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Gundam SEED Destiny is an anime television series, a direct sequel to ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED'' by Sunrise and the overall tenth installment in the ''Gundam'' franchise. It retains most of the staff from ''Gundam SEED'', including Director Mitsuo Fukuda. S ...

'' counterpart to '' Gundam SEED: Special Edition''. It is a four-part

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movie.

Overview

Like the three specials of ''

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'', these specials feature new or changed scenes of the TV series. However unlike the TV series, which was told in the points of view of main characters

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and

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, the ''Special Edition'' was told through the eyes of

Athrun Zala is a fictional character from the Japanese science fiction anime television series '' Mobile Suit Gundam SEED'' and its sequel '' Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny'', part of the Gundam franchise. In the former, Athrun Zala is introduced as a memb ...

, giving the movies a much more neutral point of view. The DVD quartet, as opposed to the series, seems to put much more emphasis on Shinn's romantic relationship with Lunamaria Hawke and much less emphasis on Lunamaria's prior crush on Athrun so that fans could see a much easier transition from Shinn being romantically involved with

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to Lunamaria, rather than in the series, which just had it as a sudden occurrence.

Broadcast on Japanese TV

*First special, "The Shattered World" (covers episodes 1 to 13 of the series), aired in two parts on May 2 and May 3, 2006. *Second special, "Their Respective Swords" (covers episodes 14 to 28 of the series), aired in two parts on July 27 and July 28, 2006. *Third special, "Flames of Destiny" (covers episodes 29 to 42 of the series), aired on October 8, 2006. *Fourth special, "The Cost of Freedom" (covers episodes 43 to 50 of the series and the "Final Plus" episode, "The Chosen Future"), aired on February 23, 2007.

Ending and insert songs

;Ending songs (in order): *"Result" by

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*"Tears" by lisa *" Enrai (Tooku ni Aru Akari)" by

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* by

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;Insert songs: *"Fields of hope" by

Rie Tanaka is a Japanese voice actress and singer. Notable among her numerous roles in anime are Lacus Clyne in '' Mobile Suit Gundam Seed'' and '' Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny'', Chi in '' Chobits'', Hikari Kujou/Shiny Luminous in '' Futari wa Pre ...

(Special Edition I, IV) * (partial) by

(Special Edition I) *"Zips (UNDER:COVER version)" by T.M.Revolution (Special Edition I) *"EMOTION" by

(Special Edition II) * by T.M.Revolution (Special Edition II) * by

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(Special Edition III) * by T.M.Revolution (Special Edition III-IV)

References

External links

* {{Sunrise films 2006 anime films 2006 films 2007 anime films 2007 films Bandai Entertainment anime titles SEED Destiny Special Japanese animated films Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Shōnen manga Sunrise (company) Films scored by Toshihiko Sahashi Real robot anime and manga