As usual, Kotono Mitsuishi is the voice actress for Haro, Murrue Ramius and the narrator.
Rie Tanaka voices Meer Campbell and her idol, Lacus Clyne.
Brad Swaile voices Auel Neider in addition to reprising his role as Dearka Elsman from SEED.
Creator Breakdown: Gundam SEED Destiny was produced while head writer Chiaki Morosawa was undergoing a hysterectomy to treat her uterine fibroids and an ovarian cyst, as well as her battling a severe case of depression, according to her 2008 interview with Animage Magazine.
In Ocean's dub, the voices of Sting Oakley and Meyrin Hawke, Brent Miller and Nicole Bouma are husband and wife.
Also from the Ocean dub, the voices of Arthur Trine and Murrue Ramius, Jonathan Holmes and Lisa Ann Beley are husband and wife as well.
Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld voiced Luna in NYAV Post's dub of the HD Remaster. Her husband, James Weaver Clark, was one of the additional voices for the HD remaster of SEED.
Married couple Marin Miller and Martin Billany voice teammates Hilda Harken and Herbert Von Reinhard in NYAV Post's dub.
Directed by Cast Member: For the English dub of the HD remaster, Carrie Keranen returned as the ADR director, as well as the voice of Murrue Ramius and the narrator.
To be honest, I'm not very happy. The original story is complete as it is, so it's outrageous to add or modify the images and script. However, games are a different media so I think it's fine. The thing I hate most about the games are that even though they use the name (Gundam SEED Destiny), the contents are totally no good... There are many people who think that way, and there are many staff members who work really hard on making (these games), so I don't object. However, spare me from the people who come and go "Director, you're happy too aren't you?" — Mitsuo Fukuda
Flip-Flop of God: Fukuda is frequently accused of these. How much is actually true, how much is the result of bad fan-translations of interviews he's given is, and how much is the result of fake translations made up by haters of the series up for debate. (It IS pretty much widely accepted that his wife Chiaki Morosawa's supposed "interview" was a fake.)
The Strike Freedom's technical info seemingly gets RetConned every time a new model kit or MS design book is released, to the growing frustration of the fans. At this point there have been approximately five different explanations for its golden joints. To make matters worse, this doesn't apply to Infinite Justice; its joints are silver only to make them a matched set.
Franchise Killer: During the beginning of the series premiere, there were once hopes that the CE timeline could become the new UC. However, production troubles plagued the second half which heavily divided the fanbase and Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom was temporarily postponed for quite a few years due to Chiaki Morosawa's illness and death), making creators and fans give up on the saga and move on to Mobile Suit Gundam 00.
Magnum Opus Dissonance: Rie Tanaka said in a 2008 interview that she enjoyed playing Meer more than Lacus, despite the latter being one of the most popular characters in Gundam history.
Milestone Celebration: Gundam SEED Destiny was released during the 25th anniversary of the Gundam franchise. Similarly, the HD Remaster was released to celebrate Gundam SEED's 10th anniversary.
The Special Edition changed the Japanese actors for a few minor characters, which stuck for most video game appearances; Minerva crew mechanic Yolan went from Tomokazu Sugita to Daisuke Namikawa, former-ZAFT pilot Sato went from Taro Yamaguchi to Kazuhiro Nakata, and Orb pilot Baba went from Hikaru Hanada to Masaya Takatsuka.
Recycled Script: Destiny had plot lines that were slight variations of ones used by its predecessor, Gundam Seed. Some examples include: Shinn and Stella's encounter in a cave (in Destiny) being similar to Athrun and Cagalli's (in Seed), while the final battles in both shows are nearly identical, with the only difference being that in Destiny, the Three Ships Alliance's victory was a Curb-Stomp Battle (and in the TV version, a Flawless Victory).
Romance on the Set: Kenichi Suzumura and Maaya Sakamoto were cast as Shinn and Lunamaria, respectively, in their first roles together. In 2011, they got married. It's largely this series and the Gundam SEED Destiny Radio that brought them together.
Troubled Production: The second half to the final thirds of the series had suffered quite a few production problems. The fact that Chiaki Morosawa was perpetually late with the scripts for a nasty cancer + depression combo, which forced the other writers to come up with quite the padding to fill in, really didn't help.
Shiho Hahnenfuss was to have been voiced by Nami Tamaki (who sang one of the theme songs in both SEED and SEED Destiny), but she declined the role.
In the first dub, minor character Auel was supposed to be voiced by Richard Ian Cox, but the voice actor declined the role for unknown reasons.
The original names for Strike Freedom and Infinite Justice were "Super Freedom◊" and "Knight Justice◊", respectively. In the former case, it would have explained the "Super DRAGOON" and "Super Lacerta" names.
Written by Cast Member: In NYAV Post's dub, Stephanie Sheh once again wrote the English lyrics to Meer's songs.
◊" and "Knight Justice
