History Anime / FreedomProject

** Takeru's time on Earth can be seen as parallel to Moses' time in the desert (see also ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994''). Furthermore, if Takeru is Moses, then [[spoiler: Kazuma]] is Rameses.

** The Apollo 18 mission patch shows the astronauts' names as "[[Music/{{Rush}} Lee/Lifeson/Peart]]". Furthermore, [[spoiler: one of these astronauts is Ao's father]].

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Anime/{{Dallos}}'' -- both works are about revolutions led by youth in colonies on the far side of the Moon. The bracelets of Eden are analogous to the headbands of Monopolis, and seeing the Earth for the first time is a climactic event in both stories. ''Freedom'' offers more closure and a detailed look at conditions on Earth.

Takeru, a rebellious boy sentenced to community service outside Eden's dome after an accident in a quasi-legal motor-vehicle race, witnesses something crash on the moon's surface. Among the wreckage, he finds a photograph of a young girl and a bunch of children, with a message written on the back saying that "We are safe. Is anybody out there?". Takeru becomes obsessed with the girl, and eventually realizes that the pictures were taken on Earth, despite Eden's ruling council insisting that the Earth is still a wasteland. Takeru decides to go to Earth himself, at any cost.

* RecycledInSpace: There are very definite plot parallels to ''[[Film/BenHur1959 Ben-Hur]]'', ''Film/TheTenCommandments'', and especially ''Film/LogansRun''.

* MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness: 5.5) [[Mohs/SpeculativeScience Futurology]].

* RecycledInSpace: There are very definite plot parallels to ''Film/BenHur'', ''Film/TheTenCommandments'', and especially ''Film/LogansRun''.

* {{Adorkable}}: Takeru, all the way through episode 6.

** Takeru's time on Earth can be seen as parallel to Moses' time in the desert (see also ''Disney/TheLionKing''). Furthermore, if Takeru is Moses, then [[spoiler: Kazuma]] is Rameses.
** Likewise, Takeru's [[Disney/{{Pocahontas}} arrival from a distant world and subsequent romance with a Native American girl]].

* ArcWords: "Freedom" -- besides the obvious meaning, it's used as a ShoutOut to NASA's Freedom 7[[note]]Alan Shepard's Mercury capsule used for the United States' first manned space mission[[/note]]. It also becomes significant as [[spoiler:the name for the crews of the post-apocalyptic Apollo missions and the mothballed Mars colony ships hidden within Eden colony.]] Similarly, "Apollo".

* CelShading
* [[CoolBike Cool Trike]] - No Otomo project would be complete without one.

* DomedHometown: Eden.

* IWillWaitForYou: [[spoiler:When everyone is evacuating to the Earth, Takeru stays behind to reason with Eden's council in order to convince them they can co-exist with Earth's inhabitants and not repeat what happened before. He and Ao promise to see each other again, and the two are reunited two years later in the ending.]]

* SpiderTank

* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler:Takeru and Kazuma. They get better by the end]].

* WindowsOfTheSoul: Ao spends much of her screen time as a ShrinkingViolet. Her absolutely fierce eyes, however, tell a very different story.

* MeaningfulName: Ao, which means "blue" in Japanese. As in, [[the blue Earth she lives on]].

** On at least one occasion, Takeru's bike does the classic sideways brake from ''Manga/{{AKIRA}}''.
-->'''Kazuma''': "TAAAKEEEERUUUU!" [[note]](doubles as an ActorAllusion in the dub)[[/note]

-->'''Kazuma''': "TAAAKEEEERUUUU!"

* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler:Takeru and Kazuma]].

* RecycledInSpace: This series has often been called "''[[Film/LogansRun Logan's Run]]'' in space".
** Episode 6 has invited comparisons with ''Anime/OhEdoRocket'', though the overall tone couldn't be more different.

** Takeru's time on Earth can be seen as parallel to Moses' time in the desert (see also ''Disney/TheLionKing'').

* {{Adorkable}}: Takeru, during episodes 1-6.

* {{Adorkable}}: Takeru becomes this whenever he's around Ao.

* RoadMovie: After crash-landing in Las Vegas, Takeru and Biz drive 2400 miles to get to Cape Canaveral. They make the journey with [[CosyCatastrophe no problems whatsoever]] thanks to Nissin Cup Noodles.

* WindowsToTheSoul: Ao spends much of her screen time as a ShrinkingViolet. Her absolutely fierce eyes, however, tell a very different story.

** The Apollo 18 mission patch on Takeru's jacket shows the astronauts' names as "[[Music/{{Rush}} Lee/Lifeson/Peart]]".