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Yuri Lowenthal, Kate Higgins Reprise Roles as Suzaku, C.C. in Code Geass: Akito the Exiled
posted on by Karen Ressler
Previously announced cast include:
- Micah Solusod as Akito Hyuga
- Jeannie Tirado as Leila Malcal
- Ricco Fajardo as Ryo Sayama
- Aaron Dismuke as Yukiya Naruse
- Elizabeth Maxwell as Ayano Kosaka
- Alex Organ as Shin Hyuga
- Jad Saxton as Jean Rowe
- Joel McDonald as Ashley Ashra
Funimation will release the series on Blu-ray Disc and DVD on June 27.
The Code Geass: Akito the Exiled series is a spinoff of the original Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion television anime series. Set in between the two seasons of the original series during the Britannian invasion of Europe, Akito the Exiled centers around Akito Hyuga, a member of the "W-0" unit, a suicide outfit of exiled Japanese (Elevens) sent to the battlefield to perform dangerous missions against Britannia, with only a 5% survival rate.
The first episode debuted in Japan with a theatrical screening in 2012, and the fifth and final episode opened in theaters in Japan in February 2016. All five Japanese home video releases of the episodes contain English subtitles. Funimation Otakon in August.
Ichirō Ōkouchi are credited with the original story.
The original television anime Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion premiered in Japan in 2006, while green-lit.
Thanks to Luke Dias for the news tip.
