Yes, Inferno Cop was the first “major” project by the newly formed Studio Trigger after key talent (such as Inferno Cop supervisor Hiroyuki Imaishi and Inferno Cop director Akira Amemiya) split off from Studio Gainax.
These scholars would be wrong, though, since Inferno Cop is clearly, objectively the greatest work of animation ever conceived.
Okay, Twitter, since Crunchyroll is doing a “Hero Week” theme, should I do Inferno Cop for “Cruising the Crunchy-Catalog”?