Product Details

• Actors: Gundam Coll1
• Directors: Gundam
• Format: Animated, Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
• Language: English, Japanese
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 5
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Bandai Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: January 8, 2008
• Run Time: 625 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000YGP6RC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,210 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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Released in Japan 23 years after the initial Gundam series, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed (2002) introduced a new generation of viewers to the Yoshiyuki Tomino’s sci-fi universe. Kira Yamoto becomes a mecha pilot when he stumbles onto the top secret GAT-X105 Strike Gundam during an attack on his home satellite-colony, Heliopolis. The Earth Alliance and ZAFT, the fighting arm of the genetically enhanced humans known as Coordinators, are at war; Heliopolis is caught between them. Because Kira is a Coordinator, he can pilot the Strike and reprogram its operating system with no training. Although he's a civilian, Kira joins the crew of the Earth Alliance ship Archangel, fighting off ZAFT attackers. But many of the "Naturals," the regular people he defends, doubt Kira's loyalty because he's a Coordinator--even when they owe their lives to his extraordinary abilities. The focus of the story is not the struggle between the Earth Alliance and ZAFT, nor the conflict between the Naturals and the Coordinators: it's the clash between Kira and his old classmate, Athrun Zala. A dedicated ZAFT officer, Athrun adheres to a space-age version of bushido, the warrior's code of honor; Kira only fights to protect his friends. These emotional entanglements provide a backdrop for the dramatic Mobile Suit battles in space, on Earth and under water. Director Mitsuo Kukada stages these CG fight sequences with a panache that makes the viewer forget how often the action violates the laws of physics. Gundam Seed provides all the elements that have made Gundam one of the most popular franchises in animation history. Material from the first 20 episodes was recut into the feature Mobile Suit Gundam Seed--The Movie. (Rated 13 and older: violence, minor profanity, brief nudity, alcohol use) --Charles Solomon

Product Description

MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM SEED COLL I - DVD Movie

Customer Reviews

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good, but wait., January 16, 2008

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Chris (seattle) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Anime Legends Collection 1 (DVD)

Well, I pre-ordered this item and just got it on the 10th. Disc 1 is very engaging, it's a good series, different from the rest of the gundam's animation, which could be considered good or bad for some people who are harsh on animation. Fight scenes are good. Time has allowed more action sequences seen, unlike gundam wing and those before it where it's the same like beam saber slash, sandrock slashing through two leos, etc. Pretty good so far on the character development. English voices are very good, bandai imo does an excellent job staying close to the actual translation. I found Lacus's english voice to be annoying compared to the japanese voice, and the songs she sings in english arent the same lyrics, even though it doesn't show her lip movement singing them. So, hmm, wtf. The other characters are great, so it's unfortunate that I have to switch back just to hear lacus in japanese at times lol.

There are glitches on the discs so I'd recommend not buying it until they issue fixed discs. Episodes 9, 10, 14, 24, 25 all experienced lock up/freeze problems. My laptop dvd player wouldn't even play disc 2, my desktop did though and only locked up on the episodes that were bugged. Check bandai's website to see when they issue the new ones and then pick it up imo. It's a good price for the first half of the series.

If you did buy this already and experience the same problems I did, call bandai and they will send you an email with the info on how to return the dvds and address. cost me $3.45 for like 3 seed discs and 3 gundam wing discs i had problems with. should take about a week and a half to get the new ones back to me.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Same disc problems, January 18, 2008

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jgilyo "jgilyo" (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Anime Legends Collection 1 (DVD)

Same issues with discs.
Just wanted to confirm with everyone, just like the previous reviews.
This is not the only series Bandai has had problems with disc being faulty.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Power of the Seed, August 1, 2008

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R. Burleson "QR" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Anime Legends Collection 1 (DVD)

The rating is based on the anime itself mainly, not the boxset. It came out in January and people have reported problems with their sets through at least May. It's August and if there's still problems that's pretty sad. The show is still available in individual volumes if it's that big a deal.

The Gundam franchise for the majority of fans, at least in the U.S. has been hit and miss. There are fans who only like the series that are based in the universal century (ex: Mobile Suit Gundam and Zeta Gundam). Then there are those who like Gundam Wing and the movie Endless Waltz, nothing else! Finally there are those like me who give every Gundam show a fair shake. The first half of episodes for the series is similar to the original Mobile Suit Gundam. It borrows a lot of concepts for the plot, it is by no means a remake. Like Gundam Wing there are always five Gundams present in the overall plot, more get introduced later.

There is a war going on between the Earth Forces (Normal Humans on earth) and ZAFT (Genetically enhanced super humans called "Coordinators" living in space colonies called Plants). ZAFT has been dominating the Earth Forces until the first episode on a neutral colony where the Earth Forces have developed five Gundams. A Special ZAFT team called "Team Creuset" manage to sneak in the colony and still four of the five Gundams. One of the two main characters Kira Yamato, a civilian pilots the fifth Gundam, 'the Strike.' Kira is faced with two problems however, he is a Coordinator who just wants to protect his four natural (human friends), but he must protect the Archangel, a military ship he and his four friends are forced to escape on from their dieing colony as well, making him a part of the Earth forces. Secondly his childhood friend, the other main character Athrun Zala is not only a soldier of ZAFT, but a part of Team Creuset as the pilot of the Aegis Gundam. The 25 episodes in this set are of the characters living on the Archangel ship evading Team Creuset and other factions of ZAFT trying to destroy them and steal the Strike Gundam, first in space and then on earth. The plot doesn't really go beyond that until the second half of the series. There is a wide range of minor characters who take awhile to get down.

The Positive: The animation is the greatest ever seen in a Gundam series up to this point and the fights are fun to watch. The plot, the characters interacting make the show addictive at times. The Theme Song Music is really good if you like Japanese music.

The Negative: Really all the disc problems reported over the set.

The reason why the show is called Gundam "Seed' is because Kira Yamato can access a special power called the Seed which allows him to fight in a berserker mode in really tough battles. Coordinators are the only ones that can do this.

Ultimately if you haven't seen this I reccomend you check out the first few volumes or do what I did and check out the first special edition movie which covers the first 21 episodes, all the key parts put together into a movie. Go into it with an open mind.