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Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
File:Gundam seed destiny.jpeg
Title of the series
GenreMecha, Action, Drama
Anime
Directed byMitsuo Fukuda
StudioSunrise

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny is the second TV series set in the Cosmic Era universe of Gundam. Set two years after the original Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, Gundam SEED Destiny features many new characters and some returning ones, most prominently Cagalli Yula Athha, Athrun Zala, Kira Yamato and Lacus Clyne.

Gundam SEED Destiny had its premiere broadcast in Japan on October 9, 2004 at 6:00 PM on the JNN TV stations (Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS TV), Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS TV, producing TV station), etc.) and ended October 1, 2005. Bandai Entertainment has announced that Gundam SEED Destiny is licensed for the North American market.

On Christmas 2005 a special episode ("Final Plus") aired, called "The Chosen Future". The episode is mainly a remake of the Final Phase (Ep 50), with a few storyline changes, a lengthened battle, and an epilogue to the series.

An abridged version of the TV series will be released as Gundam SEED Destiny: Special Edition starting May 2006.

Overview

Template:Spoiler Gundam SEED Destiny is the sequel to Gundam SEED and both are set in the Cosmic Era timeline. For background information see Factions of the Cosmic Era, for the events in the first series see Bloody Valentine War, for the events in Gundam SEED Destiny see Second Bloody Valentine War.

Cast & Crew

Japanese Cast

Staff

  • Director: Fukuda Mitsuo
  • Series Writer: Morosawa Chiaki
  • Character Designer: Hirai Hisashi
  • Mechanical Designer: Okawara Kunio, Yamane Kimitoshi
  • Design Works: Fujioka Kenki
  • Art Director: Ikeda Shigemi
  • Sound Director: Fujino Sadayoshi
  • Music: Sahashi Toshihiko
  • Producer: Takeda Seiji (MBS), Sato Hiroyuki (Sunrise)

English-language Cast (Tentative)

Openings & Endings & Insert Songs

Openings:

Endings:

  • Reason by Nami Tamaki (ep. 1-13)
  • Life Goes On by Mika Arisaka (ep. 14-25)
  • I Wanna Go to a Place... by Rie Fu (ep. 26-36)
  • Kimi wa boku ni niteiru (You Resemble Me) by See-Saw (ep. 37-50, Final Plus)

Insert Songs:

Trivia

Template:Spoiler There are numerous references throughout Gundam Seed and Seed Destiny to previous Gundam series and other works by director Mitsuo Fukuda, as his wife Chiaka Morosawa is often the scriptwriter or story editor for his productions. Most notable among the non-Gundam references are those to Fukuda's GPX Cyber Formula television and OVA series. Among these are the convertible that Athrun drives in Episode 8, which is a civilian-use version of the Asurada, protagonist Hayato Kazami's racing machine from Cyber Formula. Other references include the house in Orb that Kira & friends live at, which look exactly the same as Hayato's New Jersey residence in Cyber Formula Sin; the motorcycle that Shinn rides in Ep 21, which is the same motorcycle that Hayato rides on in the beginning of the Cyber Formula TV series; the part of the third OP where Lacus turns her head to look at Kira, which is reminiscent of a scene from the Cyber Formula Saga OP; and the scene in the fourth OP with Gilbert and Talia is almost an exact duplicate of a scene with Kyoshiro Nagumo and Kyoko Aoi in the Cyber Formula Sin OP.

In particular there is a strong resemblance between the Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam series in Universal Century and Gundam SEED Destiny in many aspects. This is especially apparent in the mobile suit designs (for example the similarity between Psyco Gundam and Destroy Gundam, Hyaku Shiki and Akatsuki, etc). Gundam Seed Destiny also recycles several famous vintage Universal Century mobile suits (Zaku, Gouf and Dom), this is the second alternate-universe series (after Turn-A Gundam) which has used its own versions of Universal Century Mobile Suits. In character developments and plots Seed Destiny also follows many details of Zeta Gundam, such as the return of the protagonists from the previous series (Amuro Ray/Kira Yamato), the manipulations of body and mind of the Cyber Newtypes/Extended, and the doomed romantic relationships between the protagonists and female mobile suit pilots of the enemy. One notable dissimilarity is that SEED Destiny lacks the death rate of characters seen in Zeta Gundam. Another major difference is that while both feature the protagonists from the previous series, SEED Destiny often sets the recurring cast members opposing the new characters, while the old and new protagonists in Zeta ended up joining the same side.

Criticisms

Much criticism in the media and fanbase is concentrated at director Mitsuo Fukuda for giving his wife too much creative control with the script, and caving into fan demand to make popular returning Gundam Seed characters (with the notable example of Kira) preeminent in favor of those newly introduced Seed Destiny characters. These changes over the course of the 50-episode series result in rocky and inconsistent characterization. Animation director Yousuke Kabashima also critized Morosawa in his blog, for shifting the storyline on the fly and habitually turning in scripts late, and also implied that she only had her job as chief writer because she was Fukuda's wife (a suggestion echoed by many fans). Morosawa has also recieved heavy criticism from fans for abruptly writing Cagalli, previously an important, popular and strong-willed character out of the story and ending her relationship with Athrun without explanation. This unexplained plot change was conducted without mitigating circumstances and little to no notice by any of the characters. Criticism of this change was exacerbated by a post-series interview in which she gave explanations that many fans felt to be dubious at best. A target of particular scorn is her assertion that Athrun would need to be the leader of his own nation for their romance to resume, even though logically such a situation would make a relationship more difficult (nations inherently have differing agendas, making a romance between their leaders an obvious conflict of interest).

See also

Preceded by (in production and chronological order): Mobile Suit Gundam SEED

Followed by (in production order): Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73 Stargazer (tentative title).

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