Gilbert G.P. Guilford

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Gilbert G.P. Guilford
Code Geass character

Gilbert G.P. Guilford
Voiced by Yoshiyuki Kono (Japanese)
Roger C. Smith (English)
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Age 27 (First Season)
28 (Second Season)
Gender Male
Nationality Britannian
Occupation Cornelia's Personal Knight
Gloucester Pilot
Vincent Pilot

Gilbert G.P. Guilford (ギルバート・G・P・ギルフォード Girubāto. G. P. Girufōdo?) is a fictional character in the Sunrise anime series Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion. His seiyū is Yoshiyuki Kono and he is voiced by Roger C. Smith in the English dub.

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Gilbert is a slender, dark-haired, and bespectacled man. He is confidante and personal knight to the Second Princess Cornelia Li Britannia, and leads the Glaston Knights. His skill as a pilot matches that of Kyōshirō Tōdōh. His devotion to Cornelia is unwavering, even after her disappearance at the end of the first season.

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[edit] First season

Shortly after arriving with Princess Cornelia, Guilford informs Jeremiah Gottwald of his demotion. During the battle with the Japanese Liberation Front, he squares off against Kyōshirō Tōdōh's Burai Kai in his Gloucester. The aftermath of battle at Narita revealed that all the Burai Kai Knightmares had been destroyed, indicating that Tōdōh had been forced to abandon his fight or was otherwise defeated. Gilbert continues to serve Cornelia until she is injured in the Black Rebellion. During the rebellion, he and the Glaston Knights ultimately routed the Black Knights, capturing Tōdōh and many other leading members.

[edit] Second season

In the second season, Guilford is still waiting for Cornelia to return, as she disappeared after the Black Rebellion. After Governor-General Carares is killed, Guilford serves as temporary Governor-General to Area 11. When Zero returns, taking refuge in the Chinese Federation Consul, Guilford tries to goad him into a duel by staging a public execution of the captured Black Knights. Zero uses the compartmentalized floor plating to dump the entire contingent of Britannian Knightmares, as well as the prisoners, onto Chinese Federation soil, allowing the Black Knights to easily dispatch the confused Britannians. Two of the Glaston Knights are killed in the battle.

During the attack on Nunnally's transport as she is being taken to Area 11, Guilford unexpectedly arrives piloting the recent mass-production model Vincent accompanied by the remaining Glaston Knights. Though the units prove superior at first, largely due to their flight capacity whereas the Black Knights' Knightmares were confined to the ship, Kallen Stadtfeld turned the tables with her upgraded Guren Aerial-Type, using its long range radiation blast to destroy two more of the Glaston Knights' Gloucesters and Guilford's Vincent, injuring him before he manages to eject. He is seen piloting another Vincent during the opening ceremony for the Special Administrative Zone of Japan, where he is angered by Suzaku Kururugi's refusal to order an attack on the crowd after they all dress as Zero to spurn Britannia.

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