- 5,673
- 4,907
Note, this CRT isn't meant to change Stats for Kill La Kill, just point out canonicity.
Kill La Kill IF is an Arena Fighter game released in 2019. It has several statements of being canon and part of the anime continuity for Kill La Kill. To preface for the following statements, Kazuki Nakashima was the Series Head Writer for KLK.
Anime Expo 2018: ARC X Trigger Panel
Fan: Is Kill La Kill the game canon to the Kill La Kill story?
(Announcer talks to Wakabayashi in Japanese)
Announcer: "Yeah, I consider them to be in the same universe as part of the same story."
Wakabayashi: (Says something in Japanese)
Announcer: ...and that is what Nakashima-san helped us with a lot. He is the guy who had the idea of how to weave those two together. Pun intended.
Interview with Kill la Kill IF Producer, Takeshi Yamanaka
Interview with Takeshi Yamanaka: Takeshi Yamanaka: Nakashima-sensei is going to be the one drawing the storyboards. As you might expect, there were parts of the story that he wasn't able to tell in the anime, so he's putting a lot of effort into writing a side story that wasn't able to be told in the anime. It takes place before the point in the anime—before the Naturals Election takes place, so around episode… 8.5? It's less of an alternate universe story and more a story that happened, but there wasn't time to depict it. It wasn't shown in the anime, but these events actually happened in Nakashima-san's head.
Interview with Nakashima:
https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/0...should-play-feel-like-an-episode-of-the-anime
"I think there can be a lot fans can expect from the story," Wakabayashi said. "It's not a continuation of the anime or a new anime by any means, but it is a very deep look into the story that's done by Nakashima-san himself."
Mizota said that Team Red provided lots of advice on fighting mechanics as well. The attention to detail isn't just on Arc System Works' side, though. Wakabayashi explained that different teams at Trigger have varying expectations for projects, and his Kill la Kill team is incredibly particular on what's acceptable.
"Even if it's the pose of the hand or exactly how it's designed – something that might slip through with the Little Witch team would definitely not make it through on the Kill la Kill team," Wakabayashi said. "APLUS has been very diligent in delivering a lot of retakes and meeting our standards of particularness."
Game Website:
https://www.kill-la-kill-game.jp/en/mode/
The epilogue of Ryuko's story outright tells you the game leads into the anime.
Summary: Studio Trigger’s Hiromi Wakabayashi considers the game and the anime to be in the same universe and part of the same story, and it’s described as a story that happened, but with no time left to depict it in the show despite Kazuki Nakashima, the writer of Kill La Kill, having these events playing out in his head. The game is also completely overseen by Nakashima and is described as an alternate scenario following up on the anime’s eighth episode, with specific mention brought up to the secret of the Primordial Life Fiber that was never revealed in the original anime. It's stated to be episode 8.5 of the anime.
Kill La Kill IF is an Arena Fighter game released in 2019. It has several statements of being canon and part of the anime continuity for Kill La Kill. To preface for the following statements, Kazuki Nakashima was the Series Head Writer for KLK.
Anime Expo 2018: ARC X Trigger Panel
Fan: Is Kill La Kill the game canon to the Kill La Kill story?
(Announcer talks to Wakabayashi in Japanese)
Announcer: "Yeah, I consider them to be in the same universe as part of the same story."
Wakabayashi: (Says something in Japanese)
Announcer: ...and that is what Nakashima-san helped us with a lot. He is the guy who had the idea of how to weave those two together. Pun intended.
Interview with Kill la Kill IF Producer, Takeshi Yamanaka
Interview with Takeshi Yamanaka: Takeshi Yamanaka: Nakashima-sensei is going to be the one drawing the storyboards. As you might expect, there were parts of the story that he wasn't able to tell in the anime, so he's putting a lot of effort into writing a side story that wasn't able to be told in the anime. It takes place before the point in the anime—before the Naturals Election takes place, so around episode… 8.5? It's less of an alternate universe story and more a story that happened, but there wasn't time to depict it. It wasn't shown in the anime, but these events actually happened in Nakashima-san's head.
Interview with Nakashima:
https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/0...should-play-feel-like-an-episode-of-the-anime
"I think there can be a lot fans can expect from the story," Wakabayashi said. "It's not a continuation of the anime or a new anime by any means, but it is a very deep look into the story that's done by Nakashima-san himself."
Mizota said that Team Red provided lots of advice on fighting mechanics as well. The attention to detail isn't just on Arc System Works' side, though. Wakabayashi explained that different teams at Trigger have varying expectations for projects, and his Kill la Kill team is incredibly particular on what's acceptable.
"Even if it's the pose of the hand or exactly how it's designed – something that might slip through with the Little Witch team would definitely not make it through on the Kill la Kill team," Wakabayashi said. "APLUS has been very diligent in delivering a lot of retakes and meeting our standards of particularness."
Game Website:
https://www.kill-la-kill-game.jp/en/mode/
The epilogue of Ryuko's story outright tells you the game leads into the anime.
Summary: Studio Trigger’s Hiromi Wakabayashi considers the game and the anime to be in the same universe and part of the same story, and it’s described as a story that happened, but with no time left to depict it in the show despite Kazuki Nakashima, the writer of Kill La Kill, having these events playing out in his head. The game is also completely overseen by Nakashima and is described as an alternate scenario following up on the anime’s eighth episode, with specific mention brought up to the secret of the Primordial Life Fiber that was never revealed in the original anime. It's stated to be episode 8.5 of the anime.
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