Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73: STARGAZER is a side story to the anime TV series, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny. Directed by Susumu Nishizawa and written by Shigeru Morita, both staff members of Gundam SEED Destiny, the show consists of three 15-minutes long episodes. It was streamed on Bandai Channel as an Original Net Animation from July to September 2006, with a new episode each monthly. A DVD containing all three episodes as well as the two 5-minute long Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray animated shorts was released on November 24. This DVD also contained a different ending for Stage 3 in which several scenes after the Phantom Pain attack are shown.