Visual Studio 2005 Code Name

Visual Studio 2005 Code Name

Visual Studio 2005 Code Name

In the face of all the world's problems, the ability of the individual to have a meaningful impact seems like an impossibility. How can any single person solve issues of war, disease, racism and oppression, when they are so large and beyond the scope of what an ordinary person is capable of? Worse still, it often feels like the tide of history is against those who seek a better tomorrow, that the legacy of generations past has damned our future before it has begun. Under such conditions, how does one create a better world?

It is this question that forms the thematic basis of Code Geass, one of the more recent anime productions to come from Sunrise Entertainment and director Goro Taniguchi. While some of the writing is a bit clunky, its excellent setting and interesting characters help to set it above the parade of mecha-related anime that is so prevalent today. Moreover, Code Geass is not a series that offers any simple answers; characters are constantly skirting the boundaries of moral conduct, they persistently face the consequences of their actions, and at the end of the day, it is left to the viewer to interpret their actions as they see fit. It's melodramatic, extremely violent...and one hell of a watch.

Rule Britannia!

Code Geass takes place in an alternate-history setting where the Britain won the American Revolution but lost the Napoleonic Wars. Reinventing themselves as the social Darwinist "Holy Britannian Empire", they quickly established themselves as an imperialistic and expansionist superpower, launching an invasion of Japan in 2010 in order to seize control over a strategically-vital mineral resource. Through the use of mecha units called "Knightmare Frames," Britannia was able to swiftly conquer Japan, turning it into "Area 11" of their Empire and grinding its people beneath their boots.