Let's be serious for a minute. The creators never stated that Lelouch was dead in such a manner that his revival was impossible.
Some people insist that they did, but they didn't. If you find me a quote from Goro Taniguchi himself saying that Lelouch is dead or any clear answer to a directly stated question about Lelouch's fate, I'll buy that person a random game on Steam.
People always refer to sources which are either not authoritative or do not actually respond to a question about Lelouch's status. Okouchi's quotes are answering other questions and would still be valid if Lelouch woke up the next day and realized he was still alive. The Animesuki quotes are not firm statements of his status.
It hasn't happened, so treating this like some sort of slap against a purely imaginary "100% certain confirmation" is not justified.
Not to mention that there are in fact Sunrise statements saying that Lelouch's fate was left open to interpretation as well as other hints (the cart driver smiles in the light novel version after C.C.'s lines).
Besides, the title is "Resurrection" so even if Lelouch died it's clear they can literally resort to Geass-related means in order to bring him back to life.
That aside, I didn't ask for a sequel. But I'll be reasonable and watch before judging. There's no need to get too bothered or emotional about this, either way.
I think you're misinterpreting what it is about this situation that we're actually upset about. It doesn't matter what the creators have said. It doesn't matter if they've never officially debunked Lelouch's potential survival/revival - that's not the issue at hand here. Heck, if anything, their refusal to definitively say whether he's alive or not was commendable, and totally in line with R2's ending. It's a question that never should have been answered.
No, the issue at hand is this: explicitly confirming, in canon, that Lelouch continued to live beyond the Zero Requiem drains R2's ending of nearly all of its emotional resonance. That's the problem. Even if season 3 ends up being good, barring some unfathomable miracle, R2's ending will still be tarnished by the mere confirmation that Lelouch is alive (for reasons why, I refer you back to my previous post). We're still going to lose one of the best endings in anime. I think that's very much worth being bothered and emotional about.
Edited by CloudMountainJuror, 01 December 2016 - 11:12 PM.
"The time has come at last for you to learn everything . . .
Fare thee well, Albert, my friend."
Lelouch's sacrifice and VERY STRONG moral message from the series has been undermined if he is revived. It just seems pointless except for cash-cow purposes. Anyway, I'm not discouraging anyone from being excited about theis new anime, only that the emotional impact from the ending is negated pretty much. Plus, a "reviving the dead" premise seems out of place in this setting 
