I watched Freedom a few weeks ago, but it was only until now that I have gotten down to writing a post on it. A few other animebloggers have written about it too.
Unlike the rest who have written rather lengthy posts on Freedom, covering everything from the animation art to the entire storyline, I have decided to state some opinions on a few parts of the anime instead. Therefore, I suggest you check out the other posts too, as I will only be covering some specific parts. 2 parts to be exact.
First, the part where the children, upon reaching a certain age, undergo a ceremony named “Freedom”. This is just basically tagging them with a silver stupid looking wristband so that the “Government” of Eden can track every single one of them. The Irony. I am totally unable to imagine living in a world where my every single movement is being monitored and tracked. Then again, it might be happening already, but it might be just that no one manages to notice. Probably not the tracking part, but the monitoring part is highly possible. Hopefully, all the spy cameras are kept to the streets and only to the streets.
Takeru is pissed off. “GIMME MY FREEDOM !!!“
The second and last point I would like to note would be the part when a huge mob of retarded looking robots tried to arrest Takeru and Kazuma for exploring the further end of the moon. We all know that the Government of Eden has a stash of secrets to hide from the model citizens of Eden, and all of these secrets are kept beyond the dome of enclosing Eden. So the Government of Eden now bans talking a stroll in a public area (the moon in this case) just because of their idiotic conspiracy to deceive the whole of mankind and to conjure some diabolical scheme to claim the Earth for itself. Or maybe the Government is just too lazy to ship everyone on Eden back to Earth.
The moon ain’t big enough for the whole of mankind, so they should just come back to Earth so that humans can enjoy the sand and sea, while Takeru gets to flirt with the girl he saw in the photo. Then again, I have no idea what the Government of Eden has in it’s thickheaded skull. Maybe they should consume some Nissin Cup Noodles to help their brain think.
Somehow, watching Freedom reminds me of reality rather than fantasy. The scene with a zillion screens monitoring each and every corner of Eden reminds me of a certain episode of Get Rea!. It’s a scary world out there, with Big Brother watching.
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