Kill La Kill
Tags: brainwashing, revenge, flashback

Plot synopsis:
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 Satsuki Kiryuin. Its students wear Goku Uniforms (極制服, Gokuseifuku, from gokusei (極製?, "finest quality") + seifuku (制服?, "school uniform")) which give their wearers superhuman abilities because they are constructed with a special material known as Life Fibers (生命戦維, Seimei Sen'i, lit. "Life Battle-Fibers"). Vagrant transfer student Ryuko Matoi, who wields a scissor-shaped longsword that can cut Goku Uniforms, challenges the council as she searches for her father's killer. Although she is initially easily defeated, she finds a sentient sailor uniform that she names Senketsu, a Kamui (神衣, lit. "Godrobe") which is completely made of Life Fibers and transforms her so that she can face Kiryuin and her trials and obstacles. She is befriended by her hyperactive classmate Mako Mankanshoku and lives with her family.
When Satsuki reorganizes the allocation of Goku Uniforms through a battle royal and king-of-the-hill event known as Naturals Election, Ryuko faces the members of Satsuki's Elite Four, who wear powerful Three-Star Goku Uniforms, in a series of duels. Her final fight is interrupted by Nui Harime, the wielder of the other Scissor Blade and the murderer of Ryuko's father. In the ensuing fight, Ryuko transforms into an uncontrollable monster.
With the Tri-City Schools Raid, Satsuki annexes the major schools in the other regions of Japan, and quashes Nudist Beach (ヌーディスト・ビーチ, Nūdisuto Bīchi), a paramilitary organization led by Ryuko's homeroom teacher Aikuro Mikisugi. She arranges for a festival that will host her mother Ragyo, the academy's director and the CEO of REVOCS Corporation (REVOCSコーポレーション, Ribokkusu Kōporēshon), a clothing manufacturer that has dominated the worldwide market. Mikisugi reveals that the Life Fibers, which have been woven into all REVOCS clothing, are actually alien parasites that consume their wearers. When they devour the festival audience, Satsuki turns on her mother, revealing her end goal has always been destroying Ragyo, but the rebellion is short-lived as Ragyo has fused with the Life Fibers to attain tremendous power. Ragyo recognizes Ryuko as her own daughter and Satsuki's younger sister, who survived the termination of a Life Fiber experiment and was raised in secrecy by Ragyo's missing husband Isshin Matoi.
A month later, Ragyo and the Life Fibers have devastated Japan and have captured Satsuki, leaving the Elite Four without Goku Uniforms and forced to hide out with Ryuko and the others at Nudist Beach. When they rescue Satsuki, Ragyo captures and brainwashes Ryuko into fighting her. After Ryuko frees herself, she and Satsuki challenge Ragyo, who plans to use a space satellite to command all Life Fibers to consume their human hosts and detonate the Earth in order to propagate the Life Fibers throughout the universe. After taking down the satellite transmitter and blasting the cocoon that houses the Original Life Fiber, Ragyo absorbs Nui and flies in to space to manually activate the satellite, but Ryuko chases Ragyo into space and defeats her, causing the Life Fiber clothes to perish. Following the battle, Senketsu sacrifices himself and burns up on atmospheric re-entry to return Ryuko to Earth.
In a follow-up OVA episode, Ragyo's secretary Rei Hououmaru disrupts Honnouji Academy's graduation ceremony, using leftover Life Fibers to create doppelgängers of Satsuki and the Elite Four. However, they are defeated by Ryuko, the real Elite Four, and Nudist Beach, and Satsuki convinces Rei to abandon her struggle. Honnouji Academy is shut down during the sinking of Honnō City and everyone leaves to live out normal lives.

Review: This is that sort of anime that can be serious at times but shouldn't be taken seriously by the audience.
The animations is somewhat rough but impressive although some 3D models of backgrounds look bland but it shouldn't put off the viewer considering that fact that its not the reason they are watching this.
The action sequences are the highlights though, they are super stylized and insane to watch.
Considering I only checked this anime out because its made by the same guys who made gurren lagann, i had really high hopes for it.
It doesn't take itself seriously and its more of a parody of every single anime in existence however it still manages to maintain an original story.
Also the main character, Ryuko is totally bad ass although really cliché.
But for an anime thats full of (good) clichés, its fun to watch..
Many believe that the story of Kill La Kill isn't the strongest, whereas I believe that it is one of its better areas.
(IMDB states that 1985's 'Sukeban Deka' was an influence to the creators, but I have never heard of this series before, and it ended in 1982, leaving a void to fill) Kill La Kill has certainly filled this gap.
The first episodes very quickly set the precedent and foundations of the story, while remaining entertaining.
Ryuko and her lovable though overly-obsessive friend Mako lead us on a very enjoyable ride through Honnouji Academy, where Ryuko aims to discover the identity of her father's killer.Overall, a very absorbing, riveting story, combined with relatable and lovable characters and simple yet sharp animation creates a perfect mould for an extremely fascinating TV show.
With the series looking to be running into late March/early April 2014, there is still plenty of time to start from the beginning to catch the end before the season draws to a close.If you can look past the possible over-sexualisations and spontaneity, I thoroughly recommend this anime, even for those not necessarily of the anime persuasion..
It is a show for people well versed in anime as a lot of the fun lies in understanding the moments of parody.
The whole parodies conventions of anime especially fan service.
The show only tries to do one thing and that is to create one epic fight scene after another and in this regard it is unmatched in any anime since maybe Dragonball Z only unlike DBZ the fight scenes take 10 minutes not 10 episodes to end.
In spite of being a pretty light hearted show it manages to create some really well rounded characters with understandable motivations and an underlying symbolism related to female sexuality but none of that should distract you from the absolute joyride of an anime.
If you happen to like anime like Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagan or FLCL, this looks like another show for you.
Five episodes in, I am already enjoying the story, although you can clearly tell that the focus is not there.The main selling point of this show is mostly it's animation, which, as usual with TV shows it gets a bit worse after the first episode.
All in all, i recommend Kill La Kill, especially for fans of quick paced, weird anime like the ones i mentioned before..
It's a fan, action packed thrill ride that's a must see for any anime fan.
The show is about a teenage girl who is looking for the murderer of her father and ends up at an academy run by a fascist student council.
The series has very likable characters and solid humor, though Mako can get slightly annoying at times.
The animation is solid and the music is memorable.
Fair enough, it should be first noted that a series that takes absolute liberties with mocking stereotypes and clichés will go a little overboard; Transformation-scenes go to lengths to display more-than-almost nudity at times, half a lake worth of blood is collectively spilled in only 24 episodes and any object might just explode (Most of them do).Then again, that's the whole point.
More than being a simple parody however, KlK does sport a decent story line complete with plot twists, decent character development (albeit absurd, of course) and a well-matched soundtrack.
You'll love KlK, if the absurdist nature is your thing and you're not quickly offended by over-the-top anime clichés..
Best anime I have seen..
I'm new to anime and this show happened to be the first I've watched but damnnnnnnnnnnnnn I fell in love with this anime, I was sooooo hooked with the show and allllll characters.
Since then I've watched other popular anime but it was not as good as kill la kill, I was no where as hooked as I was with kill la kill and would recommend this anime to everyone.
There where times when i'm watching show and thinking if this person dies or something im gonna cry xD.
At times the show can get pretty serious but the show has so much comic relief I forget I'm watching this huge battle .
upon the suggestion of a good friend, I decided this might be a good anime to watch, and he wasn't wrong.
its a story about a girl named Ryuko Matoi who is on a journey to find her fathers killer, armed with only half of his scissorblade.
I watched it with the intention of passing time, knowing only that it was short and expecting not to care for it.
But one episode in and I was laughing my head off (and that doesn't happen often) and by the second or third I was in love.And I never wanted it to end.
For a idea that makes little to no sense most of the time it somehow manages to create a reasonable story that works perfectly.
And the story wasn't overly predictable (Although I could call some of the plot points in advance, the shear amount of unexpected things that happened outnumber them spectacularly) and most importantly, the action was spectacular.
There was not one thing about this show that frustrated me (aside from it's short length, but 25 amazing episodes is better than 200 meh ones).Simply...
From the minds who brought you the absolute absurdity of Gurren Lagann comes Kill La Kill, a show where an extremely attractive, essentially naked teenager beats the crap out of people with half of a giant scissor with the help of a talking sailor uniform.
The story is very unoriginal and kind of follows Gurren Lagann's plot structure now that I think about it, but that isn't the point of this show.
It wants to slam you over the head with beautifully animated, epic fight scenes while doling out plenty of fan service.
Ryuko Matoi, Satsuki Kiryuin, and the Elite Four are entertaining thanks to their awesomeness in battle,and Mako Mankanshoku and her family bring some truly hilarious comic relief to the table.
That, and I didn't like one thing about the ending.
The characters and story are all over the place, but manage to be consistent and interesting.
Kill-La-Kill might be my favorite anime!
It's over-the-top, hilarious, action-packed and has amazing animation.
Ryuko and Mako's friendship is absolutely adorable and I love seeing them together!
Definitely a must-watch for anyone who loves something extremely over-the-top..
As over-the-top anime go, Kill la Kill is one of the best!.
In the same vein as Gurren Lagann, Kill la Kill takes ridiculous extremes to make it as visually memorable a show as possible.
Considering that this show actually carried over a lot of the same people who made Gurren Lagann it's no surprise that it's similarly enjoyable to its Mecha-cousin even if there's not all that many similarities in terms of story.To put simply in a short and sweet manner: great anime that's actually very appealing to animation aficionados in general..
Its not too complicated to follow, but the absurdity of it can feel like a little too much at times.
Art, 8/10: Really good, from character designs to backgrounds to the animations ,this is one of the strongest aspects of KLK.
They are able to make what would otherwise be bland and simple setting look much more grand then they should.Sound, 10/10: The soundtrack is amazing, I don't really have anything negative to say about it, I mean whenever I hear "Don't loose your Way!
My biggest issue is with Mako, the comedy relief of the show, sometimes she is entertaining while others see is just annoying.Enjoyment, 8/10: I had fun watching this show, more than I thought I would to be honest.
The art, sound and characters made this show, the only reason I didn't rate it higher is mostly because of the story, but also there were times when the nudity felt a bit much..
After watching the first 3 episodes I can say that this is a mindless show with too much fan service and forced funny parts(i laughed only at some jokes, the rest was just too stupid).
Animation is just average and the story is kinda weak.
Some characters like that girl of the main protagonist are really annoying.
The good parts of kill la kill that it has some good action sequences(especially in the third episode) and the soundtrack is pretty good so far.
I will continue to watch this show till the last episode(I am an optimist, maybe the show will be better over time).
This anime's art style alone is just so nice and exciting and the movement and fight scenes feel so fluent.
The story is well paced and it never feels stretched out or too short.
It's really an awesome show and it's a shame that there aren't many other anime that feel so satisfying to watch..
just watch it if anime fan.
interesting different types of cartoon styles.lot of thinking and imagination.-1 because way too much nudity and sex allusions regarding females but at the same time what make it what it is.
definitely more for a male oriented viewer but hopefully some female viewer will enjoy the sometime a bit pervert style of this anime.
Best anime I have seen in a long time..
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann turned it up to 11; Kill la Kill takes things "one louder" (to quote Nigel Tufnel).It is everything one could expect from the team who brought us Gurren Lagann.
It presents a show about the bonds of friendship, and pursuing one's goals to the very end, against any and all odds.Ryuko Matoi brings us a synthesis of Kamina and Simon, with Mako Mankanshoku as her companion (not quite Simon, but with many of his characteristics as a youth), as Ryuko faces off against Kiriyuin Satsuke and her assembled team of Super High School Student Council Members.And there are very complex character interactions, as is common for Imaishi and Nakashima.
The interplay between Ima Gamagoori and Mako Mankanshoku is an endearing and compelling interplay between the two.The action is even faster and more chaotic than in Gurren Laggan, with some darker themes as well.And, like Gurren Laggan, there are common jokes that run throughout the series, such as Mako's frenetic exposition during times of moral outrage at the wrongs of the world and people's behavior.Invest the time in this show.
This series follows protagonist Ryuko Matoi as she joins the Honnouji Academy; a school dominated by head of the student council Satsuki Kiryuin; she rules with the help of the 'Elite Four'.
Ryuko however has her own special uniform; it is sentient and made entirely of Life Fibres; using this she plans to take on the ruling elite and ultimately discover who is responsible for the death of her father.This series is over the top crazy that is the whole point of it!
The costumes are fairly skimpy but the animation style means it is mocking fan service rather than pandering to it.
This style is quite different to most anime; backgrounds are imaginative but less detailed and the movement is more frenetic than most series; this gives the show a western feel similar to that used in 'Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt'.
As this seems to be one of the most talked about series of the moment and plenty of people are raving about it I'd definitely recommend checking it out even though I found it a bit too much at times.These comments are based on watching the series in Japanese with English subtitles..
The style is great, all of Triggers shows have really good styles and this show isn't an exception.
The animation succeeds in two different; it's probably the most visually funny.
And by just speeding her transformation animation just a little, they make it look like she's in a hurry and funny.
They also manage to REALLY make it look like all the powerful are really happening.
Both OP's had good animation, but the first one was more interesting IMO.
There were also small things that I really liked, but it wasn't perfect.My biggest con with the visuals was the sexuality.
The buttons on Ryuukos suit even looked like nipples.
I also didn't like how Ragyous hair was rainbow colored, there were some digital zooms that looked bad and sometimes they would repeat an action shot 5 times in a row which looked really weird.Oh, and the action was really good too.Music: 8
It was interesting, I really like Ryuukos relationship with Senketsu, Tsumugu's intent in the beginning isn't evil which makes him turning over to "her side" not feeling too weird, I like that the person wearing the suit can get too angry for the suit to handle (so it's good that it only happens once when Ryuuko meets her fathers killer the first time), I like that the academy was basically an experiment to see how humans could take the power life fibers, the plot twists were unpredictable (IMO), Ryuuko and Satsukis relationship in the end and Senketsus death was handled really well and emotional.
But there were many small things I didn't like, like that they throw in Mako if anything bad happens to Ryuuko.Characters: 8
I really like that when Satsuki becomes friends with Ryuuko and her gang, her personality doesn't change too much.
But Mako wasn't funny, mostly when she did those blue background comedy scenes.
Ragyou also feels like a character I have felt a hundred times, otherwise, I liked her.Overall: 9.
I've watched this anime three times now, and each time it feels fresh and new.
I have to say, this anime was literally badass like i want to be Ryuuko's friend and have her badass cape (although i dont want a revealing suit and have a cape only power up for my blood lol).
Her scissor weapon was class too as well!The anime can be pretty over the top too and does have its hilarious moments.
I just love how Ryuuko's friend Mako puts herself into dangerous situations and makes such daft remarks about things that make you laugh your head off wuth confusion lol!
As annoying as she may look and act, she has a good heart I suppose lol!It's funny as well how there's so much nakedness on this and we don't actually get to see real genitalia which is kinda odd in a way.
Moving on, I just thought this anime was very entertaining that it won't leave you bored and make you skip a couple of episodes (which I normally do to not waste time).
However I didn't really care, I just wanted to watch the action in this and it was not dissapointing!This anime deserves a 8/10 from moi!
Now kill la kill looks a lot like Gurren Lagann that's because the writer and director both worked on Gurren Lagann another bad anime with a moronic plot and bland two-dimensional moronic characters that don't develop at all and remain bland two- dimensional moronic characters.
So the story go like this; Ryuko's father apparently created the goku uniforms that give the wearer super human strength, speaking of Goku I'd much rather be watching Dragon Ball Z or Goku Midnight Eye both of which are much better anime.
But back to Kill La Kill so Ryuko's father made the super suits that everyone uses in this anime but made another suit that no one knows about and of course it's black because it has to be edgy.
Her father was also murdered because he didn't like how they were using them or whatever.
So this edgy girl name Ryuku comes to the Honnouji Academy of Stupidity and Idiocy to avenge her father or whatever she also carries around a ridiculously big looking pair of garden sheers that's supposed a sword further cementing her as an edgy teen with daddy issues.
So Ryuko fall down a shaft or something and finds the black edgy suit and it bonds with her but takes some her blood in the process then she goes up to challenge the evil school of uniform wearing morons.
So even though Ryuko and Satsuki have been rivals for the majority of the show they team up to beat the bigger bad guy.Like Gurren Lagann from here on stupid fights occur there's nonsensical action explosions and other michael bay esque garbage.
So the secretary shows up in a giant robot and captures whatsherface the anti anti hero then she beats Ryuko who is about to fall to her death in the best moment in the entire show but is cut short by the edgy uniform which turns into an absurdly large pair of scissors to save Ryuko but not to cut a grand opening ribbon with but to beat the bad guy.
If you want to watch an anime about a dark brooding anti hero with a giant sword go watch the 1997 Berserk series or read the manga, if you want a story about a whiny edgy teen with a giant pair of scissors I guess you can watch kill la kill.