Maybe I had it written already in my head, but hadn’t gotten around to the physical act, but I was surprised to find that my blog was missing a Geass post. In fact, it was devoid of any Geass posts. This is surprising, because Code Geass is easily one of the more important series in the past while. Whether or not it’s actually any good is debatable.

How it was significant can be seen by how different the series was when it first started. Code Geass began as Gundam meets Death Note. We had ridiculously meticulous planning set against a backdrop of mecha battles mixed in with high school life. Where we ended up, though, could only be described as Code Geass. The sort of incredulity we felt at the end was very different from the sort we felt at the beginning.

The beginning of Code Geass was very Death Note in its approach. But, the plausibility of each plan was getting stretched more and more as each week rolled by. By R2, this was just shattered by Gurren Lagann-like jumps of implausibility. But where Gurren Lagann went for awesome, Code Geass went for shockingly ridiculous but works. Somehow, each crazy idea managed to work.

Compounding with the crazy coming from the show was the weekly Internet response. Especially in the final months of R2, there was something new to be meme-ified each week. As a result, Code Geass is a show that’s remarkably different when watched as a whole instead of as it aired.

On its own, Code Geass starts off as a fairly interesting watch but derails halfway through into something unique and slightly insane, but not necessarily something quality. With the Internet reaction, Code Geass is something that’s still not necessarily extremely good, but it becomes special for the way it’s been immortalized.

Tags: Anime, code geass

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