Code Geass: Fukkatsu no Lelouch

Since the demise of the man believed to be Britannia's most wicked emperor one year ago, the world has enjoyed an unprecedented peace under the guidance of the United Federation of Nations. However, this fragile calm is shattered when armed militants successfully kidnap former princess Nunnally vi Britannia and Suzaku Kururugi, the chief advisor of the Black Knights, sparking an international crisis.

The powerful and untrustworthy Kingdom of Zilkhstan is accused of orchestrating their capture. To investigate, world authorities send Kallen Stadtfeld and her associates on a covert operation into the country. There, they encounter the immortal witch C.C., who is on a mission to complete the resurrection of the man responsible for the greatest revolution in history—a legend who will rise up, take command, and save the world from peril once again.

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Lamperouge, Lelouch Main

Fukuyama, Jun Japanese

C.C. Main

Yukana Japanese

Stadtfeld, Kallen Main

Koshimizu, Ami Japanese

Kururugi, Suzaku Main

Sakurai, Takahiro Japanese

Lamperouge, Nunnally Main

Nazuka, Kaori Japanese

Gottwald, Jeremiah Supporting

Narita, Ken Japanese

Asplund, Lloyd Supporting

Shiratori, Tetsu Japanese

Fenette, Shirley Supporting

Orikasa, Fumiko Japanese

li Britannia, Cornelia Supporting

Minagawa, Junko Japanese

el Britannia, Schneizel Supporting

Inoue, Norihiro Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Yukawa, Jun Producer

Tsuchiya, Yoshimasa Producer

Herek, Samantha Assistant Producer

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May 10, 2024

spacenewtype

Recommended

As far as anime movie continuations to a full series (yeah, I know this is supposed to follow the movie versions of Code Geass, but come on now...) I was both impressed and surprised at how much I enjoyed it. While not a perfect continuation - there simply isnt time to address all the aspects you might be interested in with the rest of the plot happening - the amount of history that was addressed was great.

The plot may be confusing to some at first, deals heavily with C's World and the repercussions of actions taken in the series, but on re-watches I felt it ... is more manageable. The antagonists are interesting and the challenge to the main characters is significant. Many of the included characters get their moments to shine. Highly recommended for the fans of Code Geass.

As for the TV Series vs Movie Trilogy - I will just say Shirley has less than 2 minutes of screen time and might as well be dead with her role in the plot in this movie given to Jerimiah. As such, this more or less works as a fine continuation to the series if you finish it and want more Code Geass. I also recommend you check out some of the Japanese Audio Drama CDs which have been fan-translated online.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Feb 19, 2024

Beatnik

Mixed Feelings

This review assumes the reader has already watched either the original two seasons of Code Geass, or the recap movie trilogy, as this particular movie, Lelouch of the Resurrection, follows on from the trilogy (which created its own timeline).

Something just felt so off with this movie to me, that it did not feel sincere at all. Like, literally every single character from the previous two seasons of the original show / movie trilogy are all somehow ok with Lelouch now, a guy who had angered both sides of the conflict between Japan and Britannia, a guy who had ordered the deaths of thousands of people, ... brain-raped everyone around him, and literally massacred children.

It's just bizarre and contrived to suddenly surround him with people who are totally fine with being in his presence. The characters as a result don't feel genuine, they have no consistent moral code or personality, no meaningful inner lives or depth to them, they go wherever the writer needs them to.

Lelouch himself has been defanged into a good guy (which had already begun to happen at the end of the second season of the original show / third movie), which is a shame, because his morally ambiguous anti-hero shtick was the most interesting thing about Code Geass in the first place. (with all the mystical cosmic shit the least interesting thing, which sadly this movie does not agree with me about)

The antagonist in this movie ostensibly has the same goals as the antagonist of the original show, which made things a bit repetitive. And it's a shame their nation wasn't more diverse in its characters, considering it evokes somewhere like Afghanistan.

Otherwise, some positives:

The animation was nice.
The music was nice. (still not as good as the first season of the TV show)
The main antagonist's geass is really cool and the movie does creative things with it.
The resolution to the characters was satisfying.

I've seen far worse movies than this, so I can't hate on this one, if the review seems overly critical it's because I enjoyed the first season of the show so much and wanted something to rival it. But at the same time this movie was missing many qualities that made us love the original franchise to begin with. The cliffhanger endings, the intersection of politics and philosophy, the underdog fight against the odds, etc.

Finally, to add my two cents to the eternal debate: you can add add my vote to the opinion that this movie can be watched after the second season of the original TV show. Rather than subject yourself to a trilogy of recap movies set in their own alternate timeline, all you really need to know is that one character who died in the original show did not actually die in this new timeline, but even knowing that info barely has any consequence on proceedings. That is indicative of how pointless those movies ended up being, that changing the fate of one minor character had no meaningful impact on anything. So trust me, don't bother yourself with the movie trilogy, they removed far too many scenes from the original show to justify themselves anyway.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Jul 22, 2024

Kalpsiz

Not Recommended

Becoming a puppet for Disney or Amazon is simply horrible. I'm doing the 'just forget' series that continues after R2.

This is just like Terminator 2 after movie Terminator Dark Fate, Starship Troopers - Starship Troopers 2, Saw 1 - Saw 3D, Karate Kid 1984 - Karate Kid 2014...

They just screwed I don't have any hope now for next Code Geass Series I closed. Locked I ended up all series after R2

Needs to give veteran medal to who watched this

Supposedly set in the future but new writers needs to know something about Science. Incredibly stupid, have lots of can't happen in future things

and why ... they still using Iron cooking pot in this movie can be use holographic cooking pot instead wow future thing

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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