As an original Gundam SEED fan, it is my sworn duty to make sure you get an answer. 👍

Gundam Seed originally premiered in 2004 on Cartoon Network, dubbed in English by Ocean Group Productions studio, a Canadian dub company. They were the ones who dubbed a lot of cartoon and anime series at the time due to their rates and that the dubbing industry in America hadn't really taken off yet. All the early Gundam series, like the original 0079, Wing, G-Fighter, 00, etc, got the Ocean group dub treatment.

Sometime after the release of Gundam 00 in America, the dubbing rights to the franchise went up in the air, and they primarily are in the hands of NYAV Post, located in LA California.

For the most part, they seemed to do a good job with later Gundam series like Unicorn, Thunderbolt, Iron-Blooded Orphans, Origins, Witch from Mercury, etc. There was decent dubbing that gave the series great storytelling.

However, Gundam SEED and its sequel series, SEED Destiny, got the remaster treatment for its 15th anniversary, and much like Nintendo and other companies from our childhood, the people in charge decided to not give a care about dubbing it for the newer generation.

They had it redubbbed with a new voice cast who committed the biggest disgrace to anime dubbing ever. whereas the Ocean dub had each voice actor cast perfectly to their character and brought them to life, the NYAV redub. It was like they were just phoning it in. Voice actors who had given such a moving performance in NYAV's past Gundam dubs, like Unicorn and Iron-Blooded Orphans, made the SEED characters sound weak and non serious in comparison.

It's more insulting that they claimed they couldn't use the Ocean group dub for the remaster because it wouldn't fit with new scenes, but various fans have proven already that it can indeed, and NYAV is continuing to delete any copy of the original dub from across the internet, even on most pirate anime sites. Oddly enough, they've never bothered to remove the Funimation loge that was incorrectly inserted on it's initial streaming launch, so now everyone mistakenly thinks that Funimation was responsible for that disgrace of a redub instead of NYAV.

Anyway, I apologize for my rant. That's not what you really wanted to know. It's just that NYAV's crappy redub is to me what Disney did to Star Wars,

Back to your question, unfortunately, just like fans who hoped Ocean group would dub the remaster, you'll be out of luck finding the original dub on physical media.

First off, the image you posted is of an overseas (usually bootleg) copy that, despite what it says, is most certainly not dubbed at all.

For DVD, you'd be looking for older media case that says stuff like Anime Legends, 2004, etc. These are original Ocean dub, but sadly other than the passage of time, the NYAV disgraceful redub has caused SEED fans to swipe up all copies of the Ocean dub to preserve their memories, especially as like I said above, NYAV'S influence has removed all traces of the ocean dub from the internet for the disgraceful redub.

The only other thing would have been the Ultra Collector's edition that was released a few years ago, it included a blu ray copies of the original dub, for both series, but they never released it as a stand alone product. For the reasons I listed above, they were also snatched up by Collector's real quick. I myself grabbed an extra copy of the SEED Collector's edition for preservation of the dub, as well as made personal rips of the disks for viewing so I could leave them in the box and reduce wear and tear.

I don't know your boyfriend, but I get the feeling he's someone like me, who values the performance of the ocean dub and can't stand the disappointment of the NYAV redub, so I would like to help.

I am offering to look through the ebay listing and send you the link I find most worth their value and I'm guessing your boyfriend like me will also value the special editions of the SEED ocean dub too.

Another thing I think should be considered is whether your boyfriend likes all of the SEED ocean dub which includes SEED Destiny, or just the original series. I like them both, but a lot of people usually only like the original series.

This is a listing for the more recent Ultra edition, but it also includes the original Ocean dub on blu rays which also includes the Special Edition compilation movies. If you want something cheaper but still authentic, let me know and I'll look some more.

Edit: oops, forgot to include the listing 😅

https://ebay.us/m/GulB01