Review of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion

Code Geass is easily my favorite show. The story is outstanding, the characters are phenomenal, and the sound track is amazing. In addition, this show has one of the strongest pilots I have ever watched. The pilot episode establishes Lelouch's (main character) character perfectly, and in one short entertaining scene. It wastes no time getting the viewer straight into the plot of the show, while establishing the hierarchy of characters. The reason I absolutely loved this show stems from the fact that I enjoy the mind games involved. As a quick comparison, for those of you who have watched Death Note or Guilty Crown, DeathNote has extremely similar strong characters, while Guilty Crown has an extremely intriguing story almost as though copied and modified from Code Geass. I'd go as far as to say that if you combine Death Note and Guilty Crown, you create Code Geass.

The soundtrack. Every single opening and ending is amazing. The opening gets you hyped for the episode perfectly, while the endings almost grieve the end of the episode. I cannot praise the soundtrack enough.

I have no opinion on the art because I personally don't care about it.

Now that I've gone through the pros, lets address some issues that I noticed with the show. The show has a few ex machina moments which take you out of the show. They aren't too prevalent, but they do occur. Additionally the show is slow to introduce a true rival to Lelouch. Honestly those are the only points I was unhappy with, which is why the show still rates a perfect 10 for me.

Overall, throughout 49 episodes, there was no point where I was bored of the show on my first time watching it. Every episode brought something new and exciting, and the ones that didn't were well times to allow you to come to terms with the events of the previous episode. The progression of the story is done well, with no pointless filler in a 49 episode long show.