Bandai Namco Filmworks announced that MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM SEED FREEDOM ZERO, a prequel to MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM SEED FREEDOM, will open in North American theaters in February 2027.
The English voice cast has also been revealed, with Matthew Erickson as Shinn Asuka, Matt Hill as Kira Yamato, and Sam Vincent as Athrun Zala.
The announcement was made during the GUNDAM Showcase 2026 panel at New York Comic Con. A new teaser visual and trailer have also been released.
Teaser Trailer:
Teaser Visual:
ENGLISH CAST:
Matthew Erickson as Shinn Asuka
Matt Hill as Kira Yamato
Sam Vincent as Athrun Zala
JAPANESE CAST:
Kenichi Suzumura as Shinn Asuka
Maaya Sakamoto as Lunamaria Hawke
Houko Kuwashima as Agnes Giebenrath
Daisuke Ono as Leonard Valway
Soichiro Hoshi as Kira Yamato
Rie Tanaka as Lacus Clyne
Akira Ishida as Athrun Zala
Nanako Mori as Cagalli Yula Athha
Tomokazu Seki as Yzak Jule
Akira Sasanuma as Dearka Elthman
Kotono Mitsuishi as Murrue Ramius
Takehito Koyasu as Mu La Flaga
STAFF:
Planning & Production: SUNRISE
Original Concept: Hajime Yatate, Yoshiyuki Tomino
Director: Mitsuo Fukuda
Screenplay: Shigeru Morita, Chiaki Morosawa, Mitsuo Fukuda
Character Design & Chief Animation Director: Hisashi Hirai
Chief Mechanical Animation Director: Satoshi Shigeta
Mechanical Design: Kunio Okawara, Kimitoshi Yamane, Manabu Shintani, Zenseava, Takuya Io
Color Design: Akemi Nagao
Art Directors: Shigemi Ikeda, Yukiko Maruyama
CG Directors: Mitsuhiro Sato, Kensuke Kushida
Monitor Graphics: Azusa Tamura, Jiro Kageyama
Directors of Photography: Takeshi Katsurayama, Ryo Iijima
Offline Editing: Yukiko Nojiri
Sound Director: Sadayoshi Fujino
Music: Toshihiko Sahashi
Produced by: Bandai Namco Filmworks
Distributed by: Bandai Namco Filmworks and Shochiku Co., Ltd.
The film serves as a prequel to MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM SEED FREEDOM, which became the highest-grossing theatrical release in Gundam history, earning over 5 billion yen and attracting 3 million moviegoers.
STORY:
After the collapse of the Destiny Plan proposed by Dullindal, which would have decided people’s fates based on genetics, Cagalli, the chief representative of the Orb United Emirates, has been working to bring about a peaceful new order by establishing a global peace monitoring agency called COMPS (Pronounced Compass).
C.E.74. The great war is over, but Shinn has yet to decide what course he should follow. Then a mobile suit which has survived many past battlefields is transferred from ZAFT to COMPS’s temporary base on Onogoro Island. That night, however, the Strike Freedom Gundam is stolen by persons unknown.
To stop the situation from escalating, to recover the stolen machine, and for the sake of everything they must protect, Shinn and his comrades once again throw themselves into battle…
About MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM SEED FREEDOM ZERO:
MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM SEED FREEDOM ZERO is the newest addition to the GUNDAM SEED series and serves as the prequel to MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM SEED FREEDOM, the theatrical film that opened Jan. 26, 2024, and became the highest-grossing theatrical release in Gundam history in Japan. Set in the Cosmic Era—a future in which genetically enhanced ‘Coordinators’ and unaltered ‘Naturals’ are locked in war—the SEED series follows Kira Yamato, his childhood friend Athrun Zala, and Shinn Asuka, the protagonist of SEED DESTINY, as they navigate the escalating conflicts that culminate in SEED FREEDOM. SEED FREEDOM ZERO is the prequel to the film SEED FREEDOM. The story is based on a script written during the production of SEED FREEDOM by original creators Chiaki Morosawa and Shigeru Morita, together with director Mitsuo Fukuda.
Source: Press Release
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