Code Geass

Systemic injustice caused by colonization is a central theme. Both male and female characters hold positions of power and influence. A disabled character plays an important role, but she's also seen as child-like and helpless. One minor character is lesbian, but her attraction to another woman is portrayed as obsessive and a sign of the character's mental distress.

Set during an ongoing war, the show has both fantasy and real-world violence (mecha battles, guns, chemical warfare). Lelouch uses special powers to control other people, often making them commit deadly violence toward themselves or others. Combat is intense and graphic. Children and innocent citizens are killed off-screen; you can hear crying, followed by gunshots and silence.

Partial nudity includes exposed breasts, censored shots of people bathing, and characters wearing only underwear or covered by sheets. In one brief scene, a character secretly masturbates at school to the picture of another character; only her face and completely clothed backside are shown, but the scene ends with an image of bodily fluids on a table.

Characters use slurs to enforce prejudiced stereotypes (e.g., "simpleminded Eleven," "stench of these monkeys," "Brittania dog"). There's some profanity ("badass," "bastard," "damn").

Characters fight drug cartels and deal with the fallout of a psychotropic drug being imported by Brittanians to decimate the Japanese population through addiction. A high school student brings a bottle of champagne to a student council meeting, but the students don't drink the alcohol.

Parents need to know that Code Geass is an alternate history sci-fi anime about the violence of imperial wars and resistance to colonization. Lelouch (voiced in English dub by Johnny Yong Bosch) and his classmates, friends, and family live under the oppressive rule of Britannia forces who overtook Japan. The show details the challenges of choosing survival through assimilation or revolution. Violence is rampant as both sides fight to gain power. Prejudice is highlighted through slurs, character relationships, and plot points. Lelouch's power allows him to control other people, and he often makes them harm themselves or others. There's partial nudity and a suggestive scene where a character masturbates. Language includes words like "badass," "bastard," "damn."