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Code Geass

Original title: Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch
  • TV Series
  • 2006–20082006–2008
  • TV-14TV-14
  • 24m
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Code Geass (2006)
After being given a mysterious power to control others, an outcast prince becomes the masked leader of the rebellion against an all powerful empire.
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After being given a mysterious power to control others, an outcast prince becomes the masked leader of the rebellion against an all-powerful empire.After being given a mysterious power to control others, an outcast prince becomes the masked leader of the rebellion against an all-powerful empire.After being given a mysterious power to control others, an outcast prince becomes the masked leader of the rebellion against an all-powerful empire.
IMDb RATING
8.7/10
70K
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POPULARITY
1,310
161
  • Stars
    • Jun Fukuyama
    • Takahiro Sakurai
    • Johnny Yong Bosch
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    • Takahiro Sakurai
    • Johnny Yong Bosch
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    Jun Fukuyama
    Jun Fukuyama
    • Lelouch Lamperouge…
    Takahiro Sakurai
    Takahiro Sakurai
    • Suzaku Kururugi…
    Johnny Yong Bosch
    Johnny Yong Bosch
    • Lelouch Lamperouge
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    • C.C.…
    Ami Koshimizu
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    Yuri Lowenthal
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    • Trivia
      Geass (or Geas) is a term used in Irish Mythology that means 'contract' or 'vow'.
    • Quotes

      Charles: The former 17th heir to the Imperial Throne, Lelouch vi Britannia. It's been a long time, hasn't it, my errant son?

      Lelouch: [struggles to lift his head] How dare you...!

      Suzaku: [forces Lelouch's head down] You won't use your Geass.

      [to Charles]

      Suzaku: Your Majesty, I have a request. Please, sire, allow me to join the Knights of the Round, the twelve strongest knights of the Britannian Empire.

      Charles: As a reward for capturing Zero, is that it?

      Lelouch: You...

      Suzaku: I told you before, Lelouch, that I was going to change this world from the inside.

      Lelouch: Even if it means selling out your friends?

      Suzaku: That's right.

      Charles: Very well. I like the answer you just gave him. Now then, as a Knight of the Round I order you: cover up Zero's left eye.

      Suzaku: Yes, Your Majesty.

      [covers Lelouch's left eye and lifts his head up by the hair]

      Charles: My unworthy son, who raised the banner of rebellion although he was a prince. Still, there's another way we can make use of him.

      Lelouch: [gasps] What?

      Charles: [Geass appears in both his eyes] I will rewrite your memory, about being Zero, about the death of your mother, about the very existence of Nunnally.

      Lelouch: No... Geass...

      Charles: You'll remember none of it. You'll just be insignificant.

      Lelouch: [struggling against Suzaku] No, stop! You're stealing what's most precious to me again! First my mother, and now you're taking Nunnally!

      Charles: Charles zi Britannia engraves into you...

      Lelouch: Stop it!

      Charles: False memories of a false life.

      Lelouch: [screams in anguish]

    • Connections
      Edited into Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion I - Initiation (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      O2
      First opening theme (episodes #1-12)

      Performed by ORANGE RANGE

      Lyrics and music by ORANGE RANGE

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    Excels in all areas
    Code Geass is set in an alternate universe, after Japan's conquest by the Holy Britannian Empire, with their powerful new robot weapons, the Knightmare Frames, stripping Japan and its citizens of all rights and freedoms and renaming the country Area 11. Lelouch is a Britannian prince who gave up his right to the throne after his mother was murdered, and has vowed to destroy his father, the Emperor, and Britannia. He gains the ability through the mysterious power of the Geass, granted by the mysterious girl C.C., becoming the leader of the resistance movement 'The Black Knights' to fulfill his two wishes: to seek revenge for his mother and to construct a world in which his beloved sister Nunnally can live happily.

    But beware, this is only a short outline of what the two seasons of Code Geass are about. Is this really one of the best anime series ever made (if not the best)? I certainly do believe so, because it does excel in all areas. It is a character driven series first and foremost, and here it makes no mistakes. There are absolutely NO STEREOTYPES to be found in Code Geass. All characters are as real as it gets. This is were most anime series fail, but character development is this series best feature. Apart from the two protagonists, we basically have more than 15 characters than can be considered main. As I have said before they are all full fledged and round personalities and even the gigantic supporting cast only consists of fully fleshed out characters. But make no mistake; Code Geass is a story of war and therefore great tragedy and drama. As it is in war, there is no real good or evil, and all the characters have their own motivation for what they do. Betrayal and changing sides, lies and deception can be found around every corner, along with incredible plot twists and character development. But how can the viewer keep track of these developments on such an epic scale? Easy. Code Geass is set in a realistic environment and a believable world is created (despite Geass and mecha action). All the characters decisions can be reconstructed and their motivation is understandable. Be it love, betrayal, pure insanity or maybe all of them.

    However, the anime does not offer any sense of right and wrong, good or evil and the characters even deceive themselves at times. There is no ultimate hero to be loved and no real villain to be hated. Everyone is right and wrong, good and bad at the same time when it comes to revolution and warfare; and everyone who is not shamelessly used by others, follows his/her own egoistical agenda. Sides change often so quickly, especially in season two, that you never can decide who to root for. This may seem like a negative point of the series, but that is actually why the story and therefore the entire anime succeeds. Because it never strays and cops out, uses the deus ex machina device or lets characters decide things they wouldn't, just to make them likable. They have to make decisions and accept the result and keep on living. As they say, ''sometimes you have to choose the lesser of two evils'', but since you know all characters so well and what drives them, you still feel with them, but hate and curse them at the same time for their foolishness and weakness. The animation is excellent and the mecha action top notch. It is the first time they actually bothered to make the machines as realistic as possible. Sometimes the animation seems very clean and cold, suitable for the world it creates though.

    Everyone seeking an emotional roller-coaster ride get on, you won't regret it. Code Geass is as epic as it gets.
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