| Code Geass:Rozé of the Recapture | |
 Key visual for the first act of the series | |
| コードギアス 奪還のロゼ (Kōdo Giasu: Dakkan no Rozé) | |
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| Genre | |
| Created by | Sunrise |
| Anime film series | |
| Directed by | Yoshimitsu Ōhashi [ja] |
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| Written by | Noboru Kimura [ja] |
| Story by | |
| Cinematography | Hiroyuki Chiba |
| Edited by | Kumiko Sakamoto [ja] |
| Music by | Kenji Kawai |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Distributed by | Showgate |
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| Runtime | |
| Films | 4 |
| Original net animation | |
| Licensed by | Disney Platform Distribution |
| Original network | Disney+[a] |
| Released | June 21, 2024 (2024-06-21) – September 6, 2024 (2024-09-06) |
| Episodes | 12 |
 Anime and manga portal | |
Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture (Japanese:コードギアス 奪還のロゼ,Hepburn:Kōdo Giasu: Dakkan no Roze) is a 2024 Japanese four-partanimatedscience fantasyactionfilm series directed byYoshimitsu Ōhashi [ja] and written byNoboru Kimura [ja] from co-original story conceived byGorō Taniguchi andIchirō Ōkouchi; the four-part film series is based on theCode Geass franchise bySunrise, who also produced the films. Distributed byShowgate,Rozé of the Recapture is a sequel toCode Geass Lelouch of the Re;surrection (2019),[5] which itself takes place in an alternate continuity established in the three-partcompilation film:Initiation,Transgression andGlorification (2017–18). Set in the Neo-Britannian Empire on formerHokkaido, the two mercenary brothers named Rozé (Kōhei Amasaki) and Ash (Makoto Furukawa) are tasked to rescue Hokkaido princess named Sakuya (Reina Ueda).[6]Rozé of the Recapture was released in 2024, with the first film on May 10, the second film on June 7, the third film on July 5, and the final film on August 2.[7]
Rozé of the Recapture released internationally onDisney+ viaHulu andStar content hub in a 12-episodeoriginal net animation (ONA) format from June 21 to September 6, 2024.[8][9][10]
Following the death of EmperorLelouch Lamperouge and the dissolution of the Holy Britannian Empire, remnants of the old empire captured the island ofHokkaido and founded the Neo-Britannian Empire, where the Japanese people are oppressed just like the old days of the empire when their country was one of its colonies. Two brothers named Rozé and Ash, dubbed "The Nameless Mercenaries" fight the Neo-Britannian empire, eventually joining forces with the local resistance forces in their mission to rescue princess Sakuya Sumeragi, but only a few know that Rozé is actually Sakuya in disguise, and the person she wants to rescue is her childhood friend andbody double Sakura Haruyanagininomiya, who is passing as Sakuya to protect her. Her weapons are Ash's piloting skills, her tactical prowess and the power of Geass, which forces anyone into absolute obedience, the same power Lelouch himself once used in his rise to power.
Note: Each film act is divided into three parts (or episodes), which later stream internationally in a television series format as anONA.
| No. | Title [11] | Directed by [b] | Storyboarded by [b] | Chief animation directed by [b] | Original release date | Streaming release date | ||||||
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| Act 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | "Melting Snow" Transliteration: "Yukige -Merutingu Sunō-" (Japanese:雪解-Melting Snow-) | Akie Ishii & Takahiro Shikama | Yoshimitsu Ōhashi [ja] | Takahiro Kimura & Shuichi Shimamura | May 10, 2024 (2024-05-10) | June 21, 2024 | ||||||
Rozé and Ash work with the Seven Shining Stars to recapture Hokkaido to rescue their leader, Kensei Kuroto, and the other members held at the Abashiri Concentration Camp. After the duo succeeds in defeating the Kirkwayne brothers, the Seven Shining Stars launch a surprise attack on the camp using the Zi-Apollo. | ||||||||||||
| 2 | "Ice Wall" Transliteration: "Hyōheki -Aisu Uōru-" (Japanese:氷壁-Ice Wall-) | Akie Ishii | Shun Kudō & Akie Ishii | Shuichi Shimamura & Seiichi Nakatani | May 10, 2024 (2024-05-10) | June 28, 2024 | ||||||
Rozé and Ash start working together with the Seven Shining Stars to take back Hokkaido; their mission is to rescue the leader of the Seven Shining Stars, Kensei Kuroto along with other members who are being held at the Abashiri Concentration Camp. Rozé also succeeds in rescuing Sakura, but later gets recaptured by Catherine. | ||||||||||||
| 3 | "Raspberry" Transliteration: "Kōka -Razuberī-" (Japanese:紅霞-Raspberry-) | Moe Suzuki | Yoshimitsu Ōhashi | Takahiro Kimura & Shuichi Shimamura | May 10, 2024 (2024-05-10) | July 5, 2024 | ||||||
With Kuroto back in command and Rozé's strategies, the Seven Shining Stars are strong enough to repel the Einberg's plans to exterminate the resistance forces; Rozé and Ash go off on their own to take a break; Ash rescues a girl from Britannians. Meanwhile, Sakura (as Sakuya) is ascended to the throne after Calis al Britannia's death. | ||||||||||||
| Act 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | "Alliance" Transliteration: "Hotarubi -Araiansu-" (Japanese:蛍火-Alliance-) | Yoshinobu Tokumoto | Yoshiharu Ashino | Shuichi Shimamura | June 7, 2024 (2024-06-07) | July 12, 2024 | ||||||
The Black Knights assist the Seven Shining Stars in freeing Hokkaido. However, the existence of the Neo-Britannian Sky Fortress Damocles causes chaos. As supplies and extra forces arrive from the Black Knights, a certain figure appears. | ||||||||||||
| 5 | "Damocles" Transliteration: "Kōbō -Damokurīzu-" (Japanese:光芒-Damocles-) | Akie Ishii | Iwao Teraoka | Shuichi Shimamura | June 7, 2024 (2024-06-07) | July 19, 2024 | ||||||
A rescue operation is launched to save the Japanese from the Sky Fortress Damocles and F.L.E.I.J.A. | ||||||||||||
| 6 | "Lavender" Transliteration: "Kinoe -Rabendā-" (Japanese:薫衣-Lavender-) | Nozomu Kamiya | Susumu Nishizawa | Shuichi Shimamura | June 7, 2024 (2024-06-07) | July 26, 2024 | ||||||
Under Kuroto's command, the struggling Seven Shining Stars, Rozé and Ash, have to make a last-minute decision in order to stop Damocles; Norland pays no attention to the ongoing battle and starts planning his next move with Christoph. Meanwhile, Walther discovers Sakura's real identity as Sakuya'sdecoy. | ||||||||||||
| Act 3 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | "Hazy Moon" Transliteration: "Oborodzuki -Hējī Mūn-" (Japanese:朧月-Hazy Moon-) | Sachiko Kanno | Yoshimitsu Ōhashi | Shuichi Shimamura | July 5, 2024 (2024-07-05) | August 2, 2024 | ||||||
Walther decides to keep Sakura's identity secret out to loyalty to Sakuya's family. Meanwhile, Rozé pays a visit to the orphanage where Ash was raised and discovered that he and his brother were adopted by Norland and raised to work for him as assassins. After Norland kills his brother, Ash rebels and is arrested where he meets and befriends Sakuya's father, who dies while attempting to escape with Ash. After escaping, Ash met Sakuya, who used her Geass to make him protect her as she were the most important person to him, making him view her as his late brother. Bedridden with guilt, Rozé is captured by Christoph, who discovered the truth about her identity and her Geass. | ||||||||||||
| 8 | "Ginto" Transliteration: "Ginto -Ginto-" (Japanese:銀兎-Ginto-) | Morihito Abe | Susumu Nishizawa | Seiichi Nakatani | July 5, 2024 (2024-07-05) | August 9, 2024 | ||||||
Christoph maintains Sakuya imprisoned, intending to make experiments with her Geass. Meanwhile, the Neo Britannian Army storms the Seven Shining Stars hideout. The other resistance forces arrive to protect them, but their leaders end up sacrificing themselves to let the others escape. Amidst the battle, Ash fights Arnold, who was restored into a cyborg equipped with an Anti-Geass device that he uses to dispel the effects of Sakuya's Geass on him. Furious with Sakuya for impersonating his brother and using him, he leaves the battlefield and storms Christoph's lab. Ash fights and defeats Christoph, who flees and Sakuya apologizes to Ash for using him as he prepares himself to kill her. | ||||||||||||
| 9 | "Reset" Transliteration: "Enshin -Rīsetto-" (Japanese:鉛心-Reset-) | Akie Ishii | Akie Ishii & Iwao Teraoka | Shuichi Shimamura | July 5, 2024 (2024-07-05) | August 16, 2024 | ||||||
Ash decides to spare Sakuya and keep working with her to liberate Hokkaido, following a promise he made with her father. Christoph kills himself to prevent being put under her Geass and Norland sends Narah as an ambassador to initiate peace talks with the United Federation of Nations. A few months later, large robotic units called Loki, invade countries around the world from the shore, killing all humans in sight and Narah realizes that it is a ploy by Norland. As the Black Knights are in disarray with the sudden attack, Rozé and Ash discover that their friends are also under attack by the same machines. | ||||||||||||
| Final Act | ||||||||||||
| 10 | "Purple Surf" Transliteration: "Shiran -Pāpuru Sāfu-" (Japanese:紫瀾-Purple Surf-) | Ai Sakamoto | Jōji Furuta & Yoshimitsu Ōhashi | Shuichi Shimamura | August 2, 2024 (2024-08-02) | August 23, 2024 | ||||||
Norland seemingly disposes of Stanley who developed the Loki. All armies around the world desperately fight the robots while Sakuya and Ash take the opportunity to invade the palace in order to rescue Sakura. Walther and Sakura escape from the Loki through an underground tunnel with help from Catherine, who decides to stay behind. Sakuya invades Norland's office and discovers that the Loki were his creation. Arnold appears and challenges Ash to a duel. While Ash kills Arnold, Sakuya confronts Norland, who reveals himself as a clone of her grandfather, the former Britannian emperor Charles zi Britannia, created to be a new vessel for his mind, which was prevented with Charles' death. Since then all his actions so far were in preparation for his true objective which is the extermination of all humanity. Norland escapes by piloting his own Knightmare Frame, the Foulbout. | ||||||||||||
| 11 | "Devastating Force" Transliteration: "Kachikasane -Debasutētingu Fōsu-" (Japanese:褐襲-Devastating Force-) | Akie Ishii | Akira Satō | Shuichi Shimamura | August 2, 2024 (2024-08-02) | August 30, 2024 | ||||||
Ash boards Norland's floating fortress but Sakuya fails to catch up due to Situmpe barrier covering Hokkaido like a dome, she goes to Neo Britannia's government building and with the help of the Seven Shining Stars deactivates the Barrier. Stanely who is still alive, sends important data regarding the Loki to the Black Knight before dying which reveals that they need to destroy the Foulbout in order to stop them and Kaguya as well as Sakura unite the world against Norland. Catherine and Ash respectively fight Norland in their Knightmares but are easily overpowered due to Foulbout having been designed with the Situmpe system and are thrown overboard. | ||||||||||||
| 12 | "Breaking Dawn" Transliteration: "Asaake -Burēkingu Dōn-" (Japanese:浅緋-Breaking Dawn-) | Yoshimitsu Ōhashi, Ai Sakamoto & Morihito Abe | Yoshimitsu Ōhashi | Shuichi Shimamura | August 2, 2024 (2024-08-02) | September 6, 2024 | ||||||
Sakuya saves Ash from falling and encourages him to let her fight Norland with him, Ash in turn asks her to use her Geass on her again to make sure he won't give up, while initially struggling to find an opening, they eventually outmaneuver and mortally wound Norland, who activates Foulbout's self-destruct before dying, with Ash sacrificing himself so Sakuya's Knightmare has enough energy to return to the surface. After the battle, the world is safe but is recovering from the ordeal, while Sakuya becomes empress and uses her Geass on herself to never use it again. | ||||||||||||
In December 2020, it was announced that a newanime project forCode Geass franchise was green-lit, with Yoshimitsu Ohashi directing the series atSunrise, with Noboru Kimura providing the screenplay from an original story by co-creatorsGorō Taniguchi andIchirō Ōkouchi,Takahiro Kimura co-designing the characters with Shuichi Shimamura from original character concept bymanga artist groupCLAMP, and music composed byKenji Kawai.[14] In December 2023, it was announced that it would be a four-part film project, andKōhei Amasaki andMakoto Furukawa was cast as Rozé and Ash, respectively.[15][16] In March and April 2024, more cast members were announced.[7][12] The four-part film series' name was originally titled "Code Geass: Z of the Recapture" (コードギアス 奪還のゼット,Kōdo Giasu: Dakkan no Zetto), but was changed to "Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture". Media reported that this was due to international circumstances, referring toRussia's invasion of Ukraine, which theZ symbol was associated with the Russian army.[17]
The opening theme song is "Running in My Head" performed byMiyavi,[15] while the ending theme song is "Rozé (prod.TeddyLoid)" performed byHikari Mitsushima.[18]
The first film failed to reach top 10 in the Japanese box office in its first week.[19] The second and third films debuted at number 7 in their opening weekends.[20][21] The final film entered number 10 in its opening weekend.[22]
Richard Eisenbeis ofAnime News Network gave the first film an A- rating, and stated "Not only does it give us an excellent main character in Rozé (someone who feels both similar to and distinct from our previous protagonists), but also a trueCode Geass story without undercutting what came before."[23] For the second film, he gave a B+ rating, and stated "Outside of the big battle, the rest of this part of the anime spends time on intrigue rather than action."[24] The third film received an A- rating, and stated "It hits the majority of its emotional beats well—especially those involving Ash and Sakuya—and the story is exciting with some truly excellent twists and turns."[25] The final film received a B- rating, and stated "The pacing issues are just so egregious, especially here at the end, that they hinder not only the story but everything else as well[…]But when it comes down to it, this is what we're left with: an often enjoyable but regretfully flawed sequel to one of the 2000s' most seminal anime."[26]
