Gundam Seed

I will keep this fairly short because I could probably right a full story just describing a Gundam series. Gundam Seed is the story of coordinators and naturals. Coordinators are those that before birth had their genes altered in one way or another. Naturals, as you've probably guessed, have not had their genes altered. Hence the term 'naturals' is used. The main character in this particular gundam series is Kira Yamato, a coordinator. The ultimate coordinator! One day Kira is simply going to school on one of the plants(space colonies) when it is attacked by ZAFT, the coordinators military service. They attempt to steal a series of mobile suits, the Gundams, developed by the Earth forces. In the heat of everything Kira ends up piloting one of the prototype suits and re-writes it's operating system in a matter of seconds in order to save his friends lives. The story continues as Kira decides to continue fighting to protect those he cares for. Athrun Zala is introduced as a ZAFT soldier and childhood friend of Kira. They end up fighting each other in an attempt to make each other realize their point of views. Later on it is discovered that Kira is the result of experimentation to create an ultimate coordinator, however, Kira wants nothing to do with it. This is so far my favorite Gundam series. I do like quite a few others and Gundam Wing and Gundam 00 probably tie for second. This series has a full second season called Gundam Seed Destiny that is also quite good and I will soon write a review for it as well. The character development is almost always amazing in a Gundam series, and as always it has many complexities about it. That is one reason I enjoy them. The animation is also very good and I would recommend this to anybody who has ever liked a Gundam series or any other mech genre! Enjoy!!