See-Saw to Perform Ending Theme for Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom Film

The official Mobile Suit Gundam SEED X account and website have announced that music unit See-Saw will be performing the ending theme song “Sarigiwa no Romantics” for the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom film. The tune is being touted as the first new song from See-Saw in nearly twenty years.

The duo, consisting of Chiaki Ishikawa and Yuki Kajiura, previously performed the first ending theme “Anna ni Issho Datta no ni” for the 2002 Mobile Suit Gundam SEED series, as well as the final ending theme “Kimi wa Boku ni Niteiru” for the 2004 Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny sequel series.

The single for “Sarigiwa no Romantics” will release January 24, 2024, two days before the film’s premiere, priced at 1,320 yen. The jacket will feature newly drawn anime illustrations.

Earlier in November, Takanori Nishikawa, another SEED music alum, was announced to return to perform the main theme song “FREEDOM” with Tetsuya Komuro. Additionally, the original soundtrack, composed by Toshihiko Sahashi, will release January 26 featuring 40 new tracks.

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom will release to theaters January 26, 2024.

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.