Story
Gundam SEED is set in the future where humanity has reached the space age and genetic modifications, which the latter leads to a hated war between the Naturals (natural born people) on Earth and Coordinators (modified born people) in space colonies known as PLANTs. To put a stop to the war, Kira Yamato, a Coordinator living in a Neutral Colony has to join with Naturals on a warship to fight his own kind while he has to fight a childhood friend along the way. This seems like an interesting story with one friend pitted against each other in war, but all we get is one constantly screaming the other's name followed by a pew-pew from a laser rifle.
Art
For created in the early 2000s and the first Gundam anime to be drawn in CG, it was more than good for its time. The character and mobile suit detail was impressive, although the background art looked it was made in the era of Gundam WING or Mobile Fighter G Gundam.
Sound
I have to say the sound was the best part about this anime. It captures the moment almost perfectly with either emotional, intense or epic fight music. The openings an endings are top-notch and I could listen to them all day long.
Character
I have to be brutally honest here. The majority of characters were unique in their own way, except for a few which are the main characters. Kira Yamato for instance, is the WORST one of them all. He is probably the most annoying protagonist in any anime. Throughout the anime you'll hear him either crying loudly or moaning about everything else like how he hates to kill and how wrong it is, despite being in a war.
Overall
The anime is neither mediocre or perfect but if you ignore the constant footage recycling again and again over the 50 episodes (48 if you're watching the remastered) then this is at least 7 out of 10.
