Gundam Seed is making a return in a big way, as the franchise announced that a Gundam Seed sequel filled, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Freedom is coming to Japanese cinemas on January 26, 2024, and released a new trailer with English subtitles previewing the film.
Gundam Seed Freedom will be a sequel to Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny, taking place in Cosmic Era 75. The film was directed by Mitsuo Fukuda, the original director of the anime at Bandai Namco Filmworks. Fukuda also wrote the script alongside Liu Goto, and Fukuda’s late wife Chikai Morosawa. Gundam Seed Freedom’s character design is being handled by Hisashi Hirai once again.
This film is part of the Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Project ignited plan announced back in 2021, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Seed series back in 2022, and will include a new game, and side-story manga. The series’ HD Remasters are also getting a theatrical run in Japan, from August 25 for Gundam Seed, and October 6 for Gundam Seed Destiny.
▍Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Freedom Trailer
▍About Mobile Suit Gundam Seed
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed is an anime and a multi-media series taking place in the future calendar era, called the Cosmic Era. The series is notable in many ways for being a remake of the original Mobile Suit Gundam anime series, with many plot elements, characters, and mobile suits bearing a loose resemblance to the UC universe.
In the series humanity has undergone significant changes in space, developing into two sub-species known as Naturals, and Coordinators, genetically modified humans who have emigrated to orbital colonies to escape persecution from Naturals, humans who were born on Earth.
The story follows Kira Yamato, a young man living in an orbital colony until it was invaded and attacked by the forces of ZAFT. Left with no choice but to pilot a Gundam he sees in the midst of the conflict, Kira Yamato controls the GAT-X105 Strike mobile suit to fend off the invaders, eventually joining the Earth Alliance in its war against ZAFT.
The series has been adapted into multiple mangas, novels, and video games, most notably in the Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny: Federation vs. Z.A.F.T. series for the PS2 and PSP, which heavily influenced the Gundam Extreme VS series.
▍Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Freedom Staff
Director: Mitsuo Fukuda
Series Script: Mitsuo Fukuda, Chiaki Morosawa, Liu Goto
Character Design: Hisashi Hirai
Mechanical Design: Kunio Okawara, Kimitoshi Yamane, Kazutaka Miyatake, Junichi Akutsu, Manabu Shintani, Shiba Zen, Takuya Io, Hiroyuki Taiga
Mechanical Animation Director: Satoshi Shigeta
Color Key Artist: Akemi Nagao
Art Directors: Shigemi Ikeda, Yukiko Maruyama
CG Directors: Mitsuhiro Satō, Kensuke Kujida, Tomohiro Fujie
Monitor Works: Azusa Tamura, Jirō Kageyama
Compositing Director of Photography: Takeshi Katsurayama, Shigenori Toyooka
Editing: Yukiko Nojiri
Sound Director: Sadayoshi Fujino
Music: Toshihiko Sahashi