Q. About Gundam Seed Animes

Hey, Gundam Seed Anime question...

Recently got a MG Freedom Gundam (he's cool) and I'm interested in maybe seeing the series this guy comes from since I have read it is good... Gundam Seed is 50 episodes according to wikipedia which is quite a lot of watching...

So the Question is, do I need to watch the series that follows (Gundam Seed Destiny, also 50 episodes and Gundam Seed Stargazer with is 3) to have a complete story with a sense of satisfaction?

That could be 103 episodes... which is quite the commitment...

So if I only watch the 50, how is it going to be? Worth it... or not if I don't see 'em all?

Thanks!

i loved gundam seed its worth watching but destiny is more or less teh same thing...even the main character in destiny looks like the main character in seed. if you like seed then watch destiny just to see the mechs.

I'm very lukewarm on Seed. I own it on DVD, but I'm still not sure whether I really like it or not (bought it a long time ago when I was more enamored with it). Then again, I'm a whore for UC stuff, G Gundam, Turn A, and X so, my opnion may be skewed a bit.

Seed Destiny, on the other hand, is a bit of a conundrum. It has some really cool parts, and I really liked the first half. Then it all fell apart. I'd recommend you at least watch it once, but go into it expecting it to all fall apart at the end.

Finally, Stargazer is definitely worth checking out just because it's so short that you really don't have much to lose. The story is a bit compressed as you would expect, and the ending isn't very satisfying, but it has enough good points to make a watch worthwhile.

SEED is worth watching imo. Its an update on the original series and mixes in bits from other UC series as well. Stargazer was cool too. Destiny however can only be described as a clusterfuck. It started out good, but within 20 episodes it falls apart and never rights itself. Then there was the Star Wars rip off in the end. <_<'

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Just procure the movies for Gundam SEED and SEED Destiny. If you end up enjoying the content in them, watch the whole series to flesh out the plot more. Bandai always does a pretty solid job with the movies for their shows. I can't comment on Stargazer since I've never watched it. I want to say there are a few additional OVAs attached to the CE Universe.

You don't need to watch stargazer(it's only 3 episodes anyway, not a big deal in terms of time), since it doesn't have much to do with the storyline of seed or seed destiny.

Gundam seed is definitely worth a watch, seed destiny... bleh.

Own SEED on DVD (except for vol. 6, which I'm awaiting a replacement since the disc got cracked). Personally, SEED is watchable. As for SEED Destiny, I've only seen a few episodes of it, so I really can't comment on it (despite the bad press the series has been getting).

So yeah, SEED is worth watching.

I think you could watch Seed without Destiny and still have a sense of completion. Seed is far superior to Destiny.

Oh definitely. SEED had an ending, it wasn't some cliffhanger. Destiny is just kind of tacked on, which is probably why it wasn't that great.

And since you just got the MG Freedom, the Freedom is the star of Seed. Not so much in Destiny.