First impression
February 18, 2015 | 19:56 | Written by: snake911
I’ve only seen two episodes, but I’m loving Kill la Kill. Didn’t know this show existed until they began airing it on Toonami two weeks ago, but apparently it originally aired in Japan back in 2013, so in the grand scheme of things, I’m late to the party. Not that it matters, since this whole website is based on knowing I’m always writing about stuff way past its inception.
I guess I’m becoming a fan (or that I’ve always been a fan and didn’t know it) of Hiroyuki Imaishi’s work because I also enjoyed Gurren Lagann, his involvement with FLCL, and Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi. Although the story was lackluster, I also thought Dead Leaves was an interesting film too, so I’ll include that as well.
If you don’t know Hiroyuki Imaishi’s work, it will be pretty obvious once you do see it. The audience his stories tend to focus towards are for boys in their teens because they are mainly comedies with an extra heavy dose of action and ladies in skimpy clothing. But the real eye catcher is in the animation; as he tends to have a lot of flair in it. Kill la Kill includes all of the above and seems to do it well. While I am enjoying all aspects of the show, I’m taking a liking to the climactic battle scene towards the end of each episode because of their over the top, ridiculous, and heavy action scenes which are normally crammed into a one minute or less time frame. This short time frame allows the animators to go way crazy with the battle scenes and add a lot of polish and originality to where each frame can be seen as a work of art.
Hopefully the rest of the season is as good as these two episodes are, and considering the track record of my appreciation for his work, I think I will be enjoying it.
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