

>school battle anime

>directed by the guy who did TTGL

You have my immediate interest.

edited 8th May '13 10:21:18 AM by KSPAM

Not only does it have the director of TTGL, it also has the writer of it!

Here's an interview with Imaishi and Nakashima.

Go /a/.

Forgot to mention, that interview is a WIP; it's still being translated. Also, the pic is wrong, that's another page of the whole magazine preview.

EDIT: Updated Link

edited 8th May '13 3:02:17 PM by tvsgood

I've updated the thread's title.

If it needs to be changed again feel free to Holler.

Thank you!

So this features our protagonist trying to navigate her turbulent relationship with another student at an all-girls school whilst simultaneously searching for the other half of her pair of scissors.

... nope, no symbolism here.

edited 8th May '13 3:28:36 PM by Iaculus

An all-girl swordfighting action show, with possible yuri elements, from the people who made Gurren Lagann? You have my interest.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-05-11/gurren-lagann-staffers-stream-kill-la-kill-1st-ad

Terminator theme much?

Coming this Fall.