Details
| Production | Sunrise |
|---|---|
| Director | Mitsuo Fukuda |
| Airdate | October 9 2004-October 1 2005 |
Introduction
The series had its premiere broadcast in Japan on October 9, 2004 at 6:00 p.m. on the JNN TV stations (Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS TV), Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS TV, producing TV station), etc.) and ended October 1, 2005.
On January 29, 2005, a television special, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny EDITED, was exhibited between episodes 15 and 16. This special was a summary narrated by the voice actor of Sai Argyle, Tetsu Shiratori. The song Fields of Hope was used as an insert song. This special was never sold or included in any physical media distribution. On December 25, 2005, a television special, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny Final Plus: The Chosen Future, aired featuring an extended ending of the series.
After the airing of the final episode of the HD Remastered Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, the HD Remaster of Gundam SEED Destiny was quickly announced. On March 2013, the airing of the HD Remaster began. Like the HD Remaster of Gundam SEED, the remaster of this series not only improves the animation, but also alters lines and scenes from the original, as well as introducing brand new mobile suits. The episode count for the remaster was 50 episodes. The recap episode "Refrain" was completely omitted from the HD Remaster, while the final episode divided into two parts: "Final Power" and "The Chosen Future", based on the "The Chosen Future" television special, with additional footage.
Synopsis
Set in C.E. 73, two years after the peace treaty between ZAFT and the Earth Alliance was signed in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, members of the Earth Alliance special task force known as Phantom Pain hijack three advanced mobile suits from a ZAFT armoury base during a meeting between Orb representative Cagalli Yula Athha and new ZAFT chairman Gilbert Durandal. What begins as a pursuit of this band of Extended Naturals by Orb refugee Shinn Asuka, Athrun Zala, and the crew of the LHM-BB01 Minerva, escalates into cataclysmic circumstances which lead to the declaration of yet another war.
