Product Details

• Format: Animated, Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 6
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Bandai
• DVD Release Date: January 13, 2009
• Run Time: 650 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001K98MIM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,293 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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The follow-up to the popular Gundam Seed (2002), Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny (2004) takes place two years later, in year 73 of the Cosmic Era. Hot-headed Shin Asuka, whose family was killed during the previous war, becomes the pilot of the Impulse, the latest and most complex Gundam, which assembles itself in midair. Athrun Zala, the hero of Gundam Seed, has given up combat duty, but by the end of Episode #5, he's back where he belongs: in the cockpit of the aptly named Gundam Savior. The conflict between the Naturals and the genetically enhanced Coordinators remains the underlying cause of the political conflicts. Renegade Coordinators disturb the orbit of the asteroid Junius 7, positioning it to strike the Earth. Shin, Athrun and other Mobile Suit pilots destroy as much of Junius as they can, saving the world from complete destruction. But the enormous devastation precipitates a declaration of war from the Earth Alliance against ZAFT and the satellite worlds of the PLANTs. Characters and mecha from Gundam Seed join the new cast in a complicated series of political and military maneuvers, highlighted by the rip-roaring Mobile Suit battles. Director Mitsuo Fukuda skillfully blends CG and traditional animation to give the fights in space, under water, and on land their maximum pizzazz. The endless flashbacks and the clips from Gundam Seed occupy so much time that when Shin and the ZAFT forces find the secret biological lab where children were mutated into the cyborg pilots Sting, Auel, and Stella, it feels like an afterthought, rather than the climax of the first half of the story. Gundam Seed Destiny reflects contemporary political issue more clearly than any other entry in the long-running Gundam continuity. The revolt of the indigenous people of Western Eurasia against the Earth Alliance Forces; the mounting chorus to purge Coordinators from "our pure and blue world;" and ZAFT Chairman Durandal's lengthy denunciation of defense contractors who foment wars to increase profits have a disquietingly familiar ring. (Rated 13 and older: violence, grotesque imagery, brief nudity, minor risqué humor, alcohol use) --Charles Solomon (1. Angry Eyes, 2. Those Who Call for War, Those Who Call for War, 3. Warning Shots, 4. Stardust Battlefield, 5. Scars that Won't Heal, 6. The End of the World, 7. Land of Confusion, 8. Junction, 9. Bared Fangs, 10. A Father's Spell, 11. The Chosen Path, 12. Blood in the Water, 13. Resurrected Wings, 14. Flight to Tomorrow, 15. Return to the Battlefield, 16. Struggle in the Indian Ocean, 17. The Soldier's Life, 18. Attack the Lohengrin, 19. The Hidden Truth, 20. Past, 21. Wandering Eyes, 22. Sword of the Blue Skies, 23. The Shadows of War, 24. Differing Views, 25. The Place of Sin, 26. The Promise)

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GUNDAM SEED DESTINY:ANIME LEG PART 1 - DVD Movie

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Mew4Muse, May 27, 2009

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BDAF "Mew4Muse" (CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gundam Seed Destiny Anime Legends, Vol. 1 (DVD)

This series comes right after Gundam SEED. But BEWARE!!! This sequel is FULL of parodies of what happened in Gundam SEED. The main character Shinn can be very annoying and there were some major parts of the plot I thought were really ridiculous. I won't spoil it and say what those are, but I'm SERIOUSLY hoping the rumored Gundam SEED movie fixes these. One romance in particular got seriously screwed by whoever wrote the plot.

I give the series a 3 because, despite all that, it was still pretty good. The animation is beautiful, the JAPANESE voice cast is fantastic and the music is great. (Except for the last opening credit, C'mon!)Not to mention it shows us our favorite characters from Gundam SEED and some of the amazing (and yes, some STUPID) things they do.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Gundam Seed FAIL, February 20, 2011

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Kay One (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gundam Seed Destiny Anime Legends, Vol. 1 (DVD)

When the original Gundam Seed tv series came out, it took the spirit of the original MSG series and gave it a modern refresh that proved popular for a whole new generation of mecha fans, and became the shot in arm needed for a tired franchise. Good characters, original plot twists and cool MS designs. Gundam Seed became a fan favorite for post 2000 Gundam fans and deservedly so.

All the good work created by Gundam Seed was nearly undone by its rather pathetic sequel, Gundam Seed Destiny.

The series started off on a good note, taking a Zeta Gundam-esque approach by making the former antagonists (Zaft) the new protagonists and introducing a new cast of characters including pilot Shinn Asuka, whose tragic past was directly caused by events of the previous Seed series.

However this new approach to the Seed storyline more or less falls apart about halfway thru the series with horribly written characters, a storyline that loses its way, and a main character who grows increasingly less interesting and unlikeable as the show goes along.

The story gets so off track that the writers (I have no idea what they were thinking) end up bringing back the original case from Seed to become the main characters in the forefront of the story, almost as punishment for what a poor job the original Destiny stars were doing. This results in a story that concludes almost as a pathetic carbon copy of the original Seed series, and in my opinion, killed the franchise despite its high ratings. In a way I'm glad this happened and the anticipated Gundam Seed film was never made, because all the lessons learned in this failure led to the creation of a far superior series, Gundam 00.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love It, September 2, 2009

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Darkrose325 - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Gundam Seed Destiny Anime Legends, Vol. 1 (DVD)

Gundam Seed Destiny Collection 1 Contains 6 Discs (Episode 1 - Angry eyes) To (Epiosde 26 - The Promise)English And Japanese Audio And The Japanese Subtiles and The Second Set Of Subtiles is To Translate The Title Of each Epiosde And The Intro and Outro songs