The Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM anime film has been announced and will be released theatrically in Japan on January 26, 2024. A teaser visual and trailer have been released as well.
Sunrise (Bandai Namco Filmworks) is animating the movie under the direction of Mitsuo Fukuda, who has worked on previous Gundam titles such as Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (2002) and Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny (2004). Fukuda also pointed out that the film was supposed to follow the Gundam SEED Destiny series, and has apologized to fans for making them wait for so long. It will also serve as the sequel to the 2004 anime series.
Fukuda also co-wrote the script along with his late wife Chiaki Morosawa and Liu Goto. Hisashi Hirai is designing the characters. The rest of the staff includes:
- 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
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM was announced 20 years after the last anime title from the Mobile Gundam SEED series. It first started with Mobile Suit Gundam SEED which aired from October 2002 to September 2003 for 50 episodes. This was then followed by Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny which aired from October 2004 to October 2005 for 50 episodes as well. Both anime titles received a special edition and an HD remaster specifically.
Gundam is a Japanese mix-media franchise that focuses on mecha robots, created by Sunrise and Yoshiyuki Tomino. The franchise officially premiered on April 7, 1979, with the Mobile Suit Gundam anime series. In addition to the popular anime series and spin-offs, the franchise also has manga, novels, video games, and toys.
Source: Official Website
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