Destiny Special Editions, SEED OVA "Stargazer" confirmed

[O-ushi]

Straight from Gunota (http://aeug.blogspot.com/)

Destiny Special Editions, SEED OVA confirmed UPDATED
Bandai Visual's site put up a listing for Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny Special Edition: The Broken World, which goes on sale May 26th.

And returning once again to the rumor mill, a post on 2ch contained what appears to be a copy & paste of a sales solicitation for the Destiny Special Edition stating that the Destiny SE's will be 4-parts rather than the traditional 3 for Gundam compilations. Also mentioned is that the Special Edition will be broadcast on TV sometime this Spring. But the bigger potential news is the following detail: "The SEED boom heats up! OVA 'Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73 Stargazer (tentative title)' currently being planned!"

Edit: The listing for the SE at Aishin Mail Order's Rakuten site confirms all the above information.

DESTINY Special Edition release dates
Dates are surfacing on the web based on Animate:
#1 May 26, 2006 (as reported earlier)
#2 Aug 25, 2006
#3 Nov 24, 2006
#4 Feb 23, 2007

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Destiny SE should hopefully fix some of the problems, and will hopefully give much less screentime to Kira, and more to the Minerva crew.

I'm expecting good things from the OVA, as well.

[Brandt]

Oh, interesting. But damn, those release dates seem so far away.

[Mindless]

...and more to the Minerva crew.

What remains of it, right? :P

But yeah, it might be interesting. But uhm... will this take place after they crushed Dullindal and made peace once more? :huh

[O-ushi]

What remains of it, right? :P

But yeah, it might be interesting. But uhm... will this take place after they crushed Dullindal and made peace once more? :huh

If you mean the Seed OVA "Stargazer CE 73" the title say CE 73, which is along the time frame of GSD. Im guesing that maybe its a Side Story.

[KuwabaraTheMan]

What remains of it, right? :P

But yeah, it might be interesting. But uhm... will this take place after they crushed Dullindal and made peace once more? :huh
I was refering to Destiny SE about that. Develop the story more for the retelling.

I'm betting the OVA will either be new characters, or side characters like the Joule Team.

Its taking place durinig the war based on CE 73.

[ssouske]

i hope this ova will be some side story or something with new characters... but i think it will just be a retold version of GSD... but then again, the "stargazer" may not neccessarily be shinn its right? lets just hope for the best..:amuse

[KuwabaraTheMan]

i hope this ova will be some side story or something with new characters... but i think it will just be a retold version of GSD... but then again, the "stargazer" may not neccessarily be shinn its right? lets just hope for the best..:amuse

Special Edition is a remake, the OVA is something entirely new, most likely focusing on different characters.

[ssouske]

waaaaaiiiiit... am i getting something wrong here? you mean GSD SE is different from GSD:Stargazer? great!!! hopefully the ova will be something way better than GSD as a whole... they need something to reclaim all that CE glory in SEED that they somewhat lost due to the semi-lackluster GSD...

[Mindless]

hopefully the ova will be something way better than GSD as a whole... they need something to reclaim all that CE glory in SEED that they somewhat lost due to the semi-lackluster GSD...

Ditto. :oh

But damn, all that time between the episodes? It makes me hope the episodes are at least 30 minutes long.

[darksage78]

Hopefully they'll lead into after the conflict so that GS3 doesn't have to pick up the way it did in GSD. -___- Hopefully it'll set the stage for GS3 and won't be like Endless Waltz where they had "custom"d suits...

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Ditto. :oh

But damn, all that time between the episodes? It makes me hope the episodes are at least 30 minutes long.
The SEED SEs were all around 90 minutes or so I think. I see no reason that Destiny's won't be a similar length.

[Mindless]

The SEED SEs were all around 90 minutes or so I think. I see no reason that Destiny's won't be a similar length.

Now that you mention it, they were. :)

Let us hope these are 90 minutes each too, but I am very sceptical about that. :(

Hopefully they'll lead into after the conflict so that GS3 doesn't have to pick up the way it did in GSD. -___- Hopefully it'll set the stage for GS3

Same here, if they decide to do a Gundam SEED 3. But Bandai/Sunrise did mention a while ago that a Gundam anime was in the making and I believe they weren't refering to this OVA. Ah, we'll know soon enough I guess.

[xeleron]

Hopefully they'll lead into after the conflict so that GS3 doesn't have to pick up the way it did in GSD. -___- Hopefully it'll set the stage for GS3 and won't be like Endless Waltz where they had "custom"d suits...


I love those customs suit though, especially heavy arms and the new tall geese :nuts

so the DSE ova stargazer is like a remake with some additional scenes?? whee.. I am so excited.. I can't wait 'till this gundam subforum are filled with ppl again.

[KuwabaraTheMan]

I love those customs suit though, especially heavy arms and the new tall geese :nuts

so the DSE ova stargazer is like a remake with some additional scenes?? whee.. I am so excited.. I can't wait 'till this gundam subforum are filled with ppl again.

Er, no.

The remake and Stargazer are two entirely different things.

"Special Edition" is the 4 part remake. Stargazer is a brand new story.

[Mindless]

New info in (credits to Nitro from Penetrate Gunpla Forums):

The story continues directly after Destiny's end "Break The World".

http://xs71.xs.to/pics/06102/SeedSG.jpg

The main gundam is called GAT-X105E Strike Noir and will be piloted by a 19 year old natural pilot called Sven Cal Bayan. And on a sidenote, the guy dosen't like coordinators and apparently, he is Phantom Pain's 2nd Lt.

The other character is the coordinator scientist Selene McGriff. She is 28 years old and a researcher in the GSX-401FW Stargazer Project.

Staff:
- Director: Susumu Nishizawa
- Script: Shigeru Morita
- Character Designer: Kenichi Ohnuki
- Mecha Design: Kunio Okawara, Beecraft

Know what I see? I see no Fukuda. Know what that means? Oh yes you do. Also BeeCraft is mecha designer, I bet we can look forward to some awsome gundams in the OVA too.

Also, the Stargazer OVA will be 3 episodes, each 15 minutes long. So, sorry everyone that hoped for a bunch of 40 minute episodes. :laugh

But on the other hand, the short episodes makes a new SEED anime even more likely to come out in a year or two. I mean, why create 3 short OVA episodes just to have it all end after that? I think these three episodes will be the introduction of the new cast for a new SEED anime. Welll, that's my two cents anyway.

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Also, the Stargazer OVA will be 3 episodes, each 15 minutes long. So, sorry everyone that hoped for a bunch of 40 minute episodes. :laugh
I'm pretty sure no one was expecting that for Stargazer, Special Edition is what we know will have longer episodes.

Also, Fukuda mentioned that Special Edition will be told from Athrun's perspective.

[Mindless]

Also, Fukuda mentioned that Special Edition will be told from Athrun's perspective.

Oh, that might be nice, but on the other hand... why? :(

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Oh, that might be nice, but on the other hand... why? :(
According to Fukuda, if its told from Shinn's persepctive, Kira becomes the villain. If its told from Kira's perspective, Shinn becomes the villain.

I can understand what he's going for, but I still wish it was Shinn's perspective.

Beats Kira though.

[Brandt]

So Athrun becomes the neutral perspective, right? Makes sense, I guess.

[xeleron]

"The main gundam is called GAT-X105E Strike Noir and will be piloted by a 19 year old natural pilot called Sven Cal Bayan. And on a sidenote, the guy dosen't like coordinators and apparently, he is Phantom Pain's 2nd Lt.

The other character is the coordinator scientist Selene McGriff. She is 28 years old and a researcher in the GSX-401FW Stargazer Project."

SWEEEETTTT, they are finally going back to co-ord vs. natural war :P Hopefully, they will emphasis more on co-ord's special ability. In Destiny, I was beginning to think EVERY ONE was co-ordinator.. and their ability doesn't matter.. all you need is a nuclear bomb.. who cares what genes you have :P

[NU-KazeKage]

According to Fukuda, if its told from Shinn's persepctive, Kira becomes the villain. If its told from Kira's perspective, Shinn becomes the villain.

I can understand what he's going for, but I still wish it was Shinn's perspective.

Beats Kira though.
but shinn is the villian going around killing people because his family was destroyed not realizeing that he does the same thing on a grand scale he kills without thinking hes become what he hates and is very selfish to boot ...so he is the villian . Also i heard there is a new UC gundam coming out anyone know anything about that

[KuwabaraTheMan]

but shinn is the villian going around killing people because his family was destroyed not realizeing that he does the same thing on a grand scale he kills without thinking hes become what he hates and is very selfish to boot ...so he is the villian .

And Kira didn't? Kira killed Stellar, people on the Minerva(in Episode 23), tried to kill Gilbert, and through his idiotic interventions caused the death of Heine.

Shinn was the hero of the series. He did not 'go around killing people', the only named character he ever killed was Todaka. That's just as many as Kira killed in Destiny.

Shinn was fighting to protect the people who were close to him(Lunamaria, the people ont he Minerva).

And how was Shinn selfish? Name one selfish thing Shinn did in the entire series. That's right, you can't. He was selfless. He sacrificed his own opinions and stuck with ZAFT despite disagreeing with the Destiny Plan so that he could protect Lunamaria and the other people there.

Kira and Lacus were the selfish ones, attacking ZAFT when all they were trying to do was end the war.

[Brandt]

ZAFT was trying to end the war? If I recall correctly, Gilbert wasn't exactly an angel. That might have been his intentions at the beginning, but that's not what happened at the end.

[Mindless]

I believe the suitable term in this case would be the lesser of two evils.

Kira and Lacus and all around them were selfish in the way that they believed they were the ones who were to shape the world and it's order. They disagreed with Gilberts intentions because his means to bring a peaceful world would rid the world of all it's good things (the freedom to do whatever you want, etc.).

Shinn was selfish in the way that he thought everything in the world spun around him. He was selfish in the way that he blamed his familys death on Cagalli and her family, when they did nothing more than try to protect the country.

Finally Gilbert was selfish because he thought he could sit there on the throne of the world in the end.

This brings us to the choice between the lesser evils, which of course is up to everyone to decide on.

I agree with Karyuudan. Eventhough ending the war might have been Gilberts initial intention, he clearly didn't want that in the end when he pointed Requiem at ORB. And I wonder how many people died because of his plan? If I remember correctly, it was written in the Destiny Astray manga that Gilbert really was the true culprit behind dropping Junius 7 on earth, and that alone must have killed millions of people, all for the sake of him in the end ruling the world.

I rest my case. :)

Oh, and don't count 100% on me for that information about Gilbert being the true culprit. I believe it was mentioned since I've heard other people say it who have actually read the manga. But there is alot of hints to this in the anime too.

[Inquisitor]

New characters, eh? Hopefully they won't get the Destiny treatment and won't live in the shadows of SEED's giants, aka, the Kira and co. The whole natural vs coordinator dichotomy, in my opinion, lost some of its vigorousness in Destiny, probably because of a lack of diversity (in regards to factions). I wish we could see an OVA or series where there's more than just the usual "Earth vs Space" (yes, I know that there's ORB, but they need more allies to be considered on par with PLANT or the Alliance).

Maybe this Stargazer OVA will lead into a new era of CE excellence. Maybe...

[KuwabaraTheMan]

I can't speak for Destiny Astray, but even then, it could be viewed like Char trying to drop Axis on Earth, in order to fuel what he thought was the greater good(moving mankind to space, and ending all wars in that way).

Gilbert was no angel, but he was no devil either. I believe he had genuinely good ambitions, but he was too manipulative in the way he carried them out. At his core, though, he was trying to end war, and if he had approached things slightly differently he would have come across as the hero.

Lacus, on the other hand, is just as manipulative as Gilbert was, both in how she deals with Athrun(that whole "even if you're a soldier" speach), and everyone else, but seems to also be equally negative. Lacus is the one who watched as Djibril murdered millions of ZAFT civillians and her only response was "let's stop the Destiny Plan". It seemed like she and Kira cared nothing for ZAFT's citizens at all(at least Athrun and Meyrin seemed to care).

Shinn, on the other hand, is more of the soldier. While at first it seems he was manipulated, it also seems as though he made his own decisions, and chose to stay more for the concept of protecting those he cared about. Although he had lots of doubts about the Destiny Plan(as did Talia, who did absolutely nothing in the whole series), he was also dedicated to protecting the people he cared about.

Athrun seems to be the completely indecisive character. He basically jumps from one politician to another(his father, Uzumi, Gilbert, Lacus), and seems to be very easily swayed. If anything, Athrun is the most easily maninpulated character of the SEED franchise. While Shinn and Kira(for better or for worse) both dedicate themselves to a cause, Athrun is hopelessly indecisive, and allows the words of politicians to sway his view.

[Son_Pan]

^shinn was always manipulated.

"it also seems as though he made his own decisions"

?? it was rey who told him to fight. "shinn! he is our enemy!" i do remember a scene like that. somewhat.

but i do agree that gilbert wasnt all THAT evil. at least he was thinking about the people of ZAFT. although, the problem is he was ONLY thinking about the people of ZAFT. and you know the main characters are all for freedom, and living life the way you see fit. so its only natural kira/lacus/cagalli/athrun rest of aa crew would be against it.

[KuwabaraTheMan]

^shinn was always manipulated.

"it also seems as though he made his own decisions"

?? it was rey who told him to fight. "shinn! he is our enemy!" i do remember a scene like that. somewhat.
If you pay attention, Shinn only went along to protect the people he cared about.

Yeah, he listened to what Rey said.

Kira fought the people Lacus told him to, as well. If Shinn was manipulated, so was Kira.

[davidsiaw]

Wow... more Kira Shinn debate w00t. fire didnt die out ever since.

Well. the Destiny series WAS really biased toward's Lacus and Kira's side in truth. I mean, everyone (except Athrun and Calgalli) was really strong in their intentions to carry out their duties and decisions. Yep. So its no wonder that Kira and Shinn would have fought such a long and drawn out war to get their way. Yea.

Quote Lacus: "First you decide and then you see it thru. Its the only way we can accomplish something". I'm sure Shinn and Kira both made their minds up long ago to do something. Yep, they sure achieved something. Kira won the war and Shinn had won himself a fanbase that rivalled Kira's in one third the time.

Hopefully the Stargazer will or at least set the stage to tell the rest of the story like wth happened to Calgalli and Athrun? They had a great thing going on! Little girls would have watched it for the romance part! And hopefully, no more fan influence and no more twisted story and no more old overshadowing new. New heroes are supposed to be the main characters of the story. I'm not against old characters. Their job is to stay in the background and come out and impress us all once in a while. But anyway, hoping for another great Gundam season. Peace out.

But I'm still for Shinn. :P No offense.

[Mindless]

Wow, lots of old people coming back. Good to see you S_P and davidisaw

New heroes are supposed to be the main characters of the story. I'm not against old characters. Their job is to stay in the background and come out and impress us all once in a while. But anyway, hoping for another great Gundam season. Peace out.

But I'm still for Shinn. :P No offense.

I can't argue with that. The older UC gundams did that very well. Amuro and Char played their part for example and they never overshadowed Kamille and the others, however, in Destiny, Shinn started to get overshadowed the second Kira came back into action. Really was a shame.

But yeah, I hope Stargazer will bring us some promising stuff, and possibly a introduction to a new gundam anime. :)

[Mindless]

Wow, lots of old people coming back. Good to see you S_P and davidisaw

New heroes are supposed to be the main characters of the story. I'm not against old characters. Their job is to stay in the background and come out and impress us all once in a while. But anyway, hoping for another great Gundam season. Peace out.

But I'm still for Shinn. :P No offense.

I can't argue with that. The older UC gundams did that very well. Amuro and Char played their part for example and they never overshadowed Kamille and the others, however, in Destiny, Shinn started to get overshadowed the second Kira came back into action. Really was a shame.

But yeah, I hope Stargazer will bring us some promising stuff, and possibly a introduction to a new gundam anime. :)

[davidsiaw]

Good to see you too Mindless

[dspr8_rugged]

When I first heard about a SEED OVA, I was not that interested. However, when I found out that we have new people handling this one, I then became interested.

I mean, I was afraid that some of the Destiny staff (*cough*Fukuda*cough) will be responsible with this one. Well, at least we won't be seeing old characters interfering as well as a very scattered plot in this OVA, we hope. :P

Okay, 3 episodes, 15 minutes each. Quite short, IMO. But if it can deliver a good story and mecha action in that timeframe, why not?

Being a Gundam fan that I am, I'll be looking forward for this one. And if it suggests a third SEED series... well, I don't like to talk about it yet...

[ssouske]

wow... more shinn fans coming back... i wonder if kiba-kun would also come back?:P

[Son_Pan]

^LMFAO.

chaa-haa, nice to see u too mindless. =)

If you pay attention, Shinn only went along to protect the people he cared about.

Yeah, he listened to what Rey said.


kinda funny, you say that, but when rey and shinn went to go after athrun, if shinn really was protecting people he cared about, he wouldnt have shot them down. why? meyrin was also there as well. hmm..isnt lunamaria one of the people he cares about as well? lunamaria and meyrin are also sisters. hmm.....connections connections...

oh snap. case closed.

[O-ushi]

I think people will be surpised with Stargazer. Those involved in this OVA reminds me of how previous OVAs were handled like War In A Pocket and 08th MS Team. They were all done by younger people and those with less experiance but were then put on the mapsmile-big . Hopefully this will come out as good as those did. I highly doubt that we'll see the main Destiny Cast in the OVA, we might hear talk about them but thats it I hope. If its gonna be set in space, then Minerva, AA and everyone else are on earth far away from the these new people. Although we might see something from crew of Girty Lue, as they still stayed in space after "Break the world" incident. We might get a glimps of Dullindal too possibly:huh

BTW it nice to see almost everyone has returned to this part of the forum:P

Heres a closer look, albeit rough picture, of Strike Noir:
http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/9291/stargazer6jc.th.jpg (http://img62.imageshack.us/my.php?image=stargazer6jc.jpg)

[Brandt]

The Strike Noir looks badass! Nice.

[KuwabaraTheMan]

^LMFAO.

chaa-haa, nice to see u too mindless. =)



kinda funny, you say that, but when rey and shinn went to go after athrun, if shinn really was protecting people he cared about, he wouldnt have shot them down. why? meyrin was also there as well. hmm..isnt lunamaria one of the people he cares about as well? lunamaria and meyrin are also sisters. hmm.....connections connections...

oh snap. case closed.

Shinn really struggled with that decision, and if you recall, he was very close to going along with Athrun. However, Rey's words swayed him, and Shinn got caught up in the moment.

He regretted it. Remember the scene where he appologizes to Lunamaria, and the two get all emotional. It was eating away at him, and he definitely felt terrible about it.

Hey, its a lot better then Kira standing around talking about not killing and then going in and killing Stellar. At least Shinn wasn't a hypocrite.

[Mindless]

Heres a closer look, albeit rough picture, of Strike Noir:
http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/9291/stargazer6jc.th.jpg (http://img62.imageshack.us/my.php?image=stargazer6jc.jpg)

Good to see you too O-ushi! :amuse

And from what I can make out, the armaments on Strike Noir will be the following (or something like it).

2x Beam / High Caliber Pistols (on hips)
2x 'Baleena' Positron Cannons (same as Freedom, located on the wings)
2x Rotating Beam Turret (on wings, thoes pointy, grey things)
2x Vulcan Machineguns (on head)

Note: The pointy grey things could also be beamsabers.

And to be honest, I think it can transform to some extent.

That's what I can make out from the pictures. It's not a heavy mech like Strike Freedom or anything with 8 DRAGOONs, 2 Railguns, 1 Positron Cannon, 2 Beamrifles that can combine into a much powerful one + vulcans and beamsabers, but it should pack some punch. And to be honest: Less = better. :)

[ssouske]

Hey, its a lot better then Kira standing around talking about not killing and then going in and killing Stellar. At least Shinn wasn't a hypocrite.
errr... then would you want some "positron fried shinn in impulse" instead? i see really no reason why one would agrue with kira's intent... i mean... if kira really wanted to kill stellar, he would have gone for the cockpit and not huge weapons on destroy's chest... in the end, kira's decision saved shinn and almost everybody else... there is no telling what could have happened if kira never lodged his saber onto destroy... but one thing is for sure... shinn could have been fried... anyway, just as mindless pointed out, in GSD, everybody has his/her own idea of how to achieve peace... kira and lacus got their way... end of the story... same goes if gil got his way... but i think choosing lacus and kira is more of choosing the lesser evil of the plans... ok... lets go away from the shinn vs kira debates because this is not the place to do it...

and on to the topic... the new gundam looks like strike with added layers of armor on top... hmmm... would that thing still be using striker packs? im guessing that strike noir is an EAF modification/evolution of the actual strike gundam. well since eaf never really improved a lot in the strike's design... most of their gundam designs were merely improved versions of buster(calamity), AEGIS(Raider), and Blitz(forbidden)... and for the striker pack system, they just implemented it on almost everything but not improved it...

[O-ushi]

Good to see you too O-ushi! :amuse

And from what I can make out, the armaments on Strike Noir will be the following (or something like it).

2x Beam / High Caliber Pistols (on hips)
2x 'Baleena' Positron Cannons (same as Freedom, located on the wings)
2x Rotating Beam Turret (on wings, thoes pointy, grey things)
2x Vulcan Machineguns (on head)

Note: The pointy grey things could also be beamsabers.

And to be honest, I think it can transform to some extent.

That's what I can make out from the pictures. It's not a heavy mech like Strike Freedom or anything with 8 DRAGOONs, 2 Railguns, 1 Positron Cannon, 2 Beamrifles that can combine into a much powerful one + vulcans and beamsabers, but it should pack some punch. And to be honest: Less = better. :)

Whoa! I didnt think that the "Beam Sabres" could be beam turrents, they do look like it can move in more than one direction. Strike Noir does look a lot like Akatsuki, though that would make sense since considering there both EA and Orb used Strike as the basis for most of there main mass mobile suits (Astrays too).Strike is like the Grandad of CE Mobile suits!:laugh I remember hoping that in GSD Kira would return in a customised Strike but instead he made his comeback with Freedom, not that it was bad, it just seemed a bit much for Kira to have such a WMD right off the bat:amuse

BTW Gunota had news that Nami Tamaki upcoming new single would be the ending theme for the first Destiny Special Edition. I guess we can at least look forward to nice music as CE never flopped in that departmentsmile-big

[O-ushi]

The official site for Stagazer is open.
http://www.seed-stargazer.net/

[Son_Pan]

and so has a scan:



http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/9041/seedstargazeregg7775ex.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/9909/13015ib1egg7770qb.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[O-ushi]

Hey guys! Check out this scan:
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/3676/11430476107825ey.jpg

See those other mobile suits? According to another forum, there Duel Gundam Kai and Buster Gundam Kai.:confused

[Mindless]

Yeah, saw them a couple of days ago and they are indeed called Duel Kai and Buster Kai. But putting them aside, damn, Strike Noir is hot. :amazed

[Kiba-kun]

wow... more shinn fans coming back... i wonder if kiba-kun would also come back?:P

I never really left, at least in your hearts. ^__________^

I'll go back to playing with my Shinn Voice I-doll now. That thing ROCKS.

On topic: high hopes for this! And, IMO, this gives us a big hope for GS3, especially considering CE is supposed to be the new UC, which had a few stop-gaps OVAs (yeah, they were released after and they sucked, but shh :P)

ARGH I FORGOT HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS SERIES *cries* i hate you, world of warcraft....well now I've quit that I might come here again more.

Might.

[Cell_Shaded]

wow havn't been on here in absoloutly ages. Come back and find the naruto fillers might end, and now a new OVA for SEED. Can't wait, forgot how much I loved the series.

[Donkey Show]

I'm rather glad the "new" gundams are just upgraded versions of their old counterparts... a la, how Gundam Alex was a newtype version of the RX-78. Granted Strike Noir looks like a kit bash to me. XD

Oh... if you go to mahq.net, it says Strike Noir also belongs to the Orb Union.

Please, no more switching sides >.<

[ssouske]

i hope theres no more gundams being stolen in CE... its been reused 2x... :P

[O-ushi]

Strike Noir made in Orb? Considering when the OVA takes place perhaps Orb gave them a Mobile Suit as part of an offering when joining the EA, or maybe it was developed by certain people from Orb outside of Orb's jurisdiction like how Morgenrate helped EA develop the 5 Prototype GAT mobile suits.

[Cell_Shaded]

I swear after being away from the whole gundam thing for a while I am totaly lost. I remember Orb, and Plant was it, but.. oh man I don't have a clue any more. I should probably re-watch seed/destiny before this gets out.

[O-ushi]

Check this pic out people:
http://forums.zeonic-corps.net/uploads/post-75-1145140490.jpg

[zeheero1982]

That new suit is a sorry excuse copy of freedom. It is that hard to think of a new design suit? They are trying to save money again:laugh

[Mindless]

That new suit is a sorry excuse copy of freedom. It is that hard to think of a new design suit? They are trying to save money again:laugh

Really? I think it looks like Strike with a new design on the head and a different backpack, and instead of a shield and rifle, it has two pistols. :oh

Well, that's me anyway.

[ssouske]

im with mindless... it definitely looks like Strike with a modified blueframe astray tactical arms backpack... and a new head... just look at the body... its the strike frame...

[O-ushi]

The first of the Destiny Special Editions should have aired today I think, covering Phase 01-13.
Since its suppose to be in from Athrun's POV I dont think there will too many changes as most of the Focus during the first 13 eps of Destiny was mainly on Athrun I think:huh

BTW This place seems really quiet...........

EDIT: Hey some screenshots are floating around of the first Destiny Special Edition and they've improved on the TV animation. Im guessing they used the cleaned up animation that was done for the Destiny DVD relases. Cant say for sure though if it is entirely new as I havnt seen the Destiny DVDs myself.

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/7382/gsdse18lk.jpg

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/1873/gsdse21uv.jpg

Edit 2: GSD Special Edition 1 Raw is out
1st half
http://tracker.danomac.org/torrents/%5BA-Raws_G-Distro%5D_Gundam_SEED_Destiny_-_Special_Edition_TV_Part_I_%5BCC57082B%5D.avi.torr ent
2nd half
http://tracker.danomac.org/torrents/%5BA-Raws_G-Distro%5D_Gundam_SEED_Destiny_-_Special_Edition_TV_Part_II_%5BA2D64CAD%5D.avi.tor rent

Edit 3: Umm, so for those who've seen it whats the verdict?