The January issue of Kadokawa Shoten's Newtype magazine is announcing on Thursday that Tomomasa Takuma (Code Geass: Nightmare of Nunnally, Kurogane Communication) is drawing a manga that is tentatively titled Code Geass: Shikkoku no Renya (Code Geass: Jet-Black Renya or Code Geass: Renya of the Blackness) next year. Goro Taniguchi, the director and story co-creator of the original Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion television anime series, created the new manga's story concepts and is scripting the story. This is the first manga that Taniguchi is directly scripting himself.
The story takes place in the same official Code Geass history as the anime, but in a different era. The title character, Renya, is a 17-year-old boy with a mechanical left arm and shuriken throwing stars as his weapons of choice. The story begins when Renya encounters a mysterious, perpetually young witch named "Reifū C.C." C.C. has appeared in Japan's historical Edo era to seek a new partner for a covenant. Meanwhile, a mysterious man, with a striking resemblance to the character Lelouch of the original anime, also appears with unknown intentions.
The new manga is part of next year's new Code Geass project launch. Code Geass producer Yoshitaka Kawaguchi revealed on the franchise's website that the new project will feature the simultaneous releases of serialized comics, music, new products under development, and visual works.
Looks like Sunrise is planning to milk all it can get from the Code Geass franchise.... again.
It seems this new Code Geass project will be heading down an entirely different path from the original Code Geass storyline. (Honestly, what's Code Geass without Lelouch Lamperouge? Thus far, it sound like a Fullmetal Alchemist wannabe with the '17-year-old boy with a mechanical left arm' business. Let's hope he's not short to boot.)
Right now, I'm waiting patiently for these new series of projects to surface. What's your opinion of it?
Source: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com.au/news/2009-12-07/code-geass/shikkoku-no-renya-manga-to-launch-in-2010
