Nishikawa previously performed the theme songs for the Mobile Suit Gundam Seed television anime and its spinoffs, while Komuro is a member of the TM Network band that performed the ending theme song for the Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack film.
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 film project is part of the Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Project ignited initiative, which was announced in 2021.