close
close

Seed Freedom releases a special edition

Gundam's biggest film gets a new special edition for mech fans.

Mobile Suit Gundam: Seed Freedom is the biggest film released under the Gundam banner in the long history of anime. As a sequel to the original Gundam Seed Series, Freedom was a huge hit in Japanese theaters and is set to hit Netflix in North America on September 1st. Mech fans in Japan will have the chance to see some wild new footage that stretches the film so much that the “Special Edition” will have to be split into two parts. Following this big announcement, the film's director stated that this would be the “perfect version” of the film that Gundam most profitable.

The film will be released in Japan in two parts, with the first film being shown from September 20 to October 3 and the second film from November 1 to 14. Currently, Bandai Namco Filmworks has not revealed whether this special edition will also be released in North America, but given the popularity of the film and the Gundam Franchise, you can assume it will arrive in some form.

Gundam Seed Freedom: Trailer for the special edition

Gundam Seed Freedom Director Mitsuo Fukuda said the following about the upcoming release, which will add new material to the film: “Thanks to your support and encouragement, we have decided to show a special edition of 'Gundam SEED FREEDOM.' In the original version shown on January 26th, it was not possible to shoot all the scenes so that each section was satisfactory due to time constraints. This time, we updated those scenes and also made some changes to various parts of the film, including those that were uncomfortable after the screening. I think we can say that this is the perfect version of 'SEED FREEDOM.' For the ending of the ending, short episodes were rewritten as an epilogue. We hope you will enjoy them too!”

If you haven't seen Gundam Seed FreedomHere's how Bandai Namco describes the film, which was a huge success: “In Cosmic Era (CE) 70… tensions between the Earth Alliance and the ZAFT forces caused by the tragedy of 'Bloody Valentine' have erupted into open war. The Earth Alliance's mobile tanks and armor are being deployed… mobile suits are being destroyed one by one… It seemed a foregone conclusion that the numerically superior Earth Alliance would be victorious. But this initial assessment proved wrong. Almost 11 months have passed since the conflict began, and there is no end in sight…”

You may also like...