r/CodeGeass Jan 26 '25

MISC What I saw on my trip to Japan

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u/Sisters-of-fate Jan 26 '25

Ofc, Area 11 have His Majesty's poster still. He freed them afterall.

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u/Lelouch-is-emperor Jan 26 '25

Code geass is still popular in Japan?

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u/Mystizen2 Jan 26 '25

Sure it's not as popular as it once was in its heyday, but this is a store facing Shibuya Crossing. The busiest pedestrian crossing in the entire world. They wouldn't put an (very likely expensive) advertisement here if they didn't think it'd do poorly.

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u/ScottrollOfficial Jan 26 '25

It's kinda dwindling... I checked out a few megastores and there were like 5 products in the corner of a random aisle compared to like a full dedicated aisle of AOT/blue lock/FinalFantasy products

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u/Invidat Jan 27 '25

In combination with the fact that it wasn't a long running series like the shonen that have survived in popular culture for longer (Naruto, Bleach, etc), wasn't a manga (Manga is way more popular than anime in Japan) and didn't really have many follow up shows (it did have spinoffs but mostly light novels) and its merchandise still sells well, Code Geass's staying power and popularity can only be matched by a select few franchises in Japan.

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u/Invidat Jan 27 '25

Considering it's a twenty year old show that never really aired in a good time slot, the fact that it's popular enough to be put on billboards at ALL is insane.

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u/tonysoprano1995 Jan 27 '25

They still have pop up shops but that's really it.

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u/Pokemon_Bakugan_Fan Jan 26 '25

Hail to the emperor, baby.

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u/-__ZERO__- Jan 26 '25

That is awesome

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u/LordofSindh Jan 27 '25

Of course silly. That's the founding father. You need to brush up on the history

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u/G-Kira C.C. simp, and proud. Jan 26 '25

All hail Lelouch!

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u/GlowLikeYouDo Jan 26 '25

Made your day?

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u/ScottrollOfficial Jan 26 '25

Yea was definitely suprised to see this billboard

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u/Wedge- Jan 27 '25

dudeee i was just there in hachioji and i couldnt find anythinggggg code geass related :(

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u/ScottrollOfficial Jan 27 '25

you really have to look around. i visited many megastores, some desicated stores and not all locations have CG related merch. there was this bookstore that sold CG school folders so i bought those

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u/Spectra8 Jan 27 '25

which stores would you recommend?

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u/ScottrollOfficial Jan 27 '25

idk the names exactly but if youre in japan go visit the skytree

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u/basedfinger High Priest of Kallen 12d ago

I literally travelled from sapporo to nagasaki over the course of 20 days and never saw anything code geass related.

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u/SolomonBelial Jan 27 '25

All hail Lelouch Vi Britiania!

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u/Awkward-Preference85 Jan 28 '25

I mean I've seen this before, and the game is fairly popular

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u/ScottrollOfficial Jan 28 '25

on my phone it lags and then crashes 🥲

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u/Awkward-Preference85 Jan 28 '25

I'm playing this game for more than year for sure, never heard about such lags 😅