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Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
File:CodeGEASSLogo.jpg
Image from the opening theme sequence
GenreDrama, Mecha, Science fantasy
Anime
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
Directed byGorō Taniguchi
Written byIchirō Ōkouchi
StudioSunrise
Released October 5, 2006 – March 29, 2007 (original run)
July 28, 2007 (stage 24 & 25)
Anime
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2
Directed byGorō Taniguchi
Written byIchirō Ōkouchi
StudioSunrise
Released April 6, 2008 – ongoing
Manga
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
Written byGorō Taniguchi
Ichirō Ōkouchi
Illustrated byMajiko!
Published byJapan Kadokawa Shoten
English publisherCanada United States Bandai Entertainment
MagazineMonthly Asuka
Manga
Code Geass: Suzaku of the Counterattack
Written byGorō Taniguchi
Ichirō Ōkouchi
Illustrated byAtsuro Yomino
Published byJapan Kadokawa Shoten
English publisherCanada United States Bandai Entertainment
MagazineBeans Ace
Volumes1
Manga
Code Geass: Knightmare of Nunnally
Written byGorō Taniguchi
Ichirō Ōkouchi
Illustrated byTakuma Tomomasa
Published byJapan Comptiq
English publisherCanada United States Bandai Entertainment
MagazineComp Ace
Volumes3
Manga
A Record of the Strange Tales of the Bakumatsu Era: Code Geass
Written byGorō Taniguchi
Ichirō Ōkouchi
Published byJapan Kadokawa Shoten
MagazineKerokero Ace
VolumesBeing serialized
Video game
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Lost Colors
Genrevisual novel
PlatformPlayStation 2
PlayStation Portable
ReleasedMarch 27, 2008

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) is an anime television series created by Sunrise. Directed by Gorō Taniguchi and written by Ichirō Ōkouchi, both of whom had earlier worked on the series Planetes, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion features original character designs by Clamp.

The first season of the series premiered across Japan on MBS from October 5 2006,[1] and concluded its run on July 28, 2007,[2] after running for 25 episodes. A second season and sequel to the series, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2, premiered on MBS and TBS on April 6, 2008.[3][4]

Both seasons of Code Geass have been licensed for release in the United States and Canada by Bandai Entertainment,[5] and the first season began airing on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block in the U.S. on April 27 2008. In Australia and New Zealand, the series is licensed by Madman Entertainment.[6]

Plot

On August 10, 2010, a.t.b. (the Imperial calendar), the Holy Empire of Britannia overpowered Japanese forces and conquered the country with their new robotic weapons, the Knightmare Frames, in less than a month. In the aftermath of Britannia's invasion, Japan lost its freedom, its rights, and even its name, becoming Area 11 of the Britannian Empire. The Japanese people, renamed as "Elevens", are forced to survive in poor neighborhoods, while Britannians live in first-class settlements. Rebel elements persist, however, as pockets of Japanese organizations struggle against the Empire for the independence of Japan.

After his father, the Emperor of Britannia, failed to prevent the assassination of his mother, an attack which also left his sister blind and crippled, the young prince Lelouch vowed to destroy Britannia. Seven years later, living in Area 11, he encounters a mysterious girl named C.C., who gives him the power of Geass. With it, he finally has the power that he needs to defeat Britannia and fulfill his two wishes: to seek revenge for his mother and to construct a world in which his beloved sister can live happily.

Settings

Code Geass is set in an alternate universe where the Holy Empire of Britannia, an international superpower, has conquered more than a third of the planet. The world is, for the most part, divided between it and two other superpowers: the Chinese Federation and the Euro Universe. Australia has remained independent. The three powers maintain a tentative balance for the first part of the series, though Japan remains a point of conflict between the Chinese Federation and the Britannian Empire. In the second season, Lelouch overthrows the ruling party of the Chinese Federation in preparation for forming a new alliance against the Britannian Empire.

Holy Empire of Britannia

The Holy Empire of Britannia (神聖ブリタニア帝国, Shinsei Buritania Teikoku) is an imperial monarchy and the most prominent superpower within the world of Code Geass, controlling over one-third of the world. Its homeland is based in North America, and its imperial city is Pendragon. Britannian society is elitist and closely resembles Social Darwinism. Society is arranged by ranks of nobility.

With the exception of the European countries and parts of North Africa (which it is attempting to conquer), the Britannian Empire controls the entire Western Hemisphere, Japan, New Zealand, parts of the Middle East, and a portion of the Indochina Peninsula in the novels (the maps in later episodes contradict this). Ironically, it does not control the British Isles, as Napoleon managed to successfully conquer the region. Territories conquered by the Britannian Empire are renamed with an "Area" number based on when they were conquered and the native people are referred to by their area number or just called "Numbers"; Japan, being the eleventh territory conquered, is Area 11 and its people are "Elevens", for example. The Numbers are denied many of the rights of Britannian citizens, and are usually left to live in poverty. They can apply for Honorary Britannian citizenship to earn basic rights, but cannot attain the same status as regular citizens.

In the series, history diverged during Julius Caesar's invasion. A Celtic "super-king" was elected and managed to successfully resist the invasion, beginning the Britannian imperial line. As a result, the empire retained absolute monarchy, suppressed the American colonies' rebellion in 1776, and eventually migrated the capital to America following Napoleon's capture of Britain. The Britannian calendar era is "Ascension Throne Britannia" (a.t.b), known as the Imperial Calendar in the English dub. Its epoch is the date when the super-king was elected, roughly fifty years earlier than the Gregorian calendar.

Japan

Japan is the source of over 70% of the world's total supply of sakuradite, a fictional superconductive mineral. Japan oppressed and dominated other countries through economic control of the mineral prior to the start of the series, leading to its invasion and eventual takeover by Britannia. Japan serves as the main setting for much of the series, as it is where Ashford Academy, Lelouch's school, is located. Under his alter-ego of Zero, Lelouch attempts to reform it as an independent nation as part of his quest to overthrow Britannia.

Chinese Federation

The Chinese Federation (中華連邦, Chūka Renpou) is an imperial monarchy that spans the Asian and Pacific regions, including Central, South, East and Southeast Asia with Sakhalin and the Korean Peninsula. Its population is the largest of the three major powers, but most live in poverty. Its political structure and organization appears to resemble the real-world Empire of China. The Emperor of the Federation holds absolute political power, but under Empress Tianzi, it is reduced to an effectively symbolic figurehead posting, "a symbol of the state and the unity of the people." As with the real-world Emperor of Japan, the individual who holds the title is regarded as a living divinity whose sovereignty is entirely ceremonial. The Vermillion Forbidden City (朱禁城, Shu Kinjou) is the seat of the Chinese Emperor and the government of the Federation — a large palace situated in the capital city of Luoyang. The governmental organization known as the "High Eunuchs" (大宦官, Dai Kangan), advisers to the Empress, use her power for their own gain.

In the first season, the Chinese Federation unsuccessfully attempts to take over Japan through the use of former government officials that fled during the war. In the second season, a Chinese consulate is established with the agreement of the local Britannian authorities, and negotiations are held by Eunuch Gao Hai to the end of obtaining a solid Chinese foothold within the colony. After the Black Knights are exiled from Japan, they are granted control of Penglai Island (蓬萊島), a fictional artificial land mass built off the coast of China to generate electricity through tidal activity. The Black Knights destabilize and overthrow the government, returning control to the Empress.

Euro Universe

The Euro Universe (ユーロ・ユニバース, Yūro Yunibāsu), or E.U., is a democratic union. It has long been in conflict with Britannia. It encompasses all of Europe (including the British Isles), Africa, and Russia. Unlike the other countries, focus on the E.U. is minimal. In the second season, Schneizel leads the Britannian forces against the E.U., successfully conquering almost half of their territory.[7]

Geass

File:Lelouch-geass.jpg
Lelouch using the power of Geass.

Geass (ギアス, giasu) is a mysterious ability which certain people can bestow upon others; C.C. is the most prominent character who grants the power of Geass. The form the Geass takes is different in each individual. C.C. calls Geass the Power of the King (王の力, Ō no Chikara). It is represented by a glowing, bird-shaped symbol.

Every Geass has its own unique set of restrictions, limitations, or idiosyncrasies. These factors allow a Geass to be defeated, or its power limited, by someone who is aware of its characteristics. All Geass abilities that have thus far appeared within the canon of the television series have been related to the mind, influencing such aspects as will, thought, memory, and perception. Geass abilities in the manga sidestory Knightmare of Nunnally have no such limitations.

The power of Geass increases with use, usually starting in one eye. Most forms eventually spread to both eyes and become uncontrollable with repeated use. At this point, the one who granted the power can relinquish his or her immortality to the recipient, allowing the recipient to continue the cycle—forcibly if the giver desires—while the giver is allowed to die. The immortality is referred to as the giver's "Code," and grants the person immunity to Geass at the cost of their original power.

According to an English edition of Newtype, the power of Geass has something to do with the very existence of humankind, and it may be used to destroy or transform just about anything.[8] "Geass" may be an intentional corruption of the word geas or geis, a term for a type of magical contract in Irish mythology.

Characters

Main article: List of Code Geass characters
Lelouch Lamperouge (ルルーシュ・ランペルージ, Rurūshu Ranperūji)
The title character and protagonist of the show, Lelouch Lamperouge is seemingly an ordinary 17-year-old student at the Ashford Academy. In reality, he is the son of the Emperor of Britannia and the late Empress Marianne and a member of the Britannia Imperial Family. His real name is Lelouch vi Britannia (ルルーシュ・ヴィ・ブリタニア, Rurūshu vi Buritania), seventeenth prince in line for the throne prior to his mother's assassination. When he gets caught up in a battle between the military and Japanese rebels, he gained the power of Geass, which forces others to obey his orders without question. With this power, he begins his quest to destroy Britannia under the alias of Zero.
Suzaku Kururugi (枢木 スザク, Kururugi Suzaku)
Lelouch's childhood friend and son of Japan's last prime minister, Suzaku is in the service of the Britannia Army as a soldier, and was chosen to test an experiment new model of Knightmare Frame, the Lancelot. Suzaku claims achieving results by wrong or illegal methods is meaningless and does not approve of Zero's actions.
C.C. (シー・ツー, Shī Tsū)
A mysterious green-haired girl who bestows the power of Geass upon Lelouch under the condition that he grant her greatest wish. C.C.'s abilities caught the interest of Britannia and she was imprisoned as a part of Britannia's experiments in the past. She passively oversees Lelouch's missions to ensure that he does not die and to help his plans succeed.
Nunnally Lamperouge (ナナリー・ランペルージ, Nanarī Ranperūji)
Nunnally is Lelouch's younger sister, who is wheelchair-bound due to bullet wounds on her legs, as well as blind due to psychological trauma from witnessing the brutal assassination of her mother.
Kallen Stadtfeld (カレン・シュタットフェルト, Karen Shutattoferuto)
Kallen is a Britannian-Eleven girl, who believes herself to be a Japanese person at heart and prefers to be known by her birth name, Kallen Kōzuki (紅月カレン, Kōzuki Karen). Her father is Britannian and her mother is an Eleven; her father comes from a prestigious Britannian family and as such she attends the Ashford Academy, where she is a member of its student council and is one of its most outstanding students. Though she maintains a frail-girl image at school, she is a member of a Japanese resistance cell.
Li Xingke (黎　星刻, Rī Shinkū)
Xingke is a military officer in the Chinese Federation, said to equal Lelouch in strategy and Suzaku in strength. The son of a low-ranked official, Li climbed his way through the ranks of the government with the intent to transform it. He arrives in Area 11 as a bodyguard to the Federation's consul, Gao Hai. He is extremely skilled in swordsmanship and constantly carries a sword by his side. He also pilots the Shenhu Knightmare Frame.[9]

Knightmare Frames

Main article: Knightmare Frame

Knightmare Frames ('Knightmare' is a play on "nightmare" and a knight's mare, referring to the weapon itself; frame is the civilian word for bipedal machines in general) are robotic combat machines intended as a replacement for main battle tanks and other conventional land warfare vehicles. The bulk of Knightmare Frame models are produced by the Britannian Empire, who pioneered the design. As the series progresses, Japan and other countries develop their own Knightmare Frames to match Britannia's advantage.

Production

Code Geass began as a concept developed at Sunrise by Ichirō Ōkouchi and Gorō Taniguchi, who proposed it to producer Yoshitaka Kawaguchi while they were working on Overman King Gainer and later, Planetes.[10] The initial concept of the plot consisted of a secret organization led by a "hero," which was later developed into a conflict between two people with differing values of morality, belonging to the same military unit.

During these early planning stages, Kawaguchi contacted the noted mangaka group Clamp,[10] which was the first time Clamp had been requested to design the characters of an anime series.[11] Clamp signed onto the project early during these development stages, and provided numerous ideas, which helped develop the series' setting and characters.[11]

While developing the character designs for Lelouch Lamperouge, the protagonist of the series, Clamp had initially conceived of his hair color as being white.[11] Ageha Ohkawa, head writer at Clamp, said she had visualized him as being a character to which "everyone" could relate to as being "cool", literally, a "beauty".[11] During these planning stages, Clamp and the Sunrise staff had discussed a number of possible inspirations for the characters, including Kinki Kids and Tackey and Tsubasa.[11] They had wanted to create a "hit show," a series which would appeal to "everyone."[11] Lelouch's alter ego, Zero, was one of the earliest developed characters, with Ōkouchi having wanted a mask to be included as a part of the series, because he felt that a mask was necessary for it to be a Sunrise show. Clamp had wanted to design a unique mask never prior seen in any Sunrise series; said mask was nicknamed "tulip" for its distinctive design.[11]

Clamp's finalized original character design art, illustrated by its lead artist Mokona, was subsequently converted into animation character designs for the series by Sunrise's character designer Takahiro Kimura, who had previously spent "every day" analyzing Clamp's art and style from their artbooks and manga series.[11] While working on the animation character designs, he designed them in such a manner which would enable the series' other animators to apply them without deviating from Clamp's original art style.[11]

The music for the series was composed by Kōtarō Nakagawa and Hitomi Kuroishi, who had earlier worked with the series' core staff in Planetes and Taniguchi's earlier work Gun X Sword. In addition to the incidental music featured in each episode, Nakagawa and Kuroishi also composed numerous insert songs for the series, including "Stories", "Masquerade", "Alone", and "Innocent Days", which were each performed by Kuroishi herself, while "Picaresque" and "Callin'" was performed by the singer-songwriter Mikio Sakai, who had also earlier worked with Nakagawa and Kuroishi in Planetes. The bands FLOW, Ali Project, Jinn, SunSet Swish, Access, and Orange Range have provided songs for the opening and ending themes.[12][13]

When the series was being developed for broadcast on Mainichi Broadcasting System, it had been given the network's Saturday evening prime time slot, which was later changed to its current Thursday late night time slot. Due to this change, the overall outlook and some elements of the series was changed and further developed to suit the more mature, late night audience.[10]

When the first episode was shown during a special test screening, which was attended by Ōkawa, other members of the series' staff, as well as several journalists and other media-related personnel in response to the hype surrounding the series' upcoming release, the audience fell into immediate silence after it ended, followed by "tremendous applause."[10]

The immense popularity of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion followed with the development of a sequel, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2, which was first announced on the March 2007 issue of Newtype and later confirmed by Sunrise producer Yoshitaka Kawaguchi on the series' official staff blog on March 9, 2007.[14][15] Whereas initial additions on the official blog had stated the sequel's exact format had not been confirmed as of July 2007,[16] the January 2008 issue of Newtype announced the sequel would be a new television series, which would begin airing on MBS in the spring of 2008.[2]

Media

Anime

Main article: List of Code Geass episodes

Code Geass officially premiered on the Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS) television network at 25:25 JST on October 5, 2006. Its satellite television premiere across Japan on Animax was on November 7, 2006.[17][2] Upon the airing of the first 23 episodes, the series went on hiatus on March 29, 2007,[2][18] and completed broadcast of the first series with a contiguous one-hour broadcast of episodes 24 and 25 at 26:25 JST on Saturday, July 28, 2007.[19] In the United States, the dubbed version was first broadcast on Adult Swim on April 27 2008 at 1:30 AM Eastern Standard Time.

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 premiered on MBS and TBS at 17:00 JST on April 6, 2008. Prior to the series' television broadcast, three private preview screenings of episode 1 were held on March 15 and March 16 in Osaka and Tokyo respectively, which was attended by the series' seiyū as well as a pool of 3800 randomly-selected applicants. The series has been distributed online via streaming video on the Japanese internet website Biglobe. It is also viewable in English on Adult Swim Video.

On April 15, 2008, at 17:00 JST, the last 6 minutes of the then unaired third episode, Turn 3, was uploaded onto a video sharing website. The Code Geass Production Committee subsequently posted an explanation on the matter the following day on the official Code Geass website on April 16, 2008, clarifying the portion had been accidentally posted onto the Internet due to an error by Bandai Channel, Bandai Namco's online broadcast channel, which is responsible for its online distribution, when, in the midst of testing a system preventing illegal online uploads, Bandai Channel accidentally posted the portion onto the Internet. The Production Committee then confirmed that Turn 3 was scheduled to air, as usual on April 20, 2008 at 17:00 JST.[20]

At the 2007 Otakon anime convention, Bandai Entertainment announced that they had licensed Code Geass for North American distribution, with a television broadcast confirmed.[21] On December 8, 2007, Bandai announced at the 2007 New York Anime Festival that Code Geass would air in the United States on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim network from the spring of 2008.[22] In addition to the scheduled television broadcast, Bandai also announced that each of the three manga adaptations, the light novel, and official Code Geass merchandising such as jackets, bracelets, notebooks, pendants, and other products would be released in the region.[23]

Manga

Kadokawa Shoten has published four manga adaptations of Code Geass, each containing alternate storylines.[24] The first, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, by Majiko~!, focused on the protagonist of the series, Lelouch Lamperouge. It was originally serialized Monthly Asuka, starting in October 2006, and released in a single tankōbon volume by Asuka Comics DX on December 26, 2006.

The second, Code Geass: Suzaku of the Counterattack (コードギアス 反攻のスザク, Kōdo Giasu: Hankō no Suzaku), serialized in Beans A magazine, focused on Suzaku Kururugi. Written by Atsuro Yomino, it is set in an alternate reality where Knightmare Frames do not exist. Wearing a human-sized enhancement suit provided by Lloyd to greatly boost his physical ability, Suzaku takes on the identity of Lancelot, a masked government-sponsored crime fighter and superhero. Opposed is the criminal organization known as the Black Knights.

Code Geass: Nightmare of Nunnally (コードギアス ナイトメア・オブ・ナナリー, Kōdo Giasu Naitomea Obu Nanarī), focused on Lelouch's sister Nunnally Lamperouge, was serialized in Comp Ace and written by Tomomasa Takuma.[24] When Lelouch goes missing in the incident at Shinjuku Ghetto, Nunnally encounters an entity called Nemo, which restores her health and grants her the ability to summon the Knightmare Frame Mark Nemo. Using these, Nunnally attempts to seek out the whereabouts of her brother. However, her actions rouse the interest of the elite covert-ops Britannian Special Foreign Legion "Irregulars," which seeks to capture or kill her.

The most recent manga adaptation, Code Geass: Tales of an Alternate Shogunate (幕末異聞録 コードギアス 反逆のルルーシュ), was serialized in Kerokero Ace. It is set in an alternate history in 1853 with new characters. Britannia's Black Ships appear in the harbor of Uraga. Some years later, Ruruushu Ranperuuji (琉々朱・爛縁侍) — brother to a young blind girl named Nanari (那奈離) — is the commander of the military counterinsurgence brigade known as the Shinsengumi, formed under the orders of the Shogunate to fight the Black Revolutionaries (黒の維新団, Kuro no Ishin Dan), a rebel group led by a mysterious masked individual known as Rei (零, lit. Zero). In fact, these two organizations are one and the same, and they seek to combat in influences of Britannia. Geass is the ability to call upon and summon the armored entities referred to as Naitomeas (騎士銘亜); Ransurotto (蘭須露斗) is one such Naitomea.

Three of the manga series have been licensed for an English language release in North America by Bandai Entertainment.[25]

CDs

The music for the series, composed by Kōtarō Nakagawa and Hitomi Kuroishi, has been released across two original soundtracks. Both soundtracks were produced by Yoshimoto Ishikawa and released by Victor Entertainment. The first was released in Japan on December 20, 2006, and the second on March 24, 2007.[12] The covers and jackets for both soundtracks were illustrated by Takahiro Kimura.[12]

The series has also been adapted into a series of drama CDs, called Sound Episodes, the first of which was released in Japan in April 2007 by Victor Entertainment and with new volumes released monthly. Featuring audio episodes written by many of the writers of the series, these are set between the series' episodes and feature theme songs performed by the series' voice actors. They have also been available online on a limited streaming basis on the Japanese internet website Biglobe.

As of July 2008, seven drama CDs have been released, with an eighth planned. The first six, released between April 25 2007 and September 27, 2007, cover the first season of the series. The following two focus on the second season. The seventh, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 Sound Episode 1, was released on July 2, 2008, and the eighth will be released on August 6, 2008.[26]

Light novels

Code Geass has been novelized into a series of light novels. First serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's The Sneaker magazine, the novels cover the events in the anime series and is divided into two series, corresponding with the first and second seasons of the anime series. The first Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion spans five volumes, with the first released in Japan on April 28, 2007 and the last released March 1, 2008. It has been licensed for an English language release by Bandai Visual USA.[25]

The second novel series, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 covers the second season of the anime series. The first volume was released on June 1, 2008 and it is still on-going. A single volume side story novel, Code Geass: Locus of Red (コードギアス 反逆のルルーシュ 朱の軌跡) was released on April 1, 2008 in Japan.

Video games

The series is also slated to be adapted into a series of video games, developed for the Nintendo DS,[27] PlayStation Portable and Wii platforms, which will be published by Namco Bandai Games.[28][29][30] The official website for the Nintendo DS version launched on July 16, 2007, with the game being released a few months later on October 25.[31]

A second game, titled Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Lost Colors was developed for the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2, and released in Japan on March 27, 2008.[32] It is a visual novel game which follows a new protagonist named Rai (ライ), who suffers from amnesia. He has a Geass ability similar to Lelouch's, but is activated by voice.

Artbooks

Two artbooks featuring illustrations of the series, Code Geass Graphics Zero (ISBN 4048540793) and Code Geass Graphics Ashford (ISBN 4048540807), have been published in Japan.[24] Coinciding with the release of the second season of Code Geass was the publication of another artbook, Code Geass - Lelouch of the Rebellion illustrations Rebels (ISBN 4048541692), which featured 134 art pieces of the first season. Another 95 page artbook titled Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion - The Complete Artbook (ISBN 9784048541183) has also been published.[33]

Internet radio broadcasts

It has also been adapted into a series of weekly internet radio broadcasts, which were streamed online on the BEAT☆Net Radio! portal, the first of which, Code Geass: The Rebellion Diary (コードギアス はんぎゃく日記, Kōdo Giasu: Hangyaku Nikki), began streaming from October 6, 2006. It featured Sayaka Ohara (seiyū of Milly Ashford) and Satomi Arai (seiyū of Sayoko Shinazaki). The second, Code Geass - Yamayamas of the Rebellion (コードギアス 反逆の山々, Kōdo Giasu Hangyaku no Yamayama), was first streamed on December 12 2006, and were hosted by Jun Fukuyama (seiyū of Lelouch) and Noriaki Sugiyama (seiyū of Rivalz).

Corporate sponsorship

Code Geass is sponsored by a number of companies in Japan, and hence their logos and mascots make frequent appearances. The logo of the Japanese internet service provider BIGLOBE appears in the background of news programs and web searches. Pizza Hut references are more prominent, since C.C. orders from them constantly and carries around a stuffed toy of the Japanese branch's mascot, Cheese-kun (チーズくん). Pizza Hut's logo is edited out the English dub.

Reception

Since its premiere, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion has collected numerous awards and accolades. At the sixth annual Tokyo Anime Awards held at the 2007 Tokyo International Anime Fair, Code Geass won the best TV anime series award.[34] In noted Japanese anime magazine Animage's 29th Annual Anime Grand Prix, Code Geass won the most popular series award, with Lelouch Lamperouge also being chosen as the most popular male character and "Colors" being chosen as the most popular song. In the 30th Annual Anime Grand Prix, Lelouch won first place again and C.C. was voted most popular female character. At the first Seiyū Awards held in 2007, Jun Fukuyama won the award for best actor in a leading role for his performance as Lelouch Lamperouge in the series, while Ami Koshimizu won the award for best actress in a supporting role for her performance as Kallen Stadtfeld. Furthermore, Code Geass won the award for Best TV Animation at the twelfth Animation Kobe event, held annually in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture.[35]

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