What Happened in Gundam SEED Destiny? - The Full Series Explained

[@GundamHQ]

Join the Discord: discord.gg/zVWWJ6E Its finally done - this was a beast to put together in more ways than one. What should I do next?

[@pattouco]

Gundam OO please

[@jba8472]

Wing or G, please

[@Emiliodelgado25]

@@jba8472 I hope it’s G cause I just started re-watching that Gundam show a few months ago but in the Japanese version

[@rafaelcastillo8573]

Thank you. We appreciate it

[@the1ofus]

iron bloodedorphans

[@sdfqkf]

i totally forgot about that part where luna falls for shinn after he "kills" her love interest and sister, actually peak comedy. amazing recap, thank you for putting this together!

[@sanicthesledgedog9336]

Luna into some weird stuff

[@Ruki-gq5bc]

In the Drama CD, even Meyrin was like "What the heck?!" at first and said, "You're dating the guy who shot down Athrun and me?!" And for some reason, she started using it as a joke in conversations

[@kurosan0079]

​@@Ruki-gq5bcWow. She took it pretty well, all things considered.

[@wingdragonzero]

Boy take note line 😂😂😂😂😂

[@jm.merida]

😂 reminds me of flay blaming kira of the death of her father girl supposed to use and hate kira to go against his kind yet had sex and falls in love with him 😂 i think it's a red haired girl thing? HAHAHA

[@Tokisaki8815]

This, and seed freedom, really solidifies Athrun as the goat most forgiving mass murderer of the series

[@GundamHQ]

I fear for my life every time he's on screen

[@nadelcnu]

And he just gets better in Seed Freedom

[@alcatrazvongola]

Athrun is the real MVP.

[@praneilramdin6701]

Also horny 😂❤

[@RedFireYGODL]

And the funniest part he's also a man of culture and the movie proves that😂

[@deadair101101]

Alex Dino is the real main character of Destiny.

[@Jerv165]

Honestly, what went through Shinn's mind when he thought a kicking contest versus the justice was a good idea? The thing has beams everywhere

[@gridman887]

Just watched SEED Freedom and it just solidified my love and adoration for gundam SEED idc what anyone says

[@kurosan0079]

It's a lot more campy than other shows, but I think that's part of what makes people like it (or dislike it). It's not my favorite, personally. But I get the charm.

[@DesX42S]

SEED and SEED Destiny solidified my love of Gundam as a kid. I’ll never not love them.

[@OcGuy1]

Earth Alliance when there's slight inconvenience: all out nuclear retaliation

[@xiLABNA]

Man, your recap of SEED and SEED Destiny were insane, absolutely amazing, you reminded me of how amazing these shows are. Your 2 videos were so good and funny I had to rewatch them twice! I love your style of retelling the story and I love how you emphasized certain things in the story, like how you painted Athrun as a Murdering psychopath as a joke, it was absolutely hilarious and made Athrun seem much more badass than he already was! Your commentating skills are very good, you were very entertaining to listen to and very funny! Please man, please, do more recaps like this for other Gundam shows. I would love to watch a recap you make of a Gundam show that I never even watched.

[@rockinstampede]

12:15 I laughed way too hard hearing The Rugrats theme song to perfectly sum up Shinn’s situation to Athrun risking his ass for him.

[@Skroopy]

I've only just discovered you, but I gotta say you put out some of the most well edited gundam videos on youtube. Thanks for doing the recap, I can't wait to watch Freedom after this :)

[@GundamHQ]

I really appreciate that - can be really time consuming but if people can notice the effort it's worth it

[@iemzaf]

Not a subber so I have to admit I was actually apprehensive about clicking this video, thinking it was another hate/whine video about my favourite Gundam series. After enduring 20 years of hate, it's become second nature now. But then I just said "eh eff it", and it turns out this video is probably the best recap vid on the series I've seen, reserving jokes for only the most ridiculous parts that even I poke fun at (everything Lunamaria lol). Now I'm sharing it with my friends who haven't watched FREEDOM yet but are interested. I've always loved SEED/Destiny as a series, and FREEDOM just solidifies that I'll always love it regardless of all the hate and misinformation westerners spew about it. So thanks for this. At least there's one great video that objectively recaps Destiny without bias.

[@GundamHQ]

I know the feeling. These shows were the first I ever saw of Gundam. I have one for SEED too + the Freedom prequel if you haven't seen that yet.

[@freddekl1102]

"After enduring 20 years of hate" if someone is bashing a tv show with "hate" and without any constructive and meaningful things to say, why would you care or watch/listen to sth like this ...this however isn't a case for Seed and GSD, especially GSD, any video on it pretty much deconstructs how those are conceptually flawed if not braindead series and I'm low-key surprised that you admit this being a prevailing opinion and not noticing that maybe, just maybe, everyone else aside from you is onto something

[@iemzaf]

@@freddekl1102 So what? I love the series regardless of all the hate, warranted or not. Who are you to tell me what I like is wrong or not

[@alcatrazvongola]

This reminded me of how many factions they had in Destiny. They really loved to mess with acronyms.

[@androyus]

Destiny's number of factions is child's play compared to *G-Reco* (which is not exactly a good thing for G-Reco 😅).

[@masao3582]

30:15 "and it's up to Luna Maria to shoot him down!"🗣️🗣️ "GOT AWAY"

[@kokylee8098]

Stormtroopers in a nutshell

[@Tokisaki8815]

I just finished watching the SEED recap and then this pops up, nice

[@rafaelcastillo8573]

This is crazy and i mean crazy. I saw your gundam seed recap last night and i couldn't find a gundam seed freedom recap. Thinking dang i wanna see your seed destiny recap before i watch the movie. Literally just over 4 hours ago. Haha. Now i just woke up and this video is here. Most awesome

[@GundamHQ]

Great timing lol, hope it helps

[@JA-Sol-]

Shinn Asuka's entire vocal : ‼️‼️⁉️‼️‼️‼️‼️

[@Tyrarl]

uuWWWAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGHHH! D:

[@ssbac98]

LOL

[@carlosfromearth]

Honestly, your Sonic music choices were impeccable!! You did an absolutely fantastic job!! Also, I love Gundam Seed Destiny and you did it justice!!

[@20Meister]

Seed Freedom solidify Athrun's loyalty to Cagali besides getting dragged by 3 women in Destiny. LOL

[@jasingyang4944]

This channel needs more Gundam Recaps! Love this video style

[@SemutHitam22-q5i]

Thank you for the recap. I’ve rewatched this seed/seed destiny series more than 20 times over the 20 years (from age 12 until 32), your recap doesn’t missed out any single details. Goodjob 🎉

[@SWW1987]

Another great job. This was a perfect follow up to your seed recap and I would recommend both of these too my friends who need a tldr before watching SEED Freedom

[@kennethmana3103]

Maybe athrun is the real ultimate coordinator 😂😂😂😂

[@GundamHQ]

Thanks, Destiny can be so convoluted so this was such a pain lol

[@garrettmastantuono8043]

Am I the only one who noticed the extremely satisfied look Waltfeld had on his face when he was finally able to use his gun arm. Makes me laugh every time.

[@setsunaquanta8795]

40:32 and that's the beginning of COMPASS

[@novemberbravo6194]

These videos are phenomenal! I'd love to see you do the same for the UC/other standalone Gundam properties! Thanks so much for taking the time to put these together; they're beyond helpful for folks like me who missed SEED when they were kids and now, as you posit, don't have time to catch up.

[@RayMKV]

Thank you for putting this together!

[@kurosan0079]

These SEED recaps are great! I love the bits where you point out the silliness of these shows sometimes. Idk if you're gonna make recaps for other Gundam shows, but if you do make them, I' sure they'll be great too.

[@SONICX1027]

If you paid attention, you could see some Easter Eggs of Cyber Formula. Sunrise’s other series that most don’t know about

[@ivanlorenzovisande2492]

The "open season" got me crackin

[@GlassesLeadTheWay]

Fun Fact: Durandal already knew about Destroy Gundam, Heaven's Base super weapon and Requiem and The Logos early on the series.

[@FN-170]

27:20 😂 actually the akatsuki was in research and development hell for most of ce71 - ce73 and only just finished testing during the second orb war. The anti beam coating "yata no kagami" was notorious for being impossibly difficult to apply + maintain as well as having being so expensive that it requires the same money to make 20+ astray on orbs military budget lol 32:25 the reason cagalli stays behind was because her va left mid production. This was at the height of seed behind the scene production scandal.

[@DestinyZX1]

Go figure.

[@MegamanNG]

Yep. SEED Destiny had a lot of production issues. Hell it was so bad that they had to make a revised version of the ending aka Final Plus: The Chosen Future. Man what a mess.

[@CrimRui]

After watching Freedom movie, I like the series even more.

[@bacd-nn2lg]

The main reason why foundation is so strong was stealing ZGMF-X20A Strike Freedom Gundam six months prior to the events of the Gundam Seed Freedom movie. If you watch Gundam Seed Destiny then you know that both ZGMF-X20A Strike Freedom Gundam, and ZGMF-X19A Infinite Justice Gundam were the strongest mobile suits from Second Alliance-PLANT War. Ps. The soundtrack is really badass in both Gundam Seed, and Destiny anime show.

[@JapanFreak2595]

Sir you have my respect for all the Sonic music you put into these. Just makes all the stupidly cool moments even cooler.

[@ju5t1ce33]

Seed Destiny is what reinvigorated my love of Gundam. I bought every DVD until I had the full series. This show got me through a lot of tough times during Middle School. I loved it… until Kira (Jesus) Yamato returned, messed everything up, got Heine killed, and killed Stella. I was so happy when Kira was defeated by Shinn, but then Jesus tier plot armor happens and he cheats death… AGAIN! But then he redeems himself when Chairman D, Shinn, and Rey lost their collective minds. He once again brought balance to the force lol. Destiny gets a lot of criticism (mostly because of Shinn I think), but I loved it. Thank you for making this video!

[@SingNa1]

10:20 Waltfeld did not regrow his arm, it was his prosthetic 🤣

[@chrisidore023]

And her bodyguard Alex Dino who is definitely not "Athrun Zala" LMAO, I love this channel

[@wensan9923]

Love your Full Series Explained videos, I hope you can make more of it from all the previous series for both the animated and mangga ones like the Team Titans and Astray.

[@kanerobinson5264]

Thanks for all the hard work on the video man it doesnt go unnoticed 🙏🏽❤️

[@jables5895]

The icing on the cake around 21:19 is that when Gil reveals he's going to war against LOGOS, the music turns dramatically sinister as if he's the bad guy and LOGOS somehow don't deserve this.

[@anwenlokier2292]

In my school vr game Shin played a major role in the game and has a very kind moment from Goalius (Goalius was protecting a converted so he made a deal that if any converted is found by ZAFT don't kill them but only knock them out so the people of Goalius hometown could actually reverse the process which during so Goalius stated that if they did he will revive Shin girlfriend which Shin had a flashback to it and him in the destiny Gundam were feeling emotional so Goalius hugged him)

[@spectator6233]

Very nice recap video, I enjoyed it even if I watched destiny at least 4-5times. Looking forward to your other seed videos

[@bl9596]

Your full recap videos were amazing. I hope you bring more out like these in the future.

[@kevinriles5176]

Athrun got that dawg in him😤😤

[@abadi173]

your outlook on Athrun is truly enlightening xD...also cant wait the gundam seed freedom movie review, we all know who is the main hero on that one :D

[@UMIF001]

I really like the global conflict in the Seed series not gonna lie

[@kyoyaizayoi]

As soon as I heard the "Crack Shot" Lunamaria, I knew I was in for hilarity Everytime she tried.

[@chrisidore023]

Why watching this recap makes the Destiny series not bad at all compared to when we first watched it? Possibly the series phasing was chaotic that time so it was not explained well. Again, another great recap. More power to this channel.

[@sandforthesoul5686]

37:46 my genuine reaction “What the fuck does that mean?”

[@ZephyrosPhoenix]

I love that you used the "Sonic Appears" score from Sonic 06 XD

[@SidOmaniax992]

that Sonic ost really added an extra punch

[@zeroskillz90]

This summary and the last one made me realize that Athrun was a fucking menace.

[@darkwolf5869]

And Seed Freedom just hammers the statement home

[@zeroskillz90]

@@darkwolf5869 *Eagle noises and hitmarkers intesifies*

[@HypErSHIN29]

I Like How You Put His World From Sonic 06 In The Freedom Gundam Returns Part In 10:30 Also The Rest Of The Video Is Good

[@serenity3157]

Seeing Zakus dominating Gundams is a chef kiss

[@tigerontop702]

Great video!! Thank you so much for making it! ❤❤❤

[@GundamHQ]

Hope it was worth the wait and helps your friends out 🫡

[@tigerontop702]

@@GundamHQ It already did you’re the best! Very excited to see what comes next from you and Gundam HQ! God speed 👋😄

[@smrk]

I laughed SO HARD xD amazing recap! 10/10!!!

[@jshipp5469]

Been walking for this since I watched your Seed recap. Some of the best explanations 😅be seen in this platform

[@The_End_Of_Mike]

Thanks. This came clutch just watched GSF an hour ago. I wanted to watch seed and seed destiny for longest time but only got around to it 2 years ago.

[@Tyrarl]

I love the way you incorporate the hit sound effect and crosshairs. The wave of crosshairs in the destroy scene had me cackling. ...that's not a good thing is it? 😅

[@kevkev2994]

Just saw both of your gundam seed vids and now I'm ready for gundam seed freedom! Can you make a video on mobile fighter G Gundam?!

[@ShinnDestiny]

The ORB echo's really amazing🤣

[@NevG27]

28:40 feels like I'm wearing nothing at all, nothing at all, nothing at all

[@kiraramax2066]

Gundam Seed and SEED Destiny HD Remaster made people remember or watch this series. I was introduced to this series because of the Remaster back in 2011-2013.

[@R_Caine]

Best recap of Seed: Destiny I've found. And no whining. Just poking fun at it which is superior, no matter what anyone says. You just got me to subscribe.

[@johnlloydkalata1962]

16:05 Is your back ok?

[@mrrizkhan3000]

great recap, now i'm booting up my ps2 to play shadow the hedgehog

[@S9staryu]

Nothing like a good hit marker sound to keep me engaged

[@MiguelCuevas-m2y]

Can you please do this for EVERY other gundam series/movies/ovas? I love listening to them and i like the comedic dialogue and edits. If not, its still fine, but i hope you do this for a few more gundam media pieces. Thanks!

[@Emiliodelgado25]

Good recap, and I love the sonic game soundtracks perfecto

[@lilbladeknight]

Mass Murderer Athrun and Jesus Kira Yamato. damn those are some crazy monikers

[@the1ofus]

this video was so much more fun to watch than the actual show

[@deadlinezero]

Wish you could do this for the all the series. Loved these!

[@bry1188]

thanks for: saving us hours of time + meme + that small hit mark

[@billySEEDDecade]

I think it's either the manga or novel that said Rey was talking about Shinn when he was crying about tomorrow.

[@syazaafham8918]

Great recap vid! I hope that you would make one for seed astray since its my fav side story from the ce universe

[@RoninSama.official]

"Die" is not something Phantom Pain put into Stella's mind. It's a taboo or traumatic word from Stella's childhood that makes her unable to do anything but cry a lot whenever she hears it.

[@xenogeekmotion7686]

Please do Iron Blooded orphan next, or anytime

[@rayshinsan]

Lol i love your recap. Arthun the mass murderer... Wait wouldnt that be Shinn given all the deaths of civilians caused due to his actions?

[@kokylee8098]

16:05 subscribe buttons are lethal?

[@GundamHQ]

Always have been 🔫

[@setsunaquanta8795]

Speaking of, does C.E.73 Stargazer story was actually before Second Bloody Valentine War started?

[@trollinoakenshield9822]

Only first ova, the other 2 were during and after seed destiny ended

[@setsunaquanta8795]

@@trollinoakenshield9822 I know that, but do you think Stargazer exists according to CE Timeline?

[@trollinoakenshield9822]

@@setsunaquanta8795 yeah, cuz in the 2nd ova, the MC are escorting stella n destroy gundam.

[@ShadowR89]

Cut comparisons between original version of Gundam Seed and HD remaster.

[@Fomfom4u]

Although Shinn's not win the war, but he's got Luna as his girlfriend, At least. (Both Series and Real Life)

[@billl.2441]

The sword impulse is by far the coolest gundam ever. The first time I saw it 😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@TheMarkANelson]

Thank you for putting these videos together. I’ve wanted to share SEED with people but never had a viable summary. Even though there were 20 years to do it… I have to ask though, what’s up with all the visuals being mirrored?

[@GundamHQ]

Great question - trying to avoid copyright claims in the future. A lot of people do things slightly smaller, skewed/ really ugly stuff to avoid claims when showing long clips. I prefer a combination of using only short clips and a simple mirror (aside from when there is English text on screen) Do I absolutely need to? Maybe not. But I think it's a good extra layer of protection.

[@TheMarkANelson]

@@GundamHQ Ah ok. I understand. I was just like “how did that happen?” Looking forward to your next project. I’d love to have Stargazer and Freedom to finish these out, and maybe even Astray, but sure whatever you choose will be great.

[@AtelierGod]

22:39 Not gonna lie, I thought this was originally him ejecting the nuclear reactor so the explosion happened outside the machine and the force was absorbed by the phase shift armor.

[@S9staryu]

Bro, honestly, everything that happened between Athrun joining Faith and the dudes blowing themselves up was just.... what the actual fuck lmao

[@BokandThecollective]

Kira's Plot armor is so thick if Mikazuki Augus is alive in that era he could have been given hima huge kick in the gonads

[@KuroninjaWatzu]

You got me, I subscribed

[@muhammadaffry2123]

Despite most hated series, I love Seed Destiny. The anime, ps 2 game and ost are memorable to me.

[@khawthianming2775]

Now it makes sense in gundam seed freedom of that kid with cagalli, it's Talia kid

[@howardlam6181]

They real problem is they skipped an ova. I have been playing G Gen and SRW over the years so these events are still fresh in my mind

[@DesX42S]

I just want to point out that the massive blast during the Freedom vs Impulse fight is intended to be from the Minerva’s positron beam cannon not from the Freedom blowing up. A lot of fans read that scene wrong, and I don’t blame them. It’s really unclear, even after the HD version tried to make it more clear.

[@najibbz]

deserves more views

[@PrnsMinevaZabi]

Of course Heine is so beautiful HE IS VOICED BY ONE OF THE SEXIEST J POP ARTISTS EVER Takanori Nishikawa aka T.M. Revolution!!!!!

[@DestinyZX1]

How meta. The same guy that did Ignited and Invoke actually voiced a character.

[@sanicthesledgedog9336]

​@@DestinyZX1he was Miguel too

[@HAVOCprojects]

And Sunrise unfortunately couldn't afford to have Nishikawa for the entirety of both shows, which resulted on both his characters being killed off only partway through. Fans have also speculated that Shiho (one of Yzak's team members) could've suffered the same fate had Nami Tamaki become her VA.

[@Joshua_N-A]

No wonder GSD got so many recycled footage! That's where the budget went!

[@lordadorable1140]

Btw: there is an facisinating fanfic about an AC/CE crossover that puts the fear of Gundam into both sides of the war

[@GerudoRamirez]

Really love the breakdown, your video came in clutch! You really like Sonic 06 don’t you? 😂 EDIT: picked up some sonic adventure 2 also 👍

[@GundamHQ]

@GerudoRamirez I don't think I used any Adventure tracks this time, but definitely 06, Unleashed, Shadow and Frontiers and more. They're good songs and SEGA never claims any of their songs on KZbin so they're a perfect fit

[@anthonygaleano4666]

Awesome I did forget stuff lol. Pls do stargazer next time!!!! Pls and thank you

[@Voidwalker903]

They really gotta start locking or securing these gundams better😅

[@danielsgames8810]

For some reason, Sonic Soundtrack works well with gundam

[@deadsagelife]

i love seed man

[@Danboo21531]

Athrun was not in the room during that last encounter with Gil in the original version. He was added in the Final Plus edit released after the original broadcast ended, and this version is used in the HD remaster. IMO the original version is better as the speculation was either Kira finally shoot someone with a gun after 99 episodes of not doing so, or whether someone shot Kira.

[@GundamHQ]

For sure - the only thing I really appreciate about this is that Athrun, in terms of key plot development, had the most relevance to these characters where as Kira never really saw or spoke with any of them till that moment. So it can offer a bit more closure - but I definitely agree with your points!

[@ConStormENT]

this really makes me curious what would happen if Mu got the Akatsuki in seed