Mobile Suit Gundam Seed (2002–2003)
"Kidô senshi Gundam Seed" (original title)

The discovery of an advanced model of combat mecha on their space colony throws a young man and his friends into involvement in an interplanetary war as the crew of a powerful fighting ship.

Creators:

Yoshiyuki Tomino, Hajime Yatate

Stars:

Ted Cole, Brian Dobson, Adam Henderson

Cast

Series cast summary:
Ted Cole	...	Ray Yuki (50 episodes, 2002-2003)
Brian Dobson	...	Martin Dacosta (50 episodes, 2002-2003)
Adam Henderson	...	Leodnir Kisaka (50 episodes, 2002-2003)
Fred Henderson	...	Ulen Hibiki (50 episodes, 2002-2003)
Jocelyne Loewen	...	Asagi Caldwell (50 episodes, 2002-2003)
Alison Matthews	...	Ezalia Joule (50 episodes, 2002-2003)
Scott McNeil	...	Gerard Garcia (50 episodes, 2002-2003)
John Novak	...	Uzumi Nara Athha (50 episodes, 2002-2003)
Rebecca Shoichet	...	Mayura Labatt (50 episodes, 2002-2003)
Lee Tockar	...	Herbert Von Reinhardt (50 episodes, 2002-2003)
Sôichirô Hoshi	...	Kira Yamato (48 episodes, 2002-2003)
Kotono Mitsuishi	...	Murrue Ramius (48 episodes, 2002-2003)
Takehito Koyasu	...	Mwu La Fllaga (48 episodes, 2002-2003)
Houko Kuwashima	...	Natarle Badgiruel (48 episodes, 2002-2003)
Megumi Toyoguchi	...	Miriallia Haww (48 episodes, 2002-2003)
Yasuhiro Takato	...	Kuzzey Buskirk (48 episodes, 2002-2003)
Tetsu Shiratori	...	Ssigh Argyle (48 episodes, 2002-2003)
Michael Adamthwaite	...	Yzak Joule (48 episodes, 2002-2003)
Sharon Alexander	...	Erica Simmons (48 episodes, 2002-2003)
Lisa Ann Beley	...	Eileen Canaver (48 episodes, 2002-2003)
Don Brown	...	Sigel Clyne (48 episodes, 2002-2003)
Trevor Devall	...	Mu La Flaga (48 episodes, 2002-2003)
Michael Dobson	...	Fredrik Ades (48 episodes, 2002-2003)
Brian Drummond	...	Andrew Waltfeld (48 episodes, 2002-2003)
Andrew Francis	...	Muruta Azrael (48 episodes, 2002-2003)
Ron Halder	...	Sutherland (48 episodes, 2002-2003)
Simon Hayama	...	Chandra (48 episodes, 2002-2003)
Matt Hill	...	Kira Yamato (48 episodes, 2002-2003)
Jonathan Holmes	...	Marco Morassim (48 episodes, 2002-2003)
Sarah Johns	...	Juri Wu Nien (48 episodes, 2002-2003)
Andrew Kavadas	...	Patrick Zala (48 episodes, 2002-2003)
Gabe Khouth	...	Nicol Amarfi (48 episodes, 2002-2003)
Keith William Miller	...	Kuzzey Buskirk (48 episodes, 2002-2003)
Vanessa Morley	...	Cagalli Yula Athha (48 episodes, 2002-2003)
Mark Oliver	...	Rau Le Creuset (48 episodes, 2002-2003)
Ward Perry	...	Kojiro Murdock (48 episodes, 2002-2003)
Tony Sampson	...	Miguel Aiman (48 episodes, 2002-2003)
Matt Smith	...	Jackie Tonomura (48 episodes, 2002-2003)
Tabitha St. Germain	...	Birdy (48 episodes, 2002-2003)
Chantal Strand	...	Lacus Clyne (48 episodes, 2002-2003)
Brad Swaile	...	Dearka Elsman (48 episodes, 2002-2003)
Bill Switzer	...	Sai Argyle (48 episodes, 2002-2003)
Andrew Toth	...	Clotho Buer (48 episodes, 2002-2003)
Brendan Van Wijk	...	Pal (48 episodes, 2002-2003)
Sam Vincent	...	Athrun Zala (48 episodes, 2002-2003)
Akira Ishida	...	Athrun Zala (47 episodes, 2002-2003)
Toshihiko Seki	...	Raww Le Kleuze (47 episodes, 2002-2003)
Takayuki Inoue	...	Tolle Koenig (47 episodes, 2002-2003)
Isshin Chiba	...	Arnold Neumann (47 episodes, 2002-2003)
Toshihiko Nakajima	...	Kojiro Murdock (47 episodes, 2002-2003)
Shigeru Shibuya	...	Jackie Tonomura (47 episodes, 2002-2003)
Yasuhiko Kawazu	...	Ades (46 episodes, 2002-2003)
Katsumi Toriumi	...	Dalida Roe Laha Chandra II (45 episodes, 2002-2003)
Rie Tanaka	...	Lacus Clyne (42 episodes, 2002-2003)
Akira Sasanuma	...	Dearka Elthman (41 episodes, 2002-2003)
Tomokazu Seki	...	Yzak Jule (41 episodes, 2002-2003)
Mami Matsui	...	Nicol Amarfi (41 episodes, 2002-2003)
Naomi Shindô	...	Cagalli Yula Athha (39 episodes, 2002-2003)
Kinryû Arimoto	...	Patrick Zala (39 episodes, 2002-2003)
Takanori Nishikawa	...	Miguel Aiman (39 episodes, 2002-2003)
Tôru Ôkawa	...	Uzumi Nara Attha (38 episodes, 2002-2003)
Yôsuke Akimoto	...	Sigel Clyne (37 episodes, 2002-2003)
Minoru Inaba	...	William Sutherland (37 episodes, 2002-2003)
Yuuko Satou	...	Juri Wu Nien (37 episodes, 2002-2003)
Nobuyuki Hiyama	...	Muruta Azrael (36 episodes, 2002-2003)
Vivian Hsu	...	Aisha (36 episodes, 2002-2003)
Kikuko Inoue	...	Caridad Yamato (36 episodes, 2002-2003)
Masayo Kurata	...	Mayura Labatt (36 episodes, 2002-2003)
Sachi Matsumoto	...	Asagi Caldwell (36 episodes, 2002-2003)
Shunichi Miyamoto	...	Shani Andras (36 episodes, 2002-2003)
Ryôtarô Okiayu	...	Andorew Waldfeld (36 episodes, 2002-2003)
Michiyo Yanagisawa	...	Erica Simmons (36 episodes, 2002-2003)
Hiro Yuuki	...	Clotho Buer (36 episodes, 2002-2003)

Storyline

In the year Cosmic Era (CE) 71, a war between the Earth Alliance and ZAFT (Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty) breaks out. The Earth Alliance catches up in technology after ZAFT has a head start building giant man-piloted robots called mobile suits. Immediately, four of the Earth Alliance's five new mobile suits called Gundams are stolen by ZAFT, with the remaining Gundam falling on the hands of a young Earth Alliance pilot.

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Plot Keywords:

robot | kindness | christ allegory | undeclared love | brotherhood | 

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Taglines:

In the end, there can be only one victor.

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Details

Official Sites:

MSB [jp] Official site

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

5 October 2002 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Gundam Seed

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sunrise, Bandai Visual Company, Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

50 min 25 min (50 episodes) 50 min (4 specials) 5 min (1 episode)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Cagalli, Fllay and Lacus, the three female leads of the series, only ever exchange 1 line of dialogue to each of the other two throughout the series' 50-episode run.

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Quotes

Orga Sabnak: Hey, hey, hey!

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Crazy Credits

After Lacus joins Kira's crew, the later of the two eye-catches is modified to show Lacus and Athrun with a collection of Haros, and different music, instead of the rousing Gundam eye-catch that appears before the break.

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Connections

Spun-off from Mobile Suit Gundam (1979)

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Soundtracks

"Moment"
Second Opening Theme (Episodes #14-26)
Performed by Vivian or Kazuma

User Reviews

Awesomeness.

I absolutely love Seed. It's one of my favourite series, and though I have heard from a lot of people that they found it slow at the start, I did not find this a problem. I would advise to watch it in the original Japanese with subs, as quite frankly the dub is nearly as bad as the Evangelion dub, which pretty much batters my ears with a very large hammer. Lacus and Fllay under the dub become awful, they are given voices that do not suit their characters imo, and the way they are voiced makes me think that the voice actors looked at the hair and thought, pink hair = bimbo :rolleyes:. I think the storyline is good, the characters are interesting, and it all looks great. The only problem is scene reuse, but I'll live with it. So I recommend highly with a whopping..... 9/10