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Message: <blockquote data-quote="StreamOfTheSky" data-source="post: 4867893" data-attributes="member: 35909">I saw Code Geass a month ago, it was incredible.  Also, you can watch the entire first season, dubbed or subbed*, and in HD (at least by youtube standards) on youtube legitimately!  Bandai enterainment was cool enough to put that up AND season 1 of Gundam 00.  code Geass takes place in an alternate reality where Britain crushed the American Revolution and ended up moving thre after Napolean defeated the monarchy in England.  It takes place in the "near future" time-wise, with Britannia the most powerful nation on earth and having just conquered Japan 7 years ago, where most of the series takes place.  Just for a quick plot summary.I just really enjoyed so many aspects of the show.  Many great characters, strong plot, lots of intrigue and between episode cliff-hangers, etc.. The main character really stands out.  He gains the power of geass, which works sort of like the D&D spell geas.  He can by making eye contact force the person(s) to obey whatever command he issues to the best of their ability.  It also has a lot of limitations, which he figures out as he goes along.  Aside from that, he's a chess-whiz with staggering intellect, which (IMO) accomplishes more for him than his "super power" as he tries to take on Britannia.  He's also physically weak, so it's also nice to see a hero that's kinda the opposite of Conan and such, winning purely with his wits.Forgot if I mentioned it in my posts prior, but I've seen the first 2 episodes of Gankutsuo: The Count of Monte Cristo, and it's stunning.  I look forward to seeing the rest of it soon, I'll save any real analysis till after I see more.  I will say it's just...different.  Especially the art style, which I could see some people hating, but I loved it.*EDIT: Should mention I've seen sub and dub, and I think the dub is at least as good if not better.  I also hate reading subtitles if I don't have to, though. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  I really liked the voice actor for the main character in the dub; it's the same guy who does Vash's English voice in Trigun, another anime I found to be great dubbed.</blockquote>

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