Kidou Senshi Gundam SEED: SEED Supernova – Tanekyara Gekijou

たねきゃら劇場 / Mobile Suit Gundam Mini SEED / Gundam SEED Character Theater

Genres: Comedy, Parody
Themes: Parody
Studios: Sunrise
Licensors: Nozomi Entertainment
Rating: 7.35 / 10
Rank: #2646
Popularity: #7366
Users Listed: 8,652
Users Scored: 3,790
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 11/07/2022
Aired: June 22, 2007 (Spring)
Type: special
Source: original
Age Rating: PG 13
Episodes: 4

Synopsis:

This collection of short stories centers on the complex relationship between Yzak Joule and Athrun Zala, exploring their intertwined past and ongoing rivalry. The initial segments delve into the personal struggles of Yzak, grappling with feelings of inadequacy stemming from a history of being overshadowed by his childhood acquaintance. These narratives offer glimpses into the psychological impact of competitive ambition and the search for self-validation.

Later episodes shift tone, following the crew of the Minerva as they are sent on unconventional missions through time by Gil. These comedic vignettes depict their attempts to subtly alter pivotal moments of the *SEED* era, often with unforeseen and amusing consequences. The series offers a lighthearted perspective on familiar characters, contrasting personal introspection with playful disruption of established history, providing a unique look at a well-known universe.

Characters:

Asuka, Shinn (Main) - Voice Actors: Suzumura, Kenichi
Athha, Cagalli Yula (Main) - Voice Actors: Shindo, Naomi
Clyne, Lacus (Main) - Voice Actors: Tanaka, Rie
Elthman, Dearka (Main) - Voice Actors: Sasanuma, Akira
Hawke, Lunamaria (Main) - Voice Actors: Sakamoto, Maaya
Jule, Yzak (Main) - Voice Actors: Seki, Tomokazu
Yamato, Kira (Main) - Voice Actors: Hoshi, Souichirou
Za Burrel, Rey (Main) - Voice Actors: Seki, Toshihiko
Zala, Athrun (Main) - Voice Actors: Ishida, Akira
Haro (Supporting)
Hawke, Meyrin (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Orikasa, Fumiko
Torii (Supporting)

Staff:

Yatate, Hajime (Producer)
Tanaka, Rie (Theme Song Performance)

Reviews:

User kiriska (Score: 8/10):
lol, I really don't know why I'm even bothering to review this. STORY - You know, I really appreciate that Sunrise can so readily make fun of its own shows like this. It's clear from watching both Gundam SEED and SEED Destiny that there are many mockable aspects, even if both series present themselves as being relatively serious. This collection of super-deformed shorts plays up many popular fandom themes (and snarks) which indicates that Sunrise stays very in touch with their audience. Despite there only being four four minute episodes, Seed Supernova somehow manages to touch on a great number of subjects including Yzak's raging jealousytowards Athrun, the hilarious cheapness of SEED-mode (aka godmodding, ftw), Athrun's relationship with Kira, Yzak's relationship with Dearka, Lacus's ridiculous political power, and Shinn's... something. I really don't know what to make of Shinn's bit.nnIt's a very effective and well-aimed silliness, to say the least, and it's always good to know that a company's willing to research into what their fans would enjoy in a random spinoff.nnCHARACTER - As character personality is one of the main focuses of incessant mockery here, it's no surprise that all the characters are supremely exaggerated in Supernova. That said, they're absolutely hilarious characterizations because you're left saying, "YES, that's EXACTLY what I thought all along!" about some of the characters' traits.nnART & ANIMATION - They're chibis. It's a cheap production. What do you want? Fireworks? It looks good! You're only watching it for four minutes at a time anyway.nnMUSIC - Recycled music from SEED and SEED Destiny, obviously, but both series had amazing soundtracks, so there. (Refer to my reviews on the two parent series for more details.)nnVOICE ACTING - Refer to reviews for SEED and SEED Destiny.nnOVERALL - It takes sixteen minutes out of your life to watch this. Live a little. Laugh a little. It's all good. :3 (Incentive: Shinn crossdressing as Lacus and singing. ...Okay, maybe that's not a very good incentive.)
User KillerMan91 (Score: 10/10):
Seed supernova is four short comedy pieces of Gundam SEED/Destiny world. Story: In this kind of short comedy clips the story itself is not important. It is important how it is executed and in these clips it was briliantly executed. Two clips of seed were about yzak and his hate that he always loses to athrun. Destiny clips were two missions for shinn, lunamaria and rey. Art: Yeah. Art is cheap chibis but they perfecty fit in this kind of comedy clips. Sound: Music is straight from the SEED/destiny. So it is amazingCharacters:nCharacters were same as in the main series but in this case their personalities and all habits were greatly exaggerated. It is nice to see that Sunrise can do jokes of their own series.nnEnjoyement:nThis was the best part of these comedy clips. I laughed my ass off with every one of these clips. They were one of the funniest comedy clips that I have ever seen in anime series. Amazing really.nnOverall:nWhen you consider that these were only 4min each and the total lenght is about 16min I can't really do else than recommend highly to watch these clips. Obviously you must watch main series first that you will understand the humour. I could have watched a whole season of these comedy clips. Hardly ever you see so amazing spinoff clips as these...
User xXNarumi-kunXx (Score: 9/10):
Supper novei is very common to many anime,art is great with many chibi characters ,and the characters have great relatin with each other...i relly enjoy it and am willyng to se it again!!
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