CAA: Christian Anime Alliance

Fish and Chips wrote:Lamperouge means "The red lampshade" in French.

Roy Mustang (post: 1192201) wrote::lol: That made me laugh.


And I guess he doesn't wear a red lampshade, does he?

[color="Red"][font="Book Antiqua"]Col. Roy Mustang[/font][/color]

minakichan (post: 1192367) wrote:Anyone have strong opinions on this?

minakichan (post: 1192367) wrote:Anyone have strong opinions on this? I just watched the first episode... the CLAMP 12-head-tall character designs and the fairly typical plot and the general bad dialogue inherent to the genre kind of make me cringe, BUT! At the same time, from first impressions, it does seem a bit different from typical mecha fare... I'm trying to decide whether to continue watching, given that I generally don't like giant robot anime beyond casually catching an occasional episode of Gundam. Is it all laserbangbang and prettyboyangst, or does it... get to be more?

Given that someone on LJ compared Lelouch to Yagami Light, I AM curious. At any rate, Lelouch the Red Lampshade? That's got to be the sexiest name ever]

Well, it is pretty popular. It won a bunch of awards and tied with Haruhi and Death Note for last year's Tokyo Anime awards in the Best TV Show category.

But, all that aside, I found it a generally fun series. Lelouch does bear some similarities to Light Yagami but he isn't nearly the raging sociopath Light is (as he still has some morals, albeit a strong ends justify the means philosophy) although he get increasingly unhinged at certain points later in the series.
Code Geass' writing isn't as good as Death Note's(at least DN's first part anyway) but it's probably above average or so...I guess.

I wouldn't really consider it a straight mecha show, as it never really focuses heavily on the mechs. It has a lot of action, but does tend to concentrate more on the characters and their situations. It does require a suspension of disbelief at points. And a couple of things are rather silly(blatant Pizza Hut product placement...)

Would I recommend it to you? From what I've understood of your tastes, I'm not sure. If you really don't like things like angst, you might not like this as it has some (especially later on), but at the same time, a lot of people who don't generally like mecha titles seem to like this series.

A slight note: For anyone wondering about content, this series does have fanservice and brief nudity in a few of the episodes.

The only thing I can't stand more than Code Geass is the Code Geass fandom.

That's the short answer.

MasterDias (post: 1192391) wrote:While I haven't spent a lot of time around it, the CG fandom is really that bad?

MasterDias (post: 1192391) wrote:A slight note: For anyone wondering about content, this series does have fanservice and brief nudity in a few of the episodes.

Then the whole questionable religious thing this show has going on. And I don't really know how to explain it more without ruining the show.

What bothered me most was the rampant anglo-phobia, bordering on racism that is prevalent throughout the show. I figured that I could blow it off after hearing about it from a review, but it really becomes grating after a while.

MasterDias (post: 1193063) wrote:I have heard some criticism similar to this elsewhere. But, it never really struck me as being too much more than a "What if the American Revolution failed, and Britain controlled most of the world with heavy-handed imperialistic attitudes?" scenario. It wasn't really that flattering on the Japanese nationalists either as they tended to be largely helpless without Lelouch(ironically, a Britannian himself and using the Japanese for his own personal vendetta).

MasterDias (post: 1193063) wrote:Yuri is probably a slightly extreme word to describe it(If MyrrhLynn is talking about what I think she's talking about.), but this does deserve mentioning. It concerns a minor female character who develops an extreme (but unrealized and unrequited) crush on a major female character after the latter character stands up for her. It's mostly irrelevant to anything, but it does include a scene that really made me think the show's creators were really trying to push content restrictions...

As for violence, there's no gore or anything, from what remember. But there is some blood, and people getting gunned down and such. It's been awhile since I've watched most of it, so I can't really be more specific.

But, this does get a general warning from me, and would probably get at least a 16+ age rating on CAA's review database.


Questionable religious thing? Could you be more specific and put it in spoiler tags or send me a PM? Because, off the top of my head, I don't know what you mean.


I have heard some criticism similar to this elsewhere. But, it never really struck me as being too much more than a "What if the American Revolution failed, and Britain controlled most of the world with heavy-handed imperialistic attitudes?" scenario. It wasn't really that flattering on the Japanese nationalists either as they tended to be largely helpless without Lelouch(ironically, a Britannian himself and using the Japanese for his own personal vendetta).

mitsuki lover (post: 1192082) wrote:Johnny Yong Bosch as Lelouch Lamperouge

Kate Higgins as C.C.

Yuri Lowenthal as Suzaku Kurugi

Steven Blum as Kyoshiro Todo

Michael McConnohie as Emperor of Britannia

Dave Wittenberg as Clovis Britannia

Karen Strassman as Kallen Stadtfield

Kim Mai Guest as Sayoko Shinozako and Nina Einstein

Looks to be one of the more solid dub casts around.

Christisright (post: 1202632) wrote:Plus,Some of these people are actually christians. AWESOME!!!

minakichan (post: 1202860) wrote:This will sound terrible, but I actually like this show, against my better judgment. It's poor written and insanely contrived, but it's entertaining and MELODRAMATIC. Pure pulp fiction. It's the kind of series I'd recommend only to those people that don't overanalyze anime and spend long hours in their basements writing long essays on its literary merits.