Code Geass - Hangyaku no Lelouch

Type: TV
Episodes: 25
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 6, 2006 to Jul 28, 2007
Producers: Sunrise, Mainichi Broadcasting, Bandai Entertainment
Genres: Action, Drama, Mecha, School, Supernatural, Military
Duration: 24 min. per episode
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

After the invasion of Japan by the Brittannian Empire, the country is renamed to "Area 11". The young Lelouch, a Brittannian student living in Japan, accidentally gets caught up in a local terrorist attack against Brittannia, reuniting with his childhood friend Suzaku as well as meeting the mysterious girl C.C. Cornered in a life and death situation, Lelouch accepts a power C.C. offers to him, the ability to order anyone to do anything. Harboring a thirst for revenge against the Brittanian Empire for their actions against his family, Lelouch wages war against the Empire. Using his newfound power and tactical ability, Lelouch goes under the alias Zero in attempts to fulfill his childhood vow, to destroy Brittannia!