Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73: STARGAZER

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73: Stargazer is a side story to the anime TV series, Gundam SEED Destiny. It is currently being streamed on Bandai Channel as an Original Net Animation. The show will be directed by Susumu Nishizawa and written by Shigeru Morita, both staff members of Gundam SEED Destiny.

Stargazer will star Sven Cal Bayan, a 19-year old male Natural who is a member of the Phantom Pain special forces and pilots the GAT-X105E Strike Noir. It also features Selene McGriff, a 28-year old female Coordinator and a researcher of the "Stargazer Project" for the Deep Space Survey and Development Organization (DSSD).

The series will be three episodes, each running at 15-minutes long. The web broadcast began in July, 2006, with a new episode showing monthly. A DVD containing all three episodes will be released on November 24.

Japanese cast

 * Edmond Du Clos - Jouji Nakata
 * Selene McGriff - Sayaka Ohara
 * Sol Ryuune L'ange - Jun Fukuyama
 * Sven Cal Bayan - Daisuke Ono

Staff

 * Director: Nishizawa Suzumu
 * Screenplay: Morita Shigeru
 * Character Designer: Ohnuki Kenichi
 * Mechanical Designer: Okawara Kunio, Yamane Kimitoshi, Fujioka Kenki, BEECRAFT
 * Music: Oohashi Megumi

Openings, Endings and Insert Songs
Opening:
 * Stargazer ~Hoshi No Tobira~ (Door Of The Stars) by Satori Negishi

List of Mecha
Phantom Pain:
 * GAT-X105E Strike Noir
 * GAT-X1022 Blu Duel
 * GAT-X103AP Verde Buster
 * GAT-01A1+AQM/E-X01 Aile Dagger

Deep Space Survey and Development Organization (DSSD):
 * GSX-401FW Stargazer - an unmanned mobile suit built by the DSSD for space exploration. Equipped with the "Voiture Lumiere" interplanetary propulsion system.
 * DSSD Astray


 * See Cosmic Era Mobile Units for more information.

Spinoffs
The manga Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73 Δ Astray is a tie-in to Stargazer, and expands upon the technologies and organizations from this show. It is also the sequel to the Gundam SEED Destiny spinoff, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny Astray.