One of the more popular Gundam properties out there that also saw a number of runs on Cartoon Network was Mobile Suit Gundam Seed. The forty-eight-episode series has been getting a number of home video releases in Japan in the last few years and we’ve seen domestic movements as well and it looks like it’s paying off.
We learned in July 2023 that the film has been set for a January 26th, 2024 release – as part of its twentieth anniversary. The film will be called Gundam SEED FREEDOM and the latest update brings us a new promotional video that comes in at just under a minute – and is unfortunately only available on Twitter for the moment. It reveals that the theme song “Freedom” for it is performed by Takanori Nishikawa.
🎥#ガンダムSEED シリーズ最新作
『機動戦士ガンダム #SEEDFREEDOM』
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主題歌が「FREEDOM」#西川貴教 with t.komuroに決定‼
第4弾PVは、主題歌を乗せた映像でお届け✨#TakanoriNishikawa #TetsuyaKomuro pic.twitter.com/0lQq5knSkS— 機動戦士ガンダムSEEDシリーズ (@SEED_HDRP) November 19, 2023
The previously revealed cast:
- Akira Ishida as Athrun Zala
- Kenichi Suzumura as Shinn Asuka
- Nanako Mori as Cagalli Yula Athha
- Rie Tanaka as Lacus Clyne
- Sōichiro Hoshi as Kira Yamato
- Akira Sasanuma as Dearka Elsman
- Ayane Sakura as Toyah Mashima
- Fumiko Orikasa as Meyrin Hawke
- Houchu Ohtsuka as Alexei Konoe
- Houko Kuwashima as Agnes Giebenrath
- Jun Fukuyama as Albert Heinlein
- Junichi Suwabe as Maas Symeon
- Kotono Mitsuishi as Murrue Ramius
- Maaya Sakamoto as Lunamaria Hawke
- Michiko Neya as Hilda Haken
- Taiten Kusunoki as Herbert von Reinhard
- Takehito Koyasu as Mu La Flaga
- Tomokazu Seki as Yzak Joule
- Kentarō Tone as Liu Shenqiang
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Daniel Harper
- TBA as Griffin Arbalest
- Hiro Shimono as Orphee Lam Tao
- Yukari Tamura as Aura Maha Khyber
- Sumire Uesaka as Ingrid Tradoll
- Misato Fukuen as Redelard Tradoll
- Yūichi Nakamura as Shura Serpentine
The film has Mitsuo Fukuda returning to direct it from the script that they co-wrote with Chiaki Morosawa and Liu Goto. It has some extra significance that Fukuda worked on it with his late wife, Morosawa, giving it all more meaning. Hisashi Hirai is on board for the character designs with Bandai Namco Filmworks handling the animation production.
The series was originally produced and released for North America through Bandai Entertainment. Sunrise is currently bringing these shows out through Right Stuf.
Originally airing in 2002, the TV series was directed by Mitsuo Fukuda and based on the series composition by Chiaki Morosawa. Hisashi Hirai handled the character designs and Sunrise produced the animation.
The Japanese cast includes Akira Ishida as Athrun Zala, Rie Tanaka as Lacus Clyne, Souichiro Hoshi as Kira Yamato, Akira Sasanuma as Dearka Elsman, Houko Kuwashima as Flay Allster, Kinryuu Arimoto as Patrick Zala, Kotono Mitsuishi as Haro, Mami Matsui as Nicol Amalfi, Megumi Toyoguchi as Miriallia Haw, Naomi Shindoh as Cagalli Yula Athha.
The English cast includes Chantal Strand as Lacus Clyne, Matt Hill as Kira Yamato, Samuel Vincent as Athrun Zala, Andrew Francis as Muruta Azrael, Andrew Toth as Clotho Buer, Anna Cummer as Miriallia Haw, Bill Switzer as Sai Argyle, Brad Swaile as Dearka Elsman, Brendan Van Wijk as Romero Pal, Brian Dobson as Martin DaCosta, Gabe Khouth as Nicol Amalfi, Keith Miller as Kuzzey Buskirk, Lisa Ann Beley as Murrue Ramius, Mark Oliver as Rau Le Creuset, Matt Smith as Jackie Tonomura, Michael Adamthwaite as Yzak Joule, Philip Pacaud as Arnold Neumann, Richard Cox as Tolle Koening, Sarah Johns as Natarle Badgiruel, Simon Hayama as Dalida Lolaha Chandra II and Tabitha St. Germain as Birdy, Flay Allster and Haro.
Plot Concept: C.E. (Cosmic Era). An era in which there are human beings called Coordinators, born with superior physical and mental abilities thanks to genetic modification, and humans called Naturals who are born naturally. With their respective existence at stake, the ideological clash between Coordinators and Naturals escalated into war using armed force.
Along the way, the Destiny Plan was proposed, which would forcibly assign a role to each individual and create a world free of competition. But amid the fighting, this Destiny Plan was rejected in order to protect humanity’s aspirations and future freedom.
