What is Gundam SEED?

On this page you will find information on Gundam SEED as a series. It is a brief summary and i will not go into details about specific events that will spoil the series.

In this Tragic Era

Cosmic Era 74, war is raging between Coordinators, genetically modified humans, and Naturals, those who are unmodified. Due to the coordinators supperior physical and mental capabilities the naturals who govern the Earth Alliance take action in order to decrease the gap of technology advancment that the coordinators are a step ahead of. Five mobile suits, or Gundams,were developed, Strike, Aegis, Duel, Buster and Blitz. ZAFT, the military name for the coordinators attempts a capture mission.

By unfortunate events a young neutral coordinator Kira Yamato becomes the pilot of the Strike Gundam. Now Kira is forced to battle his own fellow coordinators, in order to protect his neutral friends. Now being a coordinator on the side of the Naturals/ Earth Alliance.

Not only does Kira have to fight with his kind demeanor that tortures him whenever he is forced to go into combat. But he has to fight his best friend Athrun Zala who is on the side of ZAFT. Kira struggles are accompained by a pain so great, that comes from his intense desire to protect.

Kidou Senshi Mobile Suit Gundam SEED's anime has a total of 50 episodes of 30 minutes each. The manga however, is a total of 5 books. They are both very much alike, except for some manga fight scenes that are a bit rushed and some fanservice that doesn't appear in the anime.