[Update] Code Geass GAIDEN

[nokiirat.livejournal.com]

Geass.jp has updated with news on their new project that they've begun working on. It looks like there will be more information released in the summer.

If someone can translate any other new information, that'd be great.

And here's the Code Geass article in Newtype 6.

Comments

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

And once more, Google Translate demonstrates it's suckitude.

The only (coherent) things of interest I could find on that webpage was that Boukoku no Akito is only a tentative title, and might change, and from the Taniguchi & Okuichi comments that though there were a lot of calls for a sequel, they decided to go with "expansion" instead of a continuation.

Oh, and that there may be more "expansion" in the future, so fans should stay tuned.

Someone who can actually read Japanese ought to take a proper look. And at the Taniguchi interview in the scan.

[schneizel.livejournal.com]

I think a Code Geass without its original characters isn't Code Geass. Instead of a sequel or expansion, I'd rather have backstory. And not that timeskipping with Goro Taniguchi crap either, real backstory not "fan" fic.

[fujiappletan.livejournal.com]

nnng being a whore backstory i agree so much. series centered on C.C. maybe. marianne? yes plz. just not this the world is peaceful now mannn.

[dr-wats0n.livejournal.com]

Is the metal arm dude Lelouch's proxy in that Edo era manga or what?

I hope this side story retains at least some of the original main cast. I really couldn't care less about all the irrelevant Elevens even in the original anime, let alone about a whole new set of them.

[nokiirat.livejournal.com]

the metal arm is on the Suzaku proxy/Renya. :)

i think having a side story is the only way for Lelouch to show up again in anime form...since the director confirmed that he's dead. :( So I'll be looking forward to any cameos that show up in the new anime.

[torakaka.livejournal.com]

Personally, I'm happy with there not being a sequel or back story. As much as I'll miss the characters, that story is over and if they try to expand on it at all I think they'd ruin it.

Bring on the new series, I'm ready for a new story and set of characters to love just as much as the original.

[singingaway.livejournal.com]

I really have mixed feelings about it. I'm going to really try and take it as a completely different series though...

[nokiirat.livejournal.com]

Takuma Tomomasa is the character designer/mangaka for the Renya manga. Those are his characters promoted up there

CLAMP is still involved with the design of the new anime characters. :)

[snoozy.livejournal.com]

Is it wrong that all i can think is.

Lulu's mullet.

[shmobeline.livejournal.com]

Haha, +1.

[peekaydee.livejournal.com]

am i the only one who is insanely uncomfortable with the art

[stratergy-love.livejournal.com]

Join the club.

[alkahestapeiron.livejournal.com]

Nope. I think it's starting to deviate from the original style in a disturbing way at this point.

[kusaja.livejournal.com]

Well...it's the exact same art style used for the Nightmare of Nunnally manga, which was apparently the most popular one.

[spiralis.livejournal.com]

It hurts to look at.

[snoozy.livejournal.com]

no. you are (not) alone. /evaaa reference. random

but lol, yah. kind of WEIRD and not really in a good way there.

[nokiirat.livejournal.com]

Takuma Tomomasa is the mangaka of the new manga, NOT the new anime character designer.

I think each manga had a different mangaka. We haven't seen any new designs for the new anime project yet...in case everyone thought that that was the new anime series.

[kusaja.livejournal.com]

I wasn't thinking that myself, but I suppose some of the other commentators might have.

[snowdevil-crow.livejournal.com]

It makes me think of Nightmare of Nunnally.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

Well, it's the same artist, though a different writer.

[biodamper.livejournal.com]

Is...is that Lulu in the pic? D:

[nokiirat.livejournal.com]

It says Lelouch, but the illustration is advertising the new manga project which is AU...not necessarily canon to the anime.

[rainbow-cnxn.livejournal.com]

Uh, Renya isn't AU.

[nokiirat.livejournal.com]

i consider all of the manga spinoffs to be AU since they aren't written by the original anime writer. just one of those fans who like keeping the anime and manga(s) separate.

[rainbow-cnxn.livejournal.com]

But Renya is written by Taniguchi (albeit drawn by the NoN mangaka).

[nokiirat.livejournal.com]

Ichiro Okouchi is credited for writing most of the anime. Taniguchi was the director, so yes, he may have penned some of the script. Again, I'm considering the manga and anime to be separate entities, since most anime-turned-manga aren't that great (in my opinion).

[rainbow-cnxn.livejournal.com]

...but Code Geass is Taniguchi's brainchild, and he (along with Okouchi) is credited with the Original Story. I can't disregard his creative contribution, and if he says that the manga's in the anime's timeline, I pay heed.

I mean, if you're gonna say that he wasn't the lead writer, neither was Tomino in Gundam's UC franchise. And despite 0079, Zeta, etc. all having different writers, they are definitely all considered within the UC canon due to the unity of setting, as well as having Tomino as the director.

[nokiirat.livejournal.com]

I thought I already said that I considered anime and manga series to be separate; same timeline or not. Not discrediting your opinion at all. My original comment was to clarify that Lelouch was in the picture, but image wasn't necessarily promoting the new anime series. I guess my use of AU is what set this off, but AU is just a term that I use when the original series is being explored in different way, or a way that was not originally intended. From the whole setup, it sounded like an AU story similar to the NoN, Suzaku or the Bakumatsu manga. (probably spamming poor biodamper's inbox (good thing lj's msging isn't working well).) I understand you that you don't consider it AU. That's perfectly ok. :)

[rainbow-cnxn.livejournal.com]

Well, I just replied because it seems like your definition of "canon" is a bit different than what most people would probably consider "canon". I just wanted to jump in and interject when you said "not necessarily canon to the anime" when it's specifically been said to be "in the same official Code Geass history as the anime, but in a different era". I don't intend to knock your interpretation, but it gets confusing to readers if you say that without qualifying what you mean by "canon".

(frozen comment)

[nokiirat.livejournal.com]

I didn't think it was confusing or different from most people, since I think one of the articles has said that the other manga are a part of Code Geass 'history (and definitely read that as the 'franchise' history', but fair enough.

[woodwind.livejournal.com]

lol no thank you.

No really.

nobody ruins Lulu for me like canon

[spiralis.livejournal.com]

I guess I might be one of the few people really, really confused about this.

What the crap is going on?

[nokiirat.livejournal.com]

There's a new manga, 'Shikkoku no Renya' and new anime project 'Akito no Boukaku'...The Newtype article's illustration is about the new manga, but there is a small blurb about the anime project on the bottom of the scanned page.

The manga starts at the end of the month in Shonen Ace. There is no release date for the anime yet

[spiralis.livejournal.com]

I knew there were new projects at work. I just thought one of them took place in the past for some reason. 8|a

[cr-balmung.livejournal.com]

Shikkoku no Renya is placed in the Edo period, so it is in the past. You were not crazy thinking that lol.

[cr-balmung.livejournal.com]

I'd also like to ask what is lelouch doing in the manga, Shikkoku no Renya if it was in the Edo period?

[kusaja.livejournal.com]

That's one of the possibilities making the rounds, to be honest, but keep in mind he's not confirmed to be a part of that project either.

Now, I know people are going crazy because they see Lelouch in this scan, but promotional pictures are meant to do just that: hype people up regardless of what the actual content of the article is saying. Countless pictures that mean nothing have been published in these magazines before.

Don't fall for what might just be a tease. In fact, in last month's Newtype there was a rhetorical question suggesting Lelouchs was in the new Code Geass Gaiden anime project, but it turns out that doesn't seem to be the case. Lots of stuff like that has showed up before too.

In other words....wait until the manga goes on sale, which is going to happen soon enough.

[rozenheim.livejournal.com]

true enough...but don't you think that they've already got the main idea? since they've announced that they would release the first manga/chapter on may 26th? O: or am i mistaking may 26th with another code geass project?

[rozenheim.livejournal.com]

I think they shouldnt be calling it code geass...since code geass basically means c.c, lelouch, suzaku, knightmares, geass. From what ive heard of this manga, only c.c and geass are in it...i dont care if they put a lelouch-alias or suzaku-alias...i want the REAL lelouch...nobody messes with lelouch >o! if they screw this up, i'm slry gonna bomb clamp up! :D

[kohikki.livejournal.com]

...CLAMP has nothing to do with this manga.