During the GUNDAM Showcase 2026 @ NYC – Feat. SEED FREEDOM ZERO panel at New York Comic Con, Bandai Namco Filmworks announced that Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM ZERO will open in theaters on January 15, 2027 in Japan, followed by the North America premiere in February. The cast and staff of the film were also revealed in the latest trailer for Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM ZERO, and more information about screenings in theaters will be announced at a later date.
The cast and staff of the film includes:
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/Animation Director: Hisashi Hirai
- Mechanical Animation Director: Satoshi Shigeta
- Mechanical Design: Kunio Okawara, Kimitoshi Yamane, Manabu Shintani, zenseava, Takuya Io
- Color Design: Akemi Nagao
- Art Director: Shigemi Ikeda, Yukiko Maruyama
- CG Director: Mitsuhiro Sato, Kensuke Kushida
- Monitor Graphics: Azusa Tamura, Jirō Kageyama
- Director of Photography: Takeshi Katsurayama, Ryo Iijima
- Offline Editing: Yukiko Nojiri
- Sound Director: Sadayoshi Fujino
- Music: Toshihiko Sahashi
- Production: Bandai Namco Filmworks
- Distribution: Bandai Namco Filmworks, Shochiku Co. Ltd.
In addition, the English dub cast members will include Matthew Erickson as Shinn Asuka, Matt Hill as Kira Yamato and Sam Vincent as Athrun Zala.
The Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM ZERO movie will be a prequel to Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM, which is streaming already on Crunchyroll.
The Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM Screening & Talk Show will be held at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York on Sunday, October 11 and Monday, October 12. Both days feature a special screening of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM in Japanese with English subtitles, with the October 11 program also including a talk show with Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM ZERO planning producer Kaori Shida and exclusive giveaways for attendees.
