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World peace has a very, very long way to go... unless you're Lelouch vi Britannia - he achieved it in two years. Yes, everyone who watched this anime actually lost track of time after all the things that happened, so it always came to a big surprise when they realized the time it took.
And considering, we're talking about world peace, this was more than lightning speed. Of, course our nice protagonist did have The Power of the King. Yes, who wouldn't want that? Geass - the power to bend people's will with a mere look and order them to do anything you wish. Brainwashing, but for what purpose?
Destroying evil.
Now, this isn't the only anime that touches the concept "the goal excuses the means". What made it such a good example is the main conflicting characters - Lelouch and Suzaku, who were two opposites.
One, who wants to make a change despite the means and one who wants to make a change with the right means.
The latter got gradually inverted, insisting on the idea that "good people with good means" only serve to be used and the world can't be improved with good - it needs a dagger, a harsh beating, so it can be made better.
So, why did this anime entrance me so much and even turned into my all time favorite Number #1?
It's about an alternate universe, where the world is divided into three and even though it's very different than what we know, society seems to have the same problems. The anime goes through all of them - the power of the rich elite and the helplessness of the young generation, discrimination, drug abuse, human trafficking, war and terrorism and at its end it goes into a very deep psychological conundrum about the creation of a world no one has ever seen before.
Code Geass doesn't concentrate on one problem alone, it touches almost every possible sector one might want to see from an anime - constantly developing characters, fast-paced plot, deep and shallow topics altogether, not to mention the palette of genre diversification - from action thought romance to mecha sci-fi, from psychological drama to ordinary school life.
Creating such a "soup" of everything in 50 episodes might be easy, but making it so appealing and entertaining gives a whole new meaning to a show. It makes it a masterpiece.
After going out, the first season created an immense chaos of cheering among the fanbase and various magazines considered it the most famous anime for 2008. It collected a lot of awards - for best TV anime series, for most popular anime, Lelouch turned into the most popular male character in the anime circles.
His voice actor - Jun Fukuyama won a seiyu award in 2008 for his role, while Ami Koshimizu won an award for best supporting female character for her work with Kallen.
The long anticipated second season created an even larger uproar and for the following year it won another award for best male protagonist for Lelouch and additionally selected C.C as best female character. The whole season won an award for "Best Screen Play" and maybe the biggest achievement was the nomination for "Best Media Award" for 2008.
It turned into my absolute favorite anime, as well as for many other people. It brought both an interesting and original story line, not to mention the most unexpected plot twists in any story I ever laid my eyes on.
Another reason why I adore it so much is the character design, which was made by one favorite artist group of mine - CLAMP.
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