Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom Movie Details:
| Japanese title | 機動戦士ガンダムSEED FREEDOM |
| Also known as | Kidô Senshi Gundam Seed Freedom |
| Based on | Mobile Suit Gundam SEED by Mitsuo Fukuda & Chiaki Morosawa Gundam by Yoshiyuki Tomino & Hajime Yatate |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Genre | Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi |
| Release date | January 26, 2024 |
| Running time | 2hr 4min |
| Starring | Sōichirō Hoshi Rie Tanaka Akira Ishida Nanako Mori Kenichi Suzumura Maaya Sakamoto |
| Directed by | Mitsuo Fukuda |
| Screenplay by | Chiaki Morosawa Mitsuo Fukuda |
| Executive producer | Shin Sasaki |
| Cinematography by | Takeshi Katsurayama Shigenori Toyooka |
| Edited by | Yukiko Nojiri |
| Music by | Toshihiko Sahashi |
| Production Company | Sunrise Bandai Namco Filmworks |
| Distributor | Shochiku |
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom Movie Voice Cast & Characters:
| Characters | Japanese | English |
|---|---|---|
| Kira Yamato | Sōichirō Hoshi | Max Mittelman |
| Lacus Clyne | Rie Tanaka | Stephanie Sheh |
| Athrun Zala | Akira Ishida | Chris Hackney |
| Cagalli Yula Athha | Nanako Mori | Cherami Leigh |
| Shinn Asuka | Kenichi Suzumura | Kieran Regan |
| Lunamaria Hawke | Maaya Sakamoto | Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld |
| Meyrin Hawke | Fumiko Orikasa | |
| Murrue Ramius | Kotono Mitsuishi | |
| Mu Lu Flaga | Takehito Koyasu | |
| Yzak Joule | Tomokazu Seki | Daman Mills |
| Dearka Elsman | Akira Sasanuma | |
| Agnes Giebenrath / Stella Loussier | Houko Kuwashima | Kelly Baskin |
| Toyah Mashima | Ayane Sakura | |
| Alexei Konoe | Hōchū Ōtsuka | |
| Albert Heinlein | Jun Fukuyama | Ben Balmaceda |
| Hilda Haken | Michiko Neya | Marin Miller |
| Herbert von Reinhard | Taiten Kusunoki | |
| Mars Simeon | Junichi Suwabe | Bill Butts |
| Lin Shenqiang | Kentarō Tone | |
| Daniel Harper | Yoshitsugu Matsuoka | |
| Griffin Arbalest | Win Morisaki | A.J. Beckles |
| Orphee Lam Tao | Hiro Shimono | Alejandro Saab |
| Aura Maha Khyber | Yukari Tamura | Lizzie Freeman |
| Ingrid Tradoll | Sumire Uesaka | AmaLee |
| Redelard Tradoll | Misato Fukuen | |
| Shura Serpentine | Yuichi Nakamura | Zeno Robinson |
| Arnold Neumann | Isshin Chiba | |
| Dalida Lolaha Chandra II | Katsumi Toriumi | |
| Lio Mao | Yuna Kamakura | |
| Arthur Trine | Hiroki Takahashi | |
| Abbey Windsor | Haruka Tomatsu | |
| Erica Simmons | Michiyo Yanagisawa | |
| Miriallia Haw | Megumi Toyoguchi | |
| Walter de Lament | Shinshu Fuji | |
| Hari Jagannath | Hiroya Egashira | |
| Foster | Yurika Hino |
Storyline:
C.E. (Cosmic Era) 75, the battle was not over yet, with an independence movement arising and an invasion by Blue Cosmos, a group calling for the expulsion of the Coordinator. In order to calm down the situation, the world peace monitoring organization “Compass” is established with Lacus as its first president, and Kira and the others intervene in battles in various places as members. At that time, the Emerging Country Foundation, which was independent from the Eurasian Federation, requests the dispatch of Compass to the Blue Cosmos’ headquarters and proposes a joint operation.
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom Movie Budget & Box Office Collection:
| Budget | N/A |
| Domestic Opening | $7,194,446 |
| Japan Collection | $30,817,232 |
| Worldwide Collection | $32,125,992 |
About Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom Movie:
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom (Japanese: 機動戦士ガンダムSEEDシード FREEDOMフリーダム, Hepburn: Kidō Senshi Gandamu Shīdo Furīdamu) is a Japanese animated military science fiction action film produced by Bandai Namco Filmworks and its animation studio Sunrise and directed by Mitsuo Fukuda. The film is a sequel to both Mobile Suit Gundam SEED and Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny, taking place one year after the events of SEED Destiny.
The film features the talents of Sōichirō Hoshi, Rie Tanaka, Akira Ishida, Nanako Mori, Kenichi Suzumura, Maaya Sakamoto among others. In 75 C.E. the battle was still on. Independence movements, invasion by Blue Cosmos. In order to calm down the situation, a world peace monitoring organization, Compass, is established with Lacus Clyne as the first president. Soldiers involving Kira Yamato and his friends join the Compass and intervene in battles in various places as members. At that time, the Emerging Countries Foundation proposed a joint operation with Compass against Blue Cosmos headquarters.
The film was in development since 2006, but production was postponed due to the main writer Chiaki Morosawa’s health condition. A few years after Morosawa’s death in 2016, the film’s production started and it was released on January 26, 2024. The film grossed over US$30 million, becoming the highest grossing film in the Gundam franchise. It is one of the highest-grossing movies of 2024.
