Mobile Suit Gundam Seed director Mitsuo Fukuda confirmed that the film is a sequel to the second Gundam Seed television anime, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny.
The first Mobile Suit Gundam Seed television anime aired from 2002 to 2003, followed by Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny from 2004 to 2005.
The official Twitter account for the Mobile Suit Gundam Seed FREEDOM film project unveiled a new lyric music video on Thursday, revealing Nami Tamaki as the singer for the film’s “official support song,” titled “Reborn.” shungo, the lyricist for Tamaki’s song “Reason,” wrote the lyrics for the new song.
The film project is part of the Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Project ignited initiative, which was announced in 2021.