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Code Geass - Lelouch of the Rebellion R2: Episode 1

April 07th, 2008 at 7:27 pm | Category: Code Geass R2, First Episodes

Rating: 9/10

Japanese Title: コードギアス反逆のルルーシュ R2
Genres: Mecha, Sci-Fi
Episodes: 25
OP: “O2″ by ORANGE RANGE
ED: “Shiawase Neiro” by ORANGE RANGE
Producers: Sunrise
Official Site: http://geass.jp/

Impressions:

What I want to say is, CODE GEASS ROCKS!, but I’m past the phase of blurting out random cries of emotion with no backing, so I’ll go back and rephrase everything. I think it was good that I didn’t really anticipate this sequel (which I have no idea why, seeing as I DID enjoy the first season), and the reason for that is, it made everything so much better. I had completely forgotten what it felt like watching Geass, and this first episode does more than enough to remind me. In other words, it’s awesome. I love the feel of change in anime, something which every sequel should cover, as it makes getting back into the show so much more interesting and exciting.

Anyway, enough of that. It’s quite obvious that there’s mean a lot of change made to the setting. In the beginning, Lelouch had lost his memory, the Black Knights had been reduced to mere single figures, Japan had been pushed into an even worse social position, and a few new characters have also magically appeared. Of course, these will (hopefully) be answered in the episodes to come, but leaving them blunt and unanswered really makes R2 seem like a whole new show. Everything has basically been turned back to episode 1, and now we get to see a different route that Zero will probably take.

Speaking of regressing back to episode 1, there are noticeable similarities between the start of Code Geass and Code Geass R2. My favourite is the demonstration of Lelouch’s chess playing skills, which ultimately indicates that he is a master tactician, regardless of whether he knows it himself or not. It really is a nice way of showing that, when it comes down to war, Lelouch is at the top. There’s also, of course, the memorable first meeting with CC and Lelouch gaining (or regaining) his Geass power. There are tons of new variables in play now as well, so I can’t wait to see how things work out. I think I can say CG is probably going to be one of the best shows this season.

Popularity: 6% [?]

13 Comments so far

Frosty April 7th, 2008 7:30 pm Number of comments posted:

EEEEEE, so good, I thought I would be disappointed when it looked like it was just going to be a copy of the first episode of season one, but they pulled it off quite nice, along with bringing up a literal shit tonne of new questions.

Going to be my favorite show I can already feel it
arenu April 7th, 2008 10:56 pm Number of comments posted: (23)

can anyone tell me about a good subber for this season?
Shin April 7th, 2008 11:06 pm Number of comments posted: (60)

GG is a pretty reliable fansub group. They did pretty well for season 1, so they should be good for this season.

I was pretty confused at first, but while Lelouch was in the tower with Rollo, everything connected. Now I know how awesome this season can potentially be.
hongi April 7th, 2008 11:30 pm Number of comments posted: (30)

i think Eclipse is a really good subber because they already subbed hakugan no Shana Second, hayate no gotoku and rental magica very good and the videos have awesome quality.

the 1st episode was really interesting^^ i am looking forward 2 know what happened with Nunnally(and wtf is with rollo, Nunnally turned into a boy? xD).
hongi April 8th, 2008 1:04 am Number of comments posted: (30)

i have a question : why dont you blog the last episode of sns?
Danny April 8th, 2008 1:21 am Number of comments posted:

hongi: yeah haha i was meant to do that today but had heaps of hw >_< ill hopefully get it done tmr
Hotarubi April 8th, 2008 11:06 am Number of comments posted: (9)

I loved the first r2 episode….Like you, for some reason I wasn’t anticipating the secnd CG season (maybe, cause I hated some things at the end of the first one), but I enjoyed this episode very much. Whta happened with Nunally though…:) Now I can’t wait for the next episode. yay!
Scoro April 8th, 2008 6:33 pm Number of comments posted: (80)

I tottally loved it ;d
arenu April 9th, 2008 2:48 am Number of comments posted: (23)

maybe nunnaly was killed? and maybe that’s the reason why lelouch was speaking about revenge?(’though it could simply be because of the humiliation)
Corey April 9th, 2008 1:54 pm Number of comments posted: (17)

LOVE IT!!! KALLENS BACK!!!! LOVELY KALLEN-CHAN!!!!
Otaco April 13th, 2008 6:20 am Number of comments posted:

Notice, how Lelouch reads “La divina commedia” by Dante , and he just was reading the purgatory part of the book. The last stage before heaven ! Maybe C.C. is trapped in it. Oh whatever,…

I believe lelouch’s only goal is to become emperor himself!

Can’t wait for next week!
code geass r2 episode 2 April 13th, 2008 8:10 pm Number of comments posted:

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fidel May 11th, 2008 10:07 pm Number of comments posted: (1)

My favourite anime after Naruto Shippuuden.. an interisting show and about the same as Death Note.. Lulu and CC the best !!!