Unboxing [UK]: Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ - Part 2: First Print Edition (Blu-ray)

2018 has begun for Anime Limited and their first Blu-ray release of the year is the second half of Gundam ZZ!

Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (also known as Double Zeta) is the third series to the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise, and is a continuation to the Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (TV) storyline. Double Zeta covers a total of around 47 episodes with another set of new characters in the spotlight. Double Zeta aired in Japan around 1986 to 1987, not long after the release of Zeta.

Much like Zeta Gundam, Double Zeta took quite a while to get released for the UK due to Anime Limited's troubled bad luck. Thankfully Double Zeta was not as bad as Zeta was, with only one or two major delays. In addition Double Zeta is also being released in France under Anime Limited's French branch @Anime, which meant a re-author was required to include French support. For comparison, this second part came out around 16/17 months after Nozomi released Collection 2 of Double Zeta in North America.

Similar to the UK releases of Gundam '79 and Zeta Gundam, the second part includes a booklet which some artwork from the series. Both the booklet and the second part of the series can fit inside the box included with the first half's release. The box and booklet are available to the first 1000 units only so I recommend ordering asap if you wish to own them both. And don't worry, the Blu-ray case this time around doesn't overlap the discs unlike Zeta's release.

As mentioned, Anime Limited had to re-author the Blu-ray discs to include French support. The episode count is actually 22 instead of 25 in comparison to the Nozomi release (Part 1 was 25 episodes for the UK and 22 episodes for the Nozomi release). Interestingly enough the menu design resembles the Nozomi version like Gundam 79 was in contrast to the other authored releases (Gundam Movie Trilogy, Zeta Gundam, and Gundam Reconguista in G). The English and French subtitles are both also white coloured this time around also (the previous Gundam release had Yellow subtitles for the English support). The regions are B only and the subtitles are locked during playback (you can switch subtitles to French during pop-up menu playback).

In addition, as the series was never released during the Bandai Ent. era in the United States, there is no English dub for this release.

You can order the release on AllTheAnime and Amazon UK.

Blu-ray Specs:

Languages: Japanese

Audio: DTS-HD MA 2.0

Video: 1080p HD Native 4:3

Region: B

Subtitles: English, French

Subtitles Locked: Yes (can switch audio via pop-up menu during playback)

Discs: 3

Plot Synopsis (via Anime Limited):

Haman Karn, leader of Neo Zeon, invades Earth to strike at the corrupt Federation government. In order to foil her occupation and rescue his sister Leina, Judau Ashta and his friends trade through the African desert on the way to Dakar. However, the more people they meet, the more Judau realises the devastation and pain that the Zabi family has left behind.

Meanwhile, Haman will do anything to revive Neo Zeon, even commit genocide. Judau and the crew of the Argama must stop Haman before her terrible power brings devastation to all humanity!

On-Disc Extra Content:

Clean Opening and Closing

First Print Edition Extras:

Booklet

Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ is available on Blu-ray only from Anime Limited.