# Kill la Kill (2013)

> A rebellious transfer student wielding a sentient sailor-suit-like Kamui fights a tyrannical student council that rules her high school through fashion-based power.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/54185

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 24
- Episode runtime: 24 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, action, comedy
- Network: MBS
- Cast: Ami Koshimizu, Ryoka Yuzuki, Aya Suzaki, Akio Nojima, Katsuyuki Konishi, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Tetsu Inada, Romi Park
- TMDB rating: 7.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3114390/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: breakneck
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: frenetic, irreverent, bombastic, campy, over the top

## What critics say

Audiences broadly rate the series positively for its over-the-top energy, bold animation and fan-service-laced parody of school and uniform hierarchies.

## Synopsis

Kill la Kill (2013-2014) is a Japanese anime action comedy series created by Trigger and broadcast on MBS. Transfer student Ryuko Matoi arrives at Honnouji Academy searching for the woman who holds the other half of her giant scissor-blade sword, and she has to confront the iron-fisted student council president Satsuki Kiryuin (Ryoka Yuzuki). Ryuko is joined by her classmate Mako Mankanshoku (Aya Suzaki), and her sentient uniform Senketsu (voiced by Ami Koshimizu as Ryuko) gives her power that matches the council's Goku Uniforms. Across a single 24-episode season, the show follows her battles against the council's enforcers, each fight staged as an escalating spectacle that mixes bloody brawls with slapstick humor and absurd fashion gags. Its tone is gleefully excessive, with bold color, kinetic animation and satirical jabs at authority and school life. Fans of Gurren Lagann, Akame ga Kill! and Cutie Honey will find the same mix of rebellious heroics, over-the-top action and outrageous style.

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