Kidô senshi Gundam Seed Destiny 

Two Years after The war Between the Earth Alliance and ZAFT, conflicts between the two nations heat up again. Shin Asuka, the new Main Character's eyes are full of sorrow as his family was ... See full summary »

Creators:

Yoshiyuki Tomino, Hajime Yatate

Stars:

James Blight, Matthew Erickson, Vanessa Morley

Cast

Series cast summary:
James Blight	...	Bart Heim / ... 50 episodes, 2004-2005
Matthew Erickson	...	Shinn Asuka 50 episodes, 2004-2005
Vanessa Morley	...	Cagalli Yula Athha 50 episodes, 2004-2005
Sam Vincent	...	Athrun Zala 50 episodes, 2004-2005
Chris Hackney	...	Athrun Zala (2017 remaster) 49 episodes, 2004-2005
Lee Tockar	...	Ian Lee / ... 47 episodes, 2004-2005
Ken'ichi Suzumura	...	Shinn Asuka 44 episodes, 2004-2005
Akira Ishida	...	Athrun Zala 44 episodes, 2004-2005
Sôichirô Hoshi	...	Kira Yamato 43 episodes, 2004-2005
Cherami Leigh	...	Cagalli Yula Athha (2017 remaster) 42 episodes, 2004-2005
Rie Tanaka	...	Lacus Clyne / ... 41 episodes, 2004-2005
Naomi Shindô	...	Cagalli Yula Athha 39 episodes, 2004-2005
Maaya Sakamoto	...	Lunamaria Hawke 39 episodes, 2004-2005
Max Mittelman	...	Kira Yamato (2017 remaster) 35 episodes, 2004-2005
Sandy Fox	...	Harow (2017 remaster) 34 episodes, 2004-2005
Stephanie Sheh	...	Lacus Clyne (2017 remaster) 34 episodes, 2004-2005
Toshihiko Seki	...	Rey Ze Burrel / ... 29 episodes, 2004-2005
Kotono Mitsuishi	...	Murrue Ramius / ... 28 episodes, 2004-2005
Megumi Toyoguchi	...	Miriallia Haww / ... 28 episodes, 2004-2005
Hiroki Takahashi	...	Arthur Trine 28 episodes, 2004-2005
Shûichi Ikeda	...	Gilbert Dullindal / ... 28 episodes, 2004-2005
Mami Koyama	...	Talia Gladys 27 episodes, 2004-2005
Takehito Koyasu	...	Neo Lorrnoke / ... 26 episodes, 2004-2005
Fumiko Orikasa	...	Meyrin Hawke 26 episodes, 2004-2005
Akira Sasanuma	...	Dearka Elthman / ... 24 episodes, 2004-2005
Kenji Nojima	...	Burt Heim / ... 24 episodes, 2004-2005
Ryôtarô Okiayu	...	Andorew Waldfeld / ... 23 episodes, 2004-2005
Jun'ichi Suwabe	...	Sting Oakley / ... 23 episodes, 2004-2005
Hideyuki Hori	...	Lord Djibril 23 episodes, 2004-2005
Tomokazu Seki	...	Yzak Jule / ... 22 episodes, 2004-2005
Michael Coleman	...	Yolant Kent 22 episodes, 2004-2005
Houko Kuwashima	...	Stellar Loussier / ... 21 episodes, 2004-2005
Toshihiko Nakajima	...	Kojiro Murdock / ... 21 episodes, 2004-2005

Storyline

Two Years after The war Between the Earth Alliance and ZAFT, conflicts between the two nations heat up again. Shin Asuka, the new Main Character's eyes are full of sorrow as his family was killed in Orb during the war. Meanwhile, Athrun is torn between protecting Cagalli in Orb and doing something about the war. With new moble suits being developed by ZAFT and the abduction of three new modles by 3 Earth Alliance Pilots, the new story begins.

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Plot Keywords:

outer space | orphan | masked man | tragic hero | sequel | 

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Taglines:

A leap of faith!

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | War

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Details

Official Sites:

MBS [Japan] Official site [Japan]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

9 October 2004 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny

Box Office

Budget:

JPY 25,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sunrise,Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

25 min (50 Episodes)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

This series is season 2 of the hit Japanese animation series, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED.

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Quotes

Athrun Zala: [to Shinn Asuka] Everyone who has cried over being powerless feels that way, I think. But, from the moment you take that power into your hand, you'll become the person who will make others cry. Don't you ever forget that.
Athrun Zala: We will be going out into the battlefield again soon. Should you forget that at that time, losing yourself to your own selfish reasoning and sense of justice, you'll become a destroyer, using your power recklessly against others.
Athrun Zala: You're not like that, right?

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Connections

Referenced in Sûpâ robotto taisen V (2017)

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Soundtracks

Reason
First Ending Theme (Episodes #1-13)
Written by Shungo
Composed by Yasuo Ohtani
Arranged by ats
Performed by Nami Tamaki
(Sony Music Records)

User Reviews

Good start...

Gundam SEED Destiny, the direct sequel to Gundam SEED, got off to a great start. We were thrown into battle that raged on and off for 4 to 5 episodes non-stop, and our hopes were high. There were new characters that had stories to be told, and a new plot to be delivered. But, this all stopped before the series even hit the 20th episode. Instead of the new characters being in the spotlight, Lacus and the crew came in and took it back. Athrun was left in the cold, and it became the Jesus Yamato show. Instead of seeing intense battles, we get to see Freedom strike the same pose over and over again as hundreds of grunt units explode.

Gundam SEED retained elements from the older, more war oriented Gundam series, which made it easily watchable and quite entertaining if you could get by the re-use of the same frames. But SEED Destiny became a "super robot" show in which the main characters suits could easily take out an entire fleet without getting a scratch. The new suits, while flashy, are just blatant copies of UC suits. Pumping up a Zaku and giving it a huge backpack doesn't mean you've created a new suit.

Destiny had the potential to be as good as SEED, but it ended up destroying itself by becoming a super robot show filled with Gundams.

I give it 3 out of 10 stars, because it did have a good start.