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TL;DR
The series isn't very good, basically a bad copy of the original. If you are a fan of code geass you are better off not watching this :P

At first i was optimistic about this series and hoped it could bring something new to the code geass franchise, sadly that was not the case:

**Plot**
Looking back on it the first episode already showcases everything that is wrong about the series. The plot is a like giving the original code geass plot to a really old version of chat gpt and letting it rewrite a copy. There are close to no plot points not copied from some ... part of the original anime. Almost none of the characters have any depth or motivation or something. The villains are evil for the sake of being evil, they are doing terrible things just for fun i guess?
There are so many plot holes. At some times it's just plain incoherent. The reason for that being that it just feels like important background information and information about the characters relationships to each other is missing.

**Fan service**
Fan service is present in way to many scenes and also done in a tasteless manner. It has no relevance to the story, happens in otherwise serious moments, where it doesn't fit, or worst actively is hurtful to the tone or realism of the series. If you happen to not be a fan of fan service in general, this series will probably annoy you at multiple points.

**Antagonist**
Noland, the main villain, probably is one of the worst antagonists, ever, and totally shits on the code geass "tradition" of having good characters and therefor very well written antagonists. His motivation or ideals are never explained and he is portrayed as just truly evil.

**Main Characters**
There are also some good ideas in this series. For example the way Sakuya uses her geass in the beginning. But the ideas either quickly get dropped or are buried under a pile of nonsense. Sakuya in general does not seem to be that bad of a character to me, but she still has very little depth.
Ash is probably my favorite original character in this series, he has some depth and backstory and is in general likeable.

**Cameos**
It comes as no surprise that there are cameos of known characters from the code geass universe. It made me happy seeing some characters on the screen again. Although it feels like the appearances were just used to squeeze more nostalgia and watch time out of fans of the original.

**Animation / Production**
The animation is done well enough and the use of CGI is also of good quality.

Hope the review was useful! :)