Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion and its sequel series Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 are Japanese anime made by Sunrise, directed by Gorō Taniguchi and written by Ichirō Ōkouchi. The series is focused around a former prince of the Holy Britannian Empire, Lelouch Vi Britannia, who obtains a mysterious power known as Geass and uses this power to destroy the Holy Britannian Empire, a superpower that controls one third of the world and has recently conquered Japan, and to discover the truth behind his mother's death, as well as the various people that he encounters as he heads toward those goals.