Code Geass is a big franchise, so big, in fact, that its getting a new OVA series which is now a movie, a Lelouch movie and a standalone OVA focused on series protagonist Lelouch’s sister, Nunally. There’s a ton of big announcements that came out of an early presentation to Japan’s press by the various project execs and Sunrise before an even bigger “Code Geass Presentation” later today.

Here are some details on the three projects, as well as some other stuff:

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Movie:

Fan worried that Lelouch wasn’t going to be staring in another Code Geass animation are probably breathing a sigh of relief at this announcement. Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion will be recieving a movie project, but other than that, no real details are known. What is known is that Project directors Yukawa and Kawaguchi were the ones who revealed the big reveal. You can definitely say that Code Geass is in great hands with its original creator Kawaguchi in the helm. The Project seems to be in the really early stages, so no official website is live yet.

Code Geass:  Nunally of the Wonderland OVA:

As if the Movie and third series were hardly enough, we’re also getting a standalone OVA featuring none other than Nunally, Lelouch’s sister. The OVA will be shipped on DVD and Blu-ray with a 40 page picture book sometime in 2012. The official website for the OVA has also launched!

Code Geass: Bokuto no Akito (Season 3 Trailer):

In another move that will continue to baffle and confuse fans, Code Geass: Bokuto no Akito (or Akito the Exiled) has been announced to be screened in theaters in the Summer of this year. It seems this is also another movie project now?

The production crew were also announced:

As reported earlier, Kazuki Akane (Vision of Escaflowne, Noein) will be directing the project, with CLAMP and Takahiro Kimura returning for the character designs. Akira Yasuda is also returning to do the Knightmare designs.

Finally, a trailer was released for the film:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZMP8czTf3Wo

The official website  for this project has also been launched!

Other Code Geass Announcements:

Not willing to just stop there, a few other things were announced:

• A Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion social network game will be coming to Japan’s Mobage social gaming network.
• Code Geass is getting a musical titled: Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion -Majin ni Sasageru Prelude-
• Code Geass: Soubou no Ozu was also announced as a new printed media project (aka a magazine) that will involve both Hobby Japan and Newtype Ace.

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All in all, I can’t even begin to say how much Code Geass stuff is being shown our way, so much so that I think everyone is getting a bit confused. The most confusion, is stemming from the previously announced third season, Code Geass: Akito the Exiled, which was later said to be an OVA series, and is now a full fledged Theatrical Movie Release. So basically, we’re getting a lot of stufff, a TON of Code Geass stuff, but surprisingly, no actual TV series?

What do you think of all these announcements? Is Sunrise whoring the hell out of its Code Geass franchise? Or are you just excited to have so much more Geass? Sound off in the comments below!

Sources: Otakomu (Movie, Social Game), Geass Portal, OCN Anime

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• Ana

  That’s awesome, they are making a Lelouch movie!!!!
  And that OVA, despite that is about his sister (I don’t give her a damn, but sounds funny to be a wonderland parody) seems to be nice.
  As stated before, I’m not minimally interested in that 3rd season. Code Geass without Lelouch is not Code Geass, sue me. No cheap new protagonist will replace his awesomness.

  • Anonymous

    Yeah my thoughts exactly. While I’m not dismissing the Akito OVAs, I do think that Code Geass is definitely a franchise made by Lelouch. If Lelouch isn’t there, its just… a mecha show with weird powers?

    Its like how Death note can’t be death note without Kira/Light XD

  • Curryisshot

    any1 plz tell me when the 3rd season will be out i have been waiting forever i luv this anime my favorite

  • sanjay kalika

    IKR!!!

• http://pulse.yahoo.com/_4JB72XJTFZIPBH7LOVK2NXHKE4 Brian

  no point to a 3rd season without Lelouch in it…whats the point?
  cant wait for the Lelouch of the Rebellion movie though

  • Jcxd17

    lelouch didnt die. he is the farmor that is driving the carrige where C.C was riding!!!! so the third season goes on from that

    • Jamster Jr7

      It doesn’t continue from that. Season 3 is a whole new story.

• GoodBadGuy

  i agree with most of you guys about lelouch being epic and all, but i really think his time ended…. he comepleted his goal.

  i wana see what this new code geass has no offer, iam keeping an open mind is all iam saying,

  but if this season failz, i will personally kill the people who made it on lelouch’s honor and epicness.
  muahahahahahahahaahhahahahaahha.

  • Anonymous

    I kind of agree with you and disagree with you on the whole concept of lelouch.

    As we saw in the second series, a big part about Lelouch’s journey was finding his purpose and goal in life. At one point, Nunally kind of went on her own path and didn’t need protecting, and thus Lelouch went forward and made a new goal.

    I think Lelouch can make a new goal, should he ever return. That fact is seeming very very unlikely, despite how much Sunrise and even Takaguchi-san want to milk the franchise XD

  • Randy Carranza6427

    I am so with you on that. I really hope they do brign Lelouch back somewhere in season 3 because from the last thing that a friend told me about this new season it was said that the “Geass was still alive”. The only person left in season 2 that could give Geass was C2. So she has to come back. Also I do believe that Lelouch is still alive. I will give this new season a shot. I hope they continue writing a great story line like they did with Season 1 & 2.

    • Adam

      *****************WARNING SPOILERI**************** have already watched the first episode of the new season it’s called Bokou No Akito or Akito The Exile I watched the whole thing and at the end the main character said he died once hint, hint. Oh, he also has geass. Im not sure what it is but I’m guessing it allows him to command anyone to do anything without eye contact because he told some of his enimies “Die” and his eyes were red so that hinted this COULD be Lelouch. If this is him his geass has become extremely strong. C2′s real name is Cecilia and she can revive people I’m not going to tell you who she revives first or your clueless and all of the people she brings back because this would ruin the climax and suspense for many viewers. Your welcome

    • markhere

      mee too.

  • Randy Carranza6427

    I am so with you on that. I really hope they do brign Lelouch back somewhere in season 3 because from the last thing that a friend told me about this new season it was said that the “Geass was still alive”. The only person left in season 2 that could give Geass was C2. So she has to come back. Also I do believe that Lelouch is still alive. I will give this new season a shot. I hope they continue writing a great story line like they did with Season 1 & 2.

  • Sakib

    Sry Mate…….. But the best thing happened for CODE GEASS is LELOUCH………without him it will become a random anime afterall…..

    • Rred425

      yeah and it’ll end up like fairy tale… 78 filler episodes 22 real episodes and a whole bunch a random fuck-me-didily episodes…. >_____________>

  • Rred425

    Do you mind if i help out a little? We could psych them out too! I have Lelouch’s helmet (if it werent for dress codes at colledge and work id wear it all the time >___>) and we could just waltz in there with some 12 gauges and maybe a portable MG42 and possibly an RPG and a lots of duct tape, so we can torture the main sory writers for killing lelouch ^__^

• Bo

  True it sucks that Lelouch is not the main guy, but I just really want to see more of the storytelling that captivated me so much.

  All Hail Brittannia, All Hail Leloush!

  • Anonymous

    I totally agree with you on that. As long as the storytelling, pacing and deep characters are there, it won’t be hard for Code Geass: Bokuto No Akito to succeed.

• http://twitter.com/KyokaiTM Kyokai

  I think after Sacred Seven bombed, Sunrise and the old Geass team has been up in a notch. They better get their things straight and give us some FINAL news. >.>

  • Anonymous

    Sacred Seven was a baaad idea. The idea of a character designer directing his own show was just bound to fail, for sure!

    I mean, the animation and character designs were all there, but the writing, which Takuguchi-san himself contributed to, is what fell flat in that series. The characters were cliche and the plot dull. I never got around to finishing the series I believe XD

    I think it’ll be interesting to see if Sunrise can turn Code Geass into a franchise. They sure as hell are trying to XD

    • kinganime

      true

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Ivan-Kamenyuki/100003055700421 Ivan Kamenyuki

  where Lelouch?? I want to see Lelouch and old heroes at least …

• kinganime

  LONG LIVE Lelouch!!

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Carlo-Zara-Ajero/100003160935702 Carlo Zara Ajero

  nice!

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Carlo-Zara-Ajero/100003160935702 Carlo Zara Ajero

  i love CG!

• Lelouch

  Lelouch is alive. At the end, the person riding the carriage or whatever with C.C on it was Lelouch. The original ending showed Lelouch’s usual smile at the end as the rider/drive of that stack of hay. When C.C said “Right, Lelouch?” right after that, it showed the driver smile, with similar hair style as Lelouch.

  Lelouch is believed to be immortal since he killed his own Father and gained the code which granted him immortality. People may say I’m lying, but it is indeed the truth. You can search up on youtube or whatever, there are/were also official announcements.

  If you look up the video on youtube you’ll see the video with him smiling at the end, or a small glimpse of what the driver looks like, just the bottom part of his face not the top.

  • Bo

    That is an area that confuses me. In my understanding of things, Lelouch didn’t actually kill his father, he used his Geass on the collective unconscious to cease his existence. Is that enough to get the code of immortality? How did Charles take it from V.V? Why is C.C’s hair green? So many questions.

  • De1jigga

    Lelouch didnt kill his father so there for he didnt get immortality and you wanna think the guy driving the carriage is lelouch you cant even barely see his face and there are several cases through out the series where C2 was talking to herself or his mother we found out in season 2.

    the other thing is she is talking way to low so really they way she was toned she was talking to herself so what are you even getting this i bet your making all this junk up need to re-watch the series

    • Awesome or not I dont care~

      Stfu @0b68ffaca327de5a766273a9cc18c310:disqus its actually true!

    • Saru

      dood.. his father and mother was adsorb by the world of C world… there no way someone can survive that.

• Kasuka Honda

  I dont want to watch it, if lelouch wouldnt be there…

  • King Anime

    I feel your pain

  • http://www.facebook.com/galil.tiu Galil Tiu

    right……

• T3ddy

  when the 3rd season go out?

• Suomy Nona-Habe

  i don’t understand what the deal with you guys and lelouch is. Lelouch is an epic character, prob the best character i have ever seen or read about, but i think to bring him back is just shameful. He sacrificed himself for the good of the world and to get forgiveness from suzaku for killing euphimia. If they brought him back that would just be stupid imho.

  As for the 3rd season/ova/movie thing, i think its a great idea if done correctly. The first seasons were subtitled Lelouch of the Rebelion, so Akito the Exiled will be a different story, but sounds like the same concept, an exiled guy who does something or another, who knows, i’m not making sense now.

  As for the Movie, i bet it’ll be a sumup of the story, like the first evangilion movie or the 0079 gundam movies. I really do not want to see a crappy side story that doesn’t fit in with the story like the cowboy bebop movie, those movies are just awful, i would like to see it expand on the story or just retell it to fit a motion picture.

  The OVA… i don’t really care about it.

  • dragonlord

    what r u talking about lelouch could definitly be brung back in a love story or secretly returns and only tell the ones close to him. that would make an anime i would like to see especialy if he gained immortallity.and what about him likeing that pink haired girl.he has to many things to finish

• Ashu3392

  i Think they are going to show that Lelouch is alive…
  because Lelouch is the main character and without him code geass can’t be same…..
  It is very interested how he transform his goal when it is complet or it has no meaning…….
  No one can take his place……….
  he is awsom…
  if he died most of the viewer are going to get disspoint………
  so they are definately going to show that Lelouch is alive……… other wise i am not going to see season 03…

  • Sakib

    I second you mate… Without Lelouch there is no CODE GEASS dat exist.

• Ashu

  Lelouch is alive. At the end, the person riding the carriage or whatever with C.C on it was Lelouch. The original ending showed Lelouch’s usual smile at the end as the rider/drive of that stack of hay. When C.C said “Right, Lelouch?” right after that, it showed the driver smile, with similar hair style as Lelouch.

  Lelouch is believed to be immortal since he killed his own Father and gained the code which granted him immortality. People may say I’m lying, but it is indeed the truth. You can search up on youtube or whatever, there are/were also official announcements.

  If you look up the video on youtube you’ll see the video with him smiling at the end, or a small glimpse of what the driver looks like, just the bottom part of his face not the top.

  • ¬…¬

    and to ad on to that his sister saw some of lelouche’s memories when she touched him and there is only one way for that to happen

• Rakuen

  I mostly agree with people who arnt really interested in Season 3. Lelouch is practically another name for Code Geass! Season 3 might be a downfall since most of every one adored Lelouch…ah well but the movie looks pretty awesome

• JH

  i think the new series could be done well cuz one of the most interesting parts in seasons 1 and 2 were the character interactions and progressions. while REALLY want to just be able to follow C.C. and Lelouch after the story. if they can maintain the same interactions and development then it should be an all round good series, even with out Lu-Lu

• http://www.facebook.com/rory.bayliss Rory Bayliss

  Man no TV series? There’s never enough TIME in movies to set up awesome strategical battles! Still I will watch them. Nunnaly in wonderland though? Might skip that one thank you…

• Aroundmyself

  hi i like code geass and i like the loyal person to be more in the project and be more connected to lolouch which is kallen she is willing to do anything for him but he was not good as person

• Sakib

  Oh! Oh! Just dieng to see whats coming this time.Will there be Mighty Lelouch again!!!!!!!!! Or This time someone new!!!!!!!!!!!Can it suppress Lelouch Vi Brittania ? Or can it hold the expectation or Standard That makes CODE GEASS a legendary and best anime ever………

• http://www.facebook.com/Sakib.Twilight Sakib Mahmud

  Oh! Oh! Just dieng to see whats coming this time.Will there be Mighty Lelouch again!!!!!!!!! Or This time someone new!!!!!!!!!!!Can it suppress Lelouch Vi Brittania ? Or can it hold the expectation or Standard That makes CODE GEASS a legendary and best anime ever………

• boomboompow

  snizer is still alive

• renielle 14

  If you notice at the end of the series while CC says “Right Lelouch?” She Cocks her head up just like she’s addressing the driver or is it just me??

• CodeGeass<3

  im still confussed when is the next season coming out and i did hear that lelouch or soke one really similar to him will appear in the next season!! cant wait

• peding

  I hope C.C and Lelouch have a LOVE Story! I REALLY want them to be together!!!! Please!! please

• peding

  And make a REAL Season 2!!!! About Lelouch being Alive and some difficulties come in or some Love Triangle happens or some Fighting Action, But still he would be with C.C at the End….PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Codegeassispronuffsaid

  this shall be epic, i do hope it comes soon!

• Konmaidsama

  code geass is one of my most favorite anime show cause the story is so unpredictable which makes me feel exited to watch it everytime

• http://www.facebook.com/takde.sape.311 Tak de Sape

  damn….why im crying at the final episode??

  • Zero

    Dont worry i was balling my eyes out :’(

• Zero

  Code Geass simply put is amazing.. Pitty the story I felt could have lingered on a little longer. I mean there is sooooo much drama and all this chaos.. It made me wish that the writers had more sentimental parts. But i guess with soo much action u cant have enough time for love..

• stranger^.^

  Ova is out!!!!!!!!

• guren11

  i really hope they show love story of lelouch with c.c…. hehe… a movie about lelouch, could it be a story whenn he was a prince… haha just guessing…

• animetruthteller

  don’t get your hopes up i just herd that the movie may not be made because of money problems (rumor)

• BobTheGangsta

  Their third season/movie with Akito sounds very stupid. It’s not Code Geass to me if it doesn’t have ANY of the characters from the first two. That is poor producing, why and how can you make a new series titles Code Geass, and not have at least ONE character from the original. These guys are turning this into GUNDAM, and that will be a failure.

• X13

  I like what they are doing. Nunnaly in Wonderland was what it said it would be, although I didn’t like it mainly because i randomly found it and was excited to see Lelouch. It’s hard to imagine a world without Lelouch- But we all KNOW he’s alive. I think it would be more exciting if the shows quietly revolved around Lelouch. But I wish the game could be played in America

• http://www.facebook.com/abdu.impact Ab-Rahman N. Storm

  sorry sunrise , no lelouch .. no watch … and fuck u for killing shirley , her death was so sad , this anime was a big mind fuck to me … but u gotta admit its the best

• idontcare4real1996

  I really cant wait for code geass r3 ive watched through the r1 and r2 about 40 times each and I love it. I really do hope they get this all finished soon

• Luzx

  i dont fucking care about how the movie is like, I just want a continuation of Code Geass with Lelouch as main character again

  • http://www.facebook.com/brian.richard.matukami Brian Jimenez

    SO DO I i just whant to se if c.c really loves lelouch and se him kill people with his geass ps i love the subliminal mesage they give us

• Thuichi

  If we’re lucky, we may even get someone that turns out to be even more badass than Lelouch. Although that’s going to be really difficult to do, i think they might be able to pull it off.

• Fhay

  lelouch is the reason why we watched COde gEass
  so without Lelouch
  we dont have any intension to watch it

• blue

  they should start a 3rd season were they left off going on the fact that cc hints on the fact that lelouch is alive which is they could go on him taking c2s code and is now immortal like his father although that would mean he has lost his geass so hopefully they would go another way with it and the reason c2 is still alive is that unlike v2 and the woman she received hers from she was not dieing when she lost her code therefor he simply took away her immortality and she can now live the life of a normal person (be able to grow old and die) although his goal was completed he can now permanently also take up his position as zero who is now the hero of the world and he can continue to make a better world they need some new antagonist tho

• sanjay kalika

  Cant they just make a twist and make lelouch revive

• sanjay kalika

  and suzaku and lelouch can be awsome and bring hell to the world again XD

• Visitor

  I’m kinda starting to think lelouch is in the third season but just reborn…. I watched some of the third season and he says he died before which kinda gets me wondering but, I’m not totally sure if later on in the season lelouch shows up or there’s just a whole new story and no lelouch. Without lelouch I wouldn’t have that special feeling in code geass anymore. I miss lelouch’s wise thoughts lol he acts like a smart ass (compliment).

• Maybe

  I Know what everyone is saying, Without Lelouch it isnt Code Geass, and i agree, It wont but that doesn’t mean i wont give season 3 a chance. i will watch a few epidoes and decied if i like it, i wont say no just cause Lelouch is gone.
  anyway i dont believe he is dead, i think hes still living
  Anyway just my opinion

• Dom

  who said that Lelouch is not in it he had geass which means he may be in C’s world cus y would C2 be talking to him in the end? Cant wate

• Mayura Mahiro Sakura

  where is lelouch and C.C. on 3rd season ? It’s So Different From season 1 & 2 , their hairstyles & eyes has change … i though the 3rd season of code geass was the same in season 1 & 2 .

• Zero_Mundo

  First off I want to know peoples opinions regarding the following two youtube clips and the following description of one of the clips.

  : “This is the original Japanese ending of Code Geass which shows the cart driver smiling after C.C makes her speech. The shape of his face and hairstyle look exactly like Lelouch’s and the fact that he smiles at what C.C say’s pretty much confirms it. This was however cut out of the Japanese version and never shown on the English dub. The writers wanted the viewers to decide what happens in the end so this takes away the imagination of the viewers leaving them with an answer. Code Geass R3 was confirmed but with different characters so Lelouch won’t be there anyway. The point of showing him alive was probably to make the ending even happier because he managed to make everyone happy except for C.C who was trying to find love for over 200 years and finally did only to have him taken away. With this ending he wipes himself out of existence to make the world happy, but lives together in hiding with C.C with immortality.”

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNhyzoq4mxo
  &
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2V8NcmpfOk

  Second, Nunnally in wonderland are just picture video with some voices.. I tried to watch it but it is in my honest humble opinion horrible! It is not an anime, just a picture slideshow enhanced with the characters voices instead of only reading it yourself.

  Third, Akito Isn’t R3 but is a spinoff that takes place between R1 & R2. Next movie/episode will be released in January 2013. (double check in your time when reading this.) This is a huge shame if you ask me.. Most people liked the GC anime due to the following combo, Mecha, Magic(Geass), Hidden plot, Hero/vigilante and general badassness. The last three are so successful due to lelouch/Zero’s character/persona.
  I think the franchise would benefit rather enormously if they do continue to put him in..

  Discussion Commence !

• kotsipiter

  Code geass without lelouche…is something like naruto without naruto

• lelouch

  i want lelouch back wtf ! in the end he was a hero, and fool people doesnt even know how much sacrifice he made, only nannally know :C fuck

• c.c

  what a anime without lelouch!!! fuck it guys without lelouch its not code geass i watch code geass because his there. bring lelouch back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! all of us waiting for his return please!!!!!!

• http://www.facebook.com/brian.richard.matukami Brian Jimenez

  i coukd help with a new series i have a ton of ideas and also i can draw all the charectors of code geass by memory een with pen without any mistakes I am A MANGAKA