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Anime: Code Geass
Year: (R1)-October 5, 2006 – July 28, 2007 (R2)-April 6, 2008 – September 28, 2008

Directors/Producers: Hiroshi Morotomi, Yoshitaka Kawaguchi, Takuo Minegishi, Atsushi Yukawa

Writers: Ichiro Okouchi

Anime: Code Geass
Year: (R1)-October 5, 2006 – July 28, 2007 (R2)-April 6, 2008 – September 28, 2008
Directors/Producers: Hiroshi Morotomi, Yoshitaka Kawaguchi, Takuo Minegishi, Atsushi Yukawa
Writers: Ichiro Okouchi

YES I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ANIME! Sorry but I've been wanting to do an Admirable on this for some time so I'm doing it now. This Anime is without a doubt my number 1 favorite Anime of all time. This anime is truly amazing! I also features a fantastically done english dub (With Kate Higgins and Johnny Young Bosh voicing the leader characters) and has one of my favorite Anime leads of all time.

The story about Code Geass is about Lelouch Vi Britannia exiled Britannian prince who was sent as a bargaining tool to Japan, along with his sister Nunnaly Vi Britannia by his father, Emperor Charles Zi Britannia after his mother, Marianne Vi Britannia killed. Nunnally witnessed the murder of her mother Marianne, which caused her to lose both her sight and ability to walk. This makes it difficult for Lelouch because he must take care of her while on the run in Japan during the war. After the war in the ruins of a Japanese city he then vows to his Japanese friend Suzaku Kururugi that he will one day obliterate Britannia. Seven years later, Lelouch, now a popular yet withdrawn student at Ashford Academy by the name of Lelouch Lamperouge gets caught up in a terrorist attack and finds a girl called C.C. (C2), who saves Lelouch's life from the Britannian Royal Guard, by making a contract with him that grants Lelouch a power known as Geass. This power, also known as the "Power of Kings", allows him to command anyone to do whatever he wants, whether bending their will to live, fight, or die on his behalf –though only once and only through direct eye contact. Lelouch decides to put his Geass to use and find the person who killed his mother, destroy the Britannian Empire, and to create a better world where Nunnally can live happily. In the process, Lelouch becomes Zero, a masked vigilante and the leader of the resistance movement known as The Black Knights, gaining popularity and support among the Japanese on his way towards the rebellion of Britannia. However, this does not come without a cost. Caught up in a conflict where he does not know the full extent of his powers, Lelouch will have to battle Suzaku, a resistance member named Kallen Stadtfeld, the strongest army in the world. His own half-siblings, and many others in a battle that will forever change the world.

With such an interesting plot like this there's bound to be tons of great things to come out of it. And trust me there is. One of the things commonly praised with this anime is the protagonist Lelouch and his motives, to which I can complete agree with this. Lelouch is such an entertaining character and the way he devises his own strategies to take out every is simply great and he often uses his own genius intellect more often then not, which just makes his character great! Other characters I enjoyed greatly were C.C (C2) Kallen, Suzaku (yes I like Suzaku) Shirley are just a few examples. A lot of people who like this anime seem to dislike Suzaku a lot and see him as a hypocrite, and while in some instances it's true, I really liked him all things considered. The only character I truly disliked is the infamous character "Nina Einstein" anybody who's seen Code Geass knows about this character and she's widely disliked for good reason, she's really the only character who annoyed me.

In terms of everything else, it's also done great! I especially love the music in this anime. (Especially Continued Stories) This anime even takes chances and kills off characters who are very important to the story and the deaths are very well done. The first season of Code Geass alternates among three different types of stories. The first are those about Lelouch’s masked alter ego “Zero”—as he goes from helping various rebel terrorist cells to eventually forming them into an army and making his play to take over Japan. The second kind deal with Lelouch’s normal school life—his personal relationships with Nunnally, Suzaku, and the rest of his school friends. The third mixes the two and deals with his attempts to hide his secret identity while still having the appearance of a normal life.

But really, when it comes down to it, the first season of Code Geass is the story of a hero becoming a villain, step by step. At first, Lelouch seems like a hero—or perhaps an “anti-hero”—we can get behind. He has a legitimate grievance: His mother was brutally murdered, and his father’s response was to decide against searching for the killer and at the same time to banish his youngest children to Japan—just months before invasion. Add to that how evil Brittanian society is and it’s hard not to root for “Zero” and his rebel army, the Black Knights.

However, step-by-step we watch Lelouch walk down the path of evil. His initial mindset is the problem. Outside of his personal life at school, he sees everyone as pawns—allies, enemies, and civilians alike. While he sells the idea to the common man and his fellow rebels that he and his Black Knights are heroes of justice, he doesn’t mean a word of it. The liberation of Japan is simply a means to an end—namely his revenge. And if he can get that revenge by sacrificing Japan, he’ll do it. While this may make Lelouch sound unlikable, his is drives and motivations for his sister Nunnaly that make him a likable character. The first season ends with Zero’s total defeat. Over the course of the season, he walks down the path of evil for his goals—and it is these that destroy him in the end. He has no friends, his sister is missing, his army is destroyed, and he is a prisoner of a man who wants nothing more than to kill him. He is further from his goal than ever before.

Now some people dislike R2 (Season 2) because People got tired of the button press to win and even worse all the curveballs and how they tried to make Lelouch as evil when he didn't do that many evil things throughout the series. Personally I never saw this as much of an issue as most people (although I can see Season 2 being weaker than Season 1) With that said, From start to finish Code Geass is an excellent morality play built on the classic structure of heroic rise, fall, and redemption ending with a heroic sacrifice. Through Lelouch and Suzaku we see two people start with noble goals only to be corrupted by the evil found without and within. Yet, it is only when they do the greatest evil that they bring about the greatest good. In the end, is what they did right? The anime gives no easy answers. Instead, it simply gives you the external facts and their internal motivations and lets you be the judge. Add to the moral quandaries a healthy helping of mecha, superpowers, and a cast of complex, dynamic characters and we've got my favorite Anime of all time! It also adds an ending in which many fans debate over weather Lelouch dies or not in the end. (How Lelouch comes around in the last episode is truly well done) For me I consider him still alive.

Description
Anime: Code Geass
Year: (R1)-October 5, 2006 – July 28, 2007 (R2)-April 6, 2008 – September 28, 2008

Directors/Producers: Hiroshi Morotomi, Yoshitaka Kawaguchi, Takuo Minegishi, Atsushi Yukawa

Writers: Ichiro Okouchi

Anime: Code Geass
Year: (R1)-October 5, 2006 – July 28, 2007 (R2)-April 6, 2008 – September 28, 2008
Directors/Producers: Hiroshi Morotomi, Yoshitaka Kawaguchi, Takuo Minegishi, Atsushi Yukawa
Writers: Ichiro Okouchi

YES I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ANIME! Sorry but I've been wanting to do an Admirable on this for some time so I'm doing it now. This Anime is without a doubt my number 1 favorite Anime of all time. This anime is truly amazing! I also features a fantastically done english dub (With Kate Higgins and Johnny Young Bosh voicing the leader characters) and has one of my favorite Anime leads of all time.

The story about Code Geass is about Lelouch Vi Britannia exiled Britannian prince who was sent as a bargaining tool to Japan, along with his sister Nunnaly Vi Britannia by his father, Emperor Charles Zi Britannia after his mother, Marianne Vi Britannia killed. Nunnally witnessed the murder of her mother Marianne, which caused her to lose both her sight and ability to walk. This makes it difficult for Lelouch because he must take care of her while on the run in Japan during the war. After the war in the ruins of a Japanese city he then vows to his Japanese friend Suzaku Kururugi that he will one day obliterate Britannia. Seven years later, Lelouch, now a popular yet withdrawn student at Ashford Academy by the name of Lelouch Lamperouge gets caught up in a terrorist attack and finds a girl called C.C. (C2), who saves Lelouch's life from the Britannian Royal Guard, by making a contract with him that grants Lelouch a power known as Geass. This power, also known as the "Power of Kings", allows him to command anyone to do whatever he wants, whether bending their will to live, fight, or die on his behalf –though only once and only through direct eye contact. Lelouch decides to put his Geass to use and find the person who killed his mother, destroy the Britannian Empire, and to create a better world where Nunnally can live happily. In the process, Lelouch becomes Zero, a masked vigilante and the leader of the resistance movement known as The Black Knights, gaining popularity and support among the Japanese on his way towards the rebellion of Britannia. However, this does not come without a cost. Caught up in a conflict where he does not know the full extent of his powers, Lelouch will have to battle Suzaku, a resistance member named Kallen Stadtfeld, the strongest army in the world. His own half-siblings, and many others in a battle that will forever change the world.

With such an interesting plot like this there's bound to be tons of great things to come out of it. And trust me there is. One of the things commonly praised with this anime is the protagonist Lelouch and his motives, to which I can complete agree with this. Lelouch is such an entertaining character and the way he devises his own strategies to take out every is simply great and he often uses his own genius intellect more often then not, which just makes his character great! Other characters I enjoyed greatly were C.C (C2) Kallen, Suzaku (yes I like Suzaku) Shirley are just a few examples. A lot of people who like this anime seem to dislike Suzaku a lot and see him as a hypocrite, and while in some instances it's true, I really liked him all things considered. The only character I truly disliked is the infamous character "Nina Einstein" anybody who's seen Code Geass knows about this character and she's widely disliked for good reason, she's really the only character who annoyed me.

In terms of everything else, it's also done great! I especially love the music in this anime. (Especially Continued Stories) This anime even takes chances and kills off characters who are very important to the story and the deaths are very well done. The first season of Code Geass alternates among three different types of stories. The first are those about Lelouch’s masked alter ego “Zero”—as he goes from helping various rebel terrorist cells to eventually forming them into an army and making his play to take over Japan. The second kind deal with Lelouch’s normal school life—his personal relationships with Nunnally, Suzaku, and the rest of his school friends. The third mixes the two and deals with his attempts to hide his secret identity while still having the appearance of a normal life.

But really, when it comes down to it, the first season of Code Geass is the story of a hero becoming a villain, step by step. At first, Lelouch seems like a hero—or perhaps an “anti-hero”—we can get behind. He has a legitimate grievance: His mother was brutally murdered, and his father’s response was to decide against searching for the killer and at the same time to banish his youngest children to Japan—just months before invasion. Add to that how evil Brittanian society is and it’s hard not to root for “Zero” and his rebel army, the Black Knights.

However, step-by-step we watch Lelouch walk down the path of evil. His initial mindset is the problem. Outside of his personal life at school, he sees everyone as pawns—allies, enemies, and civilians alike. While he sells the idea to the common man and his fellow rebels that he and his Black Knights are heroes of justice, he doesn’t mean a word of it. The liberation of Japan is simply a means to an end—namely his revenge. And if he can get that revenge by sacrificing Japan, he’ll do it. While this may make Lelouch sound unlikable, his is drives and motivations for his sister Nunnaly that make him a likable character. The first season ends with Zero’s total defeat. Over the course of the season, he walks down the path of evil for his goals—and it is these that destroy him in the end. He has no friends, his sister is missing, his army is destroyed, and he is a prisoner of a man who wants nothing more than to kill him. He is further from his goal than ever before.

Now some people dislike R2 (Season 2) because People got tired of the button press to win and even worse all the curveballs and how they tried to make Lelouch as evil when he didn't do that many evil things throughout the series. Personally I never saw this as much of an issue as most people (although I can see Season 2 being weaker than Season 1) With that said, From start to finish Code Geass is an excellent morality play built on the classic structure of heroic rise, fall, and redemption ending with a heroic sacrifice. Through Lelouch and Suzaku we see two people start with noble goals only to be corrupted by the evil found without and within. Yet, it is only when they do the greatest evil that they bring about the greatest good. In the end, is what they did right? The anime gives no easy answers. Instead, it simply gives you the external facts and their internal motivations and lets you be the judge. Add to the moral quandaries a healthy helping of mecha, superpowers, and a cast of complex, dynamic characters and we've got my favorite Anime of all time! It also adds an ending in which many fans debate over weather Lelouch dies or not in the end. (How Lelouch comes around in the last episode is truly well done) For me I consider him still alive.