[Anime] Code Geass: Lelouche of the Rebellion

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Director Taniguchi (in what appears to be a slip of the tongue in the PASH interview) and the animators (in their private blogs) have referred to the first episode of R2 as Stage 26; all the voice actors refer to it as “first episode of the sequel” or some variation of that.

I bet they're kicking themselves for that one...

Either way, it sounds exciting. The EU was sort of a backdrop existing somewhere on the periphery, so it'll be interesting to see what they're all about, but at the same time I'm disappointed that it'll chip away at the 1984 parallels to see outside perspectives.

Awesome spoilers ahoy!

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Begins the season working as a bunny-girl waitress at a casino in the Babel Tower, which forcibly employs Elevens as waitresses and even has a coliseum for them to battle each other in.

(a new character):Wants to be remembered, so she maintains a blog which she frequently updates and is always snapping pictures with her camera-phone.

The new Governor General of Area 11 is a cruel man named Carares, who holds executions in the garden Clovis built on top of the administration building.

HAIL BRITANNIA!

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by nanaman

So I've started to rewatch the first season, and I just noticed something I didn't the last time (why I didn't is a mystery). I was like "Heeeeeey, that Nina girl... SHE DID JUST WHACK IT OFF TO EUPHIE'S PICTURE, DIDN'T SHE D: CAAN'T, UNSEEEEEEEEEE!"

Now I've gotten more disgusted by her than I was in the first place.

The best part is I don't think she was really masturbating, it looked like she was just staring at the photo and came :skeet::skeet::skeet:

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Welp, now that Gundam is over, Geass is almost here

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I can't wait

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Didn't really care much for it, tbqh. I'm sure it'll get better, but the whole false implanted memory thing makes me can't help but feel like it's going to reinforce the dementia of otakukin.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

New episode was pretty rad, but I have a question about the map. If Britain isn't in Britannia, who conquered the United States?

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Tails

I really have nothing to add though. I'm enjoying the return of Lelouch's fabulousness.

Don't you mean his fabuloooooooooooousness?

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Or if you want Ep3 itself it's out right now.



FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Sakabadger

Got caught up with Code Geass yesterday, and all I have to say is: Great Britain isn't part of the Britannia Empire? What?

I hope they explain the political landscape more in the future.

Apparently Napoleon invaded Britain and it was ruled by the French (again). So the Crown set itself up in the American colonies. Imagine Pax Americana with the divine providence of a king. This is what I've been told.

It doesn't make sense for a number of reasons. It's slightly plausible on the precondition that the American Revolution never happened, but then you also have to consider how the other states of the EU are alive and kicking with Napoleon's conquest of Britain. Did he just stop there? Could Prussia, Austria, and Russia have consistently beaten France?

It's clumsy speculative history, and I preferred when I thought it was a situation where the sun truly never set on the British Empire.

The Chinese Federation is also described as communist, but with their dress and customs it almost seems like the empire never dissolved.

In conclusion, anime.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Episode 4 is out, launch the downloads.

It made me feel good all over, for all the right reasons.

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Throwing away Rolo like a used rag? You beautiful bastard.

How ya doing, buddy?

I think the real problem with this new season is that its pacing has gotten out of hand. Sometimes it just feels like there's too much happening and with no clear sense of direction. Too many new characters have been added and not enough old ones have died, so it seems like they're trying to do a lot with too much.

Case in point: kidnapping Tian just didn't seem as dastardly as it should be. The characters are just way too fresh and both Tian and Xing-Ke haven't had enough characterization for me to give the slightest fuck how they feel. So while Zero strokes his handlebar moustache (in spirit) and Tian cries her little lollicon eyes out I laughed and laughed and laughed.

How ya doing, buddy?

The episode that launched 1000 doujins.

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Seriously this shit is just awful. The show is getting way too big for its britches and the writers can't handle geopolitics for shit. The Eunuch Generals are cardboard cutout aristocrats and a national revolt is treated with the significance of a sneeze. Nevermind the godawful scene where everybody stands around funneling exposition from their stupid mouths so Lelouche can learn the power of heart with the help of Shirley's fanservice.

And the Order? What is that shit? A mystery that's gone on for a season and a half and whoopdy fuck it's casual conversation.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

There used to be a real gravity to Zero's actions that just doesn't exist anymore. The disparity between Eleven and Britanian lifestyles used to be a constant reminder of the world's dystopia, but I don't think they've even attempted to touch on this theme since the first episode. Everything since then has been all about Zero's crew and the school. It just keeps spiraling into this social drama nonsense while behind-the-scenes machinations are dealt with the most half-hearted exposition I've ever seen. Oh something bad's gonna happen, you know it's gonna be bad because we say so.

I guess they understand their audience, though.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I kept trying to put my finger on why Code Geass sucks all of a sudden (yes even the last episode you nerds).

There's no more risk. Oh sure there's never really a risk of LeLouche and various biting the dust as with all other protagonists. If they could really die there wouldn't be much of a show, but the key is in making obstacles seem difficult if not insurmountable (only to be overcome by a helping spoonful of chakra).

This just doesn't happen anymore. The Black Knights have become the elite wing of a standing army. The United States of Japan is for all intents and purposes a sovereign country with its own territory and the military backing of an entire superpower acquired through ridiculous plot development. The appeal of a ragtag group of freedom fighters combating the system from within and fomenting a popular revolt just isn't there any more. LeLouche no longer requires subterfuge and treachery, he can simply send an armored division to level the facility of a secret cult with all the characterization of a door mat.

The show's gotten away from itself. It's got no soul and zero sense of pacing. The cast has become too large and the attempts to thin its ranks are hamfisted and prone to cheap melodrama. Bloo bloo bloo Shirley now you're dead, I'll honor your memory by committing genocide.

Which brings me more to the next point. There's no reason to give a fuck about anybody anymore. With all the Chinese bullshit and Ashford academy slice-of-life nonsense there's been no room for characterization. Returning characters from the original season are re-introduced with all the fanfare of a silent fart and given no indication of what they've been doing, or what their motives are. Not even people seem like people. In the previous season the realities of life in Area 11 were constantly emphasized. The disparities between Britannians and former Japanese gave real meaning to the struggle, and the prejudices of both sides while flawed were understandable.

Now there's no mention of Elevens which had factored in so prominently before. The focus has entirely been on geopolitics and the Ashford Academy hoopla. Focusing all attention on the "good life" in a system which by all rights should not exist makes it unclear why it's worth destroying in the first place. Further, the Black Knights are now driving the murder wagon, matter-of-factly massacring thousands of civilians belonging to an under-developed cult which apparently produces Geass users in a facility which had no previous indication of being occupied at all, let alone being a fucking research facility. Even the children were slaughtered, yet they're also amoral killing machines so beyond the basic idea that indiscriminate slaughter == bad I don't see why I should give a fuck what LeLouche has done or even why, specifically, it was wrong.

It's spiraling into a tailspin of mediocrity and hamfisted plot development. The same thing happened to Gundam Seed Destiny before it turned into an absolute shit pile so I think I'll enjoy the coming trainwreck and nerd rage.

I was speaking idiomatically.

For all the stuff that was going on, it was about as exciting as watching paint dry. LeLouche just manifests plot devices out of thin air.

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And what the christ is up with his mom being in somebody else's body? It just reeks of bullshit.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

You can tell the show is on weak legs when they need exposition to declare how dangerous the Knight of One is. You know, without actually demonstrating how dangerous he is. Or even explaining it.

FELIPE NO

I think you're confusing "taking seriously" with "expecting it to be good." That said, they finally did something good. Really good.

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The future for the show depends entirely on Lelouche and Schneizel's objectives. Does Schneizel intend to rule or disband the empire? Lelouche still has to face the nature of Geass and its remaining legitimacy with the Sword of Akasha undone. Is his intent to unify the world and then undo Geass?

There's still a helluva lot of potential left in this story. I hope they don't fuck it up.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

The code geass website has a goddamn flowchart to explain current relationships and factionalization.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

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There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by LS

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It contained too many good stuffs, Schneizel being taken over by geasss, Nunally overcoming geass, And diethard died like an idiot as well. I am starting to get pissed at Kallen and the black knights, By the way Does that mean Cornelia is going to be the next schneizel, seeing as she is on the Black knights base

After this I don't think anybody will recognize Royal Sovereignty.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Lelouche had stairs

Lelouche was not protected

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ORANGE KNIGHT GROWS ORANGES HURFDYDURFDURF

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Ok time for Gundam to come back =)

I was speaking idiomatically.

All the life got sucked out of the show sometime around mid-season, but I guess that won't stop them from reanimating its corpse to wring some money out of the franchise like they're doing with Gurren Lagann.

It doesn't matter if there's any chance of characters being alive or dead, they'll always come back at a producer's convenience.

How ya doing, buddy?

I WOULD'VE JUST BEEN HAPPY WITH THE TWO OF US WHILE BILLIONS SUFFERED UNDER AUTOCRATIC RULE BLOO BLOO BLOO

FELIPE NO

Yeah the case is that Nunally is a selfish child and that her "great performance" seemed out of character because she doesn't know shit about how the world works.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

I thought the ending was hilarious, fuck tha haters fuck tha lovers

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Tails are you a freegan cause you sure love garbage om nom nom nom nom I love shit *is Tails*

Jam it back in, in the dark.