Publisher: Bandai Entertainment (USA)Format: Region 1 DVD, NTSC, Japanese Dialogue with optional English Dub and English Subtitles
Length: 25 Episodes x 24 mins
Production Date: 2008
Currently in Print (as of writing): Yes
Story Outline: A year after the events of the final episode of the first series, seemingly everything has returned to normal in Area 11 and Ashford Academy. The Black Knights have been dispersed, killed or captured and is Zero is dead. Oddly enough Lelouch is still alive attending the academy and he ant eh other students apparently have no memory of the previous events. Several students are no longer at the school and Lelouch now has a brother, Rolo, which no one seems to question and it is as if Nunnally had never existed. When Lelouch goes to win money through one of his chess games at the casino, the Black Knights attack and C.C. confronts Lelouch in attempt to make him remember his past. Eventually he does, and vows to get his sister back as well as resurrecting his dream of taking down the Britannian regime. However he is being watched by Britannian soldiers planted within the academy, including Rolo. Lelouch vows revenge on his father whom he discovers has the power of Geass. He also declares war on the organisation called the Code of Geass who do experiments on those who have Geass. Lelouch also declares to make Japan an independent nation with the help of the Chinese Federation. However his plans go awry when it is announced that Nunnally is to be the viceroy for Area 11.
Mini Review: For the most part, this sequel (which is more the second half of the series than a real sequel) is just as well written as the first. However Sunrise has decided to “reset” the story rather than continuing on where everything left off in the last episode (a major cliff hanger). I think some of the devices used in this “reset” are very connivent and require a great deal of suspension of disbelief. There’s also rather melodramatic “reveals” towards the end of the series which I just could not accept. It was all a bit too daft for me. The ending too was rather disappointing. Not just the rather absurd conclusion but the “and they all lived happily ever after” post script. It was all a bit too conventional and I think a bit lazy on the writer part. It’s quite disappointing, considering the strength of the writing in the first part of the show. And despite C.C.’s dilemma and the reason she chose Lelouch, seemingly all is forgotten and irrelevant by the last scene of the last episode. How odd. C.C.’s brief change in personality really served no purpose at all and despite all the hints in regards to Geass, nothing is ever really explained or their origin or anything, which is really annoying. While researching the show on Google, I was rather amused to find that one of the poplar search terms was “Code Geass Season 3”. Seriously, how the fuck could they make a third series? It’s OVER. There is no way you could resurrect this zombie. God, people are freaking dense. Despite the fact I’ve grumbled a lot here, the show was still really good fun due to the character development built up in the first season and the battle sequences. There’s also a slew of new and rather well written characters which add a lot to the series. I’m still going to give it 8 out of 10.
Remaining Backlog: 21 months (it's much easier this way than listing the number of discs).
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