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Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion

8.3IMDb906 votesStrongly recommended
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2006 – 20082 seasons · 50 episodes~25 min per episodeTV-MAEnded
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How Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.

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Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion reads strongest on Spectacle, Character Depth and World Building.

SpectacleDefining10.0

Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.

Character DepthDefining8.8

How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.

World BuildingDefining8.5

The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.

BingeabilityVery strong7.5

How hard it is to stop after one episode.

Emotional WeightVery strong7.1

How much the series is designed to affect you.

SerializedStrong5.5

How much each hour depends on the one before it.

Cliffhanger IntensityPresent4.0

How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.

TensionPresent4.0

The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.

HumourLight2.5

How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.

The story

What it's about

Japan has been invaded and conquered by the Britannian Empire. Japan is now known as Area 11 and its citizens known as Elevens. The Britannian Empire takes away Japan's autonomous power and imposes its rule through the use of Knightmares. The Empire's rule has never faltered, but cracks have begun to show...

The run

Seasons

2 seasons · 50 episodes.

  • Official poster for Specials

    Season 0 · Complete

    Specials

    200644 episodes

  • Official poster for R1

    Season 1 · Complete

    R1

    200625 episodes

    7.7IMDb

    After the Holy Empire of Britannia conquers Japan and renames it Area 11, a Britannian student named Lelouch Lamperouge gains the "Power of Kings" called Geass from a girl named C.C. Lelouch uses his newfound power to become Zero, a masked vigilante leading a rebellion against Britannia to seek revenge.

    Best episode · S01E22 Bloodstained Euphy

  • Official poster for R2

    Season 2 · Complete

    R2

    200825 episodes

    8.3IMDb

    After the failed Black Rebellion uprising against the Holy Britannian Empire, the Black Knights resistance group is powerless without their leader Zero. Lelouch, who lost his memory of his past as Zero, is living a peaceful life as a high school student. C.C. attempts to jog his memory and convinces him to become Zero again to complete their mission.

    Best episode · S02E25 Re;

Where the series peaks

Best Episodes

The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

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S02E25

Re;

9.2IMDb20 votes

Lelouch and Suzaku fight for the sake of their promise, the Zero Requiem. Suzaku battles Kallen, while Lelouch confronts Nunnally, his biggest and dearest enemy.

28 Sept 200825 min
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S02E21

The Ragnarök Connection

8.7IMDb11 votes

Within the Sword of Akasha, Lelouch learns the truth about his mother's death from the Emperor and Marianne herself. The two reveal their intention to create a gentle world without lies, and begin Ragnarok. Lelouch almost reconciles with them, but changes his mind when he realizes that the world the Emperor desires has no future. Evolving his Geass to its next level, Lelouch defeats the Emperor with the help of the collective unconscious mind of every human, the personification of the "gods" the Emperor sought to defeat, dissolving both him and Marianne into dust. With Ragnarok ended, Lelouch takes up the throne as the new Emperor, using his Geass to make all the dissenters in the court acknowledge him as such. Suzaku is appointed as his new "Knight of Zero," while C.C. looks on from the shadows.

31 Aug 200825 min
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S02E24

The Grip of Damocles

8.7IMDb10 votes

The Black Knights manage to board the Avalon. Lelouch escapes in the Shinkirō while C.C. holds Kallen at bay long enough for Lelouch to escape. Using Nina's F.L.E.I.J.A. Eliminator, Lelouch and Suzaku successfully break into the Damocles. Believing Lelouch to be trapped, Schneizel sets the Damocles' self-destruct sequence and attempts to leave. However, Lelouch manages to outsmart Schneizel, using his Geass to force him into obedience. Suzaku and Gino battle outside the fortress, with Gino unable to hold out against Suzaku. Using his last attack, Gino takes out the Damocles shields, allowing Kallen to take over. Meanwhile, Lelouch goes to confront Nunnally, who has regained her sight.

21 Sept 200825 min
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S02E19

Betrayal

8.7IMDb10 votes

A ceasefire is called so Schneizel can meet with the leaders of the Black Knights, but Lelouch is too devastated to attend. Schenizel reveals the truth about Lelouch and his Geass, as well as the many people he has used it on; a recording from Lelouch's meeting with Suzaku solidifies the evidence. In exchange for Japan's independence, the Black Knights agree to betray Lelouch. Unable to escape, Lelouch tells Kallen he was using her all along to keep her from sharing his fate, but whispers that she should live on within earshot. Lelouch is prepared to accept death, until Rolo, piloting the Shinkirō, rescues Lelouch and escapes the combined forces of the Black Knights and the Britannians. However, the excessive use of his Geass required to do so overtaxes his heart and dies after flying Lelouch to safety. Lelouch resolves to not waste the life given to him by Rolo, declaring he will kill the Emperor by his own hand.

17 Aug 200825 min
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S02E22

Emperor Lelouch

8.6IMDb11 votes

Lelouch begins his reformation of Britannia, abolishing the aristocracy and Area system. The Knights of Rounds attempt to remove Lelouch from power, but Suzaku, piloting the Lancelot Albion, easily obliterates their ranks, killing Bismarck Waldstein and two other Rounds members while only disabling Gino's Knightmare. His position secure, Lelouch announces his intention to join the U.F.N. On the way to the meeting, he and Kallen bid each other farewell after she kisses him, Kallen having been unable to get Lelouch to answer any of her questions. When the UFN demands that he accept a limit to his voting power to prevent Britannia from attaining an automatic majority, Lelouch forces their hand by having Suzaku take the U.F.N. leaders hostage and Britannia's military surround Japan. During the commotion, the Britannian capital is obliterated by Schenizel, who is aboard his new flying fortress, the Damocles. He reveals to Lelouch that Nunnally is alive, and she declares herself to be Lelouch and Suzaku's enemy.

7 Sept 200825 min
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S01E22

Bloodstained Euphy

8.6IMDb20 votes

During the commemoration ceremony for the Specially Administrated Zone, Lelouch and Euphemia privately discuss Japan's future. She convinces him, and Lelouch summarily halts his rebellion, until he suddenly loses control of his Geass while jokingly telling her to kill all the Japanese. The Geass-influenced Euphemia orders a bloody massacre of the people attending the ceremony. Blaming himself, a resolute Lelouch decides to salvage the situation by declaring Euphemia's Specially Administrated Zone a trap to lure out the Black Knights, and commands his troops to defeat the Britannian forces, protect the Japanese, and stop Euphemia.

22 Mar 200725 min

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