Mobile Suit Gundam SEED — 2002-2003 · 1 season · 50 eps

★ 7.7

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Mobile Suit Gundam SEED

2002-2003 1 season 50 episodes

★ 7.7 (2,983 votes) Top 41%

Cosmic Era 71. Mankind has developed into two subspecies: Naturals, who reside on Earth, and Coordinators, genetically enhanced humans capable of withstanding the rigors of space who inhabit orbital colonies known as PLANTs. The story revolves around a young Coordinator named Kira Yamato, who becomes involved in the war between the two races after a neutral space colony secretly developing mobile suits for the Earth Alliance is attacked by the PLANTs' military force, ZAFT.

Episode Ratings Grid

Every episode at a glance, color-coded by rating. Rows are episode numbers within each season, columns are seasons.

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S1 1-30

S1 31-50

E1

8.3

8.7

E2

8.2

8.8

E3

8.4

8.3

E4

7.9

8.8

E5

8.3

9.0

E6

8.1

8.9

E7

8.3

8.7

E8

8.0

9.0

E9

8.2

8.9

E10

8.2

9.1

E11

8.3

8.8

E12

8.5

8.9

E13

8.8

9.1

E14

8.2

9.0

E15

8.1

8.9

E16

8.3

8.7

E17

8.5

8.8

E18

8.4

8.9

E19

8.5

9.4

E20

8.5

9.3

E21

8.7

E22

8.7

E23

8.7

E24

8.6

E25

8.0

E26

7.6

E27

7.5

E28

8.8

E29

9.0

E30

9.1

Avg

8.6

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Great

Good

Episode Power Rankings

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🏆 Top Episodes

#1 9.4

S1E49 The Final Light

The second attack by Genesis cripples the Earth Alliance and destroys the Ptolemaeus base, also, Mu fights Rau in the ZGMF-X13A Providence and Kira and Athrun fight the Forbidden, Raider, and Calamity.

#2

S1E50 9.3

To an Endless Future

The Archangel, the Eternal and Kusanagi go deep in battle as they try to keep both of them from using their mass destruction weapons.

#3

S1E30 9.1

Flashing Blades

The Zala Team try again to to destroy the Archangel, Kira and Athrun suffer anger over the death of a friend and they fight.

4. S1E40 "Into the Dawn Skies" 9.1
5. S1E43 "Tachihadakaru mono" 9.1
6. S1E29 "The Turning Point" 9.0
7. S1E35 "The Descending Sword" 9.0
8. S1E38 "Decisive Fire" 9.0
9. S1E44 "Spiral of Encounters" 9.0
10. S1E36 "In the Name of Justice" 8.9

📉 Bottom Episodes

#50

S1E27 7.5

Endless Rondo

Erica Simmons reviews the Strike's combat logs and thinks that Kira may be superior then the other Coordinators. Shen then shows Kira the Mobile Suit that be being developed by Orb.

49. S1E26 "Moment" 7.6
48. S1E4 "Silent Run" 7.9
47. S1E25 "The Land of Peace" 8.0
46. S1E8 "The Songstress of the Enemy Forces" 8.0

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Episode Engagement

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32 Standouts

0 Infamous

18 Hidden Gems

0 Forgettable

Top Standout: S1E49 The Final Light

Best Hidden Gem: S1E43 Tachihadakaru mono

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