Story: The category i am not sure about. It starts slow, i remember that i found the first episode to be really boring, but once our MC Lelouch obtains his power and displays it in a spectacular fashion, things start to pick up. From this point onward the momentum steadily rises, however it also gets interrupted constantly. The culprits of this crime are a lack of intelligent decisions by anyone but Lelouch himself and the taking of massive conveniences. Some things just fall into place and normally, things like that don't even bother me, i barely even notice, but there are just such glaring mistakes, that even i look at a scene and said to myself:"That's probably not how it would turn out." There are the aforementioned two scenes that take this issue to the extreme, so beware of Spoilers!! First is Suzaku's machine gun kick, the second is the theft of the Gawain Prototype mech. Both of them make no sense, Suzaku is never mentioned to be enhanced above human capabilities and there is no way such a valuable mech could just be stolen like that. Hell, the show even established that these war machines use keys similar to a car, how is it possible to just jump in and take it?
Despite all that, i give the story an 8. I think the first episodes are really well done and the last ones really made me feel something. To sum it up, there are moments of genius, but there is a lot of bad writing in between.
Art: This review is going on for too long, let me shorten myself: I hate the art, i really do. The characters look stupid with their long legs and feminine faces, the mechs look like toys. The Environments are nice, but there are also colorful, which stands in a stark contrast to the more serious scenes. The females are attractive at least, the style works for them and zero looks kinda cool too. But all in all, i can only call the art decent. We get to see exposed breasts, that's worth a point to me.
Sound: Not a fan of the sound either. As with the story, there are some really great pieces in the ost, such as the battle theme, only that the majority of it is actually awful. Sometimes i am reminded of Evangelion, only that the Eva-ost is absolutely stellar. This is like a bad homage. Can't complain about the voice acting, everything seems to be on point from a foreign perspective. The first opening is okay, i hate the other ones, they are actually jarring and the first ending is fantastic. Don't care much for the second one.
Character: Lelouch carries this category. A morally grey Antihero with hints of madness and a superiority-complex. He is the main character and gets the most development, which is not typical for anime at all. Everyone else is kinda bland or stereotypical. C.C. is waifu-material, Kallen is hot and i actually like Suzaku. I like most of them actually but i am also not really attached to anyone. Mainly because there are just so many. They are all going through changes, so there is character-development. I'll give at a very good, but only for the great pair of Lelouch and C.C. Honorable mention to Diethard for the sexy Kirei-voice.
Enjoyment: As i said: I am torn. There were times when i really felt for the cast, where i was fully engaged in the things, that were occurring. And sometimes i really had to force myself to keep watching. I am talking about the rewatch here, i actually think the show works better when you watch it for the first time and the twists surprise you. In conclusion: I rate my enjoyment "good", cause even if it let me down sometimes, it's overall a nice experience. And some people adore this show, so anyone should at least give it a shot.
So Overall, the show for me is "kinda hail to Britannia"? It's not bad, but it also didn't blow my mind. It was...nice. Also, the last Akito movie released, now that is some nice timing, i can wrap it up completely then. But all in due time.
