'Code Geass: Dakkan no Rozé' Unveils Lead Cast, Additional Staff, Trailer, May 2024 Premiere

by DatRandomDude
Dec 18, 2023 8:23 AM | 38 Comments

The Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch Lelouch's Birthday Screening & Code Geass: Dakkan no Z (Code Geass: Z of the Recapture) production presentation event revealed the main cast, additional staff, opening theme, a teaser visual (pictured), and a trailer for the sequel anime to Fukkatsu no Lelouch (Lelouch of the Re;surrection) on Monday. The anime, now titled Dakkan no Rozé (Rozé of the Recapture), will premiere in four installments in theaters beginning May 2024.

Voice actors Kouhei Amasaki (High Score Girl, Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu) and Makoto Furukawa (Yuukoku no Moriarty, Kidou Senshi Gundam: Suisei no Majo) are starring as Rozé and Ash, respectively.

Staff
Character Design: Hidekazu Shimamura (Ai no Utagoe wo Kikasete)
Knightmare Design: Junichi Akutsu (Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch)
Mechanical Design: Satoshi Shigeta (Kidou Senshi Gundam SEED chief mechanical animation director)
Main Animator: Takahiro Kimura (Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch chief animation director), Hidekazu Shimamura, Satoshi Shigeta, Seiichi Nakatani (Code Geass: Fukkatsu no Lelouch), Takashi Hashimoto (High Card)
Art Director: Kazuhiro Obata (Classroom☆Crisis)
Color Design: Ami Kutsuna (The God of High School), Yuuichi Kuboki (Cross Ange: Tenshi to Ryuu no Rondo)
3DCG: Buemon
CG Director: Shuuji Shinoda (Kakumeiki Valvrave)
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa (Undead Unluck)
Director of Photography: Hiroyuki Chiba (Mairimashita! Iruma-kun)
Editing: Kumiko Sakamoto (Tengoku Daimakyou)
Music: Kenji Kawai (Mob Psycho 100)

Guitarist MIYAVI (Kokkoku) is performing the opening theme "Running In My Head," which is previewed in the trailer below.

Yoshimitsu Oohashi (Kokkoku) is directing the anime at Sunrise. Noboru Kimura (Kemono Jihen) is penning the script, and Takahiro Kimura is designing the characters.

Gorou Taniguchi (Planetes), Ichirou Ookouchi (Devilman: Crybaby), and Sunrise are credited for the original concept. Manga artist group CLAMP (Cardcaptor Sakura) is returning as the original character designer.

The original Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion) television anime aired in 25 episodes in Fall 2006, followed by the second season, Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch R2 (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2), in Spring 2008.

An anime movie trilogy compiling the two anime seasons premiered in Japan in October 2017, February 2018, and May 2018, with each movie making several changes to the original storyline. The Fukkatsu no Lelouch (Lelouch of the Re;surrection) sequel movie, taking place in the alternate continuity established in the compilation trilogy, opened in February 2019.

Trailer

Source: Comic Natalie

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@RobertBobert That does explain like Layzer and other Sunrise Mecha.

Dec 22, 2023 2:45 PM by AnimePedestrian

@AnimePedestrian I don't know how true this is, so I'll call it an urban legend. There is an urban legend that, at least in the past, Sunrise considered the Gundam tag to be a curse and therefore periodically released non-UC drafts as original mecha with their own idea and branding. According to rumors, Geass was originally exactly like this, but after reworking, Ichiro and Co. changed the setting on original. Judging by how G-Witch was described before his intervention as some kind of hard-boiled military action with a female edgy pilot (come to think of it, the new CGI Gundam looks suspiciously like the draft described), Ichiro generally likes this kind of moves.

Dec 22, 2023 1:46 PM by RobertBobert

@RobertBobert I see, I guess Code Geass is best when its fun and not another Gundam.

Dec 22, 2023 1:39 PM by AnimePedestrian

@AnimePedestrian Well, the original Geass was made with some of Sunrise's mistrust of the outcome, plus Ichiro and the director made some decisions semi-seriously while having fun (for example, the design of the emperor was created according to the "most ridiculous" ideas.). Perhaps they decided to do some kind of soft reboot when the franchise began to be taken too seriously to maintain continued interest.

Dec 22, 2023 1:28 PM by RobertBobert

@RobertBobert I just only have seen season 1 and 2 and this popped up and I'm trying to work out what you need to watch prior. Originally I thought it was gonna be like an Akito the Exile situation

Dec 22, 2023 1:21 PM by AnimePedestrian

@AnimePedestrian Ichiro said earlier that the new films take place in an alternate universe, so if the issue of (new) canon is very important to you, then this is more of a soft reboot.

Dec 22, 2023 9:53 AM by RobertBobert

@RobertBobert I see... I'll have to wait to see.

Dec 22, 2023 9:42 AM by AnimePedestrian

@AnimePedestrian As far as I understand after my discussion above, a new film continues the compilation trilogy and a new film that rewrites the series finale.

Dec 22, 2023 9:38 AM by RobertBobert

So is this set after the films or the original season 2 ending?

Dec 22, 2023 8:14 AM by AnimePedestrian

@ahmm1122 Cool it off hypester, Geass OG is literally unrepeatable. Practically a perfect storm of 4chan making it a meme and then other sites boosting it further.
You can't force memes, they have to come organically.

Dec 21, 2023 11:00 AM by TheMechaManiac

"🔥 Mark your calendars! Code Geass is back with 'Rozé of the Recapture' hitting theaters in May 2024. A star-studded cast, stunning visuals, and MIYAVI rocking the opening theme 'Running In My Head'—this sequel is set to be epic

Dec 20, 2023 9:41 AM by ahmm1122

@Fortress_Maximus According to a report from the event, they initially wanted to put a spoiler for the main character's name in the title, but later decided that they could remove it due to the political situation, since fans already knew the necessary information.

"そして「コードギアス」シリーズの新作アニメ「コードギアス奪還のゼット」の制作発表会へ突入。舞台に大橋誉志光監督と土屋康昌プロデューサーを呼び込むと、谷口プロデューサーから「『奪還のゼット』と言いながら、お知らせがありまして。タイトルが変わります（笑）」という発表が。驚きの声を上げる観客に対し、福山は「そういう作品でしょ？」と苦笑いする。谷口プロデューサーはタイトル変更について「世界情勢を考えまして『ゼット』を使っていいのかと悩んだ結果、『ロゼ』に変えました」と説明。「面白さは変わらないので」と語りながらも、谷口プロデューサー「今日までいろんな人を騙し続けるの苦労しましたね」と笑顔を浮かべた。"

https://natalie.mu/comic/news/553708

Dec 20, 2023 3:13 AM by RobertBobert

Another movie series? Sure, I'll watch it, but I feel like that's going to kill any potential hype people could have had for this.

Dec 19, 2023 4:09 PM by El-Melloi

@Fortress_Maximus here is the full quote

According to an article published by Comic Natalie summarizing the production presentation, it was said that the decision to change the title from "Z of The Recapture"—more specifically to avoid using the "Z"—was made in light of the current global situation.

and here is the news source for that https://natalie.mu/comic/news/553708

Dec 19, 2023 10:42 AM by deg

@deg is this what the creators said themselves or are people just speculating?

Granted this isn't from the original creator duo so they may not want to be as blatant as Code Geass R1 & R2 were at allegorising then-current events.

Dec 19, 2023 9:23 AM by Fortress_Maximus

@TheMechaManiac sunrise is probably creatively bankrupt at this point. Uc is practically finished after hathaway movies and crossbone probably won't sell. Seed freedom looks awfully like code geass but thr animation was good. The 2 latest love live groups were pretty mediocre.

Dec 19, 2023 8:25 AM by DEMSpirit

@daddyjunkowo probably not soon. Gridman universe never got a wide North American screening. And gridman universe was a much better movie than scarlet bonds, second progressive, and the kaguya movie. I don't assume seed freedom and the geass movie will. If there is no world on when seed freedom will be released overseas.

Dec 19, 2023 5:24 AM by DEMSpirit

was so excited when I saw this, this morning. I hope the movies will be an international release. hjkdsdskhj my god I've been waiting for madoka and this to come out for like forever and they're both coming out next year. I hated the spin off akito movies but I'm willing to give rozé a chance. I do wish that they just stopped after the second season of the series tho, can't have code geass without lelouch. if they wanna mess around with alternate timelines/universes or whatever this is then whatever I guess lol. ain't gonna lie I thought roze was a chick till I watched the trailer, had my fingers crossed for another ange for no reason lmao

Dec 19, 2023 12:34 AM by daddymahitowo

@Konan_Edogawa_ nah its a sequel to the the lelouch of the resurrection movie and ive already seen akito the exiled

Dec 18, 2023 11:23 PM by deg

@deg It is a sequel though.... of the Akito movies. If you havent seen those movies they take place in an alternate universe.

Dec 18, 2023 8:47 PM by Konan_Edogawa_

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