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154-420: The film had been in development since 2006, but production was postponed due to main writer Chiaki Morosawa 's health condition. A few years after Morosawa's death in 2016, the film's production started, and it was released on January 26, 2024. Director Mitsuo Fukuda expressed hardships in animating the mobile suits and battle ships due to the usage of CGI and the large amount of mechas the cast uses. In regards to

308-548: A 9 out of 10, finding most of the story involving Kira and Lacus' forces against the Black Knight to have been well executed and that Shinn Asuka's characterization was changed for the better as the critic did not find him appealing in Gundam SEED Destiny . Film Ink praised the focus on romantic relationships despite being primarily a mecha series to the point of addressing what is ideal love and how it reflects

462-707: A Coordinator, Lacus is introduced when she is found in space by the Archangel , a ship of Naturals and befriends the Coordinator Kira Yamato. Late in the war between the races of Coordinators and Naturals, Lacus becomes the co-leader of the Clyne Faction, stealing the Freedom Gundam to give to Kira Yamato, and then later stealing the space battleship Eternal and joining with the battleship Archangel to stop both sides from fighting. Lacus

616-656: A Coordinators' world come true. He is voiced by Kinryu Arimoto in Japanese. In English, he is voiced by Andrew Kavadas in the Ocean dub and by Marc Diraison the NYAV Post dub. Eileen Canaver ( アイリーン・カナーバ , Airīn Kanāba ) is a member of PLANT Supreme Council and Diplomatic Committee Chairwoman during the First Alliance-PLANT War. She represents the colony "September City" and her academic specialty

770-474: A beach, where they share a kiss. Sunrise announced the film at the Sony Music Anime Fes' 06. It would have been the first original Gundam film since 1991 . After the Sony Music Anime Fes' 06, Sunrise announced the film on their website. Houko Kuwashima , the voice actress of character Stella Loussier , has stated on her "SEED Club blog" that the character will somehow also have a role in

924-595: A combination of the Strike and its Striker Packs. Mu is seemingly killed after protecting the Archangel from a positron cannon. In Gundam SEED Destiny , Mu is revealed to be alive, but brainwashed by Logos into the identity Neo Roanoke ( ネオ・ロアノーク , Neo Roanōku ) —the captain in the Earth Alliance force Phantom Pain. After being captured by the Archangel , Neo experiences flashbacks of his life as Mu, and begins to doubt his identity and memories. Mu then rejoins

1078-497: A composed and cordial individual, Aura is an extremely arrogant and manipulative tyrant, suppressing all opposition to her rule with violence. Her childlike appearance is the result of accidental toxic exposure to de-aging chemicals she had been working with as a solution to low-birth rates in the PLANTs. Once a brilliant geneticist, she had been a rival of Ulen Hibiki, the lead researcher of Ultimate Coordinator project, and engineered

1232-630: A further upgrade in the climax of the film with a new backpack, the MDE262S Proud Defender, to become the ZGMF/A-262PD-P Mighty Strike Freedom. He is voiced in the Japanese series by Sōichirō Hoshi . In English, he is voiced by Matt Hill in the Ocean dub and by Max Mittelman in the NYAV dub. Athrun Zala ( アスラン・ザラ , Asuran Zara ) is a member of the military organization, ZAFT. Participating in

1386-542: A new race of enhanced coordinators called the Accords, with Orphee and Lacus genetically designed to be their leaders and rule mankind together. Foundation reveals the repaired Requiem, destroying Eurasia's capital, Moscow for the framed nuclear attack, and gives an ultimatum to the entire world and PLANTs to accept the Destiny Plan and their leadership or be destroyed. Kira breaks down, and Athrun convinces him to rejoin

1540-593: A perfect world society. Durandal also had a relationship with later Minerva Captain Talia Gladys but she left him because she wanted a child. After Lord Djibril's death, Durandal proposes his "Destiny Plan", which is immediately opposed by the Atlantic Federation, the Kingdom of Scandinavia, and Orb. The Archangel ' s crew think his plan would be to implement a new world order where every human

1694-419: A red ZGMF-1000 ZAKU Warrior but is given Shinn's mobile suit, Impulse, after he receives Destiny. Initially, she is attracted to Athrun Zala , but after Athrun and Meyrin's apparent death, she begins a relationship with Shinn. Lunamaria starts having doubts about fighting against the Archangel when learning that Meyrin is alive, but with the Archangel crew. After ZAFT's defeat, she reunites with her sister. In

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1848-473: A sign of relief to the fans. The second novelization was praised for Lacus joining up with Kira's Mighty Strike Freedom more explained than in the movie. The couple is able to pilot the mobile suit together to defeat the leaders of the Compass. Other characters explored in the novels are Athrun and Cagalli whose romance share a parallel to Kira and Lacus' due to the difficulties they share but were not explored in

2002-500: A strong bond with Rau, Rey wishes to kill Kira Yamato for Rau's death. At the end of the series, Rey is defeated by Kira in combat. Seeing his confrontation with Durandal, Rey shoots his superior, having been moved by his wish for a future of their own. As the Messiah collapses, Rey remains behind with Durandal and Talia Gladys —whom he refers to as mother—and dies with them. He is voiced by Toshihiko Seki in Japanese. In English, he

2156-596: Is a list of fictional characters featured in the Cosmic Era (CE) timeline of the Gundam anime metaseries . These characters appear in the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED and Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny anime television series, the sequel film Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom , as well as in the manga and OVA spinoffs. Both series focus on the raging conflict between Naturals and Coordinators,

2310-466: Is actually calculating and cruel, and exhibits an egotistical and narcissist attitude stemming from his belief that he is superior to all humanity, including all Coordinators, because he is an Accord and that human worth is determined solely by their genes. Aura Maha Khyber designed him with the intention of ruling the world with Lacus Clyne, leading him to attempt to exploit and control Lacus into accepting him romantically due to their genetics. However, he

2464-577: Is also Cagalli Yula Athha 's fiancée by arranged marriage, a union that was approved of by both their parents, a fact that is revealed by Cagalli's caretaker Myrna. During the Battle of Dardanelles, Yuna acts as Supreme Commander of Orb's forces ready to intercept the Minerva . Later, after Logos is revealed to the world by Gilbert Durandal, Lord Djibril flees to Orb under protection by the Seirans. However,

2618-475: Is also in development. The film grossed over US$ 35 million, becoming the highest-grossing film in the Gundam franchise. Critical response to the movie has been positive thanks to the focus on the love stories featured in the narrative, most notably Kira and Lacus' which are explored far deeper than in the TV series. While the amount of fight sequences have also been praised due to the focus on animation and music used,

2772-514: Is also the successor to former Blue Cosmos leader, Muruta Azrael. Djibril decided that Junius Seven hitting the Earth would be a shameful incident for all those living on Earth, that the PLANTs (and by extension, all Coordinators) were at fault, and that they must all be exterminated; the members of Logos all agreed to this decision, hence reviving Blue Cosmos' plan to exterminate all Coordinators. When Djibril learned from Neo Roanoke that ZAFT forces were

2926-409: Is by far the most brutal of the human CPUs. Due to his insatiable lust for carnage and devastation, he often neglects orders to retreat and even attacks his own teammates while "having fun". Shani does not state Orga or Clotho's names. As the series progresses, he reveals himself to be a sadistic sociopath with no moral restraints whatsoever. In one instance in the story, he is seen eagerly anticipating

3080-608: Is casually boastful of his preternatural abilities, sometimes calling himself the man who can make the impossible possible. After the attack on Heliopolis, Mu joins the crew of the Archangel and develops a relationship with Captain Murrue Ramius. During the course of the series, Mu becomes the pilot of the GAT-X105 Strike, while HD remastered version he instead pilots the GAT-X105 Perfect Strike,

3234-409: Is destroyed by ZAFT, she and her friends become refugees on the Archangel . With Kira forced to use the Strike to protect the ship, Mirallia and her friends join the Archangel ' s group to support him with Miralia becoming assigned to monitor and communicate with Archangel ' s mobile suit and mobile armor complement. They stay with the Archangel as official military personnel, but Miriallia

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3388-523: Is done intentionally, so that Rau can catch up to Mu in age and replace him. Rau takes a drug that stabilizes his aging; if he goes too long without taking the medication, he suffers intense pain. Rau eventually decides that Naturals and Coordinators are both unfit to live, and plans the destruction of both. In the final battle of the war, Rau pilots the ZGMF-X13A Providence Gundam, the final ZAFT suit. He battles with Kira Yamato in

3542-456: Is given the role for which they are best genetically suited at birth, and this would fulfill Durandal's ideal of perfect genetic determinism , as this should be the ultimate goal of all Coordinators. Under this theory humans will no longer fight against others for things that they wish, since each person's destiny are predetermined at birth. During the attack on the Requiem, Durandal strikes with

3696-444: Is in a relationship with Flay Allster, but she breaks it off in favor of Kira, which enrages Sai to the point where he tries to move the Strike. Sai does not try to win back Flay, and comes to accept that she is with Kira—who is later reported missing in action . With Kira gone, Flay attempts to restart her relationship with Sai, denying she ever felt any emotions for Kira; Sai refuses to believe her. Later, Sai makes peace with Kira, and

3850-628: Is in information science. In the closing days of the First Alliance-PLANT War, Canaver led Clyne Faction loyalists in a coup d'état of radical ZAFT leadership, before opening the PLANTs to negotiations with the Earth Alliance, after which, she became the Chairwoman of the Provisional Supreme Council. She was forced to resign after the signing of the Junius Treaty, which put the PLANTs at a significant disadvantage, and

4004-757: Is killed during the Second Battle of Jachin Due either by Yzak Joule in the GAT-X102 Duel using the Buster's rifle (original Gundam SEED ), or by Dearka Elsman in the GAT-X103 Buster ( Gundam SEED: Special Edition ). According to the PlayStation 2 game Gundam SEED: Never Ending Tomorrow , Clotho is not killed by Dearka or Yzak, but dies due to his nervous system failing; however, it is seen that

4158-436: Is later revealed a danger to all of humanity and ultimately emerges as the series' main antagonist. His birth name is Rau La Flaga ( ラウ・ラ・フラガ , Rau Ra Furaga ) , the direct clone of Mu La Flaga's father, Al Da Flaga. Rau possesses spatial awareness, a trait he apparently inherited from his "father" and shares with his "brother" Mu. However, Rau has short telomeres within his DNA that cause him rapid aging problems. This

4312-401: Is much more lighthearted in the movie, returning to his original kind persona due to his good relationship with Kira. Shinn's former enemy has now become his friendly superior while working at Compass. Meanwhile, Fukuda noted that although Kira often appears as a "mess," his personality is also kind, similar to the current Shinn. Real Sound  [ ja ] said that the novelization of

4466-780: Is one of the Extended Naturals of the Phantom Pain. Together with his comrades he sneaks into the PLANT colony Armory One, where he steals one of the three new Gundam-type mobile suits, the ZGMF-X24S Chaos. After various battles, he is transferred to the Earth Alliance stronghold Heaven's Base in Iceland . He pilots one of five GFAS-X1 Destroy units and defends Heaven's Base when ZAFT's Operation Ragnarok begins. Gradually losing whatever mental stability he has left during

4620-532: Is properly explored in a similar fashion to Fukuda and Morosawa's relationship. In particular, Manga News preferred how more flawed Sunrise made Kira in Freedom than in Destiny where he came across as almost a messiah figure with his strength which bothered several viewers from such TV series while the antagonistic Shinn instead comes across as more cheerful than in his original series. Manga News also praised how

4774-606: Is rejected by Lacus, who believes that a person's future is not decided by their genetics and because she chooses to love Kira Yamato. Orphee is defeated by Kira and Lacus in battle at the end of the Foundation conflict and dies alongside fellow Accord Ingrid Tradoll. Orphee Lam Tao is voiced by Hiro Shimono in Japanese and Alejandro Saab in English. The elite mobile suit squad of Foundation, composed entirely of Accords, created and fostered by Aura Maha Khyber. The members of

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4928-417: Is riding is a reciprocating engine. Other collaborations involve Sanrio and Alpha Industries . Other events primarily focused on Kira's and Cagalli's characters were made. A special concert was made for T.M Revolution. Following three days of its release, Gundam SEED Freedom sold 630,000 tickets and earned 1.06 billion yen (about US$ 7.20 million), the highest three-day opening ever for a Gundam movie. By

5082-437: Is shocked when Tolle is killed by Athrun during an encounter against ZAFT. Despite her anger towards ZAFT's Dearka Elsman for joking about Tolle's death, she concludes that revenge will not bring him back to life. In the start of Gundam SEED Destiny , Miriallia is initially a freelance photographer, but later joins the Archangel in their attempt to stop the new war. She is voiced by Megumi Toyoguchi in Japanese. In English, she

5236-453: Is the executive officer of the Archangel , and supervises the ship's Combat Information Center . Natarle is stern and operates by the book, though she is willing to do almost anything to reach a certain end—even when it conflicts with Captain Ramius. Nevertheless, Natarle is a superb tactical analyst with keen judgment and a knack for swift decision-making, which makes her a valuable asset to

5390-497: Is the daughter of Atlantic Federation Vice Foreign Minister George Allster. She is a pretty, popular, and to some extent spoiled, Heliopolis technical college student. Her fiancé is Sai Argyle, as arranged for by their parents. When Heliopolis is attacked by ZAFT, she becomes a refugee from the Archangel , where she reveals her indifference towards Coordinators. Her father dies when his ship is attacked by ZAFT forces, and she grows shocked from this. However, as she realizes that as Kira

5544-409: Is the only person able to save the Archangel , she enlists herself in the military to persuade him to continue fighting against his will. During this time, Flay pretends to be in love with Kira in order to stay with him, breaking up with Sai. As time passes, Flay ends up genuinely falling in love with Kira, which causes her to develop guilt for her actions. As Kira becomes more determined with protecting

5698-448: Is ultimately killed by a falling ZGMF-2000 GOUF Ignited that lands on him when he attempts to flee from his Orb captors. He is voiced by Kenji Nojima in Japanese. In English, he is Brian Drummond in the Ocean dub and by Bryce Papenbrook in the NYAV dub. The Queen of the Foundation, a breakaway nation from Eurasia that Aura Maha Khyber established with facilitation from Gilbert Durandal before his death. While she projects herself as

5852-588: Is voiced by Akira Sasanuma in Japanese. In English, he is voiced by Brian Dobson in the Ocean dub and by Robbie Friedman in the NYAV Post dub. Andrew "Andy" Waltfeld ( アンドリュー・バルトフェルト , Andoryū Barutoferuto ) also known as Desert tiger is the commander of the ZAFT forces in the PLANT-pledged African Community, headquartered at Banadiya. He lives with his lover Aisha, who assists him in his military operations and eventually serves as

6006-489: Is voiced by Anna Cummer in the Ocean dub and by Cassandra Lee Morris in the NYAV dub. Sai Argyle ( サイ・アーガイル , Sai Āgairu ) is a friend of Kira Yamato from Heliopolis. When the colony is raided by ZAFT, he ends up with his friends on the Archangel . Sai is put in charge of enemy detection and electronic warfare identification in the Combat Information Center of the Archangel . Initially, Sai

6160-468: Is voiced by Houko Kuwashima in Japanese. In English, she is voiced by Tabitha St. Germain in the Ocean dub and by Erica Mendez in the NYAV dub. Tolle Koenig ( トール・ケーニヒ , Tōru Kēnihi ) is one of Kira Yamato 's friends who lives on the neutral colony Heliopolis, the boyfriend of Miriallia Haw. Tolle was the first one to defend Kira when Kira's Coordinator heritage causes the Archangel ' s soldiers to point their rifles at Kira. He serves as

6314-496: Is voiced by Kirby Morrow in the Ocean dub and by Kevin T. Collins in the NYAV dub. As a child, he is voiced by Houko Kuwashima in Japanese. In English, he is voiced by Lisa Ann Beley in the Ocean dub and by Michael Sinterniklaas in the NYAV dub. Muruta Azrael ( ムルタ・アズラエル , Muruta Azuraeru ) is the leader of the Blue Cosmos interest group / terrorist organization , devoted to annihilating humanity's "enemies",

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6468-508: Is voiced by Nobuyuki Hiyama in Japanese. In English, he is voiced by Andrew Francis in the Ocean dub and by Todd Haberkorn in the NYAV Post dub. Shani Andras ( シャニ・アンドラス , Shani Andorasu ) pilots the GAT-X252 Forbidden Gundam. Shani is antisocial, and prefers to fight alone to avoid interference from his teammates. Between missions, he blocks out the outside world by listening to music via headphones. Shani

6622-688: Is voiced by Toshihiko Seki in Japanese. In English, he is voiced by Mark Oliver in the Ocean dub and by Kevin T. Collins in the NYAV Post dub. Patrick Zala ( パトリック・ザラ , Patorikku Zara ) , father of Athrun Zala , is the National Defense Committee Chairman who leads the radical faction of the PLANT Supreme Council. He lost his wife, Lenore Zala, in the Bloody Valentine Tragedy and blames all Naturals for her death. His grief over

6776-420: Is voiced by Sarah Johns in the Ocean dub and by Lisa Ortiz in the NYAV Post dub. Mu La Flaga ( ムウ・ラ・フラガ , Mū Ra Furaga ) is a veteran mobile armor ace, and a longtime rival of ZAFT officer Rau Le Creuset, with whom he demonstrates a strange extrasensory connection—and whom he later finds out to be his brother, created as a clone of his father. A laid-back man with a thick-skinned attitude toward war, Mu

6930-602: Is voiced in the Japanese series by Rie Tanaka . In the Ocean English dub, Chantal Strand is her regular voice actress, while Jillian Michaels does her singing voice. In the NYAV dub, she is voiced by Stephanie Sheh . Cagalli Yula Athha ( カガリ・ユラ・アスハ , Kagari Yura Asuha ) is one of the Naturals, fighting against the Coordinators in an ongoing war. Despite fighting on the battlefield various times alongside

7084-481: The Archangel for seeing the military's secrets. Captain Ramius deserts the Earth Alliance Forces after the Atlantic Federation's betrayal at the Battle of JOSH-A. The Archangel joins with the Clyne Faction to stop both the Earth Alliance and ZAFT from destroying each other. Across the series, she starts romantic relationship with Lieutenant Mu La Flaga and is shocked when Mu is apparently killed in

7238-487: The Archangel to help end the war and becomes the pilot of the ORB-01 Akatsuki mobile suit. At the end of Gundam SEED Destiny , Mu blocks a positron cannon from hitting the Archangel (mirroring the events at the end of Gundam SEED ), causing him to regain his memories. He stays with Murrue after the events of the sequel. He is voiced by Takehito Koyasu in Japanese. In English, he is voiced by Trevor Devall in

7392-459: The Archangel , he breaks up with Flay. Later, when Flay is transferred from the Archangel , she encounters ZAFT's Rau Le Creuset during an infiltration mission. Rau kidnaps Flay and later sends her in a pod to the Dominion ship from the Earth Alliance. Flay starts working for the Dominion ship in hopes of meeting her friends again, but when Azrael tries to go against the captain's orders, Flay and

7546-481: The Archangel . After Natarle leaves the Archangel on a transfer order while in Alaska, she is recruited by the Earth Alliance and made captain of the Dominion, which forced her to battle against the Archangel . After witnessing the actions of Muruta Azrael of Blue Cosmos, Natarle chooses to defy the Earth Alliance, which results in her and Azrael's death. She is voiced by Houko Kuwashima in Japanese. In English, she

7700-638: The Kusanagi to join forces with Millennium and Eternal , and heads into battle against Foundation. Orphee sorties with Ingrid in his mobile suit, overwhelming Kira along with Shura, but Athrun saves him and engages the latter with the new version of his Infinite Justice. Yzak, Dearka, the Eternal , and the Kusanagi suppress the rogue ZAFT fleet as Murrue leads the Millennium in destroying Aura's flagship. Lacus arrives and assists Kira in destroying all of

7854-647: The Odex Film Festival from July 10 to July 16. The film and TV series Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury were noted to make the Gundam franchise reach record sales of 145.7 billion yen (about US$ 934.78 million) in the 2024 fiscal year. In Netflix , Gundam SEED Freedom became one of the most watched films. Two special editions of the film, both with over 500 cuts of updated footage, and with different epilogue cuts added, played in Japanese theathers from September 20 to October 3, and from November 1 to 14, respectively. The special editions raised

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8008-547: The fanservice provided in the film was criticized as it might bother sensitive viewers. A prequel titled Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom Zero is currently in development. In C.E. 75, a year after the end of the Second Alliance-PLANT War, remnants of an anti-Coordinator terrorist group, Blue Cosmos, continues to lead several attacks on Earth. Compass, a world peace monitoring organization under Orb Chief Representative Cagalli Yula Athha and Lacus Clyne ,

8162-490: The 27th Anime Grand Prix she was voted 5th place in the Favorite Female category however in the 28th one she dropped to 11th place. Lunamaria came in 4th in the 56th Gundam National Census asking fans what character from the series would they want to see in swimming suit. She is voiced by Maaya Sakamoto in Japanese. In English, she is voiced by Maryke Hendrikse in the Ocean dub and by Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld in

8316-705: The 3DCG production desk. Looking back, Fujita found the two new Rising Freedom Gundam and Immortal Justice Gundam together challenging in the first place. He remade the Immortal Justice several times. At the beginning of production, it was planned that the MS used to create the CG model would only be used for the first half of the movie where the Archangel sinks but as the production of cuts and models progressed, director Fukuda's confidence in CG increased, and even more so for

8470-580: The Accords to rule the world. Her absolute belief in her infallability leads her to repeatedly underestimate her enemies, eventually leading to her death, the destruction of Black Knights, and the downfall of Foundation. Aura is voiced by Yukari Tamura in Japanese and Lizzie Freeman in the English. Orphee Lam Tao is the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Foundation and the leader of the Black Knights. Outwardly appearing noble and gentle, he

8624-410: The Accords, an advanced version of Coordinators that she envisioned as the future of humanity. As a result, she looks down on Kira Yamato, considering him as inferior to her Accords and unsuitable as a partner for Lacus Clyne, revealed to also be an Accord. As a proponent of Gilbert Durandal's beliefs, Aura created Foundation with the intention of implementing a variation of Durandal's Destiny Plan, with

8778-494: The Battle of Crete his Gundam is destroyed by Shinn Asuka when the latter throws the beam javelin of his ZGMF-X56S/γ Blast Impulse into the abdomen of the Abyss, causing it to crash into the sea and explode underwater, and killing Auel in the process. He is voiced by Masakazu Morita in Japanese. In English, he is by Brad Swaile in the Ocean dub and by Ben Diskin in the NYAV dub. Sting Oakley ( スティング・オークレー , Sutingu Ōkurē )

8932-523: The Black Knights also serve as ministers in Foundation's government. Murrue Ramius ( マリュー・ラミアス , Maryū Ramiasu ) is thrust into the role of the captain of the Earth Alliance assault ship Archangel , after the ship's original commanding officers are killed during a ZAFT assault on the Heliopolis space colony. She meets Kira during this assault, and as Kira saves her using Heliopolis' mobile suit against ZAFT, she forces him and his friends to stay at

9086-551: The CG model. Destiny Impulse Gundam was also scheduled to appear, but the director pointed out that "it would overlap with Destiny," so Impulse was further improved into Impulse Gundam Spec II. M1 Astray was also planned to be made with CG, but it was canceled because there would be no homeland defense this time. When it comes to special effects, Fukuda cited Top Gun and the Star Wars series as influences. In particular, for cuts that required expressiveness, such as highlights in

9240-468: The Clyne Faction and helps move Lacus Clyne underground after the theft of the ZGMF-X10A Freedom. DaCosta then helps rescue Athrun Zala , who has been held prisoner by his father, Patrick Zala, at the request of Lacus. He is successful in rescuing Athrun and the two escape to the Eternal , a new ZAFT support ship stolen by the Clyne Faction, which has his former superior Andy as a captain. He

9394-569: The Coordinators, for the sake of a "blue and pure world". He wields enormous influence within the Earth Alliance due to his position as director of the Atlantic National Defense Conglomerate, the Alliance military's primary source of arms and munitions. In Gundam Seed Destiny , he is revealed to have a relative named Bruno within the powerful secret society known as Logos. After the Earth Alliance recaptures

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9548-583: The Destiny Gundam Spec II and the shooting down of the battleship were the result of several visual effects created by the staff together. Fukuda also mentioned he watched recent works as well, e.g., the beam cloak design of Black Knight Squad Dora was a reference to the character design of Tokai Teio in Uma Musume Pretty Derby . In contrast to Destiny, where most of the plot focused around Athrun Zala, Fukuda decided that

9702-661: The Earth Alliance space fleet along with their lunar base at the Ptolemaeus Crater, effectively winning the battle. However, Zala orders the GENESIS to attack the Atlantic Federation capital, Washington. ZAFT Commander Ray Yuki protests such an action, as it would wipe out half of all life on Earth, for which Zala then shoots him. In his dying breath Yūki mortally wounds Zala. As he lies dying in Athrun's arms, Patrick tells his son to fire GENESIS on Earth and make his vision of

9856-413: The Foundation's mobile suits and ships. Shinn and Hilda defeat the Black Knights, and Lunamaria disables Agnes. Athrun defeats Shura, and Shinn destroys the repaired Requiem, with support from Lunamaria and Athrun, just before it could fire at Orb. Convinced by Lacus and Kira's beliefs about world peace and true love, Orphee and Ingrid accept their defeat, and the war ends. Lacus and Kira descend to Earth on

10010-1031: The GAT-X105 Strike Gundam until it was severely damage and would later gain the ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam and the ZGMF-X20A Strike Freedom Gundam in Gundam Seed Destiny . He also pilots the STSS-909 Rising Freedom in Gundam Seed Freedom until it was destroyed during the battle with the Black Knights and would later pilot a rebuild version of the Strike Freedom, the ZGMF/A-262B Strike Freedom Type II, which receives

10164-453: The GAT-X131 Calamity Gundam. He usually spends his time between missions reading paperback novels. He is also the only member of the team that seems to care about the welfare of the other two; when Shani is killed, he screams out his teammate's name, and tries to attack Shani's killer Yzak. Unlike Clotho and Shani, who were killed by Yzak Joule, Orga is killed during the Second Battle of Jachin Due by Three Ships Alliance pilot Athrun Zala in

10318-423: The GAT-X303 Aegis Gundam until Athrun self-destructed the Aegis while grappling the Strike, destroying both units. He would later gain the ZGMF-X09A Justice Gundam and use the mobile suit for the rest of the series until it was destroyed inside GENESIS by activating the self destruct. In Gundam Seed Destiny , Athrun used ZGMF-X23S Saviour Gundam until it was destroyed by the Freedom in a battle. Athrun would later use

10472-420: The GAT-X370 Raider is destroyed by Yzak. He is voiced by Hiro Yūki in Japanese. In English, he is voiced by Andrew Toth in the Ocean dub and by Tony Azzolino in the NYAV Post dub. Orga Sabnak ( オルガ・サブナック , Oruga Sabunakku ) is effectively the leader of the three biological CPUs. He uses tactics that are reckless and aggressive, causing him to often nearly hit his teammates while piloting his mobile suit,

10626-405: The Gaia. Despite Shinn's attempts to keep her away from war, Neo makes her pilot the gigantic transformable mobile armour GFAS-X1 Destroy to attack a large swath of western Eurasia . Shinn tries to calm her, but when she loses control over her fear, Kira Yamato in the ZGMF-X10A Freedom attacks her, causing her death. She tells Shinn she loves him before her death, and reappears to him in the end of

10780-441: The Gundam SEED manga as a kind-hearted person, despite being the head of the Archangel as she is wedged between her superiors who issue unreasonable orders and Natarle as she tends to ignore Murrue's orders. She is voiced by Kotono Mitsuishi in Japanese. In English, she is voiced by Lisa Ann Beley in the Ocean dub and by Carrie Keranen in the NYAV Post dub, respectively. Natarle Badgiruel ( ナタル・バジルール , Nataru Bajirūru )

10934-402: The Japanese series by Kenichi Suzumura . In English, he was voiced by Matthew Erickson in the Ocean dub and by Aaron Phillips in the NYAV dub. Lunamaria Hawke ( ルナマリア・ホーク , Runamaria Hōku ) is a mobile suit pilot for the ZAFT military forces. She attended ZAFT military academy together with her sister Meyrin Hawke and fellow pilots Shinn Asuka and Rey Za Burrel. She typically pilots

11088-530: The Knights in defeating Kira. The Knights launch nuclear missiles from a hijacked Eurasia military outpost to destroy the kingdom and the government headquarters to frame Eurasia. The Archangel is ambushed and destroyed by the Knights, with Shinn also being defeated but is rescued by Hilda. Thanks to the help of Athrun Zala , Meyrin Hawke , and Mu La Flaga , several crewmembers of the Archangel manage to survive

11242-580: The MBF-02 Strike Rouge, though she later pilots the ORB-01 Akatsuki once in the latter series. Cagalli is voiced by Naomi Shindō (2002-2005) and Nanako Mori (2024) in Japanese. In English, she is voiced by Vanessa Morley in the Ocean dub and by Cherami Leigh in the NYAV dub. Shinn Asuka ( シン・アスカ , Shin Asuka ) is the anti-hero in Gundam Seed Destiny . He is a member from the military organization ZAFT who joined them after his family

11396-480: The Mighty Strike Freedom during the climax thanks to its "cool" apeal. The handling of fight scenes and CGI animation was also a subject positive response by the critic. TVLain felt that viewers should watch the movie in cinemas rather than streaming due to the impressive quality of the animation that would appeal to any mecha fan. The music and animation were also found to be a well put in the movie by

11550-420: The NYAV Post dub. Clotho Buer ( クロト・ブエル , Kuroto Bueru ) is a talkative and quarrelsome person, who is constantly arguing with his teammates. While he fights in his GAT-X370 Raider Gundam, he enjoys shouting out video game–inspired battle cries. Between missions he spends his time playing on a portable game system called the "Great Wonder Swan XXX". Depending on the version of Gundam SEED seen, Clotho

11704-418: The NYAV dub. Auel Neider ( アウル・ニーダ , Auru Nīda ) is one of the three Extended pilots of the Earth Alliance's special forces team Phantom Pain. He is the most impulsive and brutal of the three, killing his enemies mercilessly and even laughing crazily when he kills people. Together with his comrades, he sneaks into the PLANT colony Armory One, where he steals one of the three new Gundam-type mobile suits,

11858-496: The NYAV dub. Rau Le Creuset ( ラウ・ル・クルーゼ , Rau Ru Kurūze ) is an elite ZAFT commander, a skilled mobile suit pilot, and an adept tactician, whose abilities are greatly valued by the ZAFT leadership. He always appears in public with his unique mask covering his face. He becomes famous early in the war during the Battle of Yggdrasil, using his ZGMF-1017M GINN High Maneuver Type mobile suit to destroy thirty-seven Earth Alliance mobile armors and six warships. Despite this fame, he

12012-436: The Naturals' military organization the Earth Alliance, Cagalli is later revealed to be daughter of the leader from the neutral country of Orb. After helping her new allies to stop the war, Cagalli becomes the leader of Orb, a role mainly explored in the series' sequel, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny . During the series, Cagalli is later revealed to be Kira Yamato's sister. In Gundam Seed and Gundam Seed Destiny Cagalli uses

12166-422: The Ocean dub and by Tom Wayland in the NYAV Post dub, though Devall would reprise his role in the English dub of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom . Arnold Neumann ( アーノルド・ノイマン , Ānorudo Noiman ) was the ranking non-commissioned officer of the Earth Alliance warship Archangel at the start of the series. He was one of few original members of the crew to survived the ZAFT attack on Heliopolis. He serves as

12320-562: The Phantom Pain special forces, he pilots the GAT-X105E Strike Noir. As a child, his parents were killed by a terrorist bombing at a space museum and thus he was taken into the anti-coordinator training program for the Alliance. He is voiced by Daisuke Ono . Yuna Roma Seiran ( ユウナ・ロマ・セイラン , Yūna Roma Seiran ) is the son of Unato Ema Seiran, the prime minister of Orb that succeeded former Chief Representative Uzumi Nara Athha and Representative Homura after their deaths. Yuna

12474-571: The Seirans deny sheltering Lord Djibril in Orb. Their denial is all for naught as ZAFT invades nonetheless. As the battle quickly turned against Orb, Cagalli returned to lead her country's forces. As Yuna was unable to successfully command, he was delighted at Cagalli's return and was easily tricked by her into returning control of Orb to her. Her first command was that Yuna be arrested for treason, an order many officers frustrated with his incompetence happily acknowledged, beating him up before subduing him. Yuna

12628-549: The ZGMF-X09A Justice, equipped with the METEOR. Athrun slices Orga in half from behind as he is dodging a beam from Kira. In Japanese, he is voiced by Ryohei Odai . In English, he is voiced by Matt Smith in the Ocean dub and by Chris Jai Alex in the NYAV Post dub. Lord Djibril ( ロード・ジブリール , Rōdo Jiburīru ) is a member of the secret society made up of the leadership of the military-industrial complex "Logos", and

12782-399: The ZGMF-X10A Freedom, who manages to surpass him. Before being finished, Rau and his mobile suit are destroyed by the self-destruction of GENESIS, dying with a smile on his face. In Gundam SEED Destiny , Gilbert Durandal, Rau's former friend and doctor, often imagines Rau conversing with him. He also appears in the final episode to Rey Za Burrel, another clone from Al who he was close with. He

12936-461: The ZGMF-X19A ∞ Justice Gundam for the rest of the series. He is voiced in Japanese by Akira Ishida . In English, he is voiced by Sam Vincent in the Ocean dub and by Chris Hackney in the NYAV dub. Lacus Clyne ( ラクス・クライン , Rakusu Kurain ) is a good natured and popular female vocalist from the space colony PLANT. She is the daughter of PLANT Supreme Council Chairman, Siegel Clyne. Born as

13090-542: The ZGMF-X31S Abyss. When ZAFT discovers a laboratory in Lodonia, Auel recalls that his mother was stationed there and promptly begins to freak out. Because of his psychological conditioning, he is rendered helpless when he hears his blockword, in his case the word "mother". Auel, in his confusion, says it out loud to himself and collapses in tears. The doctors on the ship quickly move to readjust his mentality. During

13244-557: The ZGMF-X666S Legend. He is extremely loyal to Gilbert Durandal, who raised him since he was a child, and blindly supports the Destiny Plan, as he believes it will save humanity. During the series it is revealed that he, like Rau Le Creuset , is a clone of Al Da Flaga, created as a transaction in exchange for the funds to finance his Ultimate Coordinator project. Due to the way he was born, his telomeres are shortened, which causes him to rely on pain-relieving medication. Sharing

13398-476: The amount of fanservice and sexual assault as the only negatives he found as he found most of the story. In a bigger review, the writer kept praising the pacing for never giving the audience a dull moment. However, he cited Lacus' design and piloting the Freedom alongside Kira might come across as having too much sexualization. This was based on the former's design and erotic atmosphere the two pilots have togeher to

13552-468: The anime on the jacket, the first production comes in a premium package. Fukuda expressed pleasure when working with See-Saw again, as in Seed and Seed Destiny saying the new song has an emotionally moving melody line, a world-building arrangement, and words that connect the characters' feelings. Chiaki Ishikawa had contacted Fukuda when she was chosen to make the ending song, which gave her confidence since

13706-641: The battle, he is eventually killed by Shinn Asuka and his ZGMF-X42S Destiny, getting pierced by the Destiny's sword, while piloting the GFAS-X1 Destroy. He is voiced by Junichi Suwabe in Japanese. In English, he is voiced by Brent Miller in the Ocean dub and by Xander Mobus in the NYAV dub. Sven Cal Bayang ( スウェン・カル・バヤン , Suwen Karu Bayan ) is one of the main characters of the ONA side story Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73: Stargazer . A member of

13860-456: The battle; however, Lacus is taken by the Foundation leaders to their base in space. In the aftermath, Cagalli attempts to mediate between the PLANTs and the Earth Alliance but fails; both sides cut ties with Compass, and its activities are suspended. Athrun holds a meeting to reveal Foundation's true objective: to use Lacus and implement a variation of the Destiny Plan, along with revealing the origins of Aura, Orphee, and Lacus, which are part of

14014-418: The characters, Fukuda had several ideas in regards to expand Kira's story alongside the supporting characters Shinn Asuka and Athrun Zala with the first being the least prominent in Destiny and the ending of the Destiny storyline gave new sides of each character to be explored. Besides English screenings, the film also made it to Western regions through Netflix . A expanded version titled Special Edition

14168-445: The characters. Regarding the character he played at the time, Hoshi said he had just played the grown-up Kira in the movie version, so it felt strange. Kira's growth from repeating Destiny to his visionary appearance in the end was appealing, he said, looking back on Kira's growth. Hoshi said there may be people who have been waiting for a long time, and there are people who have recently learned about SEED and have already arrived at

14322-435: The co-pilot of his TMF/A-803 LaGOWE. Unlike other ZAFT and Earth Alliance officers, he is surprisingly humane and well aware of the repercussions of war. After forcing Kira Yamato to battle him, Andrew and Aisha are seemingly killed in the explosion. Andrew is later seen alive, having been saved by Aisha and losing his left eye, left arm, and right leg in the process. After discovering Rau Le Creuset's true intentions to destroy

14476-629: The command of Neo Roanoke. Together with her comrades Sting Oakley and Auel Neider she infiltrates the PLANT colony Armory One and, with the help of some ZAFT-soldiers, they steal three new Gundam-type mobile suits. Stella pilots the ZGMF-X88S Gaia when fighting. While Stella is normally calm, whenever she hears the word "die" or anything related, she grows berserker, afraid of dying. When she suffes from this trauma, Shinn Asuka , unaware of her identity, calms her promising to protect her. Stella befriends Shinn who discovers her identity when taking down

14630-500: The coup and join the Eternal to stop the rogue faction after evacuating the leader of the PLANT supreme council. An assault team led by Kira infiltrates Foundation's base on the Artemis asteroid and rescues Lacus, as Mu damages and disables the Requiem by reflecting it's blast back to it. From the Millennium's bridge , Lacus sends a live broadcast revealing the Foundation's true motives, and condemning their actions. Orb dispatches

14784-452: The critic from UK Anime News Network such as the ones by T.M Revolution and See Saw. Anime News Network acknowledged the animation, especially when mobile suits fight and the new detail to the cast's design as Sunrise emphasizes that most major character are young adults. He also praised the music for being both nostalgic and innovative thanks to the usage of both remixed old themes and new themes from known artists. According to UK Anime Network,

14938-494: The crumbling fortress. The three of them are killed by falling debris and explosions. He is voiced by Shūichi Ikeda in Japanese. In English, he is voiced by Ted Cole in the Ocean dub and by Keith Silverstein in the NYAV dub. Rey Za Burrel ( レイ・ザ・バレル , Rei Za Bareru ) is a ZAFT soldier of the Minerva and friend of Shinn Asuka . He begins piloting the classic ZAFT Zaku but later pilots one of ZAFT'S newest mobile suits,

15092-492: The death of his wife, Lenore, made him a man driven by hatred and revenge. This makes him easily manipulated by ZAFT Commander Rau Le Creuset, whom Patrick believes to be his right-hand man. Upon taking over the Plant Supreme Council, he emerges as one of the series' primary antagonists. Zala has ZAFT construct the GENESIS superweapon and uses it in an effort to destroy all Naturals. Zala soon manages to destroy

15246-456: The destruction of the PLANTS for the sole purpose of seeing "all the pretty lights". Shani is the first to die among the three. Shani is killed by Yzak Joule during the Second Battle of Jachin Due, when his GAT-X252 Forbidden is destroyed by Yzak's GAT-X102 Duel Gundam. He is voiced by Shunichi Miyamoto in Japanese. In English, he is voiced by Richard Ian Cox in the Ocean dub and by Jon Allen in

15400-446: The development team for the movie is composed of several returning staff members as well as new ones, aiming to create new technology together. Despite the pressure of the success of the two SEED series, the director looks forward to creating a product that is able to match its predecessors. Fukuda apologized to the fans for the long development hell the film took, as it was originally meant to come shortly after Destiny . He reflected on

15554-465: The director informed her about the cast's feelings and how she would be able to create a theme. Yuki Kajiura wrote the lyrics. Promotions included a collaboration with Dune: Part Two in the form of an alternate version of Dune: Part Two' s movie poster featuring Lacus and Kira in place of Chani ( Zendaya ) and Paul Atreides ( Timothée Chalamet ), respectively. Additionally, inside the Honda booth,

15708-406: The end of the series. In Gundam SEED Destiny , Ramius returns to the Archangel to interfere with the new war alongside former comrades. When Logos' Neo Roanoke is defeated by the Archangel , she recognizes him as Mu, but he does not remember his former life. As the war continues, Mu starts recovering his memories and Ramius and him continue their relationship. Masatsugu Iwase early designed her for

15862-408: The fight scenes which would appeal to any Gundam fan. Manga News referred to the film as a "visual magnum opus " thanks to its 3D animation and refined CGI which makes it large amount of fight scenes hard to find problems. The same site praised the music employed especially the themes from Toshihiko Sahashi who previously worked in the soundtrack from the two TV series. Dengeki in particular enjoyed

16016-403: The fight, which he accepts. Compass then receives from Orb new versions of Destiny, Strike Freedom, and Impulse, and heads into space with the Millennium . Meanwhile, Orphee attempts to seduce Lacus, but she rejects him and continues being a hostage. A coup d'état occurs within ZAFT in support of Foundation and sends a fleet to protect Requiem. ZAFT members Yzak Joule and Dearka Elsman escape

16170-407: The film addresses alternative interpretations from previous television series such as the dilemma of Gilbert Durandal's Destiny Plan of a dystopia controlled with might from the previous TV series which the new antagonists treasure and Kira clashes with it. This helped to give further depths to the to the themes of "freedom" and "destiny" Fukuda's works involve. In retrospect, Dengeki Online enjoyed

16324-427: The film gross to 5,301,101,120 yen (about US$ 34 million). The DVD and Blu-ray of the movie will be released on December 25, 2024. Critical response to the movie has been positive. Several critics have enjoyed the handling of Kira Yamato and Lacus' Clyne romantic relationship. Anime News Network scored it a "B+" overall, praising the handling of Kira Yamato and Lacus Clyne's characterizations. UK Anime Network gave it

16478-493: The film. The main music theme of the film is "Freedom" by Nishikawa and Tetsuya Komuro . Komuro was pleased to be working with Nishikawa for the first time, especially since he had not done music for a Gundam series since Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack . The single release of the song was on January 24, 2024. The ending theme is "Sarigiwa no Romantics" ( 去り際のロマンティクス , lit. "Romantics Upon Parting") by See-Saw . In addition to using an original illustration drawn by

16632-405: The film. Lacus, Yzak Joule , and Dearka Elsman will return as members of the PLANT Supreme Council, and Kira, Shinn, and Lunamaria Hawke will be part of the ZAFT military. However, in 2008, writer Chiaki Morosawa explained that the plot was done, but she has been ill since the end of 2004-2005's Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny series. As a result, she asked for the fans' patience. In 2016, it

16786-497: The former being regular humans and the latter being genetically-enhanced ones. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED begins when the neutral space colony Heliopolis is attacked by ZAFT, a military organization composed of Coordinators. Coordinator Kira Yamato pilots the mobile suit GAT-X105 Strike to protect his friends on the Naturals' ship Archangel from potential enemies as they head towards Earth. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny continues two years after Mobile Suit Gundam SEED and follows

16940-413: The freedom that they crave. Fukuda was inspired by his own youth to animate bikes, as he relates them to superheroes like Bari Bari Densetsu . Due to economic reasons, Fukuda could not buy cars, so he saved money for bikes. Though not major in the movie, the bikes Kira and Lacus ride together were hard to animate, but Fukuda still personally drew scenes. In regards to how they work, the gold wing that Kira

17094-476: The government of a breakaway kingdom in Eurasia, Foundation, proposes a joint operation with Compass against Blue Cosmos. Lacus confides with Kira, and both agree to meet with the government to accept the operation. The Millennium descends to Earth, accompanied by the battleship Archangel , commanded by Murrue Ramius , and arrives in the kingdom. The government's prime minister, Orphee Lam Tao, and Queen Aura,

17248-414: The handling of Shinn as while he was shocked when seeing him lose his final duel in Destiny , Freedom gives me a more heroic portrayal that appealed to his nostalgia of the TV series even if he has mixed feelings of the character piloting the Immortal Justice. AnimeSuperHero regarded as a love story between Kira and Lacus which also features other subplots that provide further depth to the story that make

17402-557: The hatred the franchise has in Western regions feel undeserved. TVLain that while he did not like the stories centered around the meaning of love, the relationship involving Kira and Lacus was surprisingly well written regardless of how chaotic it becomes in the first half when Lacus is forced to order the death of her brainwashed lover with Compass. However, the reviewers criticized the fan service for coming across as divisive and not fitting previous television series. UK Anime Network cited

17556-462: The initiative is the previously announced film project that serves as a sequel to the television series Destiny . The official website for the film project opened on July 2, 2023, and revealed the film's title and teaser. A two-volume novel by Liu Goto was released in Japan. Both volumes had a large reprint. Illustrations are by Tomofumi Ogasawara. Work on the novelization started in 2019. Goto reviewed

17710-483: The instigators of the colony drop, he submitted the evidence to the people of Earth and Atlantic Federation President Joseph Copeland, thus starting the Second EA-ZAFT War. After Gilbert Durandal revealed to the world that Djibril and his Logos organization were behind the whole war, he was forced to go into hiding. Djibril was able to use the Requiem, a new Earth Alliance superweapon, in an attempt to destroy

17864-445: The leader of Foundation, meet the group. The members of Compass also meets its mobile suit squad, the Black Knights, but the squad rebuffs them with their superiority complex, earning disgusted looks from the group. On the Millennium , Agnes openly flirts with Kira, which Lacus overhears and runs away. Kira attempts to find her but is confronted by Orphee, who affirms that he is a more suitable partner to Lacus than Kira himself. During

18018-478: The mass driver at Victoria, Azrael decides to go into space on board the Dominion with the three Biological CPU pilots. When he gives the order to launch nuclear missiles at the PLANTs to inflict maximum damage to eliminate the threat to Earth, Natarle Badgiruel objects to his orders. he pulls a gun on her, frightening the other Dominion crew members into submission. Natarle intervenes, restraining him and ordering

18172-535: The mobile space fortress Messiah, which is armed with a Neo-Genesis array. However, his plans to destroy Orb failed when the Requiem was destroyed. Eventually Gilbert faces Kira Yamato. The Chairman warns Kira that, if he is killed, the world will descend into chaos. Durandal was shot by Rey, who through Kira's reasoning, saw that the Destiny Plan paid too high a price for peace and it would rob humanity of free will. His lover, Minerva's captain Talia and Rey, stayed behind in

18326-474: The motorcycles " Gold Wing " and "Hawk 11" were on display at the Honda booth at the 2024 Motorcycle Show. Regarding the reason for choosing a motorcycle as the vehicle for the two of them rather than a four-wheeled car, director Fukuda said that cars feel like they move on a single axis or in a flat manner, but motorcycles also have roll movements, so it's more free-flowing. This fits Kira and Lacus, as it symbolizes

18480-473: The movie felt to further explore Kira's pain and kindess as he becomes more involved in the war on his own. Kira's thoughts are clearly depicted in the novel, and we can see that although he may seem indecisive, he is a man with strong convictions. When Kira becomes brainwashed by the Compass and starts acting against the law, Lacus ironically is the one who others the forces to stop him. The second novel helps to add far more peaceful scenes between Kira and Lacus as

18634-449: The movie version, but they were also able to finally complete the dubbing. Hoshi was excited that the movie version was finally nearing completion. Hoshi said he had done a lot of lines from SEED and DESTINY so far, but was really happy to see Kira's new lines set two years later. The actor looks forward to seeing what kind of great lines will come out. Fukuda recounts that his wife, late writer Chiaki Morosawa , wanted to do two things in

18788-403: The movie, she decided to compare her with the character of Meer Campbell, as both strive to be perfect. Hoshi was nervous in regards to whether or not the movie would be canceled until the official announcement, as he was glad he would voice Kira again. Tanaka teased an emotional, happy ending that would make the audience cry. Tanaka also expressed a desire to make the movie enjoyable to watch. On

18942-493: The movie: have a character, more specifically Athrun, punch Kira due to a lack of violence outside mobile suit fights, as well as sink the Archangel. Morowasa did not believe that the story could end properly until the Archangel sank. For the movie, Hoshi played Kira, who is now obsessed with fighting. Across the twenty years he has been voicing the character, he finds him relatable. Meanwhile, Tanaka described Lacus "as at first coming across as floaty, untouchable, and unreadable." For

19096-467: The music and animation were also found to be a well put in the movie. A prequel titled Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freeedom Zero ( 機動戦士ガンダムSEED FREEDOM ZERO ) was announced in November 2024 by Sunrise. Fukuda said that the scenario for this installment was written 20 years ago while the storyboards were half complete at that time. It was originally meant to be released as an original video animation but

19250-452: The next week, it will have become the highest-grossing Gundam film ever, surpassing Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space in the process with 2.68 billion yen (about US$ 17.94 million). The film earned a cumulative total of 4,796,455,740 yen (about US$ 30.65 million) as of May 21. In its final weekend, the movie earned 138,059,550 yen (about US$ 882,300). Real Sound noted that Freedom

19404-402: The operation, Foundation turns on Compass and the Earth Alliance, with Orphee getting the Black Knights to draw Kira away. Kira's mind gets overtaken by the Black Knights, who lead him to locate and pursue the Blue Cosmos leader. He crosses into Eurasia's territory unknowingly and is attacked in retaliation. Branded as a traitor, Kira is overwhelmed by the Knights. Agnes betrays Compass and assists

19558-457: The other crew from the ship are sent to an escape vessel. As Kira tries to rescue the vessel, Rau's mobile suit destroys it, killing Flay instantly. However, she dies happy, feeling she now understood most people's situations. According to Masatsugu Iwase, artist of the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED manga, he first envisioned Flay as a mascot before he did the manga. It was only after doing her character design that she acts similarly to an actress. She

19712-404: The other hand, Suzumura described his character as cheerful. The director spoke with him before recording, explaining that although Shin is inherently a bright person, the story's scenes suppress that aspect, preventing him from expressing it. Suzumura discussed how destiny reflects the state of things. Reflecting on Shinn's transformation from cheerfulness to seriousness when he became involved in

19866-670: The pilot of the Archangel during both wars. The character is voiced by Isshin Chiba in Japanese. In English, he is voiced by Philip Pacaud in the Ocean dub and by Ben Pronsky in the NYAV Post dub. Martin DaCosta ( マーチン・ダコスタ , Māchin Dakosuta ) is Andrew Waltfeld's second in command on board the Lesseps until it is heavily damaged by the Archangel and Waltfeld is defeated by Kira Yamato 's GAT-X105 Strike. Later, Martin DaCosta joins

20020-510: The play, the CG image was printed frame by frame on paper, and Shigeta directly corrected it before recreating the CG, and so on. A major animation scene that was remade several times was the transformation sequence of Rising Freedom, as the director wanted it to have its own unique feel when compared with previous incarnations of Kira's mecha. Shigeta cited a transformation scene from Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam , with Fujita expressing relief in retrospect as they could use several colors. The launch of

20174-481: The plot Morosawa left behind. Aside from that, the novel was a foray into screenplay writing, which he was not familiar with, but he was able to pull through with the "guidance of the director and producers." The feedback apparently ran both ways. Goto does mention that when he was writing for the SEED television series, he found inspiration in foreign dramas he admired, especially those made by sci-fi authors. Fukuda said

20328-483: The point of comparing them to the cast from mecha anime Darling in the Franxx which had a similar tone in general. While praising the animation for the handling of fight scenes, the writer still felt there were issues with the handling of character designs that might make the previous remasters of Seed and Destiny look more polished. Scifiction praised the depth provided by characters like Kira and Athrun as well as

20482-463: The protagonist of the film would be Kira, leading to the new subtitle Freedom, which serves as one of the main themes of the trilogy and contrasts with Gilbert Durandal's Destiny Plan used in the climax of the previous series. Fukuda finds it challenging to pinpoint what exactly those origins are, but over the course of a year, he has been mulling over how to create a piece that resonates with what they achieved with SEED and Destiny . In that sense, it

20636-406: The relationship of both the director Fukuda and his late wife, the writer Morosawa. While addressing the fact that the film was primarily made for fans, the reviewer still found it enjoyable from a casual's perspective. Jonathan Lack praised the narrative for focusing on the couple of Kira and Lacus, who appear to be portrayed more seriously and humanly than in Destiny, as their romantic relationship

20790-458: The rest of the crew to abandon ship. Azrael shoots Natarle during the struggle and then prepares to destroy the Archangel himself. When he fires the "Lohengrin", however, GAT-X105 Strike pilot Mu La Flaga takes the full force of the blast and saves the Archangel . In response, the Archangel destroys the Dominion with its own Lohengrin, killing Azrael and Captain Badgiruel in the process. He

20944-571: The seat of the PLANT Supreme Council, notably Durandal, at Aprilus One; however, interference by a ZAFT task force led by Yzak Joule caused Requiem to miss its intended target, instead destroying several other PLANTs. An attack on the Daedalus base by the Minerva led him to flee. In the end, Lord Djibril is killed by Rey Za Burrel when the ZGMF-X666S Legend destroys the Girty Lue , the ship Djibril

21098-513: The second half. It was decided that many CG models would be created. Including mobile suits with "breaks," nearly 60 were created. Regarding Zaku Phantom, Fujita only has blaze equipment, but for fun, he added gunner equipment as well. However, it did not really show up. Regarding Akatsuki, At first, it was planned that everything would be drawn, and the CG of the Zeus silhouette would follow the drawn Akatsuki. However, three to four weeks before delivery,

21252-405: The series when Shinn is knocked unconscious, telling she will see him "tomorrow". She came in 4th place in the 27th Anime Grand Prix and move up to 3rd place in the 28th one. In the 29th Anime Grand Prix , Stella was awarded 10th place in the Favorite Female category. She is voiced by Houko Kuwashima in Japanese. In English she is by Lalainia Lindbjerg in the Ocean dub and by Francesca Calo in

21406-413: The staff feared time limitations and hurriedly created a model for Akatsuki. Archangel took just over a year. Millennium took 1 year and 8 months. Among the many effects, they put particular effort into the wings of Destiny Gundam, Strike Freedom Gundam, and water landing. Director Fukuda was very particular about the visuals, and Fujita worked on the production passionately. Gouf was halfway through making

21560-522: The staff was not sure how to present it. The first teaser was revealed in the same month. Chiaki Morosawa Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.132 via cp1112 cp1112, Varnish XID 946025884 Upstream caches: cp1112 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 08:33:15 GMT Yzak Joule This

21714-447: The stated agenda of ending all conflicts between humans, especially the chasm between the Naturals and the Coordinators, i.e. the Earth and PLANT. Before he was Chairman of PLANT, Durandal was a brilliant young physician specializing in genetics and advanced biomedical techniques. He also was a friend of Rau Le Creuset, who was also his patient. Rau's inability to understand the purpose of his existence helped Durandal form his opinions about

21868-476: The teenager Shinn Asuka and his duties in ZAFT. Kira Yamato ( キラ・ヤマト ) is a first-generation Coordinator, who lives on the neutral space colony Heliopolis to avoid war between the races of Coordinators and the Naturals, but such area ends involved in the war. Born as a Coordinator, Kira is the only person able to pilot the Strike mobile suit created by the Naturals, and is forced to pilot it into numerous battles to protect his friends. In Gundam Seed , Kira uses

22022-463: The two of them remain on good terms for the remainder of their enlistment together. Sai continues to serve at his post on the Archangel throughout the rest of the war. He returns to civilian life at the end of the war and does not appear in Gundam SEED Destiny . He is voiced by Tetsu Shiratori in Japanese. In English, he is voiced by Bill Switzer in the Ocean dub and by Lucien Dodge in the NYAV dub. Flay Allster ( フレイ・アルスター , Furei Arusutā )

22176-400: The unfinished drama left by the protagonists of Kira Yamato, Athrun Zala , and Shinn Asuka and thus wanted to explore such possibilities with Freedom . With the long development, Fukuda also looked forward to using more 3D and facial expressions. As in previous works, the mecha were created by Kunio Okawara , with the mechanical animation director being Satoshi Shigeta and Fujita Shinmu at

22330-446: The universe—confirming his longtime suspicions—he defects from ZAFT and assists the Archangel ' s goal in ending the war. He is voiced by Ryotaro Okiayu in Japanese. In English, he is voiced by Brian Drummond in the Ocean dub and by Matt Giroveanu in the NYAV Post dub. Miriallia Haw ( ミリアリア・ハウ , Miriaria Hau ) is a Natural from the colony Heliopolis and is a friend of Kira, and girlfriend from Tolle Koenig. When Heliopolis

22484-403: The war between the Coordinators and the Naturals, Athrun discovers that his childhood friend, Kira Yamato became a member of the Naturals' military organization, the Earth Alliance, despite being a Coordinator. Across the series, Athrun encounters Kira various times and after almost killing him, Athrun starts questioning his own motives to participate in the war. In Gundam Seed , Athrun would use

22638-531: The war, the actor believes Shinn was brave and doing his best. Furthermore, when recording with Takehito Koyasu , who plays Mu La Flaga, Suzumura said, "Even though I'm a senior, I was really happy when a certain Mr. Koyasu complimented me." Among the newcomers, Win Morisaki was excited to be selected to voice a character because of his love for Gundam. Fukuda mentioned that while Destiny portrays Shinn negatively, he

22792-456: Was a return to their roots in terms of evoking those elements. Finding the concept of staying true to the routes of SEED gave the director major pressure. The CG team is striving to emulate Satoshi Shigeta's artwork. He has also had major inspirations for the handling of Shinn and whether or not the audience will be captivated by him. He felt that the voice actors, Kenichi Suzumura and Akira Ishida , among others, expanded their ranges, improving

22946-574: Was announced Morosawa died due to aortic dissection . Takanori Nishikawa mentioned at the Gundam 40th Fes. “Live Beyond” concert in 2019 that he was told by a staff member that the film was still in pre-production. The Bandai Namco Group announced the "Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Project ignited" initiative during the opening ceremony for the life-size Freedom Gundam statue in Shanghai in May 2021. Headlining

23100-415: Was escaping on. He is voiced by Hideyuki Hori in Japanese. In English, he is by Alistair Abell in the Ocean dub and by Ian Sinclair in the NYAV dub. The Phantom Pain group is led by Neo Roanoke, an amnesic Mu La Flaga brainwashed by Blue Cosmos. Stella Loussier ( ステラ・ルーシェ , Sutera Rūshe ) (also known as Stellar Loussier in some markets) is one of the three Extended pilots from Phantom Pain under

23254-405: Was formed to promote peace on Earth and PLANTS, with the latter serving as its president. The organization's mobile suit commander, Kira Yamato , leads his team; Shinn Asuka , Lunamaria Hawke , and Agnes Giebenrath from the battleship Millennium , to destroy the remnants. At a meeting in the PLANTs, Lacus openly admits her hope to end the conflict swiftly and wishes to free Kira from it. On Earth,

23408-561: Was killed during a previous war between ZAFT and the Earth Alliance, and bears an enormous hatred towards his home country Orb for not protecting them. Across the series, Shinn starts questioning his motives to fight for ZAFT, but is still determined to follow their orders. In Gundam Seed Destiny , Shinn used the ZGMF-X56S Impulse Gundam and would later use the ZGMF-X42S Destiny Gundam. He is voiced in

23562-532: Was not only the highest grossing film from the franchise but also Shochiku 's second highest grossing Japanese movie ever, behind Departures . Director Mitsuo Fukuda was satisfied with these news claiming. In the United Kingdom, an initial two-day 23–24 March release was extended until 3 April. In North America and Canada, the film was screened on May 7-8. In the Philippines, the film was screen in

23716-460: Was succeeded by Gilbert Durandal. She is voiced by Naomi Shindō in Japanese. In English, she is Lisa Ann Beley in the Ocean dub and by Erin Fitzgerald in the NYAV dub. Gilbert Durandal ( ギルバート・デュランダル , Girubāto Dyurandaru ) is the chairman of the PLANT Supreme Council and a member of the moderate political faction. Durandal is a man of science and medicine rather than politics, with

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