So I watched Gundam Seed Freedom (A Spoiler-Free Review) 

"I had to venture to the French speaking part of Belgium." A truly heroic sacrifice.

I watched it last night, and seeing the orb navy basically say "We learned how to miss our shots from Captain Todoka!" Made the entire theater burst out laughing 😂

The part where Shinn gets his Destiny Spec II and him smirking menacingly always gets me

I loved it. The fan service was over the top, but sometimes that's nice, especially since it's been 20 years.

Shin and Luna Maria moments were so adorable 😍

Shinn-bros…. we finally got a dub

Kira finally burning out on being space Jesus was long overdue, I think it was done well.

The fact that lacus supposed to be a super super coordinator that supposed to lead humanity the whole thing sound like innovators from gundam 00

favourite scene has to be Shinn's 1 v 4, I was so hype throughout it

I think the movie would have been better served as a multi-episode OVA series like Stardust Memory. There was no time offered to let it sink in that old characters were killed off (set aside that those characters never got the opportunity to be fleshed out) or the impact on the surviving member of the trio. We got no time with the Black Squad members to be attached or care about their deaths. They might as well have been 4 dolls with slightly different color schemes to differentiate one from the other. Physical character design does not a personality make.

Best scene of the movie : Stella appearance (the whole theater laugh)

It almost sounds like F91, "we wanted to make it a series but Bandai said make a movie instead." Other than that, yeah, sounds like Gundam Seed. I'm sure it will sell model kits.

Honestly, it was fun Kira finally got his plot armor revoked, and Shinn finally had some respect

Gundam SEED Freedom was a good film because characters from Gundam Seed Destiny in the film were good development, especially Shinn character development was hilarious to watch. For the final battle,it was a festival mania because Griffin went to read Shinn's mind but failed. And,also, Athrun thinking during fight Shura was hilarious 😂. I can't wait to watch it again during streaming online.

Personally, I loved this movie, I enjoyed it so much, and the main things I liked or noticed were: 1. Shinn has always been my favorite SEED character, and seeing him in this movie could not make me stop smiling. They finally did him justice. 2. The fights were glorious and spectacular, really well animated. Both the old and new suit designs were awesome. Really liked the Murasame Kai and Destiny Spec 2. 3. Kira's arc finally brought him more down to earth and much more relatable 4. As someone who actually enjoyed SEED and SEED Destiny (despite their flaws), the nods and fanservice moments (not talking about Lacus' space suit at the end of the movie💀) related to the previous two series were a nice touch and I enjoyed them 5. Despite their limited screen time, I really like how they introduced and set up the Black Knights, making me hate them from the moment I saw them. 6. And finally, something I did not expect to be as good as it was, the romance and comedy scattered throughout the film didn't bother me as much as I thought it would. It was funny and enjoyable (especially Shinn o boy). While it wasn't perfect and maybe a bit too on the nose, I thought it was pretty good Overall, I loved this movie, beating out Narrative and Endless Waltz as my personal favorite Gundam movie. It's not perfect, but it's still pretty good. Any SEED and SEED Destiny fans who watched it most likely enjoyed it. I fell in love with this movie, and it's a shame that it's theatrical run in the US is so short lived. But yeah, I really did enjoy this movie, and I can't remember ever smiling more watching anything Gundam related than this. Great Vid Kakarot, as always.

I walked in expecting a sequel to SEED Destiny, which this ended up being, therefore I absolutely *loved it*

I saw it last night, great experience for me and my friends. They did Shin justice. As for the negatives, Seed will be Seed.

Mighty Strike Freedom Scenes were so good that I got hyped that i got lightheaded

My audience was laughing and having a good time, especially every Shinn scene.

I saw the SEED movie last night, it was fun anime bullshit. That movie got a lot of laughs out of people and even I couldn't keep a straight face.

the part with the worst pacing is when the gang visited the foundation it kept switching from one scene to another

this is movie in unapologetically Seed, you can either nitpick it or embrace it and just enjoy the movie

SEED Freedom was the most fun I've ever had watching a film in theaters. Though, it's interesting you say they don't kiss because when I saw it last night, they clearly locked lips before the credits rolled in.

Shinn's Kamille moment was a special moment.😉

Yeah, Agnes took the worst Gundam Seed Girl character spot from Flay for me. I can easily agree that Flay was more human than Agnes in comparison.

I’m just happy Sai got acknowledged even if he appeared twice and didn’t have any lines

Love that Kakarot titled it spoiled free and went on whole dunk contest to dunk on Agnis, but I agree with him. The movie made me changed my mind about Shin and hes the second best character in the movie next to my boy Athrun. The crew know what are doing with truly fan servicing on multiple levels. Pulling all the tropes and meme from seed and destiny so that was a big props.

I wonder if the version you saw was censored. They most definitely did kiss here in the US at the end.

Like literally at the end of the movie we called her Quess by mistake before realizing that is Char's Counter Attack. Not Seed Freedom lol.

We got the RG Akatsuki Gundam

Congrats on watching the film and thank you for the review! On my personal experience, I personally loved the film. It wasn't trying to be high-brow fiction and honestly it made me respect that more. In the threatre, I got an interview with Fukuda where he said he made the film for the fans to honor the legacy of SEED, and that he wanted to make a film that made those fans smile. Watching it, I felt hyped, I squealed at the references and character appearances, laughed, and enjoyed myself a lot. I came out with the smile that Fukuda tried to give, and for that, the film is a massive success in my book.

Saw this film way back in April as part of a fan screening with merch from Japan. Everyone in the theater was screaming and shouting for joy with how "Kira is finally back" along with the rest of the cast and I agree with them. This movie is amazing and exceeds all my expectations considering the delayed production it encountered. That being said though, it is also flawed in certain ways, especially the pacing in which I think the movie is trying to squeeze as much screentime for everyone but you can also tell that they did what they can with the limited run time to its maximum extent. It's an amazing film in the context of Gundam and it's an excellent movie, if you really love the SEED series. It's a redemption film if you despise Destiny but also just a very generally amazing film and this is just me now, a great Gundam return-to-form for me since I didn't enjoy WfM at all.

This review is pretty on point in my opinion. It was good to see so many legacy characters and mechs return

Shin was so hyped with destiny when they tried to read his mind they said he was not thinking and stella being shin ark thoughts having the enemy being overwhelmed by shin!

The movie was an ok Seed movie xD but man I loved Shin fighting on the Destiny going Berserk and Athrun Trolling xD

I just saw it last night! Went with my brother who is also a life-long Gundam fan, and we had a blast. I had intentionally spoiled myself on all the major plot points and new MS beforehand, but my brother was in the dark so it was fun to see him react to all of the crazy moments. Shinn and Athrun were easily the best parts of the film.

Lucky for you, dude!

I enjoyed it. Saw the sub last night. One of my few gripes was that some of the action was moving so fast I couldn’t really track it. Specifically the last fight Athrun had. Couldn’t tell if they were just countering attacks or flipping over each other.

As someone who thought the original SEED is a decent series and DESTINY was a downgrade I actually really enjoyed SEED FREEDOM, it has its flaws of course but this time around the positives outweigh it's problems for me. My theater just had such a fun time with the film lol. Also this is a sequel in every sense of the word so no you need to watch the original SEED and DESTINY.

Sounds like the movie was just all right, which means it surpassed my expectations by a wide margin. I look forward to seeing it eventually.

Sounds like a good time and the best possible result of a Seed related thing. And personally, Gundam movies/series with really fast pace, even at its own detriment, it's sort of fun quirk. A shame about what happens in the second half, but I will wait to see it for myself, whenever that is, I doubt it will air in Brazil, maybe we will get lucky and have it streamed eventually.

Saw the moive yesterday. And it was awesome. One of the best Anime flims I have seen in awhile.

Since this will not be out in my area in a movie theater; hopefully Gundam Seed Freedom will be out in Bluray and/or 4KUHD disc soon.

about to go see it in less than an hr, discovered this morning when talking to a friend about some of the spoiled plot points that it was showing only tonight near me. might as well go see what's up!

The movie is arguably a better end for the seed series’s. But I like that toward the end of movie, I can see that there is potential for another movie set in the gundam seed universe. So personally, I like that at least in the end, Kira and Lacus are finally be together, and will have a happy family. But I also see that blue cosmos is still out there, as well as how the foundation get their hands on such technologies, or is there any remain of the librarian work in the foundation plot as well as blue cosmos. I will love the next movie will also feauture Lowe and Gai Murakumo as well as other characters from the astray series alongside with other characters from seed and seed destiny, and maybe finally be able to see the astray gundams fighting side by side with the freedom, justice and destiny gundams.

9:53 She's just CE's version of SPOILERS Quess or Reccoa, only she's old ebough to know better than Quess, and doesn't that we know of have tbr implied backstory about getting sexually assaulted as a POW and then cold-shouldered by the man she thought loved her that Reccoa did.

Figure rise Lacus in her new suit when? For a friend. Damn that womb tattoo

Big SEED fan and liked the movie, but yeah, your comments on the comp movie esque pacing blunting a lot of potential impact very much lines up with my experience.

But... they DID kiss when they were on the beach naked...

Gundam seed freedom is considered a festival movie made for fans. So, it's not meant to be taken as seriously as the anime series. It's meant to be light-hearted and enjoyable. The fast pace actually helps in that as you don't get to really dwell on the deaths or the current consequences of Kira's and Lacus' actions or how Lacus' identity as the last accord harms their reputation and may make their future harder. However, there's mentions that Kira and Lacus went into hiding and are considered MIA. I just hope that if the studio makes a sequel, let Athrun and Shinn be the protagonists and let Kira and Lacus be supporters or simply mentioned in passing.

8:05 - I have been looking for the way to describe that feeling ever since I watched this film in the UK cinemas back in February

It started out interesting plot-wise but then went completely off the rail towards the end. Although even with that being said, as a big fan of the seed timeline, I had the best time of my life seeing the characters in action again and if you don't take the movie seriously and just take it as what it is (a love letter to fans), you will enjoy it as well. Shinn was also the best character. Better late than never. **SPOILER** I still wish that the Archangel did not sink with everything it went through. My all time favorite ship.

When it comes to my biggest takeaway, you hit the nail right on the head. Stuff just kind of happens, armed forces coalesce out of nowhere to fight another world war. The pacing was absolutely horrible. And the main "theme" of love got annoying after about the 3rd time Lacus looked into the camera and defined love, whilst all the baddies in the room stare at her like she said the gamer word 😂. The action was the main saving grace for me. I just had a kind of primal joy seeing kira and the others back in the saddle again. Also I liked the exploration of kira's trauma, ultimately he kept his word to durandal to take up the fight again and again, but it took its toll.

"I didn't care about millions dieing." So you felt the same way I feel about any death in Gundam Zeta.

Saw it yesterday, Loved it!

Just enjoy your videos and had some to support. TY for your vids.

Unfortunately I have to miss this because of my work schedule, glad those of you who watched it enjoyed it.

Yeah, I think if you watched the movie in a language you understood more fluently, I’d say you might come out with certain details making more sense. I loved this movie but it definitely is hyper targeted at Seed fans and I think non Seed fans may not agree on that opinion. One minor nitpick, Kira and Lacus absolutely did kiss at the end of the movie though.

Yeah, the various superweapon atrocities really can't breathe.

So what you're saying is that Kira's arc was transforming from Jesus who now questioned himself to becoming the almighty Gundam god at the end? So it's a little more interesting then what he did in Destiny.

I came back from the English Dub. Athrun shows he is Boss in every scene, conversation, and skirmish, and I couldn't be happier after what he went through in the Destiny series.

Im a big fan of Seed and I loved this movie. As a fan I felt like this was made for people like me who waited 20 years and I felt like I got what I expected plus a little more. That being said I was suprised you didnt mention how good of a showing Athrun got because boy oh howdy he was cool.

I really enjoyed it last night and will watch it again in English tonight. I wish they had souvenirs or some items for us to have like they did in Japan...

I’m new to the gundam scene, but when the Z’gok showed up outa nowhere it put a smile on my face so hard.

my experience when it was available in a cinema near me. It only aired for 2 days, 2 times a day in my province and 3 of its showing was during my work hours and I can't afford to leave my work so~ The last showing was at 5:30pm in the afternoon and my work ends at 5:00pm. It takes about 20 minutes to get there from my workplace, but to add after 5pm is rush hour and routes going in and out of my workplace is heavy traffic area XD. So with that I planned what to do~ First I parked my car near the exit gate that is the fastest and easiest to get out of the office that is also close to the Biometrics scanner for the record of going in and out of work. When the clock hit 4:55pm I packed my things and proceeded to my car which is a 3 minute walk from my office to the parking lot. soon as the clock hits 5pm I bolted and overtook took the start of rush hour to get to the mall, parked my car, brisked walk to the cinema and picked my seat and relaxed at 5:28pm~ Ye that was a fun struggle, but worth it for me XD

I enjoyed it last night on my end. Glad to see my favorite side character present and probably wait for HG kit.

This movie was kind of a mix of the first two series. It was still enjoyable and took me back a bit though. Glad i went to see it instead of having to wait another 6 or 7 seven months for its release. I can't believe they brought back all the orginal mobile suits to use in battle. And as usual athrun can't end a movie or series with his mobile suit still in tact. But they didn't let him destroy a gundam. Also, you still can't kill the 3 main characters by blowing up their suits. Seed and destiny was always fast paced. You're going to be lost if you've never seen those.

When I saw that scene of Luna extending Impulse gundam's hand of recovery to Agnes, I was pissed off like "Goddammit, where's Suletta when you need a b*tch turned to spaghettiOs?".Hell' I'd even settle for a flashback crossover cameo of ChuChu decking Agnes while the latter was picking on Shinn during their academy days.

Thanks for the reminder about the movie! Had a rare night off, and went and seen it, well worth it!

It felt like they condensed a 13 or 25 episode season of seed into a movie Edit: also Yzak once again in this movie proves why he is a national hero for the PLANTs

Glad to hear someone with a very similar outlook on the movie. I work in Brussels and would say I'm pretty fluent in French, but even so I kept wondering if it was the lack of Dutch/English subtitles that kept tripping me up, or just the breakneck pacing of the movie that made it hard to follow along. Admittedly, though, my SEED (Destiny) lore is pretty rusty at best. There were definitely a couple of action scenes I liked (and I'm glad my boy Mu still gets his moments), even if the 3D models didn't really do it for me. Quality 2D mecha animation just hits different. All in all, I mostly went out to see it for the novelty of being able to watch a Gundam movie in theatres here in little old Belgium and wasn't expecting to be on the edge of my seat anyway. That said, I really don't like this trend of having to watch movies subtitled in French if I want to see them at all (without spending more time commuting than in the movie theatre itself, that is). I know there were no Dutch screenings for GSF, but I had to do the same thing back when Godzilla Minus One hit theatres. You'd think Kinépolis would at least have a bilingual offering in Brussels of all places, but oh well.

the lolibaba was one of those scientist that involved on super engineered human. there is a split second image of photo contains her and lacus's mom (?) which explains why lacus was one of those type of coordinator. i was watching on SEA territory and I stopped giving some thought about the subtitle cause its kinda weird. so I just focus on the Japanese spoken lang lol

Just got back from watching this in English dub. I went into it without finishing destiny yet, so I was a bit lost as to who was who, but I was able to follow. It was definitely a lot to pack into one movie. This probably should have been an OVA to flesh everything out. That being said, I still had fun watching it, and they sold me on some of the designs, so yay more Gunpla!

I loved this so much at the UK premier event in London, I proceeded to watch it 15 more times

I absolutely loved it! I read the mini novels before watching the movie, so it kind of brought some back story to some of the new characters and what happened between the events of Destiny leading up to Freedom. The movie is a love letter to the Seed fans.

You should definitely check out the novelization, it fleshes out some of the characters lacking focus (Aura in particular though the reality isn't exactly normal) and the actual world-state of things at the time (and after the finale as well)

The fact that Athrun's win was because of Cagalli, which at first hilariously seemed like it was because he was thinking of her lewdly but was actually because he had her remote pilot his Suit was just awesome and funny at the same time.

Got sick today and yesterday so I missed the sub and dub showings. This review is the most I'll hear about this movie until it releases for sale... Hopefully.

My friend never watched SEED or Destiny (he usually doe not watch robot anime), however he agreed Freedom is a good movie. He knows the is missing a lot of references, but he likes it .

Just came back from the theatre myself, aside from the cliches and pacing issues from time to time...I really had a great time watching it. The visuals were fantastic, along with the soundtrack and nostalgia overkill. The last part had me on the edge of my seat...truely a terrific cinema experience.

The great news channel for Gundam the number to fours release date was announced to be August 29 and also revealed in the same trailer more mobile suits coming to the game

I like a predictable power of love story, they're good. It can be a good counterweight to all the death.

I was overall happy with the movie. It was what I was expecting for a Seed movie 2 decades later. The mecha battles were awesome and the brief cameos of past characters were nice, although short. It was a movie made for fans of the two Seed series. Happy to finally get the Seed movie after waiting for so long.

Any chance we can get a follow up, spoiler laden rant? Watching you dig into a few of those points should be a great time.

The age of getting revoked Kira getting his plot armour revoked Drake getting his n word pass revoked

As someone who watched seed just recently. It hyped me watching it and seeing the animation from seed and destiny that was renewed. "OH SHIT I KNEW THAT MOVE"

Hey Kakarot, after seeing the RG Oowashi Akatsuki being announced it got me thinking, in the film we saw Cagalli using an MS that looks to be the Strike Rouge but is covered for the most part by the Cavalier. During the scene that its flying, we can see that it was flying with the Ootori Striker right behind it. However, from the events of Destiny Remastered, the Ootori Striker got destroyed and the Strike Rouge was in pretty bad shape. Now hear me out, I know there isnt any indication of this in the resources but would it be possible that the Ootori is related to the Oowashi in terms of their development lineage? Sources indicate that the Akatsuki was in development alongside the Strike Rouge since they were both projects by Morgenröte before the First Battle of Orb (just that the Rouge finished in time). We have no idea as to how the development of the Oowashi went down, just that it was finished after the First Battle of Orb and already completed by the Second. Also, the Ootori was developed after Orb's IWSP during the interwar period, it is possible that the Ootori was an attempt to combine the IWSP and the Oowashi. Its also possible that the Ootori and Oowashi were made alongside each other. Thoughts? And now I know this one is gonna be my furthest stretch, instead of Cagalli using a new/repaired Strike Rouge in Seed Freedom, wouldnt it be so much cooler if it was an Akatsuki Rouge instead? We only really saw the Legs and the Ootori in the film.

watched it last night and it was a cool experience watching it in a theater.

I saw the movie Tuesday (subbed), and the theater stood up and cheered the entrance of Athrun in the Z'Gok, then the Freedom, and finally the Infinite Justice Spec II. Also cheered when Mu La Flagga did what he does best...."making the impossible, possible". Overall, it was a decent swansong to SEED and SEED Destiny.

I watched it last night. Man what a ride. Such a great experience. Not sure if I saw any Gundam battles better than this one.

Shinn’s battle scenes with the destiny and the stella cameo were easily the best parts of the movie for me, as soon as meteor starts playing, the movie hits its absolute zenith. Having read the novel adaptations beforehand, the movie was fantastic and easily understandable despite its breakneck pace, but I definitely understand these concerns. I think your opinion of the romance being a half joking “make more babies” plot by the JP government, you have to understand the importance of love in Gundam seed for one, and secondly that this is essentially the last thing the director’s late wife wrote for their shares Gundam series. It’s a love letter to love, literally.

As a seed fan. This movie gave me everything i wanted! The character arc of kira was really well done. They did a lot of callbacks and references to the first series. The only issue i had was pacing but its excusable given runtime and format. Loved the message at the end and felt like the logical narrative SEED would go into next!

There was alot going on and so fast, I’d need to watch it over again to properly grasp WTF was going on.

I really enjoyed it. The pacing was break neck and and it’s not newbie friendly in the slightest. But for those of us who like seed and destiny it’s the ending we should have gotten in 2005. Agnes actually has one of my favorite lines of the movie when she umm questions Luna’s relationship choices. The movie is very aware of itself.

Maybe the Dagger L thing is that we have a fairly recent kit for and maybe we might be getting a "revive" version of the 105.

Can't wait to watch this when the Blu-Ray comes out!

The final battle got me laugh so hard (like at least 10 times) given how over-the-top the battle is... Note : I saw this movie back in February, Thailand is the first country outside of Japan that got a release.

It was entertaining to watch, and as stated in the pre-movie interview that was at my theater that was the goal so they succeed in that regard. Was it a masterpiece, no, was it fun, yes. Do i now have a bunch of questions about Siegel Clyne being an advocate of the destiny plan and the only resign it was never implemented in CE71 was Patrick Zala... yes, yes i do.

It was great. I was smiling from beginning to end. I really enjoyed most of characters in the movie. So many great characters moments.

Saw it twice and utterly enjoyed it both times. No complaints here.