Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch I Koudou

Code Geass - Lelouch of the Rebellion Episode I - The Path to Awakening

(this guy has a new anime coming out in 2019 don't expect season 3 anytime soon tbqh)

RIP Kazunari Tanaka Tamaki's original VA 1967 - 2016

7 years later

7 years later

Britannian Residence

Tokyo Settlement

Britannian Residence

Tokyo Settlement

Kururugi Shrine

Shinjuku 3-chome Yotsuya 3-chome

Shinjuku-gyoemmae

CHINESE FEDERATION EMBASSY

JIBUN WO

Sekai sae mo kaete shimae sou na

Shunkan wa itsumo sugu soba ni

Kakusenu iradachi to

Tachitsukusu jibun wo mitsume

Mayoi nagara nayami nagara kuyami nagara kimereba ii sa

Kimi ga kureta kotoba hitotsu tomadoi wa kiesari

Karappo datta boku no heya ni hikari ga sashita

Miageta oozora ga aoku sumikitte yuku

Tozashita mado wo hiraku koto wo kimeta

Jibun wo sekai sae mo kaete shimae sou na

Shunkan wo kanjiru ima koko ni

Once I change myself, the world will never be the same again

The difficult part is taking that first step

I stand there deep in reflection,

unable to hide how angry I am at myself

"It's okay to struggle, wander, and get frustrated in order to get things done"

Talking to you helped put things into perspective for me

Light began shining down into my once empty room

As I look up, the sky clears up into a brilliant blue

I'll open up my windows for once

Once I change myself, the world will never be the same again

One step out the door I go

I come before an array of closed windows

I linger around, not knowing what to do

Each window comes with its hopes and sacrifices

I walk around knocking on one after another

But darkness is closing in on me

I fend it off till the morning

Still, fear lingers around within

Red is missing from this gloomy world

I'll be the one to paint it in

I'll paint the skies with my vivid, bright wish

I trace the path with my thumb

It doesn't look quite right

But I'll trust the trail left by my wish

There's a chair wrapped in a thorny oath

That's the chair I choose for myself

I found myself an exit

It may not be the righteous one

But all I can do is follow the light

I can't stop now

I can't turn back on my heart

All the wicked I do is a dream, I tell myself

Every night, I wake from the dream

And pieces of me fall off

All I can do is pick them up and continue my stride

Red is missing from this gloomy world

I'll be the one to paint it in

I'll paint the skies with my vivid, bright wish

I can't stop now

I can't turn back on my heart

All the wicked I do is a dream, I tell myself

Every night, I wake from the dream

More of me falls off each time

All I can do is pick them up and continue my stride

Announcing Prince Lelouch vi Britannia,

17th heir to the Royal Britannian Imperial throne!

I heard Empress Marianne was killed inside of a Britannian palace.

There's no way terrorists could have just gotten in there!

Then, the real killers must have been...

Beware, my friend! You'll regret starting rumors like that around here!

And yet he seems so steadfast, even though his mother is dead!

But he has no path to the throne now.

And the Ashford family who backed them is finished, too.

And his sister, the princess?

I heard she was shot in the legs.

And that she'd lost her sight.

Hysterical blindness, though, right?

It's the same thing. She can't even be married off for political gain now.

Your Majesty! My mother has passed away!

What of it?

"What of it"?!

You sought an audience with the emperor of Britannia simply to tell me that?

Send in the next person! I have no time to babysit a child!

Father!

Yes, Your Majesty!

Why didn't you protect Mother?!

You're the emperor! The greatest man in this nation!

You haven't even visited Nunnally!

I have no use for that weakling!

Weakling?

That is what it means to be royalty!

Then I don't want to be your heir!

I've had enough of the fighting and the scheming over who will succeed you!

You are dead.

Yet you speak as though you've lived through multiple hardships to earn your keep.

It is I who put clothes on your back, a roof over your head, and food on the table. You are only an heir because I named you one.

In short, you have never actually lived!

Lelouch!

As you are dead, you have no rights.

I am sending you and Nunnally to Japan.

As prince and princess, you will serve as bargaining chips.

The Prime Minister's son is the same age as you.

Make him and those other idiots your puppets.

Each member of the royal family has a role they must play.

Your role, alongside Nunnally, will be to lay a foundation for Britannian presence in Japan.

Failure to do so means you won't have anywhere left to go in this world!

In 2009 a.t.b.,

the Holy Britannian Empire sent Prince Lelouch vi Britannia and Princess Nunnally vi Britannia

to live with Japanese Prime Minister Kururugi Genbu under the guise of studying abroad.

In other words, as hostages.

The island nation in the Far East which argued for its neutrality

and Britannia, the world's greatest superpower.

There was a dispute between the two sides over Japan's underground resources,

and the diplomatic tensions between them were deep-rooted.

"War won't break out so long as two members of the royal family are in Japan."

The Japanese citizens who shared this sentiment were proven wrong in one year's time.

In the deciding battle, the Britannian forces introduced the humanoid autonomous battle armored knight

known as the Knightmare Frame into actual combat.

As their power was far greater than anticipated,

the mainland defense line of the Japanese forces was completely broken by the Knightmares.

Japan became a dominion of the empire.

It was stripped of its freedom, its rights, and even its name.

Area 11.

That number became the new name of the defeated nation of Japan.

I swear...

Suzaku, I swear...

This is alpha-3! Target is moving from delta-12 to delta-14! Moving at a speed of 80 kph!

CCP to all mobile units!

Declaring a code 3 from floor 5 through floor 2.

All units, take 2-8-8. I want the target intact!

This is footage of yesterday's terrorist bombing in Osaka.

Both the Japanese Liberation Front and Samurai Lineage have claimed responsibility for the act.

You're out of time.

From here on, I'd like it to be one move every 20 seconds.

Very well.

Hm? Has your substitute arrived?

I'm saved! Are things okay at school?

What's this? Students?

Hmph! A nobleman, huh?

I envy the young. They have so much time on their hands. So much time for regrets...

Your name?

Lelouch Lamperouge.

Whoa! Whoa! Isn't this unwinnable?

Rivalz, in how many minutes should we leave here in order to make our next class?

Um, if we really haul ass, about 20 minutes.

In that case, I'll ask you to drive safely on the way back.

I'll need 9 minutes. Owner, about yesterday's matter...

Understood. We'll discuss it.

Nine minutes?

You have 20 seconds per move.

More than enough.

Hm? You're starting with the king?

Goddammit! We finally got our hands on this thing!

And now we're screwed because Tamaki couldn't stick to Naoto's plan!

I love nobility!

Their pride ensures that they pay what they owe you.

Besides that, 8 minutes, 32 seconds is a new record!

Nobles make such tepid opponents.

Their privilege just make them parasites.

So, why not try one of the Elevens?

They're not like us Britannians.

How terrible.

These Elevens scare me!

Forgive the delay.

And now, an address by His Highness Prince Clovis, third prince of the Britannian Empire.

To my imperial subjects!

And of course, to the many Elevens who cooperate with us!

We're not Elevens! We're Japanese!

Do you not see? Right now, my heart is torn in half!

Into a heart filled with sadness and a heart filled with rage!

However, as ruler of Area 11, I will not allow terrorism of any kind!

The reason being that the battle we fight is a righteous one!

A righteous battle to protect the happiness of all!

That first move you made...

Why'd you start with the king?

If the king doesn't lead, how can he expect his subordinates to follow?

About that...

What?

Do you want to run a corporation or something?

No way.

Whoa! What the hell?!

Pay attention to the road!

Stop! Not that way!

Um... Was that our fault?

Control, the target has crashed at the abandoned V.O. Building construction site.

Hold it! The military's taking this over. General Bartley's command.

The general?!

We have to retrieve that thing at all costs.

What's...

Hey, Lelouch!

It looks like our energy line's been cut.

Right... Say, what's that?

Hey! Over here! Whoa! Nasty...

What, was it an accident?

Probably a drunk driver.