反叛的鲁路修

翻译：思苇

The Sunrise company, which is known for creating the legendary[传奇的] Mobile Suit Gundam注1 and other robot-themed anime, has released a new animated TV series titled Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion. The creative team includes a lineup[列队] of people who have made their marks in the fields of anime and video game design.

The setting for this drama is Japan under the occupation of the Holy Britannia Empire. The Empire is in the process of conquering the entire planet through overwhelming[势不可挡的] military force owing to its use of humanoid[人形的] robots known as Knightmare Frames, and Japan is a colony[殖民地] known as Area 11. Into this situation steps an ambitious high school student named Lelouch with his big secret.

Lelouch’s real name is actually Lelouch vi Britannia, the 17th successor[继承人] to the throne[王位] of the Holy Britannia Empire. However, since the murder of his mother, he’s been living in Japan with his sister Nanali and the support of the Ashford family. Lelouch hates the Empire and his father who had failed to protect his mother. Ever since that incident, Lelouch vows that one day he’ll destroy Britannia.

To make his already impossible plan even harder, Lelouch’s best friend, Suzaku Kururugi, happens to be the pilot of a powerful robot, Lancelot, and fights for Britannia. Both of the boys share the same goal ?that is, to make the world a better place to live in ?but they turn to different ways to attain it.

The show is being broadcast on just 10 regional channels, not on any national network, but this has not stopped it from gaining an enthusiastic[热情的] fan base. What enabled it to attract so many people was the first-class lineup of its production team. The characters were designed by CLAMP注2, the all-female group of manga artists known for its work on Card Captor Sakura and other popular works. This joint production between CLAMP and Sunrise has been labeled the “dream collaboration[协作].?Because there are many parts of Japan where the show is not broadcast, it is also being shown on the Internet, and DVDs soon hit store shelves at the beginning of 2007. In addition, Code Geass is already going multimedia, as it has been made into a manga that has begun running in a monthly manga magazine, and there are plans for a video game, too.

Despite the fact that it’s a show only available late at night, it took Code Geass just several months to reach the top of most anime charts in Japan. While the series naturally boasts the kind of innovative[创新的] robots that Gundam fans demand, it offers much more on top of that. Lelouch and the other characters are exquisitely[精美地] drawn, the story is quite elaborate[精心制作的], and the visual[视觉的] expression is stunning[极好的]. The combination of these elements has wowed[使惊叹] fans all over the Net.

以创作传奇般的机动战士高达和其它机器人主题动画闻名的Sunrise公司推出了一部新的动画片―《反叛的鲁路修》（又译作《叛逆的勒鲁什》）。这个富有创意的团队包括了不少在动画以及游戏设计界非常有名的成员。

故事发生在日本被神圣不列颠帝国侵占之后。名为“Knightmare Frame”的人形机器人给帝国带来无可匹敌的军事实力，让帝国得以逐步占领整个地球。日本成了帝国的殖民地，被称为“11区”。在这种情况下，野心勃勃的高中生鲁路修带着他天大的秘密出现了。

鲁路修的真名其实是鲁路修・维・不列颠，是神圣不列颠帝国的第17王位继承人。自从他的母亲被杀以后，他和妹妹娜娜莉一直在阿什福德家族的帮助下在日本生活。鲁路修憎恨帝国以及无法保护母亲的父亲。母亲被杀之后，鲁路修发誓终有一天要不列颠。

给他这个本来就不大可能实现的计划雪上加霜的是，鲁路修最要好的朋友―枢木朱雀无意间成了“兰斯洛特”这台强大机器人的驾驶员，为不列颠而战。两个男孩都有相同的目标，就是要让世界变得更好，但为了实现这个目标，他们选择了不同的道路。

《反叛的鲁路修》仅仅在10个地方频道播放，并未出现在任何全国性电视网络，但这还是无法阻挡作品受到粉丝的热烈追捧。它能吸引这么多观众的原因是其一流的制作队伍―剧中的角色形象由CLAMP设计，这个全女子漫画团队创作了《卡片使者樱》等多部大热作品。CLAMP和Sunrise的联袂携手被称为“梦幻组合”。

因为日本许多地区都无法收看《反叛的鲁路修》，动画可以在网上收看，其DVD也在2007年初迅速上市。另外，《反叛的鲁路修》也正走向多媒体形式―它被改编成漫画在一本漫画月刊上连载，制作方还打算将动画制作成游戏。

尽管事实上这部动画仅仅在深夜才能看到，《反叛的鲁路修》只用了几个月的时间便占据了日本各大动画排行榜的榜首。作品中自然有大量满足高达粉丝要求的充满创意的机器人，但其中还包含更多的看点。鲁路修等角色的画工相当精致，故事经过精心安排，而视觉效果更是好得惊人。所有这些元素结合在一起，让遍布互联网的鲁路修迷赞叹不已。