Reviews

Code Geass was decently entertaining, well written, and had good animation, but overall failed to excite. The OST had some great tracks that were just underused. The biggest flaw I saw, was the handling of Lelouch's intelligence. I've often seen Lelouch be compared to Light Yagami, as if they are the same character. This isn't the case at all, Light is an egotistical maniac genius with a god-complex, Lelouch seems much more like a regular guy with a family to protect and his own dreams, goals and desires, as well as being much more humble.

The main gripe I had with the show was it never really had any "mind games" per say. Unlike Death Note, which this show is often compared to, which had many instances of inductive reasoning, process of elimination, setting up traps, and other psychological tricks, Geass had none of these. Most of the encounters were not won with intelligence but just "oh, my robot is stronger than yours. we win". Every time something smart DOES happen, it's an asspull that is usually incredibly simple to explain, like "oh I set up mines under the enemy beforehand" or "we flanked them so we win". What was front and center in Geass was just regular combat, not that "big brain moment" I was expecting.

Everything else was satisfactory however. The animation looks good especially considering this show's age. The story does a great job making a whole fictional world under the Britannian empire. And the characters while usually one-dimensional are fun to watch. The show is very sexual with lots of nudity and sexual positions so make of that what you will.

6/10