“After the failed Black Rebellion, amnesiac Lelouch must rediscover his identity as Zero to lead the resistance against Britannia.”
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2
コードギアス 反逆のルルーシュ R2
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Synopsis
After the failed Black Rebellion, amnesiac Lelouch must rediscover his identity as Zero to lead the resistance against Britannia.
One year has passed since the Black Rebellion, a failed uprising against the Holy Britannian Empire led by the masked vigilante Zero, who is now missing. At a loss without their revolutionary leader, Area 11's resistance group—the Black Knights—find themselves too powerless to combat the brutality inflicted upon the Elevens by Britannia, which has increased significantly in order to crush any hope of a future revolt. Lelouch Lamperouge, having lost all memory of his double life, is living peacefully alongside his friends as a high school student at Ashford Academy. His former partner C.C., unable to accept this turn of events, takes it upon herself to remind him of his past purpose, hoping that the mastermind Zero will rise once again to finish what he started.
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Community consensus
Derived from 380 sampled reviews
What 380 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.00 · split reception
6.4 pts
Recommenders 9.3 · others 3.0
↑ 0.69
Running avg · Jul 2008 → Sep 2025
- 10 “Amazing anime with a great plot, smart and interesting characters and good character development. Totally recommend that others start watching this.”
- 10 “I really liked this anime, the characters and the story. Lelouch made me think about Light Yagami and L from Death Note because of his intelligence. I suggest this anime because it's really a...”
- 10 “Well the Truth is i don't really like Mecha or Alternate Future like this. but when i watched Code Geass it's Amazed me! I Can't Believe the Storyline of both season is so Good and it both deserve...”
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A Tv Production · Spring 2008
Sunrise.Bandai Visual · Mainichi Broadcasting System
- Format 25 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 10h 00m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2008 – Sep 2008 Spring 2008
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-2648 catalog
Produced by
- Bandai Visual Producer
- Mainichi Broadcasting System Producer
- Bandai Producer
- Bandai Namco Entertainment Producer
- Hakuhodo DY Media Partners Producer
Licensed by
- Funimation Licensor
- Bandai Entertainment Licensor