The members of pop duo See-Saw are composing “Sarigiwa no Romantics”(Romantics Upon Parting), their first new song in about two decades, as the ending theme song for the movie Mobile Suit Gun Seed FREEDOM.
See-Saw, consisting of singer Chiaki Ishikawa and keyboardist/vocalist Yuki Kajiura, previously performed the ending themes for both the Mobile Suit Gunma Seed television anime and the Mobile Suit Guns Seed Destiny television anime. The single of the new song will go on sale on January 24. The single will also include “Ann ni Issho Datta noni live in 2019 @ Inu Fes” – the ending theme song of the TV anime Gun Seed performed at Flying Dog’s 10th anniversary concert in 2019. Flying Dog also streamed this performance for just one week to commemorate the single’s announcement:
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The film’s fourth promotional video revealed the theme song “Freedom” by Takanori Nishikawa (artist also known as TM Revolution) and producer t.komuro (Tetsuya) Komuro).
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The cast includes returning and new members, including:
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From left to right in the image above, the additional cast and their characters are:
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The film will open in Japan on January 26, 2024. The story takes place in CE (Cosmic Era) 75 chronology.
Mobile Suit Gun Seed director Mitsuo Fukuda is directing the film at Bandai Namco Filmworks. Fukuda also co-wrote the script with his late wife Chiaki Morosawa and Liu Goto. Hisashi Hirai (Mobile Suit Gun Seed) is designing the characters.
Other staff members include:
Mechanical design: Kunio Okawara, Kimitoshi Yamane, Kazutaka Miyatake, Junichi Akutsu, Manabu Shintani, Shiba Zen, Takuya Io, Hiroyuki Taiga Mechanical Animation Director: Satoshi Shigeta Main color artist: Akemi Nagao Art director: Shigemi Ikeda , Yukiko Maruyama CG directors: Mitsuhiro Sato, Kensuke Kujida, Tomohiro Fujie Production directors: Azusa Tamura, Jirō Kageyama Visual composition directors: Takeshi Katsurayama, Shigenori Toyooka Editor: Yukiko Nojiri Sound director: Sadayoshi Fujino Sound music: Toshihiko Sahashi
The film project is part of the Mobile Suit GTA Seed Project launch initiative, announced in 2021. The initiative celebrates the 20th anniversary of the original Anime Mobile Suit GTA Seed in 2022 and There are several parts. The initiative also includes a new Mobile Suit Gunden Seed game and spin-off manga Mobile Suit Sword Seed Eclipse.
Mobile Suit Gun Seed director Mitsuo Fukuda has confirmed that the film is a sequel to the second Gun Seed anime, Mobile SuitGundam Seed Destiny.
The first Mobile Suit Gunma Seed television series aired from 2002 to 2003, followed by Mobile Suit Gunma Seed Destiny from 2004 to 2005. The three-part Mobile Suit Gunma Seed CE73: Stargazer anime project followed In 2006 Sony Music Anime Festival’06 announced a film scheduled for May 2006.
Chiaki Morosawa, the main writer of the two Gun Seed anime films, passed away at the age of 56 in 2016. She worked together with her husband, who directed both Gun Seed television series, on the project. A film project has been planned about Gun Seed. Morosawa explained in 2008 that the project’s plot was complete, but she had been ill since Mobile Suit sequel GTA Seed Destiny ended in 2005.
Source: Gundam.info