The official Mobile Suit Gundam SEED X account and website have announced that the single for the theme song “Freedom,” from the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom film, will be released January 24, 2024.
“Freedom” was revealed as the film’s theme song in November, performed by Takanori Nishikawa with Tetsuya Komuro (stylized as t.komuro). Takanori Nishikawa has become synonymous with the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED series, performing multiple theme songs throughout its installments under his former stage name T.M.Revolution, such as “INVOKE,” “ignited,” “Meteor,” and “vestige”. Tetsuya Komura is a founding member of TM Network, who performed the iconic “Beyond the Time” for the 1988 Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack film.
The single will release in two versions, limited edition and regular edition.
Priced at 6,000 yen, the limited edition will include an original HG 1/144 Freedom Gundam (Polarized Clear) Gunpla, along with four alternate Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom illustration jackets. The track list features:
- FREEDOM
- FREEDOM (Movie Edit)
- FREEDOM (Instrumental)
The regular edition is priced at 1,300 yen and will feature the following tracklist:
- FREEDOM
- Believer
- FREEDOM (Instrumental)
- Believer (Instrumental)
The single for “Freedom” will be released on the same day as the ending theme “Sarigiwa no Romantics,” which was announced in December to be performed by See-Saw, another SEED series alum music unit.
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 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
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Source: Official Website
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