Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny Astray
| Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny Astray | |
Cover of volume one of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny Astray
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| 機動戦士ガンダムSEED DESTINY ASTRAY | |
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| Genre | Mecha, Action |
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| Written by | Tomohiro Chiba |
| Illustrated by | Kōichi Tokita |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Gundam Ace |
| Original run | November 2004 – April 2006 |
| Volumes | 4 |
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Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny Astray (機動戦士ガンダムSEED DESTINY ASTRAY?) is a collection of gaiden (side-stories) set in the Cosmic Era timeline of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny. The story was told in three different mediums, as a manga in Gundam ACE, a photo novel in Dengeki Hobby and two novels published by Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd. The series started in November 2004 and ended in April 2006 after 21 chapters. It was followed up by Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73 Δ Astray, which also tied into Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73: Stargazer.
Destiny Astray focuses on war photo-journalist Jess Rabble and his ZGMF-X12 Astray Out Frame. The Astray Out Frame was built by Lowe (using the incomplete frame of a ZAFT ZGMF-X12A Testament), and later given to Jess. Jess is often accompanied by Kaite Madigan, a mercenary and former ZAFT mobile suit pilot who serves as his bodyguard and owns several customized mobile suits of his own. Both are currently employees of a mysterious industrialist named Matias, who claims to have "no grasp of history", therefore he wishes for Jess to record history as it unfolds. Lowe is effectively removed from the story in the first chapter of Destiny Astray where he begins a long journey to Mars. He returns in later chapters that are set two years later. Many other Astray characters, including Gai, Canard, and Rondo Mina, also continue to appear in supporting roles. The story provides the reader with background information not shown in the TV series.
The Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny Astray series was in a production venture that encompassed four forms of Media. It was firstly the TV-series Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny which told the main story and presented several plot-points that was addressed in the other mediums. The second was the photo-novels that presented side stories to "Destiny Astray" as well as technical files on the mobile Suits and how to construct them in models. The third media was two novels that contained several stories with the "Destiny Astray" cast and were linked to the main story.
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