Mugen Senshi Valis

The main heroines of these anime are extremely comparable in terms of bravery and choice of attire since they share similar old school high fantasy design philosophy and art direction of badass female warriors in bikini armors surmounting difficult hurdles to attain their goals. 

This 3-minute special for promoting the NES port/version of Valis: The Fantasm Soldier was directed by 2 famous directors, Hideaki Anno (yes, that same Anno) who would later founded Gainax and created the beloved groundbreaking anime, Neon Genesis Evangelion. The other director is Katsuhiko Nishijima (director behind Project A-Ko, Agent Aika). So how is this 3-minute anime promo connected to Kill la Kill? If you watched the promo carefully near the end, you'll see where Kill la Kill got it's influence from. Given that this was directed by Hideaki Anno, I suspected Studio Trigger (studio that was formed by former Gainax animators) may have used this 3-minute promo as some sort of inspiration for Kill la Kill. Yuko Asou fighting another opponent in the promo is very much like Ryuko Matoi's in Kill la Kill. So this 3-minute promo for a video game was Kill la Kill before Kill la Kill was even created. read more 

This 3-minute special for promoting the NES port/version of Valis: The Fantasm Soldier was directed by 2 famous directors, Katsuhiko Nishijima (yes, the same person who directed Project A-Ko). The other director is Hideaki Anno (the same Anno who would later create Neon Genesis Evangelion). If you looked at Yuko's design in the animation promo, she look just like Eiko "A-ko" Magami with blue hair. Now because Nishijima directed this short alongside Anno, now we know why Yuko in the promo short looks too much like A-Ko in term of character design. If you want to see A-Ko's look alike, look no further then this anime promo. read more