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In the episode 7 of the show _Luluco Space Patrol_ , a lot of references to
the anime _Kill La Kill_ are made:

  * The planet they are visiting is named _KLK_ (initials for _Kill La Kill_ )
  * The characters are talking about living fibers and how it is necessary to use special scissors to cut them
  * Some of the characters from _Kill La Kill_ are present, such as the dog and the white clothes in background
  * The "big excessive titles" we can see in _Kill La Kill_ are present in this episode: 

[![宇宙ナントカ　詐欺現行犯](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8ySQMm.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8ySQMm.jpg)

  * At 5:20, we can hear the main theme of _Kill La Kill_

  * etc.

* * *

My question is: what links those two shows? Same editor/writer? What common
points link those two anime close enough to have an entire episode of _Luluco_
dedicated to _Kill La Kill_?


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What links "Luluco Space Patrol" and "Kill La Kill"?


> My question is: what links those two shows? Same editor/writer?

Same everything, pretty much. Both shows are original IPs by
[Trigger](http://www.st-trigger.co.jp/) (the animation studio), directed by
studio founder Imaishi Hiroyuki, and I assume that many other staff members
worked on both shows.

Trigger (or maybe it's just Imaishi) is known to be fond of reference humor -
there were, for example, oblique references to _Kill la Kill_ even in _Inou
Battle wa Nichijou-kei no Naka de_ , the latter of which was an adaptation of
a non-Trigger IP. Given the opportunity to reference one of their own IPs from
another of their own IPs - which means they don't have to tiptoe around
copyright issues - the results are what you see in episode 7 of _Space Patrol
Luluco_.

In addition to the _Kill la Kill_ thing in episode 7, there's also _Little
Witch Academia_ in episode 8; _Sex & Violence with Machspeed_ in episode 9;
and _Inferno Cop_ in episode 11. These three things are also original Trigger
IPs.


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