Lead: Code Geass Star Chaser Aspal locked a 2027 premiere after the franchise posted a teaser trailer and teaser site for the Sunrise-produced new anime.
The Code Geass brand spent Friday and Saturday (September 25–26, 2026, depending on time zone) rolling out the first live look at Code Geass Star Chaser Aspal (Japanese title: Code Geass Hoshi Oi no Aspal). Anime News Network and Dengeki Online both report the same core package: a public teaser PV, a teaser site, an official X account for the Aspal project, and a firm 2027 start. That is the first concrete calendar lock since the title was greenlit as a full new anime during the franchise’s 20th-anniversary wave in December 2025.
What happened with Code Geass Star Chaser Aspal
According to Anime News Network, the franchise YouTube channel began streaming the teaser, which confirms the 2027 premiere window. Dengeki Online’s September 26 write-up (07:30 JST) matches that year lock and lists the credited staff: Kazuya Nomura directing, Mado Nozaki on series composition, Rolua on character design, and Yoshi. designing the Agarmatha. Sunrise is credited for original work, planning, and animation production on the Dengeki staff block. ANN’s English report adds Junbun Lin on background and special effects and Ichinogi on the title logo.
The December 2025 production announcement on the official Code Geass site already named Nomura, Nozaki, Rolua, and Yoshi. The September 2026 drop does not rewrite that roster; it adds the trailer, the public site, and the 2027 airing year. Dengeki describes the footage as a sharp tonal break from Britannia-era cityscapes—closer to an ancient European-looking setting—while still showing large humanoid shapes viewers are already comparing to Knightmare Frames (framed in coverage as Agarmatha). The PV also includes a moment that looks like a Geass activation, without spelling out who holds the power or why.
Separately, ANN notes other 20th-anniversary activity still on the calendar: a Gundam Wing crossover manga on Kadokawa’s KadoComi platform, a stage musical return in Osaka and Tokyo in late January–early February, and anniversary exhibitions planned for Tokyo and Osaka later in 2026. Those are parallel franchise beats, not Aspal episode synopses.
Why it matters
Code Geass remains one of the few Sunrise mech-political brands that still moves casual anime viewers as well as franchise die-hards. A dated 2027 premiere turns Aspal from “somewhere in the anniversary pile” into a scheduling object fans can argue about next to other 2027 slate locks. The creative pairing matters too: Nomura’s recent résumé includes work on Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie and Moriarty the Patriot, while Nozaki is known for concept-heavy scripts such as KADO: The Right Answer—a signal that Aspal is pitching ideas and world tone, not only nostalgia cameos.
For a drawing-and-design audience, the Agarmatha credit and Rolua’s character work are the practical hooks. New silhouette language is what tutorial readers screenshot; a clean year lock is what keeps those stills coming on a predictable drip instead of another silent anniversary year.
What we know vs what is rumored
- Confirmed: Code Geass Star Chaser Aspal is a new Sunrise anime with a 2027 premiere; teaser PV and teaser site are public; staff includes Nomura (director), Nozaki (series composition), Rolua (characters), Yoshi. (Agarmatha); Aspal was announced as a new work in December 2025 (ANN; Dengeki Online; official Code Geass / Aspal channels).
- Unconfirmed: exact month or day inside 2027, episode count, streaming partners outside Japan, whether Aspal shares continuity with Lelouch / Rozé continuity or sits in a full parallel world, and any named lead cast.
What happens next
Watch the Aspal teaser site and @GEASS_Aspal for a seasonal lock (winter / spring / etc.), cast reveals, and a longer PV. Until those land, treat “connected to Rozé” fan charts and fake episode counts as speculation. Anniversary stage and exhibition dates already published for 2026 are separate tickets—not Aspal broadcast milestones.
Sources: Anime News Network — New Code Geass Star Chaser Aspal Anime Reveals Teaser Trailer, 2027 Premiere; Dengeki Online — Code Geass Star Chaser Aspal 2027 teaser site and PV; Code Geass official — Aspal production announcement (Dec 2025)