Upon arrival, we are immediately introduced to the Black Knight Squad<\/a>, the Royal Guard of the Foundation’s queen, and very clearly the soon-to-be bad guys. The Foundation\u2019s prime minister also appears to have a unique bond to Lacus, and romantic advances ensue.<\/p>\n The resultant teaming up of Foundation with Compass results in a complete catastrophe and a very clearly telegraphed betrayal from the aforementioned bad guys, the Black Knight Squad.<\/p>\n A few nuclear missiles later, Foundation\u2019s capital is in ashes, and Kira and friends are seemingly down, but thankfully not out.<\/p>\n The subsequent turnaround of strategy and the return of Kira and friends to the mobile suit fray results in some of the nicest mecha combat animation we\u2019ve seen in a good few years.<\/p>\n While I am skipping over the story, there is a lot here that is actually very good. While I was never the biggest fan of Gundam SEED, the core conflict between Naturals<\/a> and Coordinators<\/a>, and what it means to be human, are very much at the core of this film.<\/p>\n Moreover, the appalling Destiny plan<\/a>, which would have had humanity organized based on genetic makeup rather than the desires of any given individual, is ramped up further here. With the ruling class of the Destiny plan, newly known as Accords<\/a>, being the main antagonists, not to mention a somehow fully functional Requiem<\/a> super weapon.<\/p>\n Admittedly, it\u2019s all done in pretty broad strokes, with the Black Knight Squad being almost laughably evil, but there\u2019s a thoughtful message here, amongst all the high-speed mecha combat, that a person\u2019s heart and choices cannot be determined by genes.<\/p>\n ‘Gundam SEED Freedom’ looks very impressive in this 4K Blu-ray release.<\/p>\n \u00a9 SOTSU \u2022 SUNRISE<\/p>\n Talking of mecha, I loved the very non-Gundam mobile suits piloted by the Black Knight Squad, and their mecha designs really reminded me of the Zoids spin-off, Z-Knights<\/a>.<\/p>\n We also get some major upgrades for Kira and Athrun, with the former getting the Mighty Strike Freedom Gundam<\/a> and its insanely powerful \u201cDisrupter\u201d head-mounted beam cannon, and the latter getting Infinite Justice Gundam Type II<\/a>.<\/p>\n There\u2019s also a great reveal of the new Infinite Justice Gundam from within the armored shell of the Z\u2019Gok<\/a>. The latter is a bit weird if you\u2019ve watched the original Mobile Suit Gundam<\/a>, as the Z\u2019Gok was meant as a Zeonic aquatic mobile suit, but it certainly packs a punch here.<\/p>\n In addition to the Z\u2019Gok throwback, we also have the new Cavalier Afrid<\/a> setup that looks like it came straight from Metal Armor Dragonar. Again, strange but most certainly welcome.<\/p>\n As for this new 4K release, it\u2019s obviously visually pristine throughout. The mecha combat is really very fast, and the picture quality keeps up just fine. You also have a lot more detail on show, and the 4K resolution is very much welcome on that front.<\/p>\n The audio is also fantastic, but it should be noted that I only watched the movie in Japanese with English subtitles.<\/p>\n There aren\u2019t really any extras for this release, but for those who have been collecting the prior Right Stuf Anime Gundam releases, that should come as no surprise.<\/p>\n Overall, Gundam SEED Freedom is a very bombastic and impressive finale to the Gundam SEED story, and still manages to make pertinent points on the value of self-determination amongst a great many and very shiny mecha battles.<\/p>\n Gundam SEED Freedom is available on 4K Blu-ray for $31.98 and can be purchased from Crunchyroll\u2019s online store<\/a>.<\/p>\n Disclosure: Crunchyroll sent me this Blu-ray for the purposes of this review.<\/p>\n Follow me on X<\/a>, Facebook<\/a> and YouTube<\/a>. I also manage Mecha Damashii<\/a> and am currently writing regular columns in Japanese about mecha games and mecha anime for both Game*Spark<\/a> and Automaton<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Gundam](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/89902755d59fd2d6d2b95660f0b47560.jpeg\"\/)
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