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Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch
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Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto
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Star Driver and Code Geass are most memorable to me as series that seamlessly blend school life with rather convoluted conspiracy plots involving plenty of mecha action. The main characters are faced with an incredible burden and eventually, have to save the entire world in their respective ways. That's where the similarities end, however. Both protagonists have very different personalities, and the setting from which their stories take place is very different, with very different motivations. Star Driver remains mostly formulaic with every episode having more or less the same structure, whereas Code Geass builds upon itself in the form of missions that can span
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School life humour and mecha drama, powered by ~FABULOUSNESS~. Star Driver augments it with pseudo-Freudian psychology while Geass prefers its politics, but they definitely take a similar approach to the same general framework.
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Recommended by lithiumflower
The mecha and high school story lines are similar in both Code Geass and Star Driver. The character designs are both colorful and long/lanky (though the Geass characters are designed by CLAMP, and Star Driver seems to mimic the lean style). Code Geass focuses more on politics and ideals for character motivations, while Star Driver is so far about dreams and relationships.
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Recommended by CakeRabbit
Star Driver may not have the "grand" story Code Geass has, but both have slick animation, bright colors, crazy costumes, mecha fights, fanservice, and school life on the side.
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Recommended by IceAndCream