Freedom: Complete Collection (2pc) (Sub)

Starring: Freedom
Studio: Bandai
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Format: Animated, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
Running Time: 220 minutes
DVD Release: July 7th 2009

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User Reviews

Hard to find but finally arriving to DVD, great series! - Rating: 5/5

Got this on the recommendation of Dave Halverson of Play Magazine. He was right. This series was GREAT! Familiar story of a society isolated, but doing fine, on the moon after Earth became a wasteland.

The story, while it seems familiar in a good vs evil or small rebellion uprising sort of way, is actually deep and rich. The animation is great. The ideas and circumstances are original and not too far "out there".

Episode 1 introduces us to the characters and life within the city on the moon. It ends with a our main character finding a photo on the surface of the moon. That's all it took really. From there I was hooked. Who was the girl in the photo? Why was it there?

Episode 2 investigates more into possible sources of the photo and gives a better look into how this moon society is is managed by the people in charge.

Episode 3 got me out of my chair and yelling "Yes! Go! Go! Go!".

I can not say more without giving too much away.

There are seven 30-minute episodes in all. The last episode wraps things up nicely but I felt that it also left room to continue the story.

The good voice acting will be in Japanese so it may be better to read the sub-titles. English is also available but the voice acting is usually dry, and IMHO, rather silly sounding. This is true of most Japanese animation dubbed to English for the USA.

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