Bandai Namco’s hobby business subsidiary Bandai Spirits, has announced the Premium Bandai release of the GAT-01 Strike Dagger appearing in the High Grade Cosmic Era line of Gundam model kits.
Designed by legendary mechanical designer Kunio Okawara, the GAT-01 Strike Dagger is featured in the 2002 Mobile Suit Gundam SEED series. Developed by the Earth Alliance, the Strike Dagger is a mass-produced mobile suit based on the experimental GAT-X105 Strike Gundam.
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED aired from 2002-2003 directed by Mitsuo Fukuda and scripted by Chiaki Morosawa. The series features character designs by Hisashi Hirai, mechanical designs by Kunio Okawara and Kimitoshi Yamane, chief mecha animation direction by Satoshi Shigeta, and music by Toshihiko Sahashi. The popular series was followed with a sequel series in 2004 titled, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny. Both the SEED and SEED Destiny series received HD Remastered editions in 2011 and 2013 respectively.
Story
Year 70 of the Cosmic Era. The Coordinators, a group of genetically enhanced humans, have moved into colonies orbiting the Earth. But that hasn’t quieted the tensions between them and regular humans; the conflict soon escalates into a full-scale war. On the neutral colony of Heliopolis, Kira Yamato, and his friends are going to school and just being kids. But when the ZAFT commando forces attack, Kira’s life changes forever.
Left with no choice, he and Federation officer Murrue Ramius are thrown into battle in a prototype mobile weapon, which Kira christens “GUNDAM.” Now, Kira must defend himself and his friends from his own people. For, unknown to anyone else, Kira is a Coordinator. And the enemy he faces on the battlefield is his childhood best friend, Athrun!
Accessories
- Beam rifle
- Shield
- Beam Saber
- Parachute pack
The HGCE 1/144 Strike Dagger is priced at 1,650 yen with a December 2022 release date through Premium Bandai.
Source: Premium Bandai
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