Review of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion

Oh boy, what I can say about the beloved Code Geass anime? Well, I can pretty much tell you that I was hoping for something really good, but then I ended up very dissapointed mid-way through the season (this review is for R1 only) This anime kicked ass when it first started. It had a seemingly good plot with a good character. One that was hell bent on having revenge, going so far as to kill off his own half siblings. Not to mention the cool power of geass. I really wanted to see Lelouch slowly bring Britinia down to its knees and watch him acheivehis goal throughout the show.

Sadly, the anime turned rotten about halfway through. Idk why, but by the time I was already on episode 15 or so, I realized that this anime went by fast. Too fast. Things just didn't seem right. Infact, the pacing was completely fucked. Things were going by way too fast, one minute we are attacking something and the next we are doing something else with little to no explanation. Plus there was just too much shit going on. We had all these things going on over the series and we only see them bit by bit in each episode or something. The awful pacing and the overload of random crap were the two main downfalls for this series.

Things also began to get really repetitive, half the episodes were the same shit. Black Knights attack, Cornellia fights them, Zero almost acheives his goal, Suzaku shows up, Zero's plans get fucked up, Black Knights retreat to fight another day (and repeat the whole bullshit all over again).

Am I going to watch R2? Maybe, maybe not. The only reason I am considering watching the second season is because of of the HUGE cliffhanger ending, which is tearing at my soul.

This series was overall dissapointing and does not deserve all the 10's it gets on MAL. Seriously? What do people see in this crap? This is defiantly another overrated anime with a LARGE fanbase (which really makes me wonder why so many people give it such HIGH ratings when it has so many flaws).