
He defects with Meyrin Hawke when Durandal frames him as a traitor. Athrun becomes disaffected after Gilbert Durandal orders the destruction of his friend Kira Yamato and the Archangel, deeming them as enemies. Allied with the Archangel, Cagalli fails to stop her country from fighting and the Archangel intervenes. Later in the war, the Archangel battleship interferes in the fights between ZAFT and the Earth Alliance's faction. This leads these three faction to confront the ZAFT soldiers several times, with Athrun having returned there. The neutral country of Orb allies with the Earth Alliance, with the former having also joined Blue Cosmos. After failing to completely destroy the colony, a second war starts between the factions, the Earth Alliance and ZAFT, once news has spread that ZAFT soldiers caused the colony to collide on Earth. They find out that rogue ZAFT soldiers are controlling the colony in order to crash it into Earth. During the fight, ZAFT's battleship Minerva is ordered to destroy the ruins of a space colony to prevent it from crashing into Earth. Cagalli's bodyguard Athrun Zala joins ZAFT pilot Shinn Asuka to stop them. Three of them are stolen by a group called Phantom Pain, which is controlled by the Blue Cosmos terrorist organization.
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Gundam SEED Destiny sets the story two years after the original series and it starts when the leader from Orb, Cagalli Yula Athha, reunites with PLANT's chairman Gilbert Durandal to discuss the construction of new mobile suits made for the military organization ZAFT. Main page: List of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED characters However, Gundam SEED Destiny has often been compared with its prequel for sharing similar situations with the director's cut OVA having helped to improve an ending that was felt to be weak. Critical reception has also been positive with focus on the themes and events occurring throughout the series. The series was also the winner of the Anime Grand Prix in both 20 polls. Gundam SEED Destiny became highly popular in Japan, having sold over one million DVD volumes and soundtracks topping charts.

In 2013, a HD remaster of the series was released by Sunrise. Various types of merchandising have also been released, including CD soundtracks and video games. The first manga was licensed and published by Del Rey Manga. The series also aired on television in Canada, while the compilation films were also released in DVDs. Bandai Entertainment licensed the series for North America release, and has published it in DVD volumes. Gundam SEED was adapted into various manga adaptations and light novels published by Kodansha and Kadokawa Shoten. A series of four films compiling the series has also been released in Japan. In December 2005, Sunrise aired a special episode that remade the events from the series' last episode. The series spanned 50 episodes, aired in Japan from October 9, 2004, to October 1, 2005, on the Japan News Network television stations Tokyo Broadcasting System and Mainichi Broadcasting System. As ZAFT is about to enter into another war against the regular human race, the Naturals, the series focuses on Shinn's as well as various returning characters' involvement in the war. Set two years after the original Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, the plot follows the new character Shinn Asuka, a soldier from ZAFT, composed of humans born genetically enhanced labelled as Coordinators. It retains most of the staff from Gundam SEED, including Director Mitsuo Fukuda. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny ( Japanese: 機動戦士ガンダムSEED DESTINY code: ja is deprecated, Hepburn: Kidō Senshi Gandamu Shīdo Desutinī) is an anime television series, a direct sequel to Mobile Suit Gundam SEED by Sunrise and the overall tenth installment in the Gundam franchise.

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny: The Edge
