Gundam SEED Freedom Film Ranked #1 on Eiga for Two Consecutive Weeks



Bandai Namco Filmworks and Sunrise‘s latest theatrical Gundam outing, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom continues its box office success by remaining ranked #1 on Japanese film ranking website Eiga.com‘s Access Ranking.

The film earned an additional 523,065,770 yen in its second weekend, bringing its total to 1,965,922,900 yen with 1,215,558 tickets sold. SEED Freedom is expected to surpass Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space‘s long sitting 2.3 billion yen franchise box office record.

Premiering January 26, the film debuted at #1 in the Japanese box office against competition such as Spy × Family Code: White, Poor Things, and the live-action Golden Kamuy film.

In a stage greeting held on Sunday January 28, director Fukuda announced the film would be released internationally to over 56 countries and regions. Beginning February 9th, SEED Freedom will be screened to large format theaters such as MX4D, 4DX, and Dolby Cinema.

Key Visual, Sunrise

The tagline of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom is “You are there inside me. Am I there inside you?”. The film is directed by Mitsuo Fukuda, featuring a script by Fukuda, Chiaki Morosawa, and Ryu Goto. Hisashi Hirai returns for character design, while the mechanical design team includes Kunio Okawara, Kimitoshi Yamane, Kazutaka Miyatake, Junichi Akutsu, Manabu Shintani, Zenseava, Takuya Io, and Hiroyuki Taiga. Satoshi Shigeta returns as mechanical animation director. Toshihiko Sahashi is the composer for the film’s music, and the theme song “FREEDOM” is performed by Takanori Nishikawa with Tetsuya Komuro.

Story

In C.E.75, the fighting still continues.

There are independence movements, and aggression by Blue Cosmos… In order to calm the situation, a global peace monitoring agency called COMPASS is established, with Lacus as its first president. As members of COMPASS, Kira and his comrades intervene into various regional battles. Then a newly established nation called Foundation proposes a joint operation against a Blue Cosmos stronghold.

Cast:

  • Kira Yamato | Soichiro Hoshi
  • Lacus Clyne | Rie Tanaka
  • Athrun Zala | Akira Ishida
  • Cagalli Yula Athha | Nanako Mori
  • Shinn Asuka | Kenichi Suzumura
  • Lunamaria Hawke | Maaya Sakamoto
  • Meyrin Hawke | Fumiko Orikasa
  • Murrue Ramius | Kotono Mitsuishi
  • Mu La Flaga | Takehito Koyasu
  • Yzak Jule | Tomokazu Seki
  • Dearka Elthman | Akira Sasanuma
  • Agnes Giebenrath | Houko Kuwashima
  • Toyah Mashima | Ayane Sakura
  • Alexei Konoe | Hochu Otsuka
  • Albert Heinlein | Jun Fukuyama
  • Hilda Harken | Michiko Neya
  • Herbert von Reinhard | Taiten Kusunoki
  • Maas Symeon | Junichi Suwabe
  • Aura Maha Khyber | Yukari Tamura
  • Orphee Lam Tao | Hiro Shimono
  • Shura Serpentine | Yuichi Nakamura
  • Ingrid Tradoll | Sumire Uesaka
  • Redelard Tradoll | Misato Fukuen
  • Daniel Harper | Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
  • Liu Shenqiang | Kentaro Tone
  • Griffin Arbalest | Win Morisaki

  • Gilbert Durandal | Shuichi Ikeda

Staff:

– Planning/Production: SUNRISE
– Original Story: Hajime Yatate, Yoshiyuki Tomino
– Director: Mitsuo Fukuda
– Screenplay: Chiaki Morosawa, Ryu Goto, Mitsuo Fukuda
– Character Design: Hisashi Hirai
– Mechanical Design: Kunio Okawara, Kimitoshi Yamane, Kazutaka Miyatake, Junichi Akutsu, Manabu Shintani, Zenseava, Takuya Io, Hiroyuki Taiga
– Mechanical Animation Director: Satoshi Shigeta
– Color Design: Akemi Nagao
– Art Director: Shigemi Ikeda, Yukiko Maruyama
– CG Director: Mitsuhiro Sato, Kensuke Kushida, Tomohiro Fujie
– Monitor Works: Azusa Tamura, Jiro Kageyama
– Director of Photography: Takeshi Katsurayama, Shigenori Toyooka
– Editing: Yukiko Nojiri
– Sound Director: Sadayoshi Fujino
– Music: Toshihiko Sahashi
– Theme Song: “FREEDOM” by Takanori Nishikawa with Tetsuya Komuro
– Production: Bandai Namco Filmworks
– Distributor: Bandai Namco Filmworks, Shochiku ODS Office
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