Freedom Project

Freedom Project is a Japanese promotional project by Nissin Cup Noodles for their 35th anniversary in 2006. As part of the project, the 7-part OVA series, titled Freedom, was commissioned with and designed by Katsuhiro Otomo (of the anime film Steamboy and the manga Akira and its film adaptation) serving as the character and mecha designer. The series is directed by Shuhei Morita, creator of the award-winning animation short Kakurenbo, and is authored by celebrated writer Dai Sato, Katsuhiko Chiba and Yuuichi Nomura. The series openly displays its sponsor's product placement in numerous scenes in which characters are shown consuming Nissin Cup Noodles.

The OVA is animated and produced by Sunrise and distributed by Bandai Visual. It is being distributed in North America by Bandai Visual USA. "Freedom Committee" is the collective term used for the entire creative team behind Freedom, which includes animators and production staff members who have previously worked on Steamboy.

The theme song for the series, titled "This is Love", is performed by popular Japanese pop singer Utada Hikaru. A second song, Kiss & Cry, Utada Hikaru's 19th Japanese single, was used for Nissin's 5th television commercial for Freedom, which began airing in Japan from 20 April 2007.

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... Freedom Footmark Days (FREEDOM フットマークデイズ, FREEDOM Futtomākudeizu?) is a series of 3 novels which follows Kazuma's, one of the main characters, side of the story ... Freedom Scenarios delves into the making of the anime OVA series ... production art, and a detailed encyclopedia for terms related to Freedom (ISBN 9784091064103, ISBN 978-4-09-106417-2) ...
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... Faust was posing as Nabu to give Dibny's soul to the demon Neron in exchange for his freedom ... Lex Luthor announces the Everyman Project, a program designed to give ordinary people superpowers ... about responsibility, then denies her pleas to be allowed to join the Everyman project ...

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