Gundam SEED SD x HD Comparison — 04
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Phase-04 : サイレントラン / Silent Run
Kira has been reanimated here. This change dates back to the 2004 Special Edition movie.
Kira’s eye crop has also been redrawn.
This cut of Kira has also been reanimated, and from an alternative angle.
Additional displays have been added on either side. Mu’s band has also been added on his left arm.
Hand added! This change dates back to the 2004 Special Edition movie.
Sword Strike Gundam has been reanimated.
Monitor display has been updated.
Murrue’s chair has been added.
A new animation of Natarle has been switched into otherwise the same scene.
Displays have been added either side.
New Sword Strike Gundam animation, notably carrying the lifeboat from a different angle.
The new animation also ensures that the Sword Strike Gundam’s left shoulder is correct.
The 16:9 crops obscures much of what’s on the monitor.
Monitor displays have been updated.
New animation of Kira exiting the Strike Gundam.
Updated animation of Flay exiting the lifeboat. This change dates back to the 2004 Special Edition movie.
Kira has been reanimated. This change dates back to the 2004 Special Edition movie.
New animation of Kira reaching towards Birdy flying towards camera.
New animation of Flay turning around. This change dates back to the 2004 Special Edition movie.
New animation of Kira reaching outwards. This change dates back to the 2004 Special Edition movie.
New animation of Flay looking upwards. This change dates back to the 2004 Special Edition movie.
New animation of Flag hugging Kira. This change dates back to the 2004 Special Edition movie.
Additional cut of Kira blushing. An equivalent doesn't exist in the original. This change dates back to the 2004 Special Edition movie.
New animation of Flay looking towards Kira.
New animation of Kira speaking to Flay.
New animation of Kira and Flay floating in front of the Strike Gundam. Note that this is the third version of Flay here, since the 2004 Special Edition movie features a different instance of her (plus she is also hugging… Sai in place of Kira!).
Ok, couldn’t resist adding this context from the 2004 Special Edition movie.
Monitor display has been updated.
Background monitor display has been updated.
New animation of Kira looking uneasy.
New animation of Murrue has been switched into otherwise the same scene.
New animation, and with a much closer crop too.
Additional details have been added to the space background.
Athrun has been reanimated here. This change dates back to the 2004 Special Edition movie.
More new animation for Athrun here.
The small-ish man has been resized to a now-large-ish man!
New animation.
New Kira animation.
Mu and Kira have been reanimated.
Another reanimated shot of Kira.
Mu has been reanimated, with Kira’s head added to the composition.
Another new animation of Flay, Sai, Kuzzey.
Kira looking downwards has been reanimated.
No major changes, but the fact that Kira is clearly standing on a floating viewing platform is lost due to the 16:9 crop.
The new Mu animation has ben switched in for this flashback scene. Blur treatment is also slightly different, and saturation has been reduced across the whole frame.
New animation of Rau, Athrun and their surroundings.
Athrun has been animated fresh. This change dates back to the 2004 Special Edition movie.
New Rau animation. This change dates back to the 2004 Special Edition movie.
New Athrun and Rau animation. Rau’s hair is more on-model.
New Athrun animation.
New Athrun and Rau animation. The depth of field effect on Rau has been removed.
New animation of Rau speaking to Athrun.
New animation of Athrun speaking.
New animation of Rau looking at Athrun. His expression is notably different.
New animation of Rau and Athrun. Note the chair is also a different shape (also the case in the previous cuts).
New animation of Athrun talking.
New animation of Rau. The angle, expression, and crop is notably different.
New animation of Athrun and Rau. Same update to the chair!
New Athrun animation.
New Murrue animation switched in to otherwise the same scene.
Artemis barrier has been added.
Artemis barrier has also been added in the monitor view.
The Versalius rotation animation has been cut, so it starts from about halfway through its pivot.
Artemis barrier has been added.
Moebius Zero has been reanimated.
Glow and light flares/rays have been heavily reduced.
Glow and light flares/rays have been heavily reduced.
Typo corrections. LAUCH is now LAUNCH, MOBIUS is now MOEBIUS.
Glow and flares have been heavily reduced.
Glow and flares have been removed. The scene now has cooler hues.
Glow and flares have been removed.
Glow and flares have been heavily reduced.
Glow and circular flares have been heavily reduced.
Displays have been added on both sides.
New animation of Natarle, and from a different angle.
Pink explosion has been recolored to red.
The core pink beam has been recolored to red.
The Moebius Zero’s boost has been removed.
The Versalius and other background elements have been removed.
This original cut is no longer present.
New animation of Murrue, with Natarle now in frame.
New Kira animation, with the colorful visor reflections no longer present.
Orange lights are now thinner/sharper, and green lights have been added.
New animation of the Strike Gundam (same update as the OP).
And that wraps up this direct comparison of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Phase-04 : サイレントラン / Silent Run. Please let me know on Bluesky if you notice any errors, or differences that I’ve missed.
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📓 Extra Notes
For feasibility, I’m comparing just two editions — the original series DVDs, vs the series HD Remaster Blu-rays. This should cover the majority of differences, but I will try to call out where new animation originated in the 2004 Special Edition movies. More Info
I won't post all the hard crops for the 16:9 cut, there are just too many! Typically I will do if something notable is cropped out of frame.
Visual changes are the focus of this project, but there are many audio differences too. I’ll follow up with a post highlighting some of these differences, after having worked through all the episodes.
Due to the time consuming nature of creating these posts, I’ll be adding alt text to all images after every ten episodes’ worth of posts. In a big single batch-update. Apologies for the delay in doing so.
