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

Season 0 · Complete
Specials
200644 episodes

Season 1 · Complete
R1
200625 episodes
7.7IMDbAfter 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

Season 2 · Complete
R2
200825 episodes
8.3IMDbAfter 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;
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S02E25
Re;
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.
- Directed by Kazuo Miyake, Makoto Baba
- Written by Ichiro Okouchi

S02E21
The Ragnarök Connection
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.
- Directed by Makoto Baba

S02E24
The Grip of Damocles
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.
- Directed by Akira Toba

S02E19
Betrayal
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.
- Directed by Noriaki Akitaya

S02E22
Emperor Lelouch
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.
- Directed by Masato Miyoshi, Yuu Nobuta
- Written by Ichiro Okouchi

S01E22
Bloodstained Euphy
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.
- Directed by Makoto Baba
- Written by Ichiro Okouchi
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Executive production
- Hiroshi MorotomiProducer
- Jun YukawaProducer
- Yoshitaka KawaguchiProducer
- Takao MinegishiProducer
Writing
- Ichiro OkouchiWriter
- Yuuichi NomuraWriter
Direction
- Kazuo SakaiDirector
- Hiroaki KudouDirector
- Kazuo MiyakeDirector
- Makoto BabaDirector
- Masato MiyoshiDirector
- Tatsuya AbeDirector
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- Sota OyaDirector of Photography
Music
- Kotaro NakagawaOriginal Music Composer
- Hitomi KuroishiOriginal Music Composer
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