Code Geass Prequel Manga Announced
The first part of the new Code Geass project has been revealed! The January issue of Newtype magazine has announced that an official prequel story to Code Geass will run in its pages later in the year. Titled "Code Geass: Renya of the Blackness," this story takes place long before the beginning of the anime series, dating all the way back to the Edo period in Japanese history (1600s-1800s). The story is about 17-year-old Renya, who has a mechanical arm that shoots out shuriken. His destiny begins when he runs into the immortal C.C., who is looking for a partner to create a contract with. There's also another mysterious character in the story who bares a strong resemblance to Lelouch.
The story is being written by Goro Taniguchi, the director & co-creator of the anime series. This is the first manga he'll be working on, making this a true prequel story to the anime. There have been tons of different Geass manga adaptations & alternate retellings over the past few years, but this is the first one to be officially connected to the anime. The art for Renya of the Blackness will be done by Tomomasa Takuma, who did the "Nightmare of Nunnally" spin-off manga.
As already mentioned, this is only the first part of the promised new Code Geass project. 2010 will also see the rise of brand new music, visual works (meaning anime?), & other products as time goes on. Until then, this new prequel manga sounds very exciting. CC is back, we got a Lelouch look-alike, & a brand new hero with a shuriken-shooting mechanical arm... even though this takes place hundreds of years in the past. But no Kallen? How disappointing.
Source: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-12-07/code-geass/shikkoku-no-renya-manga-to-launch-in-2010