Code Geass Costumes

Code Geass is one of the most influential animes of the late 2000s, rivaling its contemporary juggernaut Death Note for the top spot in the world domination, mind game genre. The ending was both epic as in how it handled the conclusion and how emotional it was - it was a roller coaster ride worth every minute of viewing.

Its story follows the reserved Lelouch in an alternate time-line where the world is ruled by three superpowers. He is gifted with the mysterious power of "Geass", or the "Power of the King" allowing him to control whoever he wants. This action-packed tragedy and mecha franchise now spans across a variety of media including light novels, manga, and video games.

Lelouch is a pure intellect, a grandmaster-level chess player who cannot help but calculate and judge the trajectories of power within the hierarchies around him. The only time he really becomes aware of it is when he faces his enemy, his opponent. For the first time in his life, he faces the true threat to his life, his existence as Lelouch. And, yet, Lelouch is far more than a chess player, he is a master strategist. In order to confront his greatest opponents, he has to learn how to manipulate both the game and it's players.

The concept for the Geass may have been inspired by the Irish and Welsh legends of "Geas" or "Geis". A geas is a compulsion laid on someone to do or not do something. While the geas itself does not lie on any spectrum, the benefits or actions of it may be decidedly benevolent or malevolent. The concept fits in into the wider fictional world and its lore of British inspirations.

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2006-2007) and its sequel, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 (2008), are anime television series. Both series were directed by Gorō Taniguchi and written by Ichirō Ōkuchi. Both series have finished their broadcast run in Japan and have completely aired in the United States; in the United States, the second season immediately followed the first.