Synopsis
Continues the story of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
In the year Cosmic Era 0071, the space colony Heliopolis maintains neutrality amid the vast war unfolding across the galaxy between Coordinators—humans genetically enhanced before birth—and Naturals, unmodified people who reside on Earth. The Naturals' intense animosity toward Coordinators forced these advanced beings into space, where they took refuge in man-made colonies. Kira Yamato, a Coordinator and university student on Heliopolis, sees his life upended when ZAFT, the military force of rebellious Coordinators, attacks the colony to steal five cutting-edge military mobile suits called Gundams. Although ZAFT successfully escapes with four of the mobile suits, Kira seizes control of the remaining Gundam, the Strike. After surviving the clash, Kira and his college friends board the Archangel, a vessel operated by the Earth Alliance, and the young soldiers endure the horrors of war and the grief it brings.
In this installment
In the year Cosmic Era 0071, a skirmish between two mobile suits during wartime destroys a neutral nation, killing Shinn Asuka's entire family. Blaming Earth's Naturals for the tragedy, Shinn dedicates himself to revenge and climbs the ranks of ZAFT's military, eventually piloting the prototype Impulse mobile suit. Meanwhile, Athrun Zala—a veteran of the previous war now serving diplomat Cagalli Yula Athha—is pulled into a fresh clash between Naturals and Coordinators, the latter being genetically enhanced humans despised for their biological edge. As this new conflict escalates toward inevitable bloodshed, Athrun becomes a mentor to the embittered Shinn, striving to guide the young pilot toward compassion before his wrath and thirst for retribution overwhelm him.
Background
The series won the Animage Anime Grand Prix award during 2004 and 2005. The HD Remaster of Gundam SEED DESTINY omits episode 41 of the original, but includes Final Plus (split between episodes 49 and 50), therefore still having a total of 50 episodes.
