The official website for the four-part Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture anime (originally titled Gode Geass: Z of the Recapture, or Dakkan no Zetto) revealed the first key visual and 14 additional cast members on Thursday .
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The newly announced cast members are:
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Katsuyuki Konishi as Isao Monobe Image via Comic Natalie
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Miyu Tomita Haruka Rutaka Image via Comic Natalie
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Shōya Chiba as Tomo'omi Oda Image via Comic Natalie
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Taito Ban as Shōta Munemori Image via Comic Natalie
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Riho Sugiyama as Yōko Araki Image via Comic Natalie
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Anzu Haruno as Yūri Sano Image via Comic Natalie
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Hayato Fujii as Sanshirō Tomi Image via Comic Natalie
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Yutaka Aoyama as Tokio Iwamoto Image via Comic Natalie
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Kanehira Yamamoto as Shirō Sazanami Image via Comic Natalie
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Chikahiro Kobayashi as Kaoru Shizuka Image via Comic Natalie
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Yuka Terasaki as Natalia Luxembourg Image via Comic Natalie
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Haruka Shiraishi as Mei Ema Image via Comic Natalie
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Masashi Nogawa as Vallen Stark Image via Comic Natalie
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The website also revealed three Knightmare Frame mechas that will appear in the anime.
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Type-07 Sekka Image via Comic Natalie
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Image via Code Geass Website
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Previously announced cast members include:
The anime's first season will premiere in Japan on May 10, the second season on June 7, the third season on July 5, and the fourth season on August 2. The anime will also begin streaming airs worldwide exclusively on Disney+'s “Star” brand in late June.
Yoshimitsu Ohashi (Amnesia, Galaxy Angel, Sacred Seven) is directing the new anime and Noboru Kimura (Princess Efficiency: Crown Handler, Problem Children are coming from another world, right?) is writing the scripts . Takahiro Kimura once again designed the characters with Shuichi Shimamura based on CLAMP's original character designs. Junichi Akutsu (Code Geass) will return to design Knightmare Frames. Kenji Kawai (Ghost in the Shell) is composing the music. Sunrise, Ichiro Okouchi and Goro Taniguchi are still credited as the original story's writers.
Satoshi Shigeta (Mobile Suit Gun Seed) is responsible for the mechanical design. Takahiro Kimura, Shuichi Shimamura, Seiichi Nakatani, Satoshi Shigeta and Takashi Hashimoto are the main animators. Kazuhiro Obata (Long Riders!) is the art director. Ami Kutsuna (Garo-Vanishing Line-) and Yuichi Kuboki (The World God Only Knows) are in charge of color design. Shūji Shinoda is credited with directing 3DCG at Buemon. Jin Aketagawa (Golden Kamuy) is the sound director. Hiroyuki Chiba (InuYasha: The Final Act) is the photography director. Kumiko Sakamoto (My Hero AcadeKaren) is the editor.
MIYAVI will perform the opening theme song of the anime “Running In My Head”. Hikari Mitsushima will perform the ending theme song “Roze (Prod.Teddyloid).”
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The original Code Geass television series debuted in 2006, followed by a sequel series in 2008. The series has inspired various manga and original video anime, including the spin-off Code Geass: Akito the Exiled, premiered in 2012.
The first film in the series' trilogy, Code Geass-Hangyaku no Lelouch-Kōdō (lit.: The Awakening Path, official English subtitle: Initiation), opened in Japan in October 2019. 2017. The second film, Code Geass-Hangyaku no Lelouch-Handō (lit.: The Rebellion Path, official English subtitle: Transgression), opened in Japan in February 2018. The third film, Code Geass-Hangyaku no Lelouch-Ōdō (lit.: The Imperial Path, official English subtitle: Glorification), premiered in May 2018. Funimation released the trilogy on Blu-ray disc.
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection, is the most recent anime in the series, which opened in February 2019 in 120 theaters in Japan. Funimation released the film in North America in May 2019. Producer Kōjirō Taniguchi said in April 2019 that the film is “phase 1” of a 10-year plan for new content in the Code Geass series.
Source: Code Geass website, Natalie Comics