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Gundam Seed FREEDOM Film Gets Special Editions With Over 500 Cuts Updated

The official website for the Mobile Suit Gundam Seed FREEDOM film will play in theaters in two 14-day limited engagements. The special editions feature over 500 cuts of footage updated.

One special edition of the film, with an epilogue cut (or cuts) added, will play from September 20 to October 3. Another special edition, with a different epilogue cut (or cuts) added, will run from November 1 to November 14. During the first run, attendees will receive an original mini clear file folder featuring an animation sketch used for an updated cut.

Director Mitsuo Fukuda explained that due to time, the staff could not complete every section to their satisfaction in the version that opened in theaters on January 26. With the special editions, they updated those cuts and refined parts that felt off after screenings. Fukuda added, "I think we can call this the complete edition of Seed FREEDOM."

Also on September 20, cast and Fukuda will appear at a screening at Tokyo's Shinjuku Piccadilly theater.

Mobile Suit Gundam Seed FREEDOM franchise's highest three-day opening in box office earnings. The film is the highest-earning Gundam film in Japan ever.

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film with a September 1 debut on the service in the United States.

Fukuda directed the film at Bandai Namco Filmworks. Fukuda also co-wrote the script along with his late wife Hisashi Hirai (Mobile Suit Gundam Seed) designed the characters.

Sources: Comic Natalie