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• Actors: Ted Cole, Brian Dobson, Adam Henderson, Fred Henderson, Jocelyne Loewen
• Directors: Mitsuo Fukuda
• Writers: Aaron Pessin, Akinori Endo, Hajime Yatate, Mike Bridges, Shigeru Morita
• Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
• 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: 1
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Bandai
• DVD Release Date: August 10, 2004
• Run Time: 125 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002B55HU
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #88,731 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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The latest installment in this popular franchise, Gundam Seed (2002) resembles a reworking of Yoshiyuki Tomino's original Mobile Suit Gundam (1979). Kira Yamoto accidentally 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. Kira is a Coordinator, which explains his ability to pilot the Strike and reprogram its OS with no training. All the elements of a solid Gundam story are in place, including a reluctant hero, a masked enemy general, and an old friend who tests Kira's loyalty. Mitsuo Kukada uses CG to choreograph some very snazzy mecha battles, in space and on the surface of Heliopolis. Released in Japan 25 years after the initial series, Seed introduces a new generation of viewers to the Gundam universe. However, the series is set in the Cosmic Era, rather than the previously explored "Gunda Saga" timeframe or the "Alternate Universe." (Rated 13 and older: violence, minor profanity) --Charles Solomon

Product Description

Studio: Infinity Resources Inc Release Date: 08/10/2004 Run time: 125 minutes

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Anime I've Ever Seen, Bar None, July 11, 2004

By	James Walker (Bloomington, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Simply put, this is among the best anime series you are likely to ever see - I really cannot conceive of any anime fan not enjoying this series. As long as you like far-future sci-fi anime, you really can't go wrong with Gundam Seed. Why? Here's just a few of the reasons this is such a stunning series:

- Characters: The characters are likable; all of the primary characters have believable, fairly deep personalities, and even many of the secondary characters have received a fair amount of attention. No cookie-cutter characters or two-dimensional personalities here.

- Story: Admittedly, it's a lot like previous Gundam series in a lot of respects, but it's been done much better this time around than any previous Gundam series. You could perhaps say "same general concept, utterly superior execution." In addition to being interesting, multi-layered and complex, the pacing is excellent, being fast and action-packed enough to keep anyone's interest, but never overloading you with pointless action scenes and thus making it seem shallow.

- Visuals: The artwork and animation are incredible by absolutely any standard, spiced up with plenty of nice CG effects, and terrific character and mecha designs. Gundam Seed redefines the term "eye candy."

- Action scenes: If you enjoy a good space battle, you'll be hard pressed to find better intense mecha action than in Gundam Seed. Fast-paced, flashy, glitzy, smooth - all of these adjectives do a good job describing the action in this series. Each type of mobile suit or other combat weapon has distinctive attributes that come into play making the fights even more interesting.

- Audio: Not having seen the series airing on Cartoon Network (unfortunately), I couldn't comment on the quality of the English dub, but I have heard more positive remarks than negative regarding it from other people. The original Japanese voices are of course flawless (when are they not?), and the sound effects are all appropriate. The music really stands out; Gundam Seed has probably the best soundtrack I've heard of -any- anime, and I'm even including such terrific soundtracks as X in that assessment.

I could go on, but I think that covers the most important points. In a few words, as long as you enjoy sci-fi anime, I really could not conceive of someone not enjoying this series immensely. My personal favorite all time and highly recommended to all anime fans.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Beginning of what is becoming a Gundam epic, June 19, 2004

By	Adaptation "Chopstick" (TX USA) - See all my reviews

Not too long ago, The First few episodes of the newest Gundam series, Gundam Seed, aired on Toonami. Theese episodes, though they resembled the original Mobile Suit Gundam, they still were still visually stunning. The story of theese first couple of episodes are thus: A boy named Kira Yamato has been forced to comondeer a prototype weapon called a the Strike GUNDAM or
General Unillateral Neurallink Dispersive Automated Machine.
The Strike Gundam was one of 5 prototypes, 4 of which were stolen by a geneticly enhanced human race called Coordinators and the orginization ZAFT. Now, Kira, who is also a Cooridinator has been forced in a fierce battle against a former friend, and the Elite ZAFT Corp, Leaded by Rau Le Creuset.

The Episodes that are most likely to be in this DVD are as follows:

1: A False Peace
2: Its Name Is Gundam
3: Collapsing Homeland
4: Silent Run
5: Phase Shift Down


This DVD is worth your money, but only if you like anime, or sci fi. If you aren't, you'll just get bored.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BEST GUNDAM SERIES EVER!, January 18, 2005

By	GCN-anime-dragon "MVGalloway" (Carthage, IL USA) - See all my reviews

One word: awesome. Combine complex, interactive character design; a deep, storyline that holds itself together without becomeing overly dramatic, and the excellent voice talents of not only the wonderful Japanese track, but from Ocean Studios as well. If you have only seen this show for as-is on Cartoon Network, you haven't really seen it. So much was deleted and made "kiddie safe" on the CN version that some storyline was lost and some lines came off as cheesy.

In addition to the plot, script and characters, the animation is superb. It's really cool! The animators not only pay attention the detailed mecha, but to the landscape and characters themselves. (My fave parts are the priceless facial expressions!) Despite having a very "bishonen" and "bishojo" look (not that that's a bad thing), and having strangly thin, "twiggish" looks, the character animation is also some of the best I've seen out there, rivaling both Inuyasha, Gundam Wing and Rurouni Kenshin animation.

Awesome! A must see! (It's better to buy via internet, because at DVD/CD technology stores, GSEED is highly priced. Eep!)