In this era, 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.
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED was dubbed in English and its first English air date was on April 17, 2004 on the American cable network Cartoon Network as part of its Saturday night Toonami block, and was later moved to its unnamed "Graveyard Shift" block on late Friday evenings/early Saturday mornings in late 2004.
The English TV dub used a 30-second shortened version of "Invoke" as its opening, but used the same endings as the original (albeit with edited visuals).
For Japan's HD remaster, Gundam SEED cut the two recap episodes from its original broadcast (14 and 26).
73: Stargazer, which is directed by Susumu Nishizawa, is a three-episode original net animation (ONA).
73 Stargazer is a three episode original net animation (ONA) side story that takes place during the timeline of Gundam SEED Destiny.
The episodes were not broadcast on television, but streamed through the Bandai Channel and sold on one DVD in Japan.