Trigger’s Triumph: The Hero’s Journey in Kill la Kill

Kill la Kill, released in 2013, follows the Hero’s Journey template, as Joseph Campbell outlined in his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces with interesting tweaks to the timeless formula. I’ve already written about how Kill la Kill satirized and leverages fan service quite a while ago. I decided to revisit this work after a decade to see how well it holds up. Trigger’s animation remains frenetic. They use Kill la Kill’s simplistic character designs to good effect, exaggerating for maximum humor...