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GUNDAM-Con 2027: SEED FREEDOM ZERO gets two stage slots
The first ticket lottery runs until September 6; the event takes place from January 9 to 11, 2027 in Makuhari.
GUNDAM-Con2027 SIDE MAKUHARI has published its stage schedule and will feature Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM ZERO on its main stage on two event days. The first edition of the new Gundam large-scale event takes place from January 9 to 11, 2027 in Halls 1 to 3 of Makuhari Messe in Chiba; the first ticket lottery has started in parallel.
As Anime!Anime! reports, two stages are planned within the grounds. On the A-Stage, a program item on Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM ZERO is scheduled for January 10 from 6 to 7 p.m. A second slot follows on January 11 from 6 to 7 p.m. What content will be shown or announced there specifically has not yet been published.
Three days of Gundam programming in Makuhari
Besides SEED FREEDOM ZERO, the official schedule lists, among others, a closing program item on the "Gundam GWX 30th Anniversary Project," stages for SD Gundam G Generation Eternal, Gundam games, Gunpla, and several tournaments. Seats for the stage programs require a separate access pass in addition to the regular admission ticket; details are to follow later.
The event is part of the activities on the road to the 50th anniversary of the Gundam series in 2029. For the first GUNDAM-Con, exhibitions, creator talks, signing sessions, and sales areas have also been announced. Further projects are already underway around the anniversary: in Odaiba, the exhibition of the life-size Unicorn Gundam statue ends at the end of August, while in Odawara an exhibition on Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino is being prepared.
According to the official event website, the first ticket lottery for GUNDAM-Con2027 runs from August 28 to September 6, 2026. An adult ticket costs 5,000 yen; children of elementary and junior high school age are charged 3,000 yen. Further lottery rounds are planned for October and early November.