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Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion s an anime television series created by Sunrise. Directed by Gorō Taniguchi and written by Ichirō Ōkouchi, both of whom had earlier worked on another Sunrise series, the acclaimed 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, and concluded its run on July 28, 2007; spanning 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.
On August 10, 2010, a.t.b., 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", were forced to survive in ghettos, while Britannians lived in first-class settlements. Rebel elements persisted, however, as pockets of Japanese organizations who struggled 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
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?), eleventh 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, Gaohai. He is extremely skilled in swordsmanship and constantly carries a sword by his side. He also pilots the Shenhu Knightmare Frame.
Knightmare Frames
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.
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 first opening theme song to the series was "Colors", performed by the band FLOW, while its first ending theme song was "Yūkyō Seishunka" (勇侠青春謳? lit. "Hero Youth Song"), performed by Ali Project. Both the opening and ending theme songs were later replaced in episode 13 with "Kaidoku Funō" (解読不能? lit. "Indecipherable"), performed by the rock band Jinn, and "Mosaic Kakera" (モザイクカケラ Mozaiku Kakera?, lit. "Mosaic Fragments"), performed by SunSet Swish, respectively. The opening theme song is replaced in episodes 24 and 25 with "Hitomi no Tsubasa" (瞳ノ翼? lit. "Eye's Wing"), performed by Access.[17]
The opening and ending themes to Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2, "O2" (O2～オー･ツー～ Ō Tsū?) and "Shiawase Neiro" (シアワセネイロ Shiawase Neiro?), were both performed by the Okinawa-based band Orange Range. The ending theme is featured with illustrations by CLAMP. The upcoming second opening theme to R2, "WORLD END", will be performed again by FLOW,[18], while the ending theme song will be "Waga Routashi Aku no Hana" (わが臈たし悪の華? lit. "My Beautifully Elegant Flower of Evil"), performed by Ali Project.
The first original soundtrack for the series was released on December 20, 2006, while the second original soundtrack for the series was released on March 24, 2007. The covers of both soundtracks were illustrated by Takahiro Kimura, and are published in Japan by Victor Entertainment.[17] Character theme songs, performed for the series by its seiyū, have been released with the Sound Episode drama CDs.
The first season of the series premiered across Japan on MBS from October 5, 2006, and concluded its run on July 28, 2007; spanning 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.
On August 10, 2010, a.t.b., 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", were forced to survive in ghettos, while Britannians lived in first-class settlements. Rebel elements persisted, however, as pockets of Japanese organizations who struggled 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
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?), eleventh 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, Gaohai. He is extremely skilled in swordsmanship and constantly carries a sword by his side. He also pilots the Shenhu Knightmare Frame.
Knightmare Frames
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.
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 first opening theme song to the series was "Colors", performed by the band FLOW, while its first ending theme song was "Yūkyō Seishunka" (勇侠青春謳? lit. "Hero Youth Song"), performed by Ali Project. Both the opening and ending theme songs were later replaced in episode 13 with "Kaidoku Funō" (解読不能? lit. "Indecipherable"), performed by the rock band Jinn, and "Mosaic Kakera" (モザイクカケラ Mozaiku Kakera?, lit. "Mosaic Fragments"), performed by SunSet Swish, respectively. The opening theme song is replaced in episodes 24 and 25 with "Hitomi no Tsubasa" (瞳ノ翼? lit. "Eye's Wing"), performed by Access.[17]
The opening and ending themes to Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2, "O2" (O2～オー･ツー～ Ō Tsū?) and "Shiawase Neiro" (シアワセネイロ Shiawase Neiro?), were both performed by the Okinawa-based band Orange Range. The ending theme is featured with illustrations by CLAMP. The upcoming second opening theme to R2, "WORLD END", will be performed again by FLOW,[18], while the ending theme song will be "Waga Routashi Aku no Hana" (わが臈たし悪の華? lit. "My Beautifully Elegant Flower of Evil"), performed by Ali Project.
The first original soundtrack for the series was released on December 20, 2006, while the second original soundtrack for the series was released on March 24, 2007. The covers of both soundtracks were illustrated by Takahiro Kimura, and are published in Japan by Victor Entertainment.[17] Character theme songs, performed for the series by its seiyū, have been released with the Sound Episode drama CDs.