We recently got new information regarding the upcoming Code Geass series Code Geass: Star Chaser Aspal. While we still don’t have the exact release date in 2027, we do have a better look of the mecha in this series. I can’t say if this is a completely separate universe from everything so far, but they are taking a page from Gundam as they’ve designated a new calendar system for this period.
The following is taken from the Star Chaser Aspal official website:
In 606 D.E. (Divine Era).
Citizens of the Roman Empire are suffering from Emperor Phokas’s oppressive policies and endless wars against neighboring countries.
One day, “ASPAL,” a slave boy living in Neapolis the empire’s capital, meets a mysterious lady named “ZOÉ,” who lives only as a severed head.
The encounter between Aspal and Zoé raises the curtain on a new story.
The timeframe suggests there would be more magic elements in this story than the previous series. I would also the assume the same would apply to the mecha analogue for this series. Don’t expect roller-dashing Knightmare Frames as we are introduced to the Agalmata. Two of these units were seen in the last trailer, and now they’ve revealed the white one named Chronos.
One notable departure in line with the series setting is the aesthetic of these things. Chronos has this organic look from the way the armor panels are structured, to the explicit digits seen on the feet. Besides the visual reveal, everything else is still unknown. We don’t even how how it operates given the more primitive setting of the series.
That said, the design also shows something many have observed with recent mecha series. Teal-and-White. Let me pull from a couple of ongoing series.
First is ENIA from the Autumn 2026 series Vertex Force and is the main protagonist machine along with Graviton Engine. In fact, not only does ENIA share a similar color scheme with Chronos, they even have similar design cues with the single fin on the top of their heads. It’s like ENIA is how Chronos would look like if it was a Knightmare Frame during the time of Lelouch’s rebellion.
Still from the Autumn 2026 anime season, we have the Wisdom[Kairi Custom] “Alba.” from Dark Machine: The Animation. For what is basically a tournament anime, I’m actually enjoying watching it. I do hope the stakes would be higher but and more of the lore would be explained, but I guess that’s what Dark Machine: The Game is for.
On that note, I do want to place the mecha hierarchy from Dark Machine: The Animation here since there are mechanics that allow the Wisdom to have larger forms.
Of all of these designs, we are getting plastic representations of those from Vertex Force, and highly likely Code Geass: Star Chaser Aspal. I’m not expecting the Dark Machine mecha to get model kits or figures, though I find them the most unique among all of these. In any case, this is just me taking an opportunity to ramble following the reveal of Chronos above.
