The review of "Freedom" in The Space Review seems to me an excercise in reviewing the obscure: the year-old OVA got 33 votes at ANN. Once again anime outsiders amaze with their unconventional ways to select the material. Previously, Dwane reviewed Cowboy Bebop and PlanetES, which was understandable for an industry 'zine (especially the later). Freedom does not seem to fall into the same bracket of greatness though.

I think if Dwane really wants to do service to the busy space professionals, he should review Rocket Girls instead. It's the best dramatization of the realistic space as exists today (PlanetES deals with relatively distant future). The way a private company in Rocket Girls makes a business out of on-orbit satellite repair would make any alt.space-r's head swoon (Although... If SpaceX makes launch costs to fall, there will be a move away from the "battleship" comsats of today, and then SSAs business model would unravel. Also, SSA's equipment cannot reach GEO where all the satellites worth repairing are located. That's a major realism problem, which would be interesting someone like Dwane to detect (or not).)