Lelouch's new mecha + future eps summaries

[hellion-3.livejournal.com]

Alrighty, new info coming from Newtype March. The translation is credited to Celiss Galeva from GameFAQs. Among the new spoilers is something of great interest, namely Lelouch's future, personal Knightmare Frame - the Gawain


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The Gawain is on the lower left side...while on the upper right one, is Schneizel's flying fortress, the Avalon - the one we see in the new OP (from where Lancelot takes off with that Aile Pack-spinoff.

Information garnered from Newtype March include the following:
- The Gawain is a two-seater. Who's the copilot? C.C.? Kallen already has her own and Toudou will most likely get that new Guren (Sanshiki?) model.
- This Knightmare Frame can fly.
- It is stolen. ("This mech will not be handed to the likes of Zero", anyone?)
- It uses a powerful Hadron cannon.

All in all, the famous Gundamjack trend seem to have made its way through Code Geass now. Wheeee. Rejoice. Or despair.

And by the way, the Gawain might be what Pubes and Fake Okouchi mentioned about Schneizel having another superior 7th gen. mech in his private army. They were nevertheless right when they said it was an ugly mech for a protagonist - and it will get even more evil as Zero gets familiar with it, or so those two warned. Since they're both (more or less confirmed with the proven spoilers they've provided on 2chan) CG staff members, we can already take that statement as a given. From other things I've seen on GameFAQs, it seems that the Gawain will make its debut somewhere around ep18/19 - or at least, it will be stolen at that moment.

Other tidbit from Newtype March:
- 15th of Feb is confirmed to be a recap episode, Truth of the Mask (ep17.5).
UGH.

Future ep summaries:

"Stage 18: Kururugi Suzaku, I Command Thee

Suzaku enrolled in the Britannian military because he wanted to change from within the Britannian Empire's policy of sacrificing the weak in order to expand their territories.

"Protect the people to the fullest" -- Possessing this strong conviction and a kind heart, he receives the approval of the 3rd Britannian Imperial Princess Euphemia, and advances to the position of her Knight.

News of this is relayed to the citizens as well. At this, Diethard, who is in charge of the Black Knight's intelligences, advises Zero to assassinate Suzaku.

He claims that having Suzaku, a Japanese, publicly serving the Britannian Empire is detrimental to the Black Knights, the JLF, and the Anti-Britannia movement on the whole.

Listening to his words along with Zero, the members of the Black Knights..."

And:

"Stage 19: The Island of God

In the intense fight with Zero, Suzaku is somehow blown away to a deserted island, where he unexpectedly encounters Kallen as well. Without even getting a moment's chance to puzzle over the meeting of a classmate at an unexpected place, he is shocked by the fact that she is a member of the Order of the Black Knights.

Stage 20: The Kyuushuu Campaign

The Deputy Vice-Minister of the old Japanese Government, Zawazaki Koutarou (Not too sure about the reading of the kanjis in the name -- I'll double check later), occupies a portion of the Britannian-governed land "Kyuushuu" and proclaims it as his territory. In order to surpress his actions, the Britannian military storm the base Zawazaki is in, but..."

Enjoy.


EDIT
Fixed. LJ ate part of the url...
For those who still can't see it, here are two cropped pics:
The Gawain


The Avalon

Comments

[clamp-hikari.livejournal.com]

hmm. could the co pilot be CC?

How many eps are there? 25? and how long was gundam seed?

[hellion-3.livejournal.com]

No information on that yet, although she might be a viable candidate to be his copilot. At least she can keep an eye on him from up close, all the while taking part in his activities. As seen in the amusement park scene, she seems to have some remarkable fighting skills (kung fu, tae kwon do or whatnot).

As for Gundam SEED, it was 50 episodes...but for Code Geass, it's likely that it'll be 50, too, but divided into two halves made of 25 eps each and separated by two seasons. One MBS/Sunrise insider suggested that CG would run two seasons (25 eps), go off the air for two seasons (25 eps from another series will replace CG at that moment) then come back for the two final ones (25 eps). But there hasn't been any official announcement or confirmation of this yet.

[nanya-hime.livejournal.com]

It might have 50 episodes on TV in total (combining the two seasons) but in reality it's only 46 because there are 2 recap episodes this season and probably the same next season...

[hellion-3.livejournal.com]

As a matter of fact, it's not the case. The recaps weren't originally part (cf. the CG staff's blog - its translation was posted on this LJ, btw, so you can go at the tags page to search for it) of the series and were added when the audience that caught on CG - after hearing praises from other fans - and consequently couldn't have watched ep1, requested a special recap phase to fill them in before the staff could continue with the plot.

Also, ep8.5, the first recap, will be included in the DVDs, but NOT as an full ep - as a matter of fact, it's listed as a 'special' or an 'extra'.

Which means that the entire series will have 50 eps + 4/5 recaps, since, I say again, those eps weren't planned from the very beginning. As such, they weren't supposed to take up normal episode slots. Sunrise/MBS is just delaying the future series so that CG can fit in without interruption/cuts.

[clamp-hikari.livejournal.com]

wow~ thanks for the info.

I hope Lelouch is still the main character in the 2nd season. I don't know if Gundam seed astray was a completely different series or another season but the art and the main character changed ;-;

[empanadas]

Probably since C.C. is the only one who knows about Lelouch/Zero thing.

Geass currently has 25 eps but there were rumors of a second season (or a sequel, can't tell). Gundam SEED had 50 eps.

[thomasvye.livejournal.com]

Lelouch would be a fool to put CC in the mech with him. The fact that she's worked seperately is the only thing that's saved his ass on several occaisions.

[clamp-hikari.livejournal.com]

that's true ^^