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Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion

★ 8.7 107K votes 2006–2008 2 seasons · 50 episodes Ended MBS
AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 10/10Genius leadExceptional intellect as the protagonist's engine.This show: 9/10RevengeVengeance as the driving motive.This show: 9/10Political intriguePower struggles inside governments and institutions.This show: 9/10Antihero leadA protagonist doing bad things you can't stop watching.This show: 9/10War & militaryArmed conflict and the soldier's experience.This show: 8/10Gut punchWilling to devastate you, and remembered for it.This show: 8/10BittersweetJoy and loss mixed so thoroughly they can't be separated.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Jun FukuyamaTakahiro SakuraiJohnny Yong BoschYukanaAmi KoshimizuYuri Lowenthal
Written by
Gorô TaniguchiIchirô Ôkouchi
Starring
Jun FukuyamaTakahiro SakuraiJohnny Yong BoschYukanaAmi KoshimizuYuri Lowenthal
Written by
Gorô TaniguchiIchirô Ôkouchi
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About

"A prince's chessboard war fought with mind control"

After his mother's murder and his kingdom's conquest, exiled prince Lelouch stumbles into a mysterious power that lets him command absolute obedience with a single order. Adopting a masked alter ego, he builds a rebellion against the empire that occupies his homeland, all while posing as an ordinary student by day. The show is operatic and fast-moving, blending giant-robot warfare with chess-like political scheming. It leans hard into melodrama and escalating twists, but its charismatic antihero and the strategic duels between him and his rival friend keep it gripping.

Watch it for

the escalating strategic duels between a masked rebel mastermind and his best friend.

Maybe skip if

you dislike heavy melodrama and plot twists that increasingly strain believability.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

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R12006
8.374K2510h
After 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.
R22008
9.088K2510h
After 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.

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Jun Fukuyama Lelouch Lamperouge, Lelouch
Takahiro Sakurai Suzaku Kururugi, White Knight, Suzaku
Johnny Yong Bosch Lelouch Lamperouge
Yukana C.C., Narrator, Cheshire Cat
Ami Koshimizu Kallen Stadtfeld, March Hare, Kallen
Yuri Lowenthal Suzaku Kururugi, Chinese Federation Guard
Kate Higgins C.C., Carine ne Britannia
Karen Strassman Kallen Stadtfeld
Brian Beacock Rivalz Cardemonde
Noriaki Sugiyama Rivalz Cardemonde, Kento Sugiyama, Dormouse

Crew

Gorô Taniguchi
Ichirô Ôkouchi

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