Product Details

• Format: Animated, Box set, Color, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: Japanese
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 3
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Bandai
• DVD Release Date: July 6, 2010
• Run Time: 297 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B003GC483O
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #82,124 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Studio: Infinity Resources Inc Release Date: 07/06/2010

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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So sad theres no English Dub for those who can't read., September 8, 2010

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S. Mudgway "Sazabi" (Palmerston North, New Zealand) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gundam Mobile Suit Zeta: Movie Complete Collection (DVD)

After watching these movies in their entirity I can say they are incredibly enjoyable. While a little disjointed due to the need for some considerable editing to fit the movie format, those who have viewed the Zeta series will have no issue with following the story. The added new animation is simply superb. And the matted subtitles are easy enough to follow. Now, this series was not created for an English speaking audience, funnily enough it was made for Japan. While I too would have loved an English dub, Bandai have at least provided us with an opportunity to view with subs. Now this gets my goat, there are reviewers who criticise the Japanese 'dub'. There is no Japanese dub, it is the original soundtrack, created for their own market. To profer reviews at a lower rating due to this takes away from the value of the films themselves. Hell, you don't see a bunch of idiots giving Pan's Labyrinth the thumbs down because there's no cheesey English 'dub' on that. Zeta is easily one of the better entries in the Gundam canon, but I guess we all have different priorities when watching.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Too much show for 3 movies, June 25, 2011

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Maximum Peanut (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gundam Mobile Suit Zeta: Movie Complete Collection (DVD)

If you've already seen the original Zeta Gundam series and liked it, please press "add to cart" and skip this review. If you haven't, read on...

First off, I am not new to Gundam. I've watched all of Mobile Suit Gundam, Char's Counterattack, War in the Pocket, 08th MS Team, Stardust Memory, Gundam Wing, Endless Waltz, 00, X, Turn A, Igloo and Unicorn. Every other series (except Zeta, Double Zeta, F91 and Victory) I watched enough episodes to determine I wasn't interested.

I wanted to experience Zeta Gundam, and I chose to go with the movie compilation over the original TV series because I no longer have the time to dedicate to a 50-episode series. I'm not sure that this was the right decision. I'll get straight to the point: It was all kinds of confusing.

Trying to boil down 21-22 hours of TV series into a 5 hour movie trilogy just doesn't work that well, even when a lot of the original scenes are re-done. The problem is that, while you can easily read a summary or watch a recap, trying to watch massively cut scenes that are presented as a coherent story is stupendously taxing on the brain. Even if you know where you came from while watching a scene in the Zeta movies, you're not likely to be given even the briefest moment of reflection before you're suddenly in a totally different location and a new plot point is shoved into your face, accompanied by dramatic music saying, "Stop thinking, pay attention to THIS scene!"

Of course, trouble keeping up with the plot can be solved by hitting the pause button or pressing back for the previous scene. The director made sure that the main plot is all there. What can't be fixed, however, is the brutally truncated human story and character development. If you are like I was and haven't seen Gundam Zeta, you will be frequently wondering things like "Who is this person?", "Why are those two pissed at each other?" and "What happened to so-and-so?"

The end result is that I now know what happened, I know who the important people are, I enjoyed sopping up the Zeta suits/tech, and I was impressed by the new animation (especially the well executed battles). But watching this trilogy was strenuous and ultimately left me feeling nothing for the characters other than "Oh. So that's how it ended." Not a very fulfilling experience.

So, if you haven't seen the original Zeta series, or ESPECIALLY if you aren't familiar with Gundam, I highly recommend you don't watch this yet. If you *have* seen Zeta, buy it now. I'm positive you will be blown away by the new animation.

3.0 out of 5 stars easy to get lost, July 30, 2011

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Erik Kim Sandved "hefeweizen" (usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gundam Mobile Suit Zeta: Movie Complete Collection (DVD)

There is a lot of story and events from the original Zeta series to ram into a three movie trilogy. I can't say that was done well in this series. I was totally lost in the first movie. Its important that you either read the story in advance before you watch the movie or invest the hours into watching the original series. The new animation is quite nice. The first movie is almost all put together with original footage but the last two videos are mostly new animation. Not having the English dub is quite annoying. You practically miss all the new animation because there is so much text to read and you need to keep up with it or get lost with the story.