New Code Geass Anime "GAIDEN Bokoku no Akito" Announced!

New project of Code Geass was announced last December but it was not made clear at that time whether it'll come out as an anime or in another form.

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Kiseki no Birthday(video of a Code Geass fan event) came out today, including a footage announcing the new project's title as Code Geass GAIDEN Bokoku no Akito(lit. Code Geass Side Story Akito of the Lost Country) confirming it's an anime in fact.

Read on for details and pics.
DVD of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Kiseki no Birthday that came out today. It's also available in Blu-ray.

The event was held on Dec. 5, 2009, celebrating Lelouch Lamperouge's birthday (he's supposed to have been born on Dec. 5, 1999).

Near the end of the event, Zero appears on the screen.

Activating his Geass.

Keywords of the new project flashes on screen. "Exit Strategy"

"Invasion of E.U."

"Eleven Unit", "Annihilated"

"Survival Rate: 5%"

"Zero on Scaffold"

"Curse of the Geass", "Phantom"

"People without a country", "Corrupt Democracy"

"Code Geass GAIDEN Bokoku no Akito"

Another teaser trailer was contained in the DVD.

"We dream, in a broken world"

Set in a.t.b. 2017, seven years after the start of the original Code Geass series.

European Front was in the middle of hell.

A small squadron break through the enemy line on a rescue mission.

Original Story: Sunrise, Ichiro Okouchi, Goro Taniguchi.

Original Character Design: CLAMP

Character Design: Takahiro Kimura

Knightmare Design: Akira Yasuda

Knightmare pilots of the squadron are...

Girls and boys of the Eleven.

Screenplay: Shigeru Morita

"The survival chance of the mission is only a 5%"

Director: Kazuki Akane

"Why do they fight?"

"Code Geass GAIDEN Bokoku no Akito"

Here's a link to the franchise's official website.

(Japanese)Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 Official Site