In many ways, it is a thematic “remake” of the original series, but avoids doing a complete “on the nose” retelling. It does a fine job of taking the overall themes of the franchise and modernizing them for a crowd that may not be familiar with the 1979 series. it’s seeped in imagery and themes that harken back to turn of the century world events, such as 9-11 and the wars in the Middle East. Gundam SEED is without a doubt, the one Gundam show that defines the “oughts” in my honest opinion. “Kira Yamato is a Coordinator and university student on Heliopolis, when his life is thrown into disarray as ZAFT, the military organization composed of rebellious Coordinators, attacks the colony in an effort to steal a set of five state-of-the-art military mobile suits known as Gundams.” Rather than load 50-100 (if I can suffer through SEED Destiny lol) separate reviews on here and drown out any non-Gundam fans, I am splitting this into five episode chunks.
The fact that this show is nearing TWENTY years of age is almost baffling to me!Īs one of my many Gundam-related articles on here, I wanted to re-explore this series to see if it still hits the same as it used to, and if I still hold it in the same high regard as before. One could say that, more so than any other show in this long-running franchise, Gundam SEED defined one of the more defining years of my life, and is perhaps still one of my favorites.
I recall getting volumes of manga, burning copies of the apocryphal spinoff stuff that was never released in the US and a lot more. SEED was the first show in the franchise I followed right from the beginning – downloading questionable fansubs online before the show ever cam out over here. I think I can come up with two points when my fandom for Mobile Suit Gundam was at it’s peak – In 2000 when my cable provider finally obtained Cartoon Network, meaning I stumbled onto Gundam Wing one day after school, and in college when I became absolutely hooked on Gundam SEED. An anime series, recently remastered in HD