Review of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion

When I first watched Code Geass, I immediately thought of a Death Note/Gundam SEED mixture, one of which I loved and one of which I absolutely hated. Code Geass might have been good if the characters weren't archetypes of every other anime character there is. Sure, people go insane over Lelouch, but he's an over rated character, and simply isn't as awesome as Light. In fact, he's a pathetic wimp, and is not very intelligent at all. He's the only real character that the anime goes into depth about, but then again that isn't saying much, because the story simply lackscharacter analysis.

The plot was intriguing. The use of ridiculous plot twists gets over done pretty quickly. Plot twists are good, as long as they're believable and not dim-witted to an extreme. There's no aspect of "mystery" and "I want to watch more of this" anywhere in the show, unlike Evangelion or Death Note.

Even though Evangelion was a character-based show, at least the concept of Angels and Nerv kept the watcher interested enough to keep viewing. However, in Code Geass, there wasn't anything that made me want to keep on watching it, besides Lelouch's shitty past.

All of the characters are all stereotypes, and never is the told anything interesting about them before they all die. There were way too many characters in this story, first of all. Also, unlike Light, Lelouch is a pathetic attempt at an anti-hero.

I know I compare a lot of this to Death Note, because the anime takes much of the aspects of Death Note and makes them a lot worse.