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


http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/2...pemarchdy3.jpg
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

[bromantic.livejournal.com]

The picture link isn't working for some reason.

Also, WOW, look at all the Arthurian symbolism. Avalon, Gawain, Lancelot...in fact, I would go as far to say C.C is probably the "Lady of the Lake"

[hellion-3.livejournal.com]

I fixed my post. Both the larger and smaller pics should be available now. Seems like LJ devoured part of the url, leading you to a nonexistent file.

[acapricio.livejournal.com]

Oh.... the famous island plot \(>__o)/
heehee instead of suza-kallen, why not suzalulu T_T
And i heard some rumours that lulu and Euphie also are on the island????

[eloque.livejournal.com]

Oh wow. Real original. Couldn't they think of anything better than the island plot? Pssh. They could have at least dumped Lulu there instead of Kallen.

[hellion-3.livejournal.com]

SPOILER AHEAD:

He is dumped there, too, but this time he's stuck with Euphemia, while Kallen must put up with Suzaku. The previous spoilers (from Newtype) have already confirmed this a while ago.

[thomasvye.livejournal.com]

"Lady of the Lake"

Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government! XDDD

[thomasvye.livejournal.com]

...What *is* this island plot? I have not seen it. Though. You know, it sounds a fairly classic plot device...this is not another gundam thing that everyone else will have seen but me and I'll be confused again, is it...? :O

Ah, well...as long as it's good. ^-^

[hellion-3.livejournal.com]

It should refer to the island episode from Gundam SEED, where Athrun and Cagalli are stranded on an island and must stay close to each other until their friends come to fetch them. The similarities are boggling, if not suspicious. They aren't as innocent as one'd believe them to be.

[bromantic.livejournal.com]

If I recall correctly, didn't the second ending have C.C overlooking a lake? And the new opening by Jinn have her sitting next to a lake? (OMG IMAGERY!!)

Also, the sword was the main reason how Arthur became king (it was given to him by the Lady of the Lake). Likewise, the Geass is the power given to him by C.C. Do I sense a pattern? :D

[halevy.livejournal.com]

Island... AGAIN?! Every show has at least one or two island episodes - even Haruhi Suzumiya!

Oh well.

Hello hello Schneizel. You look quite sexy in that picture.

[mossygirl.livejournal.com]

Suzaku and Kallen on an island?! *snorts* I like the Arthurian elements, though--it gives everything a new shade of meaning ^_^

[thomasvye.livejournal.com]

I was making a Monty Python joke. ;) If they start on Arthurian imagery, many Holy Grail jokes will become possible. XD

[kawaii-madoushi.livejournal.com]

Even the cat was named Arthur... =x

[thomasvye.livejournal.com]

See that means absolutelty nothing to me. ^V^ I don't even know who those two characters are. But there's nothing wrong with recycling scenarios in itself; it all depends on how it's done.

[thomasvye.livejournal.com]

XD Schneizel looks every inch the handsome Prince. I am sure he's a very *nice* man too.

[bromantic.livejournal.com]

That would be awesome. I really should rewatch that movie.

[nanya-hime.livejournal.com]

According to the Animedia March interview with Kawaguchi, Schneizel is a GOOD man *O*

[zalem.livejournal.com]

Not only that but we have another Gundam-jack! Err...Knightmare-jack...
I was hoping that Geass would stray away from Gundam Seed-esque stuff, but it seems like that's not the case. Oh well, I guess we have to see how Geass pulls it all off.

[zalem.livejournal.com]

Are you serious? O_O I was always under the impression that he was going to be evil. But he's actually good? Poor silly Lulu fighting all these people he thinks did bad things to his mom and sister and I bet they actually had nothing to do with it.

[nanya-hime.livejournal.com]

Just to add a little more information from Animedia March (p.6) - a special called "Really dangerous Code Geass". THe points below are abstracted from the interview with Kawaguchi-san, the scriptwriter.
(Source: ttp://blog.goo.ne.jp/kouryakukan

アニメージュ2007年3月号早売りネタバレ感想

P6からの巻頭特集「マジヤバイコードギアス」。
見開き描きおろしはルルーシュとスザク。
作画は田端ひさゆきさん。

河口プロデューサーのインタビュー掲載。

・ルルーシュは「ロボットアニメの中で最弱の主人公」を
目指している。
・クライマックスは黒の騎士団vsブリタニア駐留軍。
・シュナイゼルは「良い人」。
・ユーフェミアがルルーシュにとって意外な強敵になる。

Point 1: Lelouche is the weakest pilot (or aim to be) in robot anime...in that sense, I can see the necessity of a co-pilot. I agree with the probability that C.C. maybe the co-pilot because otherwise, the Lelouche-Zero identity will easily be exposed (the helmet can fall easily during battles and Lelouche wouldn't be so foolish to risk a person who doesn't know his identity to be in the cockpit).

Point 2: The climax is the battle between The Dark Knights and the Britannian Colonial Army that is probably led by Schneizel. I think by the end of the first series, Lelouche will confront Schneizel, beats him or even kills him, destroys/claims the Avalon and learns the identity of the REAL ENEMY he's gonna fight in the second series...

Point 3: Schneizel is a GOOD MAN ... which means he probably is not the person behind the terrorist plot against Lelouche's mother. This is supported by the scene in episode 16 where Cornelia seemed to be upset over the death of Lelouche and Nanali as well...However, Crovius did mention that Schneizel and Cornelia were involved. Could it be that Schneizel and Cornelia at the time were fighting the REAL TERRORISTS who were dwelling within Britannia? Could it be that Crovius mistaken Schneizel and Cornelia as the terrorists and thought they had something to do with the death of Lelouche's mom? Could it be that the real terrorists were related to C.C. and other girls we saw in the opening scenes who possessed the power of Geass and Lelouche's mom was somehow related to the plot (like she knew something) and so she had to be silenced by the terrorists? I mean she could be on the side of the terrorist herself with an intention to overthrow the Britannia empire in revenge of something that happened to her own clan and stuff...In that sense then, from the Britannia's POV, Schneizel is a GOOD man who's trying to defend his family and kingdom.

Point 4: Euphemia is a surprisingly strong enemy for Lelouche. This is a very crucial sentence because so far, Euphemia has no specific role aside from making way for Suzaku to become a more important figure in the Britannia army. However, if she's a surprisingly strong enemy...does this imply that she might potentially become a geass user as well? Or she IS already a geass user and has an agenda of her own and so pretends to be all nice and stuff? I mean she has to have special powers to prove herself a surprisingly strong enemy for Lelouche... and I can only think of 2 possibilities:
(a) she's an extremely brilliant tactician - even superior to Schneizel - but whose ability was never realized.
(b) she's a geass user or becomes one along the way..

Hmmm... and sorry for all the speculations ... I hope such discussions are permitted.

[zalem.livejournal.com]

I knew about the island plot already from 2ch but was really curious as to whether Suzaku would find out Kallen was a Black Knight. Looks like my question was answered. Damn, wonder what he is going to do? I mean when they all return to school it would be rather awkward? Or since Kallen is found out will she just not return to school?

And the 2ch rumors say Euphie and Lulu are supposed to be stuck together as well. Or I should say Euphie and Zero cause she doesn't know it's Lulu. According to the spoilers Zero will come off as kind of lame and uncool to Euphie cause Lulu is all awkward and clumsy. ^^;;; Ahahaha...poor Lulu he really needs to workout.

But wtf is up with the Gundam Seed-esque stuff? Island plots and gundam-jacks....even a new big ship (Archangel, anyone?) What's next Freedom coming out of nowhere to save the Archan...I mean Avalon? Actually, it's all rather amusing to me more then annoying for some reason.

[thomasvye.livejournal.com]

Lol, I think my point rather is that not everyone is a Gundam Seed fan (or not-fan). I've never seen the thing. So these comparisons mean nothing to me and they don't bother me at all.

When the same group of people (it's the same studio in this case) are telling a story however, I have found it is quite common for the same themes and ideas to be revised and revisited and replayed with different characters.

And that's fine; you'll enjoy their brand of storytelling or not as the case may be.

[thomasvye.livejournal.com]

That has always been possible; all Clovis said is that he thought Schneizel and Cornelia knew something about it. Not 'they did it' or even 'they know who did it'.

I have thought about it a lot and to me it would seem utterly illogical (based at least on what we know) for either Cornelia or Schneizel to have killed one of their Father's wives. To have killed her *children*, their potential competition, maybe, but they would have nothing obvious to gain from killing her.

[thomasvye.livejournal.com]

And why not! XD People thought Cornelia was a bitch, and she's not really. It's all relative.

[nanya-hime.livejournal.com]

Please take a look at my comment further down below for the full spoiler from Animedia if you're interested. I'm pretty sure Schneizel is not an "EVIL" man...or let's say no man is "evil". Each person just fights for his or her own purpose and conflicts only occur because of conflicting motives.

From Lelouche's POV, his mom was killed and his father did nothing to stop it so he thought his family was bad. Then, when he learned from Crovius Schneizel & Cornelia were involved in his mother's death, he was even more angry and he killed Crovius. HOWEVER, if we look at the hints dropped here and there, it seems Crovius, Cornelia and Euphemia all DON'T hate Lelouche. On the contrary, Crovius left Britannia to come to Area 11 to be governor (also from a previous interview with Kawaguchi) because Area 11 was the place where Lelouche and Nanali died. In memory of them, he even painted the siblings and displayed the picture in the gallery along with other paintings of his family. Cornelia also said Area 11's a sad place because 3 of her siblings died... so I don't think Schneizel or Cornelia is the kind who would kill members of their own family (ironically Lelouche DID).