Code Geass R2

i never watched this anime before but i might have to start. looks really good

I am still on the first one but that will end soon.

Yes! It's back! This is one of the best anime I have ever watched. (the other 2 are clannad and Suzumiya Haruhi)

This is only not on my watch list because I never saw season one and well I think it would be just a bit off to watch the second season without knowning what happened in the first season.

I'll get to both seasons in due time.

Watched first episode and loved it!
I was a bit anxious to know what would happen, especially if the producers would screw up... But it turns out to be great as always!

Watched and loved it.

I heard many good about this anime, but first I must watch first season... XD

Caught the show, losta nice action and fanservice!!

By the way you asked if I would drop a series if the production quality drops in the first place.
I'd say no as for me the plot and characters are the ones that matter the most.
I go for a mix of new anime shows and what I call the "legendary anime series", not only to wisely invest time when new episodes of ongoing series are not yet aired, but also to catch up on anime knowledge I have missed for long years (relatively between the end of DBZ and the discovery of streaming with Bleach).
For example, recently I have been watching Clannad, Bamboo Blade, True Tears but also Neon Genesis Evangelion and currently Chobits.
This said, I never charge blindly as I tend to wait for reviews, a bit like for videogames. ^^

Haven't watched the 1st episode on R2 yet, but will soon. This is probably one of the best anime airing at the moment, finally some sweet mecha action.

And the quality on anime, I don't really care as long as the story is great. Alot of old anime got bad animation and dull design but is still good.

I enjoyed episode 1, it wasn't the best or the worst imo. I'm pretty sure at least part of the parallel was intentional, I just can't wait to see the Gawain in action again haha. Btw Pizza Hut FTW!

To me the animation quality of a show is important, but this doesn't mean that great animation is enough to get me hooked and not-so-good animation quality doesn't automatically make an anime unwatchable.

For example, I liked Minami-ke, Welcome to the NHK and Mushishi very much even though the visual quality wasn't always top-notch.

I loved the first season of Code Geass so I will watch R2 as well. At times it was a little bit of a train-wreck plot-wise but for me this is actually one of it's charms.

Watched earlier this week! Karen rocks! Hope her in bunny suit get a PVC figure treatment!

Never seen Geass before, but these clips make it look a bit more intresting than i previously thought. Still not that keen on the character and mecha designs though. The chins on those 2 yaoi looking blokes could cut through steel!

Nice to see yet another anime is getting on the Bunny-girl bandwagon too.

Well, from the looks of it, the anime sounds nice to watch.. But I need to watch the first season to understand the show or I'll scratch my head with confusion..

Added the anime into my watchlist..

Last Sunday, watched it streaming live via KeyHole. Was lagging like hell. The video synced out. All I can hear was nii-san, nii-san.. KABOOM =__="

I have been waiting for this since the last episode from 1st season! It truly was worth the wait and it will be on my short list of "worth watching" anime this season! Looking forward to Macross Frontier epsiode #2 also! Wow I Love ANIME!!! :o)

Hell YES!

I'm watching it for Kallen

I was so looking forward to this and I wasn't dissapointed. I don't even miss Gundam 00 that much anymore. I can't wait for more... XD

Finally had a chance to sit down and watch the ep last night, although I've had the ep since it was shown on sunday.

I intend to write up my thoughts later tonight but overall, I was underwhelmed. My biggest gripe is that it didn't connect smoothly with the end of the first season. We were left with a lot of questions and all we got in the first ep was basically a rehash of the first season opening and even more questions!!!

Having said that, it did beat out the broadcast version of Ep1 of macross frontier. But only just.
My anticipation for frontier still greatly outstrips my desire for more geass

Yap, watched it and it's good. Well this ep 1 has the same atmoshphere with ep 1 in season 1 too i guess... Like got chess duel, and in the end lulu was cornered and met with C.C then gains the power. Well it was probably intended to be like that I guess... Nevertheless I'm excited for the next episode~~~ :D

Animation quality is pretty important to me. There are very few cases where I'll stick with a show with shitty production values these days. The last one I watched was Rosario + Vampire, and that's only because the characters usually managed to stay on model, but each cut of animation done on fours or something.

Loving the fact there are more lolis this time around (◕ ◡ ◕)

Animation quality is important for me, however, content/story weighs more in term of whether or not I am going to keep watching it.

Woots!~ I can finally watch! Wasn't able to findthe time to watch... Karen, C.C, wait for me!!!

Seems like the writers dug themselves into a hole and didn't know how to get out at the end of season 1. Hence the story picks up one year later and Lelouch has fake memories.

A fresh start for season 2 of code geass!!! The quality is so good compared to others!!!

Still haven't checkes Geass out yet. Was downing a lot of shows at the time and this one slipped though; but since everyone is going crazy 'bout it I might give it a whirl.

About animation quality needs; it's kinda inversely related to the story I guess. If the story is really good and I like watching, I might forgive some loss of quality, but if the story is not so interesting the animation had better be damn good. The only show that totally failed for me on both is Soul Hunter; god that was crap...

I was wondering why they had to repeat the same scene on season one where he ordered them to mass suicide. But awesome, seeing shirley, the chairman and kallen on their comeback surely made my day.

The first bit good but in R2 is way too cool because they detailed the story in 1st season.More mecha, nice and add new girls and boys, and more bloody scenes but need more romantic in next episodes..

enough bricks were shat to build a brickwall

Woot!! Code Geass R2 Code Geass R2 Code Gea..... *faints due to lack of breathing*

Glad it's finally back, can't wait to see how they explain the ending of the first season, too many loopholes need to be filled up.

done a crash watching program on r1.. and seen the first episode.. excellent so far i hope they keep it up.

Bunny Girl Kalen for the win!!!

I wouldn't drop watching the series if animation gets dodgy, not unless it gets super dodgy.

Seems like lots of ppl like Code Geass. I still haven't watch the first season yet. Is it really that good?

Stiil don`t finish the first season, but I will see this for sure

Wow immediate Kallen goodness from the 1st EP! Am I the only one who thinks she's the hottest of the bunch?

That's... a lot of screencaps. xPP

As for watching if quality goes down, I'd have to say yes as long as I like the story. Then again, I DO consider myself a trashcan for anime ._.

Speed Grapher's freaking great, didn't know that you liked it as well Danny :D! Love the story behind it, so well thought out!

I havent watched the first series, so I've got pretty much no clue of the story lol.
Looks pretty though.
If a series animation quality drops it all depends on how good the story is. With Haibane Renmei I just wanted to see the whole series, regardless of the 2nd half of the series being worse quality animation.

I love Code Geass!
It's been a while since I've been really into an anime ^^;

Code Geass is a great series!!! Whats more cool, it's done by Clamp. Had Clamp done anything with mecha in it?
I just love this series...

Have yet to watch season 1. Dropped it after the first 2 episodes but D_Blade convinced me to give it another try, which I'll do soon ^^

it's been a while since i wathced season 1, and kinda forgot about the ending. I am glad to see Kallen back ^^

@Tempest: I did? That's cool.
At your service. *Bows and warps away*

It was a nice episode imo... although very similar to the first episode of the 1st season. Wonder what happened to Nunally..

I watched the first season and absolutely loved it! The animation is top notch and it looks that it's going to continue into R2. Also, the first season (dubbed) is going to be on [adult swim] later this month and I'm going to be sure to catch that as well.

The animation in this ep was fantastic. And I didn't expect them to broadcast it in HD.

Love the show, can't wait for the mysteries of the first series to get answered and can't wait to see Lelouch vs Suzaku battles.

its a nice epi, but quite a bit of ideas/use of scenes are somewhat taken from season 1 and there's quite a lot of mysteries unsolve. So i found a lot of stuff odd the way that it happen in epi 1~
but good epi indeed
maybe they'll reveal it @ another epi

The 1st episode looks almost the same like the 1st season...

too bad the OP and ED songs are not good for me... besides, the animation quality went down.

I just finished watching epi1 and I just LOVED it! I got the same vibe and feeling I got when I watched the first epi of season 1. Animation quality was top notch (i think it was HD quality). OP and ED was great especially since orange range is doing them. First character I saw was CC and I just became excited! ^^ Then about 1/3 into the show Kallen showed up in a bunny suit..things just couldn't get any better than that. ^^ And I just knew that shot of kallen in her mecha just had to be posted. hahah.

I've never been this excited about a show ever and that is saying a lot about this anime. One thing I felt kinda weird and enjoyed at the same time was when Lelouch remembered being Zero...he just sent kinda a Light Yagami vibe there for some reason. Loved that! ^^

I think new pink haired girl is so cute. Not sure what her name is but she was standing next to Suzaki for a couple secs. I think she is so much cuter than the pink haired princess girl.

>>"And in case you was wondering - animation companies make barely nothing by just airing the show on TV - the money comes from DVD sales, merchandise and licensing. "

I wonder about this. I used to think this is the case but anime always seem to have sponsors. And for Code Geass a Bandai/Sunrise production, they have tonnes of funding to work with. And what more with Pizza Hut sponsorship and product placements and advertisment time....i'm sure Code Geass is definately making some money from the broadcast itself.

Did anyone take notice of the little warning label in the beginning of the show which told people NOT to dl it or upload it from Internet mediums? My question is, what is the current status of legality of RAWs? I mean, Danny just said that Anime companies makes money from DVD sales, not through commercials... So yea... (that warning label made me jump a little, thinking that I was suddenly doing something wrong... Wait, I do a lot of things wrong.... shhh...)

Overall, however, I was rather disappointed... Maybe because I saw Code Geass when it finished, and I got to see it through, rather than wait a week and watch it... But yea, more questions that arose in this one episode, rather than answering some of the questions left in the first season, which annoyed me... As well, more reason to hate suzaku... That's a plus

i've watched eps 1 and when i saw CC, i've fallen in love with her again (as if that i've forgotten about her =3)

can't wait for Macross Frontier subs to be released =3

Ah ah ! I just watched R2 ep1 yesterday and I was wondering when Danny will write about it!
I like the first ep, even though it made me confuse and force me to gather my memories of last season exact plot (guess a bit like Lelouch ^^)

It looks promising and Karen fighting in pink bunny costume is definitly ftw !!!

oh yeah, code geass nice anime, R2 of cos in watch list

cache cleaning test desu.

I've seen the anime but jsut after reading the summary alone I can't wait to watch it.

Great first episode i can understand why product placement is needed for series that have along episode count. The quality is great enjoyed it!

I am a Geass fan; 'nuff said. The good thing for Code Geass is that while the mecha might be good looking, the storyline never loses focus of the main point; Lelouch Lamperouge's various exploits in his attempt to make the world a better place for his sister. When CG: LOTR first aired, it was often compared to SEED/SEED Destiny. Not to say that Gundam SEED was bad, of course, but sometimes you get the feeling that they're doing the anime simply to have the Gundams in cool battle poses. If you watch CG: LOTR R2, it shouldn't be for the mecha action, even if the occasional battles are animated and spaced throughout the story nicely(that task is for TTGL, SRW OG: DW and other related stuff) but for its epic storyline.

I don't drop titles just because the quality of the animating is teh suxxor(if not I would have thrashed Bandai HQ for producing something like Giniro no Olynssis). My heart dosen't condone having incomplete stories left hanging.

Can't Wait!

Definitely a Code Geass fan. I completely forgot a second season was on route. Thanks for dropping the info so quick.

As to the question, I definitely drop anime when the quality drops. I couldn't stand to watch Naruto Shippuden -- the quality was so poor in comparison to the greatness that was found in earlier parts of the series.

I actually came out of anime-hibernating just to watch Code Geass R2! Hope I can be back in the game after my exams with everything else I've missed.

Code Geass R2 looks great so far.

It almost seems like they intentionally created a semi parallel universe setting (brainwashed) in order to make it accessible to new viewers.
The picture quality looks better than the previous season, maybe a change from SD to HD production for the new time slot?

Interested in both, I'll watch a show with great animation simply to enjoy the visuals, even if it has a crappy story. Same goes for enjoying a great story with miserable animation.
Geass still seems to be well positioned in both departments.

had finished season one these past few days, just finished the 1st episode of R2. SUGOI DESU~

Story is always important, but I watch anime for the art quality as well. For me it would depend on the show. Sometimes I'm willing to put up with poor quality.

Comes as no surprise about companies making next to nothing on the broadcast. Money is always in the licensing of product and such. It is interesting to see companies such as Pizza Hut involved. haven't seen much of this since Code Geass started. I do wonder if it will start a new trend in anime...

I really do like the direction that was taken for the new season. Will be watching it until the last episode!

after plowing through all of Gundam Seed and Seed destiny in the past 2 weeks, I needed a new show to watch.

I read about Geass season 1 and heard it was good but never really brought myself to watch it. But after finally bringing myself to start it I was hooked by the end of episode 1!

Just started yesterday and 10 eps in so far. Can't wait to start on season 2 in a couple of days, lol

First episode of CG R2 leaves a very decent impression. The quality seems as good as in the first season, Kallen appeared (most important ;) ) and I'm back into the mood that makes me want to watch one episode after another.

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Great they made a second season. I felt like I missed something important, since the end of first season was pretty messed up...

geass is just great, one of the best anime i have ever seen, im waiting to see the final to put a number on it on my personal TOP anime.

till today:
1. Neon genesis Evangelion
2.GTO
3.Death note
4. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
5. School Days

Where can I watch code geass r2??? can someone tell me please =[ thanks

Watching Code Geass halfway thru now before I move on to R2.

I'm about to go off to watch ep 12 right now XD

Any Rumor(s) about season 3 ?

Gotta say I like R2 better than the original. I like the new characters/character development/story much more, but the original got better towards the end. Good stuff.

Code Geass R2 is damn cool!!

The story is get twisted every single episode!! XD

But that's the interesting point!!

WOW EP21 was superb, the best until now !!

Totally recommendable!

Exactly!! Eps 21 just blew me away :-D

Wow... that's all I can say.

one of the best anime i have watched in a long time =)

Waaaa, it ended (ep 25) waaaaaahh!! Lelouch!!!!!

great final! you have to see it! minna!!!

I so need to watch this...

*puts this on my anime list*

I watched everything & I loved it! :D

I got into this anime probably more than any other anime apart from Bleach and DBZ (the latter being when I was about 15). Something that occurs to me is that the fact they have quite a lot of episodes facilitates becoming attached to the characters and settings - even if they were awful you'd get a Stockholm Syndrome attachment.

The plot was at once fascinating and ridiculous but what I loved about it is that it didn't give a crap - it wasn't trying to be serious so much as it was trying to be grand and operatic. It jumped the shark about a million times but that only makes me like it even more. I also shed manly tears at the finale. It was one of those rare series that made be feel like it was the end of a chapter in my life when I finished watching the final episode. That sounds immensely sad and geeky but it just grabs you by the balls and doesn't let go until the end, managing to create top notch action scenes and likeable, surprisingly complex characters (not a compliment I can imagine many people paying to Geass but then it's too easy to just overlook some of its subtler good points).

Code Geass R2!!! I watched it...and fell in love with the track 'madder sky at the end of the whole series...OVA is coming right?

Code Geass, what's the word for this?

GREAT!

My second favorite series in all anime-dom (NG Eva 1st)

CG was rather interesting, traditionally I haven't been a huge fan of mecha anime; but this series finally got me into the genre.