Mobile Suit Gundam SEED

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Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, often shorten as Gundam SEED, is an anime television series animated by Sunrise and directed by Mitsuo Fukuda. It is a part of the Gundam franchise that started in 1979, but takes place in an alternate universe called the Cosmic Era, than of the original universe, Universal Century. The series spans fifty episodes, which broadcast in Japan from October 5, 2002 to September 27, 2003 at 6:00 p.m. on the JNN TV stations TBS and MBS.

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Overview

See also: List of Gundam SEED Characters

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED is the first animated series of the Cosmic Era, with the story continuing through Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny. Based in the fictional universe in which the world is divided by race, those Genetically modified, Coordinators, and those not, Naturals. After several key events in the timeline tension between each race escalates to war, Naturals form the Earth Alliance and the Coordinators, ZAFT, with those indifferent, Neutral.

Plot

Within the neutral space colony, Heliopolis, a top-secret weapons research facility for the Earth Alliance was established. There, 5 Gundams and a battleship were produced. Situated on that colony was a young civilian, Kira Yamato. There living on the neutral colony, those were seemingly excluded from the war. However, the war did not exclude them, ZAFT, one of the major participants of the war, had launched a covert operation to apprehend the 5 secret Gundams. Their attack on the colony, threw it into chaos. The colony had become another victim to the war, it became a battlefield.

Amidst the battle, two old friends meet one another. One of the ZAFT pilots that were sent to steal the Gundams was Athrun Zala. Years before the war Kira and Athrun were the best of friends, before they both went their separate ways. Denying him the chance to steal the Gundam, Kira is forced into the cockpit of one. Now fate has decided to reunite them, but not in such a friendly way.

Throughout their journey, Kira pilots his Gundam to protect his friends, from his old friend.

Themes

Development

See also: List of Gundam SEED Episodes

Production

Release

English Broadcast

Media

Anime

The animation of Gundam SEED encompassed approximately fifty weeks during its fifty episode Japanese broadcast. The series continues through Gundam SEED Destiny and further with the, to be released, Gundam SEED Movie. Gundam SEED Stargazer also runs parallel to Gundam SEED Destiny with Gundam SEED Astray series following.

Soundtracks

See also: Music of Cosmic Era

Opening Themes

Closing Themes

  • Anna ni Issho Datta no ni (あんなに一緒だったのに; We were so together, but) by See-Saw (ep. 1-26)
  • RIVER by Tatsuya Ishii (ep. 27-39)
  • FIND THE WAY by Mika Nakashima (ep. 40-50)

Insert Songs

Manga

See also: Cosmic Era Manga

The Gundam SEED storyline expands into side stories depicted in manga volumes. Two manga remakes of Gundam SEED were also published, one for teenagers and the other for children. Most side stories run parallel to the storyline of Gundam SEED or before it.

Novel

See also: Cosmic Era Novels

Theatrical film

Video Games

Note that this list only includes games with SEED and SEED Astray characters.

Reception

Controversy

Popularity

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