This is a list of
episodes for the
Gundam SEED anime series set in the fictional universe of the Cosmic Era. The series is animated by the Japanese anime studio Sunrise and directed by Mitsuo Fukuda, except for
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73: Stargazer which is directed by Susumu Nishizawa. The first in the
Gundam SEED series,
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, aired from October 5, 2002 to September 27, 2003, with fifty episodes on TBS. A sequel called
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny, aired from October 9, 2004 to October 1, 2005, also with fifty episodes. Both
SEED and
SEED Destiny have special editions which are condensed versions of the series that include additional footage.
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73: Stargazer is a three-episode original net animation (ONA). The first episode of the side story was first streamed on the internet on July 14, 2005, but it premiered a week earlier on July 7, 2005 at Tokyo Anime Center's Akiba 3D Theater.
Gundam SEED,
Gundam SEED Destiny, and its specials are licensed in North America by Bandai Entertainment.
The
Gundam SEED series follows the war heroes of the first and the second Bloody Valentine War. In the Cosmic Era, mankind has advanced to the point where human genetic engineering has been perfected. Genetically altered humans, labeled as Coordinators, are born smarter, faster, stronger, and virtually immune to diseases. However Coordinators faced discrimination from normal humans and were eventually forced into space colonies called PLANT. When a nuclear attack on one of the colonies left hundreds of thousands of people dead, the Coordinators declared war on Earth marking the start of the first Bloody Valentine War.
Source:
Wikipedia