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Nov 24, 2009 12:36 PM
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Somehow, I find myself drawn to characters like Light and Lelouch. Characters who have charisma, utterly genius intellect, possession of a supernatural power, and will manipulate those around them like chess pieces for the greater good.

Are there any animes that have a protagonist like that, with similar conflict (fighting chess-game style, with sacrifices and such), and with fairly recent animation techniques?
Nov 24, 2009 1:02 PM
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Legend of the Galactic Heroes. Light and Lelouch(And L) don't hold anything towards the intelligence of the main characters. Each character is incredibly smart, however they are also human and the show makes you understand that.

Basically Death Note and Code Geass got their ideas from this anime.
Nov 24, 2009 1:11 PM
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one outs - no need for superpower to play with people's mind.
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Nov 24, 2009 1:38 PM
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Try Berserk.
Nov 24, 2009 1:39 PM
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You hear that Baman? LOGH is like Death Note and Code Geass!
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Nov 24, 2009 3:05 PM
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I second Berserk and Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Nov 24, 2009 5:36 PM
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CDRW said:
You hear that CDRW? Death Note and Code Geass are like LOGH!


Fixed.

What makes LOGH even better is that it never uses any kind of supernatural power to be intelligent
Nov 24, 2009 6:20 PM
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Nov 25, 2009 8:22 AM
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Tokuchi from One Outs IS light and lelouch. Except he's not using superpowers and he isn't that good at making pitches either. Just smart.
Nov 25, 2009 8:38 AM

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CDRW said:
You hear that Baman? Death Note and Code Geass are like cheap copies of LOGH!
Fixed again.

So yes, I'd recommend LoGH. The characters in question are, as burntlettuce said, also portrayed like properly fleshed out human characters, in contrast to the rather one sided and plot device nature of Light, L and Lelouch.
The rest of the huge cast is also splendid naturally, even the side characters are more developed than your average anime's protagonists.

Gankutsuou might be of interest too, the Count is clearly charismatic and Machiavellian in his schemes.

Revolutionary Girl Utena also has some characters like that, though they aren't the protagonists.

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