![]() ![]() ![]() There are others, but when you think about it, it’s been twenty years since Gundam SEED. Of course, Gundam isn’t all about the Universal Century series. ―― That’s pretty shocking to hear, wouldn’t you say? They told me that “Gundam isn’t aimed at us” and “If I see Gundam in it (the title), I wouldn’t watch it.” ![]() But it was right around that time when I had the chance to talk with some teenagers on a social studies field trip. This time around, “The Witch from Mercury” also had several turning points involving its story, and the content of it initially started from a more somber place. Okamoto: There have been past Gundam works where schools have appeared, but I feel that most of them started with boy soldiers or were rather serious from the get-go. ―― Was there some part of you that was aware of such a target audience when you started with the school for its setting? While I basically had the impression that the prior Gundam series set outside the Universal Century were aimed at the teenage demographic, I figured this series would also be aimed at them, and that’s what was ordered. ―― So, from the beginning stages, the younger generation was in mind as the target mass-market segment*? So, in 2020, there were talks of “wanting to do Gundam with a female protagonist.” It started with the idea of wanting to create something for the next generation for Gundam’s 40th and 60th anniversaries. ![]() Okamoto: I myself started working on the series in the early spring of 2020, though I got word that it was somewhere around 2018 when talks of this project as the next Gundam began to emerge. For starters, tell us a little about the circumstances that led to this production. ―― This is the first new Gundam TV series in seven years. TEENAGERS SAYING, “GUNDAM IS NOT AIMED AT US,” HIT HARD. I sat down with Takuya Okamoto, producer of this highly-anticipated show, about the project, from its inception, the staff involved and highlights that he focused on during the show. In addition, the PROLOGUE, released ahead of the broadcast, further raised everyone’s expectations about what kind of story would be woven with such high-quality animation. Plus, its tie-in with PARCO had fans in a tizzy even before the broadcast began. This is the first new TV series since Iron-Blooded Orphans and has garnered a lot of attention for its first female protagonist in a series and its worldview set at a school. *A standard release is expected to be available in the future.SHOCKED BY THE SERIOUS REVELATIONS FROM TEENAGERS WHO SAID, “GUNDAM IS NOT GEARED TOWARD US.”ĪN INTERVIEW WITH PRODUCER TAKUYA OKAMOTO Special Features: Interview with Director Mitsuo Fukuda and Line Producer Hiroomi Ikeya, Director's Concept Music Videos, Textless Openings, Textless Endings, Gundam SEED Character Theater Shorts, Promotional Videos and Commercials. Of course, ZAFT is only developing these machines for defensive applications - or so they claim - but when a group of Federation operatives steal some of these prototype machines, the world is once again plunged towards war. A coordinator who lost his entire family during the Battle of Orb, he now fights with ZAFT in one of their newest machines, the Impulse Gundam. Many who fought now seek peace and refuge in the shelter of civilian life.īut one boy, Shin Asuka, is finding that incredibly hard. With the signing of the Junius Seven Treaty, the world's soldiers have left the battlefield and the grizzly sights of war behind. The Bloody Valentine War, fought between the PLANTS space colonies and the nations of the Atlantic Federation, has ended and an uneasy truce has settled upon the Earth sphere. The Ultra Edition also includes a 120-page art book featuring: Art Galleries Data Archives on both the Characters and Mecha Maps Depicting the Timeline of Events an Exclusive Q&A Interview with Director Mitsuo Fukuda and a Gundam SEED DESTINY Glossary.Įpisodes 1-50 of the Original series dub release and compilations will only be available as part of this Ultra Collection. 73: Stargazer, directed by Susumu Nishizawa. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny Collector's Ultra Edition contains episodes 1-50 of the HD TV (Remastered), episodes 1-50 of the original SD TV series, Episode 51 "Final Plus," and 4 "Special Edition" movie compilations directed by Mitsuo Fukuda, as well as episodes 1-3 of the never before released OVA Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. About Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny Collector's Ultra Edition Blu-ray ![]()
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