Bandai Namco Filmworks (formerly known as Sunrise) held an industry panel on Friday night of Sakura-con 2024 and announced that Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM will screen across 800 North American theaters in cooperation with Fathom Events later this Spring. Cast members from the film were present during the announcement, which also featured the official six-minute preview of the film underlining Bandai Namco’s international promotional push for the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED anniversary festivities that began with the late January release of the feature film in Japan. The English-dubbed preview can be found below.
Official Six-Minute Preview (English Dub)
Official Trailer (English-Subtitled)
Tickets for the May 7 and 8 screenings are set to go on sale on April 5. More information, including participating theaters and showtimes, will also be released on that date.
The Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM anime film opened in Japan on January 26, 2024, becoming the fastest film in Japan to break the one million yen mark this year, breaking records for the entire Gundam series along the way. The film is directed by Mitsuo Fukuda, who also wrote the script along with Chiaki Morosawa and Riu Goto.
Gundam.info describes Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM:
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.
Source: Gundam.info
