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Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (TV) - dub.

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And am I the only one who acutally likes the dub here? Based on what I've heard so far about Lelouch's character I guess I can go ahead and admit Bosh could be doing a better job, yeah, but still not half bad nonetheless (I'm actually quite liking him as a villain! ). And the rest of the dub cast seems to be doing quite well for themselves as well.

No, you're not, I find it excellent as well, especially at catching that over the top, campy style that the series uses. It's a Goro Tanaguchi directed series after all (Infinite Ryvius, Planetes, Scryed).

Also, Lulouch is technically an anti-hero not a villain. Basically, he's not your typical "good guy", he's rather cold, selfish, and ruthless and the only thing he really cares about is...well we haven't gotten to that point in the series yet so I won't say anything.

Also, Lulouch is technically an anti-hero not a villain he does...sort of take the moral high ground in the series it's just some of his methods [spoiler]are no better than Britania's which he's supposedly fighting against. He believes in order to beat the enemy you have to sink yourself to their level and become one real SOB I guess[/apoilers]. Basically, he's not your typical "good guy", he's rather cold, selfish, and ruthless and the only thing he really cares about is...well we haven't gotten to that point in the series yet so I won't say anything.

Chaos42 wrote:

it is a realy good anime and i hope they box set this one its not somethig you can put out in vol. besides the way the market is moving boxsets are the norm more so than they used to be

they are releasing it in two disk sets (the first one will be 10 episodes. It's suppossed to be released in August.

I hope Lelouch gets to use his powers in unique ways, and I'm glad Suzaku, (as I figured) isn't dead. All the same, I have to ally with a few posters on here who said they see heavy strains of Gundam in this series.

Also, Lulouch is technically an anti-hero not a villain he does...sort of take the moral high ground in the series it's just some of his methods [spoiler]are no better than Britania's which he's supposedly fighting against. He believes in order to beat the enemy you have to sink yourself to their level and become one real SOB I guess[/spoilers]. Basically, he's not your typical "good guy", he's rather cold, selfish, and ruthless and the only thing he really cares about is...well we haven't gotten to that point in the series yet so I won't say anything.

JesuOtaku wrote:

I hope Lelouch gets to use his powers in unique ways, and I'm glad Suzaku, (as I figured) isn't dead. All the same, I have to ally with a few posters on here who said they see heavy strains of Gundam in this series.

The only comparison I can see to Gundam is that its made by Sunrise and that it has giant robots. If you want to compare it to SEED specifically, I guess you could say that its similar in that you have childhood friends fighting each other on opposite sides of the conflict, but you have to keep it vague for the comparison to work at all. As soon as you start looking at the character relationships and motives, it falls apart. Unlike in SEED, both of the childhood friends jumped into the conflict and keep it going of their own free will. Suzaku has been compared to Kira (and that's not intended as a compliment to either), but that's a stretch as well. They are both brown-haired Japanese males that pilot the super-strong prototype unit and beat down grunt with ease with a tendency to spout (arguably hypocritical) ideals. But again, its more complicated than that.

So if those vague similarities count as "strains of Gundam" then sure. I really don't see any remotely reasonable point of comparison other than the presence of giant robots as military weapons, and even that's a stretch as the mecha in Code Geass play less of a role than they do in Gundam.

The biggest element to me that reminded me of Gundam is the overall mood of the show, although Geass is a little lighter than Gundam, at least to begin with. (And yeah, I was thinking of SEED as I watched Suzaku and..."Lulu" is Lelouch's pet name? Cuuuute. )

Anyway, the mood, or attitude taken toward war and how it is portrayed is reminiscent of Gundam to me. War clearly isn't viewed positively, but anime rarely shows war positively. What's different is the stance of neither side being either right or wrong. There's some sympathy to be had on both the side of the Britannians and the Japanese (or Elevens) but there's also a lot of ambiguity and animosity toward both sides. I mean, you'd think the oppressive side here would be depicted more inhumanly savage, but as of now they're seen in similar strains to ZAFT and the Earth Alliance. One has the upper hand, but an overcoming by the Eleven terrorists wouldn't necessarily be a good thing.

And honestly, Suzaku is currently more sympathetic than Lulu. Currently. It's just a very unique and realistic if not distant way of viewing war.

JesuOtaku wrote:

The biggest element to me that reminded me of Gundam is the overall mood of the show, although Geass is a little lighter than Gundam, at least to begin with. (And yeah, I was thinking of SEED as I watched Suzaku and..."Lulu" is Lelouch's pet name? Cuuuute. )

I'm not sure if the dub will ever call him Lulu or if they'll stick with Lelouch all the time, but his classmates tend to call him Lulu in the Japanese version. And yes, Code Geass has a lot of lighthearted moments. It can be quite hilarious at times.

Just finished episode 2(if it comes out dub before i watch sub than i stick with dub unless i get to excited, i may with this series) and am completely blown away. I love the character designs for this. But there not the usual clamp. Oh well. But i mean the action is just awesome and i can't wait for episode 3 tonight. Its really got me on the edge of my seat.