Code Geass Star Chaser Aspal Sets 2027 Debut With New Teaser

The official Code Geass YouTube channel released a teaser Saturday confirming a 2027 premiere for the franchise’s new anime, Code Geass Star Chaser Aspal (Code Geass Hoshi Oi no Aspal).

The announced staff includes:

• Director: Kazuya Nomura, whose credits include Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie, both Moriarty the Patriot seasons, Robotics;Notes, and Sengoku Basara - Samurai Kings’ second season.
• Series scripts: Mado Nozaki, the Hello World light novel author, whose other credits include KADO - The Right Answer and Another World.
• Character designs: Rolua, illustrator of the original Yūsha Party kara Tsuihō Saretakedo light novels.
• Agarmatha designs: Yoshi.
• Background and special effects: Junbun Lin, whose credits include design for Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-, concept art for Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury - Prologue, and key animation.
• Title logo: Ichinogi.

An official Code Geass and Gundam Wing crossover manga launched July 10 on Kadokawa’s KadoComi platform. Its title is Mobile Suit Gundam Wing x Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion - Minuet Zero (Shin Kidō Senki Gundam W x Code Geass - Hangyaku no Lelouch - Minuet Zero).

Sunrise’s Kōjirō Taniguchi receives credit for the manga’s scenario.

The franchise’s 20th anniversary project also includes the previously announced musical Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion - A Knight who Follows His Beliefs 2 (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion - Seido ni Jyunzuru Kishi 2).

The anniversary schedule includes:

• Musical performances in Osaka from January 23–25.
• Musical performances in Tokyo from January 29–February 1.
• A 20th Anniversary Exhibition opening in Tokyo in September 2026.
• The exhibition opening in Osaka in November 2026.

In December 2024, the Code Geass franchise announced that several new works were in production.

The original Code Geass television anime debuted in 2006, with a sequel series following in 2008. It inspired various manga and original video anime.

Those projects include the five-part spinoff Code Geass: Akito the Exiled. It received limited theatrical screenings from 2012 through 2016 before arriving on home video.

The franchise’s three compilation recap films opened as follows:

• Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion – Initiation (Code Geass - Hangyaku no Lelouch - Kōdō) opened in Japan in October 2017. Its Japanese subtitle literally means “The Awakening Path.”
• Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion – Transgression (Code Geass - Hangyaku no Lelouch - Handō) opened in Japan in February 2018. Its Japanese subtitle literally means “The Rebellion Path.”
• Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion – Glorification (Code Geass - Hangyaku no Lelouch - Ōdō) opened in May 2018. Its Japanese subtitle literally means “The Imperial Path.”

Funimation released the trilogy on Blu-ray Disc.

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection opened in 120 Japanese theaters in February 2019. Funimation screened it in North America that May.

Producer Kōjirō Taniguchi said in April 2019 that the film marked the first phase of a 10-year plan for new Code Geass content.

Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture screened in Japanese theaters in four parts from May through August 2024. It also streamed on Disney+ in 12 weekly episodes.