Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam

DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:

After the successful release of both Mobile Suit Gundam and Turn A Gundam, RightStuf has graced us with my personal favorite series. Like the others, this series was dubbed and released by Bandai but has since gone out of print. Zeta Gundam (or Z Gundam) remains one of the most classic and important UC stories right beside Mobile Suit Gundam.

This release covers 3 Blu-ray Discs (also available on DVD) and goes from Episode 1 to 25. Finally having this series in Bluray is a huge plus even though we still don’t have the original opening due to copyright issues. It does feature a very nice English dub, however.
– BlueStar

It’s fitting that Zeta Gundam (which revived the Gundam series in it’s infancy) should have such an amazing Bluray restoration. I have never been more impressed with a remaster than I have been with RightStuf’s Gundam line. There is an English dub (if you’re into that sort of thing) and the original audio is remarkably clear. The visuals are crisp and clean, and aside from the aspect ratio and old animating techniques, it looks like a modern Anime.

The only reason a star is missing from this review is that the original opening theme has been replaced. The music they use is fantastic and you’d never know it wasn’t originally there, but the whole point of these remasters is to preserve the original experience for the following generations. I understand it was probably just a licensing issue, but I feel like I’m paying top dollar for them to resolve these issues before release.

All-in-all this is a must-own for Gundam fans and it’s not a bad starting point to get into the series.

Big thanks to RightStuf, Sunrise, and Bandai Namco for keeping Gundam alive, and making it easy to finally own the whole expansive series!

-Matthew Daley

DVD Wholesale Main Features:

Actors: Designs by Kunio Okawara
Directors: Yoshiyuki Tomino
Format: Animated, Box set, Color, NTSC, Subtitled
Language: English, Japanese
Subtitles: English
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.)
Number of discs: 5
Rated: PG-13 , Parents Strongly Cautioned
Studio: Bandai
DVD Release Date: April 1, 2008
Run Time: 625 minutes