Code Geass

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (コードギアス 反逆のルルーシュ, Kōdo Giasu: Hangyaku no Rurūshu?), often called simply Code Geass, is a 2006 Japanese animeseries. It was created by Sunrise. The series was directed by Gorō Taniguchi and written by Ichirō Ōkouchi. The character designs were made by manga artist group Clamp. The series was broadcast from October 5, 2006 until July 28, 2007.

Code Geass
コードギアス 反逆のルルーシュ (Kōdo Giasu: Hangyaku no Rurūshu)
Genre	Alternate history Mecha Military
Created by	Gorō Taniguchi Ichirō Ōkouchi
Further information Anime television series Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Directed by Gorō Taniguchi Produced by Hiroshi Morotomi Yoshitaka Kawaguchi Takuo Minegishi Atsushi Yukawa Written by Ichirō Ōkouchi Music by Kōtarō Nakagawa Hitomi Kuroishi Studio Sunrise Licensed by AUS Madman Entertainment BI Manga Entertainment NA Funimation SEA Odex Medialink Original network JNN (MBS) English network US Adult Swim Original run October 6, 2006 – July 29, 2007 Episodes 25 Anime television series Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 Directed by Gorō Taniguchi Produced by Hiroshi Morotomi Yoshitaka Kawaguchi Takuo Minegishi Atsushi Yukawa Written by Ichirō Ōkouchi Music by Kōtarō Nakagawa Hitomi Kuroishi Studio Sunrise Licensed by AUS Madman Entertainment BI Manga Entertainment NA Funimation SEA Odex Original network JNN (MBS, TBS) English network US Adult Swim Original run April 6, 2008 – September 28, 2008 Episodes 25 Original video animation Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Special Edition "Black Rebellion" Directed by Gorō Taniguchi Written by Ichirō Ōkouchi Music by Kōtarō Nakagawa Hitomi Kuroishi Studio Sunrise Released February 22, 2008 Runtime 117 minutes Original video animation Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 Special Edition "Zero Requiem" Directed by Gorō Taniguchi Written by Ichirō Ōkouchi Music by Kōtarō Nakagawa Hitomi Kuroishi Studio Sunrise Released July 24, 2009 Runtime 117 minutes Light novel Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Written by Mamoru Iwasa (Original Story by Gorō Taniguchi & Ichirō Ōkouchi) Published by Kadokawa Shoten English publisher NA Bandai Visual Demographic Male Magazine The Sneaker Original run April 28, 2007 – March 1, 2008 Volumes 5 Game Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Lost Colors Genre Visual novel Platform PlayStation 2 PlayStation Portable Released JP: March 27, 2008 Light novel Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Red Tracks Written by Mamoru Iwasa Published by Kadokawa Shoten Demographic Male Magazine The Sneaker Published April 1, 2008 Volumes 1 Light novel Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 Written by Mamoru Iwasa Published by Kadokawa Shoten Demographic Male Magazine The Sneaker Original run June 1, 2008 – March 1, 2009 Volumes 4 Manga Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Written by Gorō Taniguchi Ichirō Ōkouchi Illustrated by Majiko! Published by Kadokawa Shoten English publisher NA Bandai Entertainment (expired) Demographic Shōjo Magazine Monthly Asuka Original run August 24, 2006 – February 24, 2010 Volumes 8 Manga Code Geass: Suzaku of the Counterattack Written by Atsuro Yomino Published by Kadokawa Shoten English publisher NA Bandai Entertainment (expired) Demographic Shōjo Magazine Beans Ace Original run October 10, 2006 – August 9, 2008 Volumes 2 Manga Code Geass: Nightmare of Nunnally Written by Takuma Tomomasa Published by Kadokawa Shoten English publisher NA Bandai Entertainment (expired) Demographic Seinen Magazine Comp Ace Original run June 26, 2007 – April 25, 2009 Volumes 5 Manga Code Geass: Tales of an Alternate Shogunate Written by Ganjii Published by Kadokawa Shoten Demographic Shōnen Magazine Kerokero Ace Original run May 26, 2008 – August 26, 2008 Volumes 1 Manga Code Geass: Renya of Darkness Written by Takuma Tomomasa Published by Kadokawa Shoten Demographic Shōnen Magazine Shōnen Ace Original run May 26, 2010 – August 26, 2013 Volumes 7 Manga Code Geass: Oz the Reflection Written by Chika Tojo Published by Kadokawa Demographic Shōnen Magazine Newtype Ace Comp Ace Original run April 10, 2012 – July 26, 2014 Volumes 5 Light novel Code Geass: Oz the Reflection Written by Shigeru Morita Illustrated by Eiji Nakata Published by Hobby Japan Demographic Male Original run May 25, 2012 – April 25, 2016 Volumes 5 Original video animation Code Geass: Nunnally in Wonderland Directed by Makoto Baba Written by Yuuichi Nomura Music by Kotaro Nakagawa Studio Sunrise Released July 27, 2012 Runtime 28 minutes Original video animation Code Geass: Akito the Exiled Directed by Kazuki Akane Produced by Hirofumi Inagaki Yoshitaka Kawaguchi Jun Yukawa Osamu Hosokawa (1–2) Shuusaku Iba (1–2) Nobuaki Abe (3–6) Hirotsugu Ogisu (3–6) Written by Hiroshi Ōnogi Music by Ichiko Hashimoto Studio Sunrise Licensed by AUS Madman Entertainment NA Funimation Released August 4, 2012 – February 6, 2016 Episodes 5 Light novel Code Geass: Akito the Exiled Written by Ukyō Kodachi Published by Kadokawa Shoten Demographic Male Original run July 6, 2013 – June 25, 2016 Volumes 3 Manga Code Geass: Oz the Reflection O2 Written by Chika Tojo Published by Kadokawa Demographic Shōnen Magazine Comp Ace Original run August 26, 2014 – February 26, 2016 Volumes 5 Manga Code Black: Hayabiki no Lelouch (2014–15) Films Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2017-18) Code Geass Lelouch of the Re;surrection (2019) Anime Code Geass: Z of the Recapture Directed by Yoshimitsu Ohashi Produced by Hiroshi Morotomi Yoshitaka Kawaguchi Takuo Minegishi Atsushi Yukawa Written by Noboru Kimura Studio Sunrise

Plot

The main character, Lelouch vi Britannia, used to be a prince of the Holy Empire of Britannia. He is a genius strategist. He meets a female named CC (referred to as C2). She gives him the power of "geass", which works differently for each person. His power is to force a person to do whatever he tells them to do. The power only works once per person and he must look them in the eyes for it to work. He wants to destroy Britannia. His only childhood friend, Suzaku Kururugi, is the main person stopping him from doing this because he thinks that Britannia can be changed from the inside. Lelouch and Suzaku are at Japan. Britannia conquered Japan after Lelouch was disowned for disrespecting his father, the king. Britannia stripped Japan of its prestige and renamed it Area 11. Lelouch's goal is to destroy Britannia. Suzaku does not agree with how Lelouch plans to do this. Suzaku joins the Britannian army to change the country from the inside. They fight each other—Lelouch's brains versus Suzaku's fighting talent.

Main Characters

Lelouch Lamperouge

His real name is Lelouch vi Britannia. He is the eleventh prince of the empire of Britannia. His mother, Marianne vi Britannia was murdered when he was child. Then his younger sister Nunnally became blind and could not walk by herself. She needed a wheelchair. Therefore, he hated Britannia and decided to create the kind world where Nunnally can live safely. He obtained Geass from C.C. and leaded a group of terrorists he united as the Black Knights with his well-known identity as Zero towards his revenge against Britannia and to create a better world for Nunnally. He latter wields the Knightmare Gawain with C.C. and Shinkirō in R2.

Suzaku Kururugi

He is the son of the former Japanese prime minister and friend of Lelouch in childhood before he joined the Britannian military hoping to change Britannia from the inside. He wields the Knightmare Lancelot.

C.C.

She gives Lelouch the power of Geass. She is immortal because she bears the code.

Kallen Stadtfeld

She is half Japanese and half Britannian. She is the pilot of the Knightmare Guren Mk-II. She is an important member of the Black Knights.

Media

Anime

Code Geass premiered on the Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS) television station at 25:25 on October 5, 2006. Its satellite television premiere across Japan on Animax was on November 7, 2006. Its sequel, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 was first announced on the March 2007. Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 premiered on all Japan News Network (JNN) member stations on April 6, 2008.

Another OVA anime titled Code Geass: Nunnally in Wonderland (コードギアス 反逆のルルーシュ： ナナリーinワンダーランド, Kōdo Giasu Hangyaku no Rurūshu: Nanarī in wandārando) was made known through the anime's official website. Takahiro Kimura did the character designs of the series. Makoto Baba was assigned as the director of the OVA. In the story, Lelouch makes the ultimate use of his Geass for his little sister Nunnally. The Blu-ray was released by Bandai Visual on July 27, 2012 with English subtitles.

A 3-part theatrical movie remake of the first 2 seasons of the anime was released with the first movie released on October 21, 2017. The second movie titled Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion II - Transgression (コードギアス 反逆のルルーシュ 叛道, Code Geass - Hangyaku no Lelouch - Handō, "Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion: The Rebellion Path") was released on February 10, 2018. The third compilation movie, titled Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion III - Glorification (コードギアス 反逆のルルーシュ 皇道, Code Geass - Hangyaku no Lelouch - Ōdō, "Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion: The Imperial Path") was released on May 26, 2018.

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection was announced on November 27, 2016. It will be released in Japan in February 9, 2019. Funimation announced that they licensed the movie for its North American release in 2019.

Other websites

Official Code Geass website