Gundam Seed

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Gundam Seed is an anime television series form Japan. It has 50 episodes. It is one of the Gundam series that started in 1979. The first episode of Gundam Seed aired in 2002. The last episode of Gundam Seed aired on September 27, 2003.

Directed by Mitsuo Fukuda (Future Cyber Formula GPX and Gear Fighter Dendoh), the series is set in yet another alternate universe calendar, Cosmic Era (CE) 71. This series begins with a war between Earth and the colonies that is similar to the One-Year War of the original Gundam series with elements from Gundam Wing and Gundam X. On one side is the Earth Alliance, and on the opposite is the space colonies that form ZAFT (Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty). Mankind has evolved into new forms through genetic engineering, with normal humans known as 'Naturals' and the genetically altered known as 'Coordinators'. Like the original series, ZAFT has a head start on mobile suit design, but the Earth Alliance quickly catches up with its five prototype Gundams. With ZAFT having stolen four of the prototypes, young pilot Kira Yamato takes the Strike Gundam and is forced to fight his old friend Athrun Zara. The series began broadcasting in Japan in October 2002 and is currently licensed by Bandai Visual. The American edition is planned to be broadcast on Cartoon Network on October 2004 on Toonami.

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Table of contents

1 Cast & Crew
2 Characters
3 Mobile Suits
4 Battleships and Spacecraft
5 See also:

Cast & Crew

Cast

Athrun Zara - Ishida Akira
Cagalli Yula Athha - Shindou Naomi
Dearka Elthman - Sasanuma Akira
Fllay Allster - Kuwashima Houko
Kira Yamato - Hoshi Souichirou
Lacus Clyne - Tanaka Rie
Murrure Ramius - Mitsuishi Kotono
Mwu La Fllaga - Koyasu Takehito
Natarle Badgiruel - Kuwashima Houko
Nicol Amarfi - Matsui Mami
Raww Le Klueze - Seki Toshihiko
Yzak Jule - Seki Tomokazu

Staff

Director - Mitsuo Fukuda
Character Design - Hisashi Hirai
Mecha Designer - Kunio Okawara & Kimitoshi Yamane

Characters

Earth Alliance Defectors/Clyne Faction

Kira Yamato - Protagonist who first pilots the Strike Gundam but later upgrades to Freedom Gundam. He has his "first time" with Fllay and becomes her boyfriend for a time. He is also The Ultimate Coordinator created from a birthing lab. He wrecks Freedom Gundam to stop Ra La Klueze and survives!

Murrue Ramius - Captain of the Archangel and Fllaga's love interest. Her old boyfriend was a mobile armor pilot who was killed in action.

Mwu La Fllaga - Top Natural Mobile Armor pilot, later pilots a rebuilt Strike Gundam. He is Ariaga Fllaga's son. He is later cut down by a beam attack from the Dominion

Miriallia Haww - Tolle's girlfriend who is in charge of communications in Archangel and later becomes friends with Deakka.

Kazui Buskirk - Part of Kira's group but later leaves Archangel when the ArchAngel crew defects to Orb

Tolle Koenig - Miriallia's boyfriend and backup pilot for the Sky Grasper. He is later beheaded by Athrun

Sai Argyle - Fllay's boyfriend and Archangel crew member.

Deakka Elthman - Pilot of Buster Gundam and later befriends Miriallia and joins the Clyne Faction

Athrun Zara - Pilot of Aegis Gundam and upgrades to Justice Gundam after losing Aegis in a battle with Kira. He is also the second Ultimate Coordinator

Cagalli Yula Athha - Daughter of the President of Orb also Kira's Natural twin sister. She later pilots Strike Rouge to support Athrun in the final battle. She also has the ability to go into SEED mode
Jackey Tonomura - Archangel's original crew member, in charge of CIC
Dalida Lo Lapa Chandra II - Archangel's original crew member, in charge of CIC
Romel Pal - Archangel's original crew member, first in charge of shooting control, then CIC
Arnold Newmann - Archangel's original crew member, in charge of driving Archangel itself
Andrew Waltfeld - The "Desert Tiger" of ZAFT who pilots a LaGOWE. He is first believed to have been killed by Kira but survives the battle, losing an arm and an eye. He then goes on to become the captain of the Eternal
Kojiro Murdock - Archangel's original crew member, a veteran mechanic

OMNI

Nataru Bajirule - Co-captain of Archangel and later Captain of Dominion. She is later repeatedly shot by Azrael and dies when Dominion is destroyed from Archangel's beam attack.
Crot Buer - Pilot of Raider Gundam and is addicted to performance enhancing drugs to have co-ordinator powers for a short period of time. He is later killed by a combined attack by Deakka and Yzak
Shani Andras - Pilot of Forbidden Gundam and is addicted to performance enhancing drugs to have co-ordinator powers for a short period of time. He is later killed by Yzak Jule
Orga Sabnak - Pilot of Calamity Gundam and is addicted to performance enhancing drugs to have co-ordinator powers for a short period of time. He is later killed by Athrun Zara
Murata Azrael - Leader of Blue Cosmos, an extreme right-wing group dedicated to destroying Coordinators for a "Blue and Pure Earth" and in charge of the new OMNI Gundam pilots. He tries to kill Nataru when she disobeys orders, and manages to kill Fllaga. However, he is killed when Dominion is destroyed
Fllay Allster - Hates Coordinaters and gives herself to Kira. She later becomes La Kruuze's prisoner and later escapes to become the Dominion's commucation officer. However, Fllay returns to Archangel after being ordered to abandon ship by Nataru. She later dies when her escape pod is shot down by La Klueze

ZAFT

Patrick Zara - Athrun's father and escalates the ZAFT-OMNI war in his quest to purge the world of Naturals. He believes Coordinators are the only Humans for the Cosmic Era. The war has also pushed him into extreme measures such as the use of the Neutron Jammer Cancellers, the creation of the Eternal, and the building of a superweapon called Genesis. He is later shot by a dissenting soldier who objects to his plan to vaporize Earth
Sigel Clyne - The Chairman of the ZAFT council and father of Lacus Clyne. He is more moderate in seeking a peaceful solution to the war and doesn't have the hate most have towards naturals. Unfortunately, this had made him and his supporters the minority in the ZAFT council and he gets brutally gunned down by Patrick's minions searching for his daughter
Nicol Amarfi - Pilot of Blitz Gundam, he later gets killed by Kira.
Yzak Jule - Pilot of Duel Gundam, gets a scar on the forehead from Kira. He later joins Deakka to fight OMNI
Raww Le Klueze - A failed clone of Ariaga Fraga and is hellbent on destroying all of humanity. He is killed by Kira Yamato at the final battle
Lacus Clyne - Athrun's former fiancee. She is Anti-war and heads the Clyne faction of ZAFT after her father is gunned down by Patrick Zara. She has the ability to go into SEED mode
Miguel Aiman - A GINN pilot and dies in the third episode. He personifies the senseless casualties of war

Civilians/Other

Uzumi Nara Athha - Leader of the Emirate of Orb; later commits suicide with the rest of Orb forces to stop OMNI from occupying their nation
George Glenn - Graduated from MIT, became an American Football star, served in the Air Force, develops PLANT as research labs and headed the Jupiter exploration project. He is the first Coordinator and gives away his genetic secret to the world; sowing the Coordinator-Natural rift

Mobile Suits

Earth Alliance Defectors/Clyne Faction

Buster Gundam (GAT-X103)- Retaken by The Earth Alliance Defectors and still piloted by Deakka

Strike Gundam/Strike Rouge (GAT-X105) - Destroyed by Aegis Gundam and rebuilt by Orb. Spare parts made to rebuilt Strike Gundam are used to make Strike Rouge which is piloted by Cagalli. Piloted first by Kira Yamato, then Mwu La Fllaga. Cagalli is the only one with Strike after Fllaga in Strike is killed in action

Freedom Gundam (ZGMF-X10A)- Nuclear-powered and has the N-Jammer Canceller. Kira wrecks Freedom to destroy Providence
Justice Gundam (ZGMF-X09A)- Nuclear-powered and has the N-Jammer Canceller. Athrun self destructs Justice to destroy Genesis
Mobius Zero (TS-MA2mod.00) - Fllaga's custom mobile armor
Mistral (MAW-01) - A Standard mobile pod primarily used for colony defence. Cheap and easy to use

OMNI

Calamity Gundam (GAT-X131) - OMNI's New Gundam and has ability to transform into flight mode and later destroyed by Justice Gundam
Forbidden Gundam (GAT-X252) - OMNI's New Gundam and has the ability to transform into close-combat mode and is later destroyed by Duel Gundam
Raider Gundam (GAT-X370) - OMNI's New Gundam and has ability to use deflector shields and is later destroyed by both Duel and a damaged Buster
Strike Dagger (GAT-01) - Mass produced and simplified version of the Strike Gundam
Long Dagger (GAT-01D) - Mass produced and simplified version of Duel Gundam with Buster Gundam colors and weapons
Mobius (TS-MA2) - Earth's mobile armor
Sky Grasper (TS-MA03) - Support fighter capable to carrying and using strike's battle packs.

ZAFT

Duel Gundam (GAT-X102) - Gets upgraded with body armor after being cut down on its first battle with Strike
Blitz Gundam (GAT-X207) - Is the only Gundam with stealth capabilities; Destroyed by Strike Gundam
Aegis Gundam (GAT-X303) - Able to tranforms into mobile armor mode and equipped with devasting beam cannon. Destroyed by its self-destruct mode set by Athrun
Providence Gundam (ZGMF-X11A) - Another ZAFT Gundam containing the strengths of both Justice and Freedom and it is piloted by La Klueze; laster destroyed by Freedom
BuCUE (TMF/A-802) - Standard MS for desert warfare
LaGOWE (TMF/A-803) - Andy Waltfeld's customized BACOW MS; later destroyed by Strike
CGUE (ZGMF-515) - An upgraded version of the GINN
GINN (ZGMF-1017 GINN) - Standard ZAFT MS
GINN Reconnaissance (ZGMF-LRR704B) - A variation of the ZGMF-1017 GINN, designed for long range reconnaissance and search missions
GINN Orcher (TMF/S-3) - A variation of the ZGMF-1017 GINN, designed for use in desert environments and support ZAFT's TMF/A-802 BuCUE during combat
GINN WASP (UWMF/S-1) - Another variation of the ZGMF-1017 GINN, designed for use in aquatic environments
ZuOOT (TFA-2) - The TFA-2 ZuOOT was designed as a ground assault artillery unit that could tranform into a tank
GOOhN (UMF-4A) A mobile suit designed for aquatic use
ZnO (UMF-5) A mobile suit designed for aquatic use
GuAIZ (ZGMF-600)- ZAFT's next generation mobile suits; a successor to the GINN series

(Kingdom of Orb)

Astray (MBF-M1) - Orb's Standard MS and is featured on the Gundam Seed Gaidens.

Battleships and Spacecraft

ArchAngel Class Battleship (OMNI) - Archangel, Dominion
Menelaos Class Battleship (OMNI)
Montgomery Class Battleship (OMNI)
Laurasia Class Battleship (ZAFT) - Vesalius
Nazca Class Battleship (ZAFT)
Bosugolof class Battleship (ZAFT) - Gamow, Tsuigara
Eternal (ZAFT)
Land Resseps Class Battleship (ZAFT)
Sky Grasper (OMNI) - Support fighter can carry Strike Gundam's accessories
Escort Ship (OMNI) - Bernard, Law, Kassandros, Antigonos, Ptolemaios
MS Transport Ship (ZAFT)
Combat Helicopter (Kingdom of Orb)
Aegis class (Kingdom of Orb)
Kusanagi (Kingdom of Orb)
Jupiter Exploration Ship (Civilians) - Piloted by George Glenn to explore deep space
METEOR (ZAFT) - Mobile suit weapons support system
GENESIS (ZAFT) - ZAFT's superweapon; it is a nuclear-power weapon installed with a N-Jammer Cancellor with phase shift. It has the ability to shoot a giant megabeam capable to scorching the entire surface of the earth.