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I honestly feel like Code Lyoko was ahead of its time in a few ways. If it came out today with the ability to show blood/have major stakes, the XANA stuff could work so much better.

Everything about Code Lyoko was so engaging and interesting with me as a kid. Highschool setting, a crazy virtual world, a super imposing and deadly villain, and switching between 2D and 3D.

This, Xiaolin Showdown, and Generator Rex are shows that fall into the "so obscure I convinced myself for a while that I made them up" category

So about Jeremy's voice change. The VA has actually gone on record saying the reason the voice changes twice is: First time she got tired of trying to do a French accent and thought it sounded bad so she changed the voice Second time...she just got bored of that voice and wanted to do a new one

so, fun fact: the author of that infamous how to draw manga book was only 14 years old when she wrote and published it. and while it wasn't good, it was the only art book i remember owning as a kid that actually went into fundamentals of art like proportion, perspective, shading, etc. like, she deserves some serious props for putting that together while in high school IMO

It may have been weird but dammit, the plot was better than it had any right to be and the theme song was heat 🔥

People always say something was their entire childhood, but for me that really was true with Code Lyoko, I would watch it everyday, I’d talk about constantly, I drew the characters and villians and made my own, I even invented entire sectors and such, I was doing advance fanfic shit but I didn’t write it, just the extra world building. I’d print screenshots of the show onto paper and hang them up in my room, and then my mum would yell at me for wasting the color ink. I had the DVDs and would just watch the show, over and over. Had plenty of toys, and the video games and I still love the series a lot. Maybe it’s just hard coded into my nostalgia now but even trying to be real when I re-watched it recently I still loved it so deeply! I love whenever I see people talk about it, just makes me happy, I need more Lyoko fans to exist, constantly.

Code Lyoko had this vibe like Fillmore, where they made an adult show into a kid format. Rewatching them as an adult I could really squeeze a lot more out of the witty dialogue and worldbuilding.

This is one of the few series where their anime inspirations while doing its own thing worked. Not perfectly but it worked enough for me to rewatch it and go "yeah this was cool"

I used to watch this show with my sister all the time. Yumi was our favorite, though we liked all the kids. I have a very strong memory of the first time they materialized Aelita, both because of the moment being big to me as a kid and because of a certain memory attached to it. My parents were out of town at the time, and we were being babysat by our much older brother. While we were watching the show my parents called to check in, and my brother handed the phone over to my sister so she could say hi. Instead of doing that, she put the phone up to her ear and told my parents: "I can't talk, they're about to materialize Aelita!" And then she HUNG UP on them lol. It was so funny.

this show forever changed my childhood. my siblings and i would play pretend as the characters every day, and we took it seriously. it's one of my most cherished childhood memories!!

SO, cool facts about the English translation of Evolution: I was one of those contacted from auditions (I auditioned for Odd and Ulric as well as background characters), and was ghosted when the show failed. I have spoken with 2 others who were "cast" (Jeremy and Yumi if I remember correctly, it's been almost 10 years.) No one was contacted about the cancellation, we were just waiting for our contracts (the email we all got talked about contracts coming in the mail) and just...nothing. I love Lyoko with all my heart, but damn does Evolution piss me off on a personal level.

Loved working with you on both videos man!

Can we all agree on one thing... Jim is the best character in the entire show.

25:04 Well, the return to the past isn't actually able to revive people, so Aelita would have entered the code just before they actually died; that said, it doesn't really lessen the experience they had regardless

Miguzi looks a lot like (Canadian kids channel) YTV’s branding from the mid 2000s. Wonder if the same studio made those graphics.

Jeremy did went into 3d lyoko once... But they didn't show it to the viewers and the characters vowed to never speak about it because his transformation was pretty silly apparently

Code Lyoko holds up to this day. It’s weird and perfectly 2000’s.

This series holds a special place in my heart. It's part of the reason I got into anime later in life. I think part of it is because I always got the impression of real danger no matter how silly it was on paper. A few of the threats thrown at the lyoko warriors include nano bots that wipe memory from those they infect, xana figuring out how to reverse gravity to send people to the sky to die, a terminator, using a song to put people into a coma and manipulating the weather in an attempt to make the warriors freeze to death. The original show was also great at making up new threats each episode. There is even an episode when Odd and Yumi go to space. The show was wild and I loved it.

Great video! Although I unironically love S1 & 2 Jeremy's voice because of how goofy it is.

This show was my first real introduction to Sci-fi as a general concept and it has really influenced a lot of what I like as an adult. The weird 'Monster of the week' formula where the monster is anything from someone being possessed or to gravity reversing was super compelling to child me.

This is still one of my favorite "I guess it's anime" shows ever! Most people go back to Avatar when they think of good animation that wasn't made in Japan but I think Code Lyoko did a pretty decent job too, plus the story really went places.

Holy hell I had completely forgotten about Miguzi and just hearing that name unlocked memories that have been buried for nearly decades

It's so cool going back to the show and seeing the progress and improvement made throughout the four seasons.

This show was such a banger, I remember being OBSESSED in middle school (and of course hoping to find a secret supercomputer at my regular public school that would transport me to a virtual world where I could be a superhero).

Code Lyoko still feels like a fever dream sometimes

In case it isn't mentioned in the vid, I need everyone to know that last I checked the entire series is available for free on KZfaq in multiple languages. Please go watch and enjoy

I had no idea Thomas Romain was one of the creators of Code Lyoko. Makes perfect sense. The guy's a legend. Amazing artist who lives in Tokyo currently, and has contributed a lot to anime. So cool to see one of my favorite childhood tv shows was also made in part by him.

6:05 Actually Jeremy does enter Lyoko; Technically. He found a way to materialize Aelita, he went into Lyoko to tell her because she left his last DM on read. So, during the transition from Earth to Lyoko, he gets stuck in the limbo between worlds. That way to materialize Aelita had to go to Jeremy, so she had to stay longer.

What I liked about the show was Jeremy's devotion and hard work to being Aelita back to reality. He may not have been the beat fighter, but respect.

I remember that one time Jeremy thought a new girl in class with pink hair called Thalia was Aelita who materialized to surprise them but somehow got amnesia. He almost gets this random girl make the lab explode. Also that one time Odd had no problem to roam naked in front of Cici, the mean girl. Because he don't give a fo.

Loved code Lyoko when I was a kid. Was really stoked when I heard there was to be a reboot, then I heard it was gonna be live action :(

You know it’s going to be a good day when both Billiam and Fringe release a Code Lyoko video at the same time.

I still can't get over the foreheads man

So glad you covered the live action part, the show was huge in France but when revolution hit a lot of people lost interest and was even upset at the cast choice

Man this show ruled my brain as a kid. Right next to Pokémon. I remember reenacting (well trying to) all the cool fight scenes with my friends. Still to this day this show holds a weird special place in my heart. Can I remember any episodes clearly, no. Do I remember half their names..no. but it's such a perfect example of the Y2K era and our general attitude towards tech. Like this feeling of exploring the unknown and not knowing it's limits. I kinda miss that

This is so weird, I've literally just been thinking about doing a watch through of this..haha, this show was soooooo much fun.

CODE LYOKO is still my favorite animated show ever. The plot was great, the characters are iconic, and a legendary soundtrack

Nothing brings me greater joy than when someone makes the occasional code lyoko video

Code Lyoko was awesome, and the ending made me tear up. Great nostalgic series.

As someone living in Quebec with no cable, I spent years seeing Code Lyoko during the morning weekend cartoons. I maybe wouldn't have chosen to watch it if I had more options, but it was definitively a favorite of mine! I feel like a lot of people shared this experience as well. I rewatched it recently with a friend and even though it's not the greatest, it definitively is entertaining! Clearly thinking about using it as inspiration for a future RPG game haha

It's interesting to see how derivative Miraculous Ladybug is of Code Lyoko, especially with the "big beam of light undoes all the damage done in the episode" and introducing the origin story later in the run. Kagami also feels like she takes some inspiration from Yumi

Code Lyoko is my favorite cartoon of all time! It had alot of realistic school situations. Stress, school, relationships, Parent issues! I think Code Lyoko handled friendship much better then Shonen anime does! The biggest problem with Code Lyoko. The writers kept reckoning character development with the return to the past! Sissy,Gym could’ve been great support characters for the Lyoko warriors. But The writers clearly just did not care :/ Code Lyoko has a very interesting mystery story! But there is a bunch of filler. The episodes where Xanna keeps on destroying everything and possessing everything. Those episodes are complete Filler! You need to watch the episodes that tie in with all of Xana, Aelita and France hopper! I still watch Code Lyoko today! The series means so much to me. 💙🖤💙 They pretty much wasted William as a character, he should have been a Lyoko Warrior for at least a month before making him all evil for the rest of the series.... That wasn't fair to him!!!! :c Code Lyoko is my favorite cartoon of all time. But I feel like it's one of those Series where the creators didn't realize how amazing the show could have been if they actually were consistent with every character.... And every choice! Code Lyoko definitely had amazing story potential but I feel like the creators kept running into holes every other week.... :/ They just didn't want to keep (SIDE) characters being consistent. And pushing them.. That's why Return to the past became an issue for the series. Some characters needed that development but they kept taking it away from them!! :c like Sissy!!! She actually was a nice person but they kept making her into a jerk by going back in time. The Creator said the studio who holds the rights to (Code Lyoko) could technically make new episodes if they wanted to, but there are no promises.

any time i hear a SPECK of code lyoko theme i get a raging nostalgia burn from how hard it hits my soul

I sit in a very interesting spot where I am very aware and critical of Code Lyoko’s flaws, yet I still have such love for this show and rewatch it once a year

Okay but you definitely need to revisit Xiaolin Showdown because that show was the perfect example of "Avatar was popular so we should copy that formula and animation style"

The episode where xana makes everyone float into the sky gave me existential dread as a kid

its always so neat to see two or more youtubers i enjoy watching collaborating on something. great job both of you!

Finding out the French made this brought me immense closure. This show used to haunt me as a kid.

Man I love this show I need to watch it on Netflix I remember one episode where the gym coach helped them and believe them but he lost his memories of all of it when everything had to be reset.

Best of the best collaboration of 2022. My two favorite nostalgic KZfaq creators on one topic.

I LOVED this show as a kid. I remember one day my school had a gas leak and while we were evacuating I was thinking "oh snap this must be XANA."

The fact that Jordan Fringe dropped a code lyoko video at literally the same time is so damn funny to me

Billiam and Jordan dropping at the same time on the same memorable childhood show... yeah it's gonna be a good weekend.

Quest for infinity is my jam! I rewatch all of code lyoko every year! Thanks for covering it!

Yessss I was just thinking about this show the other day and wondering how no one has made a video about this yet!!

I remember one episode that freaked me out when gravity got flipped upside down and everyone started falling towards the sky. I was always scared to look up outside after that for a while lol

5:50 to be fair, the show’s English dub was dubbed in France, using whatever English speaking voice actors they had, so like 5 people voice the entire show.

This was a slow paced cartoon when it came to action, but it is quite interesting. It actually has more of a slice of life appeal and different. Its not for everyone. I will say that France should be proud of this one with.

The contrast with the sheer sarcasm in this video and the more chillaxed analysis in Jordan's is just perfect.

Billiam reviewing one of the greatest shows of our childhoods I see

Great videos back to back, this was a pretty dope Collab.

literally the best cartoon growing up, story, character & songs all bangers

i loved this show so much. probably the first cartoon i ever got obsessed with

I remember seeing the adds for this show and nothing else. Thank you!

I loved this show.. The ost was pretty neat too. Same for Xiaolin showdown, Which, fun fact: Chris Vrenna wrote the theme song to Xiaolin showdown, yes, the guy that played drums in Nine inch nails and wrote the theme to doom 3. It was the 2000’s, anything was possible.

This show was top tier back in the day. And I feel like you can definitely see that it inspired a lot of Miraculous Ladybug. Odd and Cat Noir, Sissy and Chloe, etc. Both being French anime-inspired kid’s cartoons with 3D animation certainly helps the comparison, though.

This show was absolutely rad when I was a kid. I remember coming back to it and watching some episodes in French while taking French in high school.

When I watch your channel, it brings me such happiness Billiam❤️ the way you gush about your favorite shows, that we’re also my favorite shows, and how you give them so much justice, brings a tear to my eye at times. I wish I knew you back then, when anime wasn’t so cool to talk about. I was THE ONLY ONE that owned a TV outta all my friends, let alone be able to casually watch a show bc my parents weren’t addicts or abusive… You take me back to a time that will never be again, I’m so happy you exist to bring all the memories back that I had forgotten! Zatch Bell, Bobobobo, Code Lyoko, and so many more that are my favorites!! Thanks for spending time on making these videos! I often go back to them to combat my depression and it works EVERYTIME!!

Code Lyoko was my favorite show growing up! I still love watching through it every couple years or so

If someone actually make a virtual world like this for real, that would be a dream come true!

anyone else see that Jordan Fringe posted a code lyoko retrospective literally at the exact same time that billiam posted this? like down to the hour. I'm looking forward to the expected crossover billiam and am sure I won't be disappointed:)

I'm so happy you talked about this show! I was going to suggest you make a video on it.

One of my favorite shows as a kid and two of my favorite KZfaqrs. This is awesome!

When Billiam refered to one of the CL monster enemies as "the sexy one". I got very worried for a second there. But I ended up bursting out laughing a second later. Good video!

This was the first show I remember being OBSESSED with as a kid! It blew me away

Awesome collab I love both of yall

Glad someone is talking about this show! Nice video.

This show was hidden deep in my memories.

Only memory I had in 5th grade was talking about Code Lyoko to my friends as we all try to figure out what was gonna happen next. We try to come up with our own headcannons to see which one of us were right. Of course, we were all wrong but it was fun hah. ALSO with Miguzi they had a contest for viewer to create their own alien character to be the next buddy on the block. I entered and saw the winner and I got super salty.

I always loved tuning in to the series whenever I came home from school

i loved this show so much when i was younger. this and atla were what my brother and i bonded over then and still talk about now

It has so many flaws, but Code Lyoko is still in my top 10 favorite shows

Code lyoko has a special place in my heart, it's probably the reason I got into anime lol, also the theme was on repeat in my head for weeks, such a perfect show in my opinion

I am so glad you are finally bringing code lyoko into the lore

I absolutely love code lyoko and Jordan and your videos! Great to see two awesome KZfaqrs collab I never did watch the live action stuff maybe I should give it a shot

Update: After watching this video, I've watched the first 12 episodes and am planning to binge the rest of the series. Thank you and thank you to Jordan as well for getting me in the mood to watch this show again

Man I loved everything about this series as a kid. Me and my friend created a board game, with complicated rules about this cartoon

Ive been waiting for this one !!

Wow this Jordan guy was so funny, loved the synergy between you two!

This show randomly came to my mind the other day, the timing of this episode couldn’t have been timed better….

Idk how you did it Billiam but you got my childhood right in this video! From Code Lyoko, to How to Draw Manga, to Tak and the Power of Juju! Did we live the same life!?

Love how you and Jordan frequently collaborate with each other. Feels like old school KZfaq.

I never hated William as Xana minion, I just wish he was in the real world too pretending to help the gang stop Xana but really helping him in small ways that ties into the next episode.

This show had a very cool and imaginative idea. Maybe someday something will execute it just as well as the original run of the show did.

I loved [still do, really] Cote Lyoko and I'm so glad you constantly remind us how hard that intro goes. I haven't watched Code Lyoko in such a long time, but I regularly look up and listen to the intro ;;

I will forever love code lyoko. Thank you for your video!

Part of me is jealous of everyone who were kids and teens when CODE Lyoko was airing. Miguzi took over the weekday afternoon action block position during my senior year in high school. I was much more focused on spending time outside the house, with my girlfriend at the time, and really only watched Cartoon Network much later in the evening... so Adult Swim and Toonami's Saturday evening block. Pretty much, unless I happened to be home, I mostly saw scattered episodes of CODE Lyoko, Totally Spies, Ben10, and the later seasons of Teen Titans.

every couple of years I remember Code Lyoko and get hit with a huge wave of nostalgia for one of my favorite shows growing up. Thinks for being this year's wave :)