Both seasons have won several awards at the Tokyo International Anime Fair, Animage Anime Grand Prix, and Animation Kobe event. The TV anime series has been well received in Japan, selling over a million DVD and Blu-ray Disc volumes. Most manga and light novels have also been published in North America by Bandai. Bandai Entertainment also licensed most parts from the franchise for English release in December 2007, airing the two TV series on Cartoon Network. The series has also been adapted into various manga and light novels with the former showing various alternate scenarios from the TV series. Its sequel series, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 ( コードギアス反逆のルルーシュR2, Kōdo Giasu Hangyaku no Rurūshu Āru Tsū), ran on MBS and Tokyo Broadcasting System from Apto September 28, 2008. Set in an alternate timeline, the series focuses on how the former prince Lelouch Lamperouge obtains a power known as Geass and decides to use it to obliterate the Holy Britannian Empire, an imperial monarchy and a superpower that has been conquering various countries.Ĭode Geass first ran in Japan on Mainichi Broadcasting System from October 5, 2006, to July 28, 2007. Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion ( コードギアス反逆のルルーシュ, Kōdo Giasu: Hangyaku no Rurūshu), often referred to as simply Code Geass, is a Japanese anime series created by Sunrise, directed by Gorō Taniguchi, and written by Ichirō Ōkouchi, with original character designs by manga authors Clamp.

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