List of Code Geass light novels

Cover of the first Code Geass light novel released in Japan.

The anime series Code Geass by Sunrise has been adapted into various series of light novels. First serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's The Sneaker magazine, they are divided into two separate series corresponding with the series two seasons. The first series, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, spanned five volumes with the first, labelled as volume 0, released in Japan on April 28, 2007, and the last on February 29, 2008.[1][2] All five volumes in the first series of novels have been released in English by Bandai Visual as licensed in December 2007.[3] The first volume was released in November 2008 and the last one on February 23, 2010.[2][4]

The series focus on how the former prince Lelouch Lamperouge obtains a power known as Geass and decides to use it destroy the Holy Britannian Empire. The first novel acts as a prologue, focusing on how Lelouch befriended Suzaku Kururugi, the son of Japan's last prime minister, when the former and his sister Nunnally Lamperouge were sent to Japan as political hostages.

The second novel series, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2, covers the second season of the anime series in which Lelouch continues his battle against the Britannian Empire. It was released in four volumes from May 31, 2008, to February 28, 2009.[5][6] A single volume side story novel, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Red Tracks (コードギアス 反逆のルルーシュ 朱の軌跡, Kōdo Giasu: Hangyaku no Rurūshu Shu no Kiseki) was released on March 29, 2008, in Japan. It focuses on the life of teenage girl Kallen Stadtfeld who becomes a soldier from the organization the Black Knights under Lelouch's leadership to defeat Britannia.[7]

Volume list

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion

First episode

No. Title Original release date English release date
1Stage 0: EntranceApril 28, 2007[1]
978-4-04-422307-6		November 4, 2008[4]
978-1594099816
2Stage 1: ShadowJune 30, 2007[8]
978-4-8291-2875-6		March 3, 2009[9]
978-1594099823
3Stage 2: KnightSeptember 29, 2007[10]
978-4-04-422309-0		August 25, 2009[11]
978-1594099830
4Stage 3: SwordDecember 28, 2007[12]
978-4-04-422310-6		November 3, 2009[13]
978-1594099847
5Stage 4: ZeroFebruary 29, 2008[14]
978-4-04-422311-3		February 23, 2010[2]
978-1604961850

Red Tracks

No. Title Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Red Tracks
Kōdo Giasu: Hangyaku no Rurūshu Shu no Kiseki (コードギアス 反逆のルルーシュ 朱の軌跡)		March 29, 2008[7]978-4-04-422312-0

Second episode

No. Title Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1R2 Turn 1May 31, 2008[5]978-4-8291-2839-8
2R2 Turn 2August 30, 2008[15]978-4-04-422314-4
3R2 Turn 3November 29, 2008[16]978-4-8291-2953-1
4R2 Turn 4February 28, 2009[6]978-4-8291-1307-3

Code Geass: OZ the Reflection

First episode

No. Title Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1OZ the Reflection SIDE:Orpheus 1July 10, 2013[17]978-4-79-860635-4
2OZ the Reflection SIDE:Orpheus 2February 26, 2014[18]978-4-79-860737-5
3OZ the Reflection SIDE:Orpheus 3September 26, 2014[19]978-4-79-860848-8

Second episode

No. Title Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1OZ the Reflection O2 SIDE:Lyre 1April 25, 2015[20]978-4-79-861006-1
2OZ the Reflection O2 SIDE:Lyre 2May 26, 2016[21]978-4-79-861230-0

Code Geass: Akito the Exiled

No. Title Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1Akito the Exiled 1July 6, 2013[22]978-4-04-120775-8
2Akito the Exiled 2December 6, 2013[23]978-4-04-120939-4
3Akito the Exiled 3June 25, 2016[24]978-4-04-103964-9

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