Mobile Suit Gundam SEED

The year is Cosmic Era 70. The world is divided between normal humans called Natural and genetically modified humans called Coordinators. The "Bloody Valentine" tragedy causes tensions between them to explode, and the situation soon escalates into a full-scale armed conflict. Everyone expects the Alliance forces to prevail with their superior numbers. But these hopes are dashed, and the war has dragged on for over eleven months. The mining asteroid Heliopolis floats at Lagrange 5. There, Kira Yamato, a student enrolled at a technical college, encounters ZAFT forces invading the colony to steal new Mobile Suits being manufactured for the Alliance forces. Included among the ZAFT soldiers involved in the operation is Athrun Zala, who was once Kira's best friend...