Mobile Suit Gundam Seed (TV)

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Alternative title:

Gundam Seed

Kidō Senshi Gundam Seed (Japanese)

機動戦士ガンダムSEED　<シード> (Japanese)

機動戰士鋼彈SEED (Chinese (Taiwan))

Genres: action, drama, psychological, science fiction

Themes: genetic enhancement, mecha, military, real robot, space, space colonies, tragedy, war

Objectionable content: Significant

Plot Summary: Heliopolis, a so-called neutral space colony was holding a top-secret weapons research facility, producing Gundams for the Earth Alliance. ZAFT, which is composed of Coordinators (genetically modified/upgraded humans), attacks Heliopolis, stealing 4 out of the Alliance's 5 Gundams. In the battlefield, civilian Kira Yamato stumbles upon the Strike, the last remaining Gundam of the alliance, and is forced to pilot it. In the midst of battle he encounters his best friend, Athrun Zala, as one of the hijackers of the 5 Gundams, who sides with ZAFT. Being a Coordinator, he is the only one who can pilot the Gundam. But Kira is not with ZAFT, even though they're his own kind, nor the Alliance. Since the Alliance is the only place he could turn to at the time, he sides with them. He pilots the Gundam to protect his friends, and to fight his best friend, which pains both of them. It's a war between individual beliefs.

User Ratings: 3243 ratings have been given [details]

Masterpiece: 694 votes (sub:456, dub:195, raw:11, edit.dub:6, ?:5, others:21

8 Spanish subtitled
5 Portuguese subtitled
3 French subtitled
2 Arabic subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 Cantonese dubbed
1 Thai subtitled

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Excellent: 879 votes (sub:588, dub:251, edit.dub:8, raw:5, ?:4, others:23

16 Spanish subtitled
2 German dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Tagalog dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled

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Very good: 736 votes (sub:464, dub:240, edit.dub:9, raw:6, ?:4, others:13

6 Spanish subtitled
4 French subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled

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Good: 468 votes (sub:277, dub:170, edit.dub:11, raw:5, ?:2, others:3

2 Tagalog dubbed
1 Russian subtitled

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Decent: 216 votes (sub:115, dub:91, edit.dub:4, raw:2, ?:1, others:3

1 Russian subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 Russian edited dub

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So-so: 104 votes (dub:54, sub:47, edit.dub:2, others:1

1 French subtitled

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Not really good: 52 votes (dub:26, sub:21, raw:2, edit.dub:2, others:1

1 Korean subtitled

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Weak: 43 votes (sub:30, dub:10, edit.dub:1, others:2

1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled

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Bad: 16 votes (sub:8, dub:7, edit.dub:1)

Awful: 17 votes (sub:9, dub:7, raw:1)

Worst ever: 18 votes (dub:9, sub:5, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:2

1 Korean subtitled
1 Tagalog dubbed

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Seen in part or in whole by 6738 users, rank: #70 (of 5563)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.084 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.788, rank: #390 (of 5553)
Weighted mean: 7.971 (Very good), rank: #467 (of 5553) (seen all: 8.23 / seen some: 6.75 / won't finish: 4.53)
Bayesian estimate: 7.969 (Very good), rank: #290 (of 4226)

Running time: half hour per episode

Number of episodes: 50

Episode titles: We have 51

Production cost: ¥25,000,000 (per episode)

Vintage:

2002-10-05 to 2003-09-27

2004-04-17 to 2004-10-16 (CN Toonami - Eps 1~26)

2004-09-10 to 2005-08-19 (Canada, YTV - Bionix)

2004-10-23 to 2005-04-15 (CN Late Night - Ep 26~50)

2007-06-05 (Germany - Animax)

Release dates: We have 1

Opening Theme:

#1: "Invoke" by T.M. Revolution (eps 1-13)

#2: "Moment" by Vivian or Kazuma (eps 14-26)

#3: "Believe" by Nami Tamaki (eps 27-40)

#4: "Realize" by Nami Tamaki (eps 41-50)

Ending Theme:

#1: "Anna ni Isshodattanoni" (あんなに一緒だったのに; Even Though We Were Together So Much) by See-Saw (eps 1-26)

#2: "Distance" by FictionJunction (HD Remaster eps 27-43)

#2: "River" by Tatuya Ishii (eps 27-39)

#3: "Find The Way" by Mika Nakashima (eps 40-50)

Insert song:

"Akatsuki no Kuruma" (暁の車) by FictionJunction YUUKA (eps 24,32,40)

"Meteor" (Meteor-ミーティア-) by T.M.Revolution (eps 26,29,35,47)

"Mizu no Akashi" (水の証) by Rie Tanaka (eps 36,41)

"Shizukana Yoru ni" (静かな夜に) by Rie Tanaka (eps 7-9,14)

Official website:

Animax South Africa's Official Gundam Seed Website

Bandai Channel's Gundam Seed Site (Japanese)

Gundam Official: Gundam Seed

Madman's Official Gundam Seed Website

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (Japanese)

Links: We have 8

Trivia: We have 16

Comment:

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED was the last Gundam series to be aired on Cartoon Network in the U.S., due to faltering ratings. It was also the last Gundam toy line available in the U.S. market, as most retailers stopped carrying the line after an oversaturation of Mobile Fighter G Gundam toys.

Review:

Gundam SEED (Mar 3, 2004)

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