Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM: Director Kitsuo Fukuda’s particular attention to depiction of battleships, as well as Millennium’s “phantom plan” – MANTANWEB

The third staff talk screening of “Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM,” the completely new theatrical version of the popular anime “Mobile Suit Gundam SEED” series, was held on April 23rd at Shinjuku Piccadilly (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo), and Kizu Fukuda attended the screening. Director Akira, mechanical animation director Satoshi Shigeta, CG animation main director Mitsuhiro Sato, and production manager Hiroomi Ikeya appeared. Director Fukuda said he was particular about depicting battleships, including the newly built battleship Millennium, which belongs to the World Peace Monitoring Organization Compass, and revealed a secret story.

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We were especially particular about Millennium’s take-off scene, and Director Fukuda said, “He wanted the take-off scene in Mighty Jack to have high waves.Since it’s an open ocean, there are swells.The waves are the devil.” He thanked the CG team, saying, “Thanks to you, it looked cool. The waves make it look huge. You can see the purple shark flying in the foreground, and you can see how big it is.”

Millennium has large wings on the back. Director Fukuda explained, “That’s what (Kazuki) Miyatake told me. If you want to make a cool battleship, put all the wings in the back.”

It is said that there was a “phantom plan” for the final battle scene in Millennium, and Shigeta said, “At the end, Murrue goes up, the steering wheels come out, and she turns and rams her body…” Director Fukuda then said, “(Marieu) wears an armored suit, carries something like an anti-tank rifle, and if we ram her, Marie-san will kill Aura with a long-range sniper shot. I was thinking about it, but I don’t have time. That’s it,” he said.

“Mobile Suit Gundam SEED” ​​of the “SEED” ​​series was broadcast from October 2002 to September 2003, and the sequel “Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY” was broadcast from October 2004 to October 2005. “Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM” is the sequel to “SEED DESTINY”, and the TV anime staff including director Mitsuo Fukuda have reunited.

Production of the theatrical version was announced in 2006, but there was no follow-up news for a long time. Approximately 18 years after its release, the film was released on January 26th and has become a hit, with box office revenue exceeding 4.47 billion yen.