8 New Gundam SEED Freedom Characters Revealed!

Will the new characters, dressed in common uniforms, be enemies or allies for Kira and the others? Stay tuned for more information.

The eight new characters and cast of the upcoming film “Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM” have been revealed, which will be shown nationwide starting January 26, 2024.

NEW CHARACTERS - Voice Actor

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 - ???

The new characters were unveiled today as part of the commemorative event “Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FESTIVAL ~CONNECT Beyond That Time~” taking place on Sunday, November 19th at the Bunkyo Civic Hall in Tokyo. more info here

The appearance of the Japanese voice actor and singer, Hiro Shimono, who plays Orphee Lam Tao, has also been confirmed.

All seats at the event are reserved via advance ticket and the price is 9,800 yen (tax included).

This film is part of the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Project initiative, first announced in 2021 to celebrate the title's 20th anniversary. The goal of the project is to expand the potential of the SEED/Destiny titles by expanding their story, which also led to the development of the new game Mobile Suit Gundam Seed and the side story manga Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Eclipse.

TRAILER

STAFF

PLANNING AND PRODUCTION: Sunrise

ORIGINAL WORK: Hajime Yatate, Yoshiyuki Tomino

DIRECTOR:  Mitsuo Fukuda

SCREENWRITER: Chiaki Ryozawa,

CHARACTER DESIGN: Hisashi Hirai

MECHANICAL DESIGN: Kunio Okawara, Kimitoshi Yamane, Kazuki Miyatake, Hiroyuki Taiga, Junichi Akutsu, Manabu Shintani, Zen Shiba, and Takuya Irio

MECHANICAL ANIMATION DIRECTOR: Satoshi Shigeta

COLOR KEY ARTIST: Nagao Akemi

ART DIRECTOR: Shigemi Ikeda, Yukiko Maruyama

CG DIRECTOR: Mitsuhiro Sato, Kensuke Kushida, Tomohiro Fujie

MONITOR WORKS: Azusa Tamura, Jirō Kageyama

COMPOSITING DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Takeshi Katsurayama, Shigenori Toyooka

EDITING: Yukiko Nojiri

SOUND DIRECTOR: Sadayoshi Fujino

MUSIC: Toshihiko Sahashi