Anime 34440 Code Geass Hangyaku No Lelouch Iii - Oudou

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion - Emperor

Japanese: コードギアス反逆のルルーシュⅢ 皇道

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Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: May 26, 2018

Producers: None found, add some

Licensors: Funimation

Studios: Sunrise

Source: Original

Genres: Action, Sci-Fi

Themes: Mecha, Military, School, Super Power

Duration: 2 hr. 20 min.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Score: 7.98¹ (scored by 35,441 users)

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Ranked: #667²

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Popularity: #2169

Members: 93,825

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Ranked #667Popularity #2169Members 93,825

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Lelouch Lamperouge's dreams of destroying the Holy Britannian Empire are slowly crumbling. His sister, Nunnally, has been kidnapped by Schneizel el Britannia, and Suzaku Kururugi is ignoring his desperate pleas for assistance. The Black Knights are slowly losing faith in Lelouch as their leader, and the United Federation of Nations has declared global war on Britannia.

Having suffered numerous betrayals, a significant loss of power, and an ever-growing resentment towards Emperor Charles zi Britannia, the crippled Lelouch makes a final decision: if he can't destroy the Empire from the outside, he will take it for himself from within.

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Alternative version:	Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch R2
Sequel:	Code Geass: Fukkatsu no Lelouch
Prequel:	Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch II - Handou

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Characters & Voice Actors

Lamperouge, Lelouch

Main

Fukuyama, Jun
Japanese

C.C.

Main

Yukana
Japanese

Kururugi, Suzaku

Main

Sakurai, Takahiro
Japanese

Stadtfeld, Kallen

Supporting

Koshimizu, Ami
Japanese

Fenette, Shirley

Supporting

Orikasa, Fumiko
Japanese

Gottwald, Jeremiah

Supporting

Narita, Ken
Japanese

Asplund, Lloyd

Supporting

Shiratori, Tetsu
Japanese

Lamperouge, Rolo

Supporting

Mizushima, Daichuu
Japanese

Lamperouge, Nunnally

Supporting

Nazuka, Kaori
Japanese

el Britannia, Schneizel

Supporting

Inoue, Norihiro
Japanese

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Staff

Izawa, Motoi

Sound Director

Sunaga, Tsukasa

Storyboard

FLOW

Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Composition

Survive Said The Prophet

Theme Song Performance

Opening Theme

"WORLD END" by FLOW

Ending Theme

"NE:ONE" by Survive Said The Prophet

Reviews

Oct 5, 2018

CodeBlazeFate

Recommended

The stage light shines once again. The actors appear before us. The production is now set. After the disastrous second installment, here cometh the members of the final act, with the entire world as their stage!

I’m sure many of us were worried, both after the announcement of these movies and after the performance of the second installment. As someone familiar with how rocky the material was later on into the series, I was petrified. However, they made a miracle happen. Here’s how.

With only eight episodes to adapt, the pacing of this film is arguably the best of the trilogy. No more drawn out four-act structures ... or movies that feel like two films crammed into one. This means there’s arguably even more time for new scenes and other alterations to take place, both subtle and blatant. As expected, nearly all of them work perfectly. Certain tertiary characters got more screen time than in the series proper, and the student council side characters had some wonderful new scenes to make them more relevant this time around. Adding onto this is that nearly every major payoff in the third arc still hits its mark, arguably even more so than before due to some of these changes. This includes the finale, which they somehow made even better than before with alterations in the epilogue that make more sense than what was presented originally.

On the audiovisual side of things, the new footage was as crisp and marvelous as before, barring the baffling decision to keep the Avalon airship in grotesque CGI. Barring some awkward moments from both this movie and the series proper that could use some major touch-ups, this is still a well-animated project spearheaded by Sunrise. Adding to the audio elements, the added and reshuffled music choices were all brilliant. Reincorporating the final opening and second ending themes was a glorious decision, and the new tracks hold up just as well. Special mention goes out to the ending theme “NE:ONE” by Survive Said the Prophet. No amount of bad writing could withhold the glory of this series’ music.

Sadly, this film’s material could have been a lot better. This certainly isn’t the film’s fault, but not only was it slightly hamstrung by the films that preceded it, the world-building comes crashing down horrifically at this point in the show itself. The Sword of Akasha arc was the point of no return for this series’ writing quality as a whole, if the infamous betrayal scene not long prior didn’t fulfill that role already. Even the visuals began faltering with the atrocious CGI that this film only added more of. Every absurd death retcon in R2 was preserved here and not altered to make the fake-outs believable. That said, not only were the music and the sharper moments of the show spectacular even back then, but by some miracle, the finale managed to be worth everything, especially in this version.

Due to all of this, Geass III - Oudou actually works as a retelling given the material it had to work with. The first movie is still superior, both in terms of adapted content and in terms of being a remake, but this was still better than the second film. As for whether or not I’d recommend this trilogy as a whole, that’s a bit tricky. The second film wasn’t quite up to par and this really should have been a quadrilogy instead of a trilogy, but ultimately the first and final installments are worthy of their original counterparts. Starting the series proper and watching these films for a refresher or for comparison is the commonly accepted route. Despite this, I’d say to watch the first movie to test the waters. All things considered, this series certainly ended on a high note. So as the rain of roses and applause begin to storm, it’s time we bid this trilogy adieu.

Written by: CodeBlazeFate
Proofread by: Peregrine

Oct 12, 2018

eralterg

Mixed Feelings

Spoiler warning if you haven't watched the TV series.

The TV series is better. The music in a lot of scenes was changed. The original music direction, in my opinion, was way better. For example, Kallen and Suzaku's final fight in the TV series was totally carried by the epicness of the BGM. Another example is Lelouch's death. It just lacked impact compared to the original and they took out Nunally's flashback when she touches his hand...it kind of just dulled the moment. I believe the original sound director died, so no wonder it sucks. Also, the movie was just blasting through each moment way too ...

Oct 8, 2018

Karhu

Not Recommended

[Spoiler Warning]

Code Geass has finally concluded retelling itself and this review covers all the movies.

Background info for those who do not know what Code Geass is: Code Geass is basically known as the "dumbest show to ever take itself seriously." It's essentially a story about this dude who has a Jesus inside his eyeball and this Jesus can do indeterminate things inside somewhat understandable limits and whatever it is, it all goes according to this dude's plans until there are lots of other characters who have different (or similar) kind of Jesuses inside their eyeballs, too, but it all goes well for him anyway. To ...

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Lamperouge, Rolo

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