Comments on: Getting into Code Geass

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:12:06 +0000

I think I’m in the same boat. I have a friend who gave me a dvd filled with episodes, but I haven’t bothered to sit down an watch more than part of the first episode. I keep hearing about it though…just not sure it’s my thing.

By: Hung

Hung — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:37:59 +0000

Wasn’t there like a US map or something showing us attacking Japan? I can’t quite remember now. But the US imperialism thing seems plausible too.

By: Krunk

Krunk — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:11:54 +0000

I’m curious why you thought Britannia was the United States and not Britain? I mean recently, USA may be known for occupying other countries and empire building, but on the face, we never do admit it as we call it liberating the country and eventually we do leave, but may leaving behind an army base or what not.

However, Britain has been empire building for quite some time back in the days (think Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, etc). Plus they have a monarchy and kings and a system of knights.

By: Christina

Christina — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:47:36 +0000

I am glad i am not the only one who was confused at the amount of pizza boxes at anime conventions! I was feeling out of the loop.

Despite the insane amount of crazy fans out there that make the rest of us who like this series look bad, Code Geass is a pretty decent show. Just be careful what you post about the very last episode in the series. It seems to start war world three. I hope you enjoy the series.

By: ubiquitial

ubiquitial — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:18:49 +0000

Great. Just Great. Code Geass is being seen as a symbol of weeabos now? I have been following it since the beginning and I have to say, I cannot accept this. I see Code Geass as not a symbol of weeabos, no, but rather as a complex matrix that must be carefully sifted through. The dark plot shows a slow decay of the mind, only to be redeemed through death. I pity those that cannot see the true Code Geass, but instead focus on the mecha and the ‘emo facial expressions’.

By: math4origami

math4origami — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:34:30 +0000

Many comparisons have been made between cg 1 and death note. As far as mind games go, that’s supposed to be one of the most entertaining parts of cg, at least in season 1. the strategy and general intelligence of the show kinda dies in r2, though. still, it has much better looking characters than death note, even if they are clamp-two-millimeters thin anorexic homos.

By: biankita

biankita — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:24:01 +0000

season one’s real good and the only reason i’m watching the second season is because i just wanna know how it ends since the first season was a freaking cliffhanger. if you continue to watch it you will see a distinct change from good to selout between the two seasons. i think that the current season’s own appeal is based on the fact that they are throwing all the things that anyone needs (to the point that it’s practically begging) to be make fun of it – apart from a few people who are so into the genre that they take it seriously. personally, i just think it’s funny and it’s entertainment.

By: Camario

Camario — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:01:29 +0000

Not that this makes much of a difference at all, but I still felt like saying something different.

There are actually some of us out there that, while we laugh at the in-jokes and internet memes and ridiculous stunts like almost everyone else does, also genuinely like the series and don’t need to use the word “trainwreck” or go into permanent LOL-mode in order to justify why we watch it.

Strange, huh?

Code Geass is no masterpiece and I can think of more than a dozen different series that are much, much better than it ever will be. I am not blind. But I still enjoy it and for more than one reason.

Good luck, in any case.

PS: Unlike Naruto (or Gundam, technically), Code Geass is actually going to end some time soon. That also implies a few other things, if you think about it.

By: RedMaigo

RedMaigo — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:22:01 +0000

Good luck Hung! I tried to watch Code GayAss too and I could’t get half way through the first season.

Like Naruto, and other modern popular anime titles, it derails pretty early which caused me to drop it like the wretched, overblown, by-the-numbers merchandising driven fodder it truly is.

So what that I’m going to be missing out on a lot of the references and in-jokes of recent anime culture due to me ditching this crap. Sometimes ignorance is truly bliss.

By: Hanners

Hanners — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:53:28 +0000

It’s a ridiculous, over-the-top series that rivals both Mai-Hime and Mai-Otome in its ridiculousness. Of course this also means that it attracts the same kind of fans who think that trainwrecks are awesome (the lowest common denominators).