Well hello there, I started with clips of 00, watched Unicorn and then IBO. Afterwords the rest of the series with IBO being my favorite but Gundam X is probably the best Gundam show as a whole in what it represents.
Weird take: IBO is a good starting point but it's best enjoyed after you finish most Gundam show since it's a deconstruction and reconstruction of the series.
i started on ibo and i wish i didn't because i didnt enjoy alot of the other shows afterwards, the only ones i liked as much as ibo so far are origins and zeta
@@asadparvez24 It feels a bit outdated, its great to watch and was perfect for the age when it released. Overall had the Tailblazer movie been better, I probably wouldnt be saying this as with Wing. Which I changed my opinion on after watching Endless Waltz.
@@pixysolowing87 Bruh, Unicorn was boring. Sure, i only have watched 5 out of 7 episodes and then paused/droped it. But like, there were almost no Gundam fights and the ones that were there were boring, because the main guy didn't really attack noone, he mostly did defence rathern than offence. But IBO was nice fights already from the start. Sure, maybe last two episodes have that nice fights but damage already done. And sure, Unicorn isn't about them fights, but still, if you (like me) wanted nice fights Unicorn ain't it.
08th MS Team is my favorite of all the series up to this day. There's just something about it that will always stick with me, its more grounded, the characters feel more close and personal.
Oh man, this is the most complete, detailed, and sophisticated video on how to start watching Gundam. I'm totally blind to Gundam but man your explanation makes it very clear about what Gundam is and the lore also I'm more curious about Gundam after watching Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury. I wish I could enjoy watching the series as you do!
I can’t get behind dismissing a great series like Stardust Memory by saying “if you don’t want to see this character, skip this series.” There’s so much great stuff in 0083 Stardust Memory, from the Top Gun vibe, the epic early 90s r&b and rock soundtrack, the cool Zeon insurgency story and seeing the Federation develop its more totalitarian branch, having the more NASA-esq Gundam designs and a focus on mechanical realism and a big focus on the engineering itself (with suit damage and modifications playing important plot roles), and more. Nina’s definitely a crap character, but the series itself is so detailed and cool, I’d recommend it as an essential. Also not covering ZZ at all and saying to skip it is blasphemy! The first arc is a jarring tone change from Zeta for sure, but the comedic tone is fine, it’s like early Dragon Ball. But after the first arc it gets right back into the meaty U.C. style. The stakes rise again, big tragic events occur (including the most visceral and intense colony drop scene of the series), Haman delivers one of the coolest villain portrayals in the series, Judau develops into a great protagonist (and the least angsty Gundam pilot!), and some essential lore for Unicorn is established. ZZ is criminally underrated, all due to like 15 episodes with some slapstick humor.
I haven't watched z or zz Gundam yet, but I can support you about Stardust. I was watching the original Gundam on Netflix, then I jumped into Stardust as a bridge to Z and it was fantastic. If we are critical, the rivalry between Amuro and Char was "you re good, but not as good as me" during all first series. However, the rivalry between Gato and Uraki was about ideology and the mean girl. Also, the cast in 0083 was more realistic and charismatic than 0079. By the way, is more interesting watching a Newby pilot failing in hard mission than a Newtype being the winner in every battle.
Definitely agree with your points on Gundam 0083. Its one of my favorites. I like Gundam Zeta but I never watched ZZ because I'm honestly a dub snob. I just can't watch Sub at all unless its a fight scene. But great points
I started watching the whole UC timeline in order about a year ago but once I got to ZZ and experienced that huge shift in tone, it just pulled me out and I stopped watching it. I think I want to give it another go though cause I’m dedicated to finishing the whole UC timeline at least once.
as some one who watches gundam as well...dont sleep on the gundam fighters series they are just as good as the main and heartfelt. the only difference is no one actually dies in gundam fighters, so you can watch it with your kids to get them into gundam.
Just watch 79 Gundam (movies or show) and Char's Counterattack, and you will 100% understand hathaway. The series is adapted from 1989 so all those ovas that came after don't factor in at all. Char's Counterattack itself was made to build off of 79 rather than Zeta or ZZ since most people in Japan were only familiar with the first Gundam Trilogy.
@@thomasffrench3639cca honestly works better if you just watch the original 0079 anime or compilation movies. His arc in Zeta really messes with his motivations in cca.
7:45 all the emotions just burst into tears bro why you gotta make us remember the pain any way thanks for the guide i started at gundam build series and went through orphans
About 15 year ago was when i first learned about Gundam but never really watched, earlier this year i got a RX-78-2 Gunpla to build and i had such a blast that i bought another one a RX-93 and for a moment i realised, i could be have much more fun knowing who are these guys, opened netflix and watched the recent Gundam Requiem for Vengeance, it was fun but something was definetly missing, searched a bit and found out about the UC and the rest, right now i am at Zeta, but thanks to this video i realised i skipped some things, i can't believe i ignored for 15 years one of the coolest pieces of media there is.
Very few words about G Gundam....to me g gundam is one of the best. Even though it's stand alone series and has had some controversy its a classic. The art is amazing. There are some really good awesome looking gundams ( and some not so great looking ones). Gundam wing was the first gundam I got into in the same way you described in your video. Coming home from school and watching toonami. But to anyone out there don't sleep on G Gundam it's incredibly good if you give it a chance.
Thunderbolt takes place in an alternate UC Timeline. Although some major events still happened like the Battle of Ao Bao Qu, but it's still not canon to the main timeline. Still, Thunderbolt is my favorite, especially the manga.
I dont agree with the comment saying you can skip z gundam and zz gundam, those two are the main core of gundam series, and what helped carry the series through the whole 80s decade (the golden era of anime) Also, forgot to mention, gundam NT movie is the ending for gundam unicorn,,, it is related and considered a sequel. People that plan to watch hathaway's flash need to watch all of the UC content. Fun fact, did you know hathaway appears as a young jkid in ZGUNDAM?? he drowns and dies, then is revived by his mother (mirai) who was the main pilot of the whitebase spaceship in the ORIGINAL gundam series of 1979. Also hathaway plays a big role in the gundam movie char's counter attack, he actually MURDERS amuro ray's girlfriend, stricken with grief for losing a dear friend, hatahway is actually a " bad guy:" . Alot of the events that are happenning in hathaway's flash are connected to the plot in gundam unicorn (laplaces box) , I think netflix made a huge mistake releasing this movie, without first releasing the movies you need towatch to understand it.
At least here in Brazil, we have the trilogy compilation of Gundam 0079 and unicorn. But yeah, if you have any intention to watch Hathway's Flash, you need to watch almost the entire UC timeline. Starting with Gundam 0079, Z, ZZ and CCA. Origins and Unicorn can be skiped if you want to just understand HF. Also, although Origins is a prequel to Gundam 0079, a lot of stuff only makes sense if you know what happens next, so I wouldn't recomend origins before 0079, or at least, recomend origins without recomending 0079.
@@TheMaxinR I saw origins BEFORE watching the compilation movies, and Immediattely recognized a lot of the charcaters... Like Garma Zabi, who is killed in 0079, but in origins he is one of the major characters... Also Commander Ramba Ral, is one of the gundam 0079's main rivals on earth, while in Origin he plays a crucial part in helping casval (char) and his sister escape the zabi's. After watching origin, suddenly 0079 compilation movies made a lot of sense, and you were more emotionally attached to these otherwise forgettable characters. Their deaths made alot more impact. Not to mention Origin is an official OVA, so higher budget, higher animation and art quality less episodes, it is TOTALLY worth the watch, and is one of the BEST gundam-related animations made.
I'm in early 2023 and there's a new gundam that came out, the witch from Mercury. I watched the 1st episode out of curiosity and couldn't stop watching until I finished the first season in 2 days. The animation looks like it's the best it's been in any gundam (from what I see from your list at least), all of the mobile suits designs are absolutely sick, I love the intreegue and all the political machinations of the megacorp that the show follows in stead of having a full blown war, I love the characters,... I can't wait for the second part of the season to drop and in the meanwhile, I guess I'm finally going to get into the other gundam shows. I thought I'd start with the OG but, even though I loved the 1st episode, it's really an old anime and I want to get a little more invested in the franchise before going through that animation (Although I still really liked it, which goes to show how good it is because I put animation very high on my personal list of what makes a good anime). So I might check Irone blood orphans first cause it still looks really good, but it seems much newer in it's animation and direction.
I watched IBO, and it was great, so I figured I'd do UC in chronological order. Hoo boy, The Origin really feels like they want you to have a handle on the world already; they throw _so_ many names of people and factions at you with zero explanation, and I just gave up.
This helped so much cause after watching the Netflix movie I wanted to know more about the Gundam series! I watched the first movie and loved it but quickly realized that theres 10 thousand shows and movies and I honestly didnt know which one to watch first anymore 💀
Thank you so much for making this. Ya boi is relatively new to anime in general and the only mecha anime I have seen is Full Metal Panic. I have a friend at work who is a huge Gundam fan and he said I should start with Thunderbolt and your video has further helped me on how to approach this franchise. Thanks.
started with 00 then went to the Origin. Didn't watch any other Gundam show for a year. returned to UC after rewatching 00 this year. Watched Unicorn and that got me interested in 0079 so i watched 0079 then Zeta and then Char's Counterattack and then Unicorn.
So amuro is only the main character in the 1979 series? So we can’t see char and amuro in anything besides the 1979 series. Just watched origin & im already invested in them. What do i do. This list kinda didn’t help I’m brand new to gundam
Thanks Bro. You make me want to watch Gundam again. After long time doesn't watch it. I already save this video. Will follow from your advice if I want watch again those Gundam series, also done subscribe your channel
I used to watch the original series before school back in 1979 along with Star Blazers (Space Battleship Yamato). 42 years later I'm still building Gunpla and just finished rewatching IBO for the hundredth time. I have a half-built HG Vidar sitting 3 feet away and still need to panel line the Barbatos Lupus Rex I finished a few nights ago. Anyway great video man, I'm sure it was a huge help to people new to the phenomenon that is Gundam.
I'm taking forever to watch UC, but I will eventually. I gotta watch some AU shows before. Gotta rewatch Cosmic Era, After Colony and finally watch Gundam X, maybe even AGE and THEN I'll move into UC because I desperately want to watch Unicorn in action omg. Of course I'll have to take Amuro, Kamille and Judau's jorneys before for that
Hiros Roger that will forever in my mind be the coldest response to anything while at the same time saying you won't move then I'll go through you and Everytime I say it I still hear him in my head...yeah you're totally right about wing bro
if you want to fully understand and appreciate Hathaway i would watch mobile suit gundam, zeta, and char's counterattack. if you just want to understand the bare necessities, just watch Char's Counterattack
I remember watching the original Gundam series when I was 10 in Italy..so I must be your dad's age more or less ;-) I now have the DVDs and been following it ever since...
my first gundam was wing and im planning to rewatch it soon. my favorite has got to be unicorn tho simply cus theres so much drama and meaningful deaths that affect banaghers decisions. hathaway is the next best thing for gundam since unicorn and i cant wait for the next episodes. also, i can never get into gundam seed simply because i hate the character designs and pink gas bombs in space
i struggled to find a gundam i liked, wing was the one i first seen on toonami, then i tried g gundam, liked that, but never really put it up there with my top anime till i watched the original series condensed into film adaptations on netflix. then i watched origin, 8th ms team and chars counter attack, which i really buzzed off, now i'm on zeta and i think that may be my fave gundam series so far!
Hey man! I wanna watch some of the old UC ones like Gundam UC 0080: War in Pocket and 0083.... but they're impossible to find online, do you have a source?????
Last year? I actually watched the entire UC. I just haven't watched Hathaway's Flash. My favorite is Unicorn, 0080: War in the Pocket, Zeta, and 0079 in that order. I should watch the Non-UC Gundams. I already watched Gundam Wing. That was pretty cool.
@@Yiman To be fair? I feel like the UC is flawed and the alternate series look a bit more interesting. Especially stuff like 00 and Turn A Gundam. I should also check out IBO as well. However, I am actually more of a Macross Fan. LOL Have you seen any Macross series?
Don't sleep on SEED, it gives off some Wing vibes and hits a lot of similar themes with more action. Destiny should have just followed Kira, though not as good as SEED it's still pretty good. G Gundam should be placed on a high priority to watch as well. Is it campy? Yes. Can you tell its main point was to sell toys? Yes. Are some of the MS designs a bit over the top? Definitely. Is it absolute mindless fun with amazing MS fights? Fuck yeah.
@@zakkmylde1712 Oh! Don't worry. I plan on watching those very soon. People always have very nasty things to say about SEED, but I don't give a fuck about what armchair critics think. They are nerds who probably don't touch grass. I'll keep everything you said in mind. G Gundam though I have seen snippets of and I really like it. It's badass asf.
@@Bacchus8699 I don't understand why people talk so much shit on SEED. I intentionally put off watching it for a long time because everyone talked so shitty about it and I wish I had watched it sooner. The beginning of G Gundam is awesome but when you get towards the end smoke a little extra and itll make it even better. Some of the most badass fight scenes in all of anime.
thunderbolt music and animation is gold the story is great too they show the suffering of soldiers in this series, the cruelty of war, and the most epic one is when they are singing together and the fed attack them that was epic, yeah i know ibo show them too like unbalance power and more, but man its different one just watch thunderbolt series if you havent watch that, just watch and amaze but the story music and badass action
Wings are like the de facto of many 90s kids introduction to Gundam series, which i think its global. But man I think the chad title may go to Kou Uraki. Stardust memory is my Hail mary of 90s Gundam shows. I even screamed "GATOOOOO!!" to my cat sometimes lmao
9 years old I would set the VHS to record gundam seed playing on adult swim while I slept and would watch them the next day , 26 now . probably my first 'real' anime
I knew about gundam when I was little but never watched it that much till 4 years ago and now I watch it so much and build gunpla can collecting I’m glad I started it off with watching gundam 00 by far my favorite only thing I’m missing is gunpla model from that show especially lock on stratus’ mobile suits
@@DexVZero yeah I’m mainly starting with the Universal Century timeline by order of production is Apparently Mobile Suit Gundam (or the 3 movies) Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (50 episode series, 1985-86) Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (47 episode series, 1986-87) Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack (movie, 1988) Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket (6 episode OVA, 1989) Mobile Suit F91 (movie, 1991) Etc etc Just starting Zeta right now, idk what it is but something about the 80s animation is so charming, I love it :) just blobs of colour moving around the screen and the beeps and boops that is the sound effects, it’s all great lol
yeah thats one the biggest misconceptions ppl have before they get into gundam! there are definitely so many genres that different series covers like drama, tragedy, adventure, and even comedy. Theres a series for everyone!
robot anime is more than giant robot fight like gundam/getter robo/guren lagaan/macross/fafner....... seriously why people from west underestimate robot anime so much. this genre is nothing to you ?
Mecha genre has three sub categories. real robot, super robot, and hybrid robot. most of Gundam is real robot series aside from Mobile Fighter G. Mazinger Z and Guren Langan is an example of super robot. Evangelion is hybrid robot series.
*Gundam Thunderbolt* is the best for newcomer. not too many episode just one movie. pretty much captivate all the essence of what gundam series is about and on more on serious tone. westernize abit on the character animation too. honestly imo all star war movie combine cant beat this piece of art of a movie. the scene where Daryl test pilot the Psycho Zaku with that song was just amazing cinematic photography
zz gundam is worth giving it the time despite its shitty handful of first episodes. i think its important to understand what the world looks like when amuro and char arent fucking things up. judau is my favorite protag ever because he wears his heart on his sleeves, he cares deeply about those around him and believes in a truly better world. it picks up and the story is the most effecting gundam story ive seen yet
"I don't have time to watch gundam" You could always play the games, lol. I remember that ps1 gundam char's counter attack game that pulled me into UC.
I got into Gundam because of Gundam Wing, it kind of holds a place in my heart, but I also wouldn't tell anyone to watch it when Gundam 00 is basically an updated version of Gundam Wing with and is 100% less cringe. It's like Star Wars Ep 1-3, Gundam Wing is the starting point for a generation, but it's SOOO cringe and like Star Wars, my favorite series ended up being the oldest series which also looks like crap but I think it's still great, if you can get past the animation. 08th MS Team is probably the best start for people that want to get into the UC era Gundam and 0080 is such a good, sweet, short but meaningful story. The UC era is just so good about showing the senselessness of war and how no one gets out of war without scars (external or internal).
I just watched Hathaway on Netflix because I’ve been craving Mecha for some reason and I saw that movie. I watched it and don’t know what was happening. Who is Mafty? Who is Gigi?? What series do I watch next to know these people? Also is this connected to 00 The last Gundam I watched Is Gundam 00 because it looked the story is dark-ish and that that’s like years ago I’m planning to watch Unicorn and Orphans but I’m afraid I won’t understand what’s happening
I'm new to the Gundam series and started off with IBO, then OO and now on Seed Destiny... So for me I running back wards so far tho from this vid i can go from the start and make more sense of it all 😅
started with Gundam Wing, fell in love with the music and the action scenes obviously, same with 00 Gundam (season 1 anyway) which had equally legendary music and more impactful and memorable scenes (Lockon... Lockon...), though Wing definitely has better villains (innovators and "Ribbons" were terrible)... all in all tho, I still prefer Macross as the superior mech anime (real Macross, not Robotech)...
Though i love UC more. But being a guy who lives in a Third World country, IBO feels like home
Gundam Wing will always be my home🙃
I totally agree with you as a boy who grow up in a third world country's slums as a poor. IBO really hit diffrent to me
IBO is a masterpiece.
Top 3 next to Thunderbolt
00 was my fav
💯
I started with iron blooded orphans
Then watched Hathaway
Lost doesn’t begin to describe it
Thank you
i started with unicorn and IBO. then hathaway and OG dropped on netflix and i knew i needed help organizing it all.
Well hello there, I started with clips of 00, watched Unicorn and then IBO. Afterwords the rest of the series with IBO being my favorite but Gundam X is probably the best Gundam show as a whole in what it represents.
YOU CROSSED THE STREAMS YOU FOOL
damn you're young af lol
Once I grow a pair, I might watch gundam but now let me wait and grow. Thanks
haaha shin-chan ill cya in the future!!
Weird take: IBO is a good starting point but it's best enjoyed after you finish most Gundam show since it's a deconstruction and reconstruction of the series.
i started on ibo and i wish i didn't because i didnt enjoy alot of the other shows afterwards, the only ones i liked as much as ibo so far are origins and zeta
@@seven.9543 How bout starting Gundam 00 , bruh
@@asadparvez24 It feels a bit outdated, its great to watch and was perfect for the age when it released. Overall had the Tailblazer movie been better, I probably wouldnt be saying this as with Wing. Which I changed my opinion on after watching Endless Waltz.
Unicorn is way better than IBO,never like IBO anyway
@@pixysolowing87 Bruh, Unicorn was boring. Sure, i only have watched 5 out of 7 episodes and then paused/droped it. But like, there were almost no Gundam fights and the ones that were there were boring, because the main guy didn't really attack noone, he mostly did defence rathern than offence. But IBO was nice fights already from the start.
Sure, maybe last two episodes have that nice fights but damage already done. And sure, Unicorn isn't about them fights, but still, if you (like me) wanted nice fights Unicorn ain't it.
Gundam seed and wing holds a special place in my heart. Plus they got beautiful soundtrack.
08th MS Team is my favorite of all the series up to this day. There's just something about it that will always stick with me, its more grounded, the characters feel more close and personal.
Already desperately waiting the part 2 and 3.
Oh man, this is the most complete, detailed, and sophisticated video on how to start watching Gundam. I'm totally blind to Gundam but man your explanation makes it very clear about what Gundam is and the lore also I'm more curious about Gundam after watching Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury. I wish I could enjoy watching the series as you do!
I can’t get behind dismissing a great series like Stardust Memory by saying “if you don’t want to see this character, skip this series.” There’s so much great stuff in 0083 Stardust Memory, from the Top Gun vibe, the epic early 90s r&b and rock soundtrack, the cool Zeon insurgency story and seeing the Federation develop its more totalitarian branch, having the more NASA-esq Gundam designs and a focus on mechanical realism and a big focus on the engineering itself (with suit damage and modifications playing important plot roles), and more. Nina’s definitely a crap character, but the series itself is so detailed and cool, I’d recommend it as an essential.
Also not covering ZZ at all and saying to skip it is blasphemy! The first arc is a jarring tone change from Zeta for sure, but the comedic tone is fine, it’s like early Dragon Ball. But after the first arc it gets right back into the meaty U.C. style. The stakes rise again, big tragic events occur (including the most visceral and intense colony drop scene of the series), Haman delivers one of the coolest villain portrayals in the series, Judau develops into a great protagonist (and the least angsty Gundam pilot!), and some essential lore for Unicorn is established. ZZ is criminally underrated, all due to like 15 episodes with some slapstick humor.
I haven't watched z or zz Gundam yet, but I can support you about Stardust. I was watching the original Gundam on Netflix, then I jumped into Stardust as a bridge to Z and it was fantastic. If we are critical, the rivalry between Amuro and Char was "you re good, but not as good as me" during all first series. However, the rivalry between Gato and Uraki was about ideology and the mean girl. Also, the cast in 0083 was more realistic and charismatic than 0079. By the way, is more interesting watching a Newby pilot failing in hard mission than a Newtype being the winner in every battle.
Definitely agree with your points on Gundam 0083. Its one of my favorites. I like Gundam Zeta but I never watched ZZ because I'm honestly a dub snob. I just can't watch Sub at all unless its a fight scene. But great points
0083 and 08thms team are my favs from the OG i like origin too as a top favorite
I started watching the whole UC timeline in order about a year ago but once I got to ZZ and experienced that huge shift in tone, it just pulled me out and I stopped watching it. I think I want to give it another go though cause I’m dedicated to finishing the whole UC timeline at least once.
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I've watched the entirety of Gundam but my knowledge is literally everywhere due to the amount of things going in different timelines
Thank you , finally, someone who covers it decently
Thank you man!! I really wanted to get into this franchise for few weeks but didn't knew the order to. Thank you very much :)
haha it could be overwhelming to get into but hopefully this video helped!!😊
as some one who watches gundam as well...dont sleep on the gundam fighters series they are just as good as the main and heartfelt. the only difference is no one actually dies in gundam fighters, so you can watch it with your kids to get them into gundam.
build fighters are great! lowkey its the perfect ad promo for gunpla tho haha
@@Yiman my first build were gunpla of barbados season1 and season2(start)
@@robertchristian7020 ohh thats a fun kit to build forsure! my first gunpla was either char's zaku or the wing gundam.. its been a minute😅
Just watch 79 Gundam (movies or show) and Char's Counterattack, and you will 100% understand hathaway. The series is adapted from 1989 so all those ovas that came after don't factor in at all. Char's Counterattack itself was made to build off of 79 rather than Zeta or ZZ since most people in Japan were only familiar with the first Gundam Trilogy.
I’ve heard that Char’s counterattack is so confusing if you haven’t seen the other shows. I’ve only watched the first 3 shows
Still confused wth this doesn’t get easier
@@thomasffrench3639cca honestly works better if you just watch the original 0079 anime or compilation movies. His arc in Zeta really messes with his motivations in cca.
Always wanted to watch it... hopefully one day
yes! lmk when you decide to jump into this universe!
7:45 all the emotions just burst into tears bro why you gotta make us remember the pain
any way thanks for the guide i started at gundam build series and went through orphans
About 15 year ago was when i first learned about Gundam but never really watched, earlier this year i got a RX-78-2 Gunpla to build and i had such a blast that i bought another one a RX-93 and for a moment i realised, i could be have much more fun knowing who are these guys, opened netflix and watched the recent Gundam Requiem for Vengeance, it was fun but something was definetly missing, searched a bit and found out about the UC and the rest, right now i am at Zeta, but thanks to this video i realised i skipped some things, i can't believe i ignored for 15 years one of the coolest pieces of media there is.
The 08th MS Team and Iron Blooded orphans are my favorites when I revisited the Gundam franchise in my late 20s.
Very few words about G Gundam....to me g gundam is one of the best. Even though it's stand alone series and has had some controversy its a classic. The art is amazing. There are some really good awesome looking gundams ( and some not so great looking ones). Gundam wing was the first gundam I got into in the same way you described in your video. Coming home from school and watching toonami. But to anyone out there don't sleep on G Gundam it's incredibly good if you give it a chance.
We get a long video! Yay
All time favorite for me is Gundam Wing! I remember going home after school and watching Gundam Wing!
Thank you so much
I was looking for a video like this
im glad i could be some help! :)
I started with Turn A Gundam! I loved it, and now I'm making my way through the main timeline.
Thanks for the list, i got hooked up with gundam by playing gundam games on my ps2 back in the day
Thunderbolt brought back the classic UC aroma. Flavorful and realistic view of war
Glad to see some Gundam fans enjoying their life, instead of thinking about the war to come.
Thunderbolt takes place in an alternate UC Timeline. Although some major events still happened like the Battle of Ao Bao Qu, but it's still not canon to the main timeline. Still, Thunderbolt is my favorite, especially the manga.
Amazing recommendations man! Love IBO and Thunderbolt !
I dont agree with the comment saying you can skip z gundam and zz gundam,
those two are the main core of gundam series, and what helped carry the series through the whole 80s decade (the golden era of anime)
Also, forgot to mention, gundam NT movie is the ending for gundam unicorn,,, it is related and considered a sequel.
People that plan to watch hathaway's flash need to watch all of the UC content. Fun fact, did you know hathaway appears as a young jkid in ZGUNDAM?? he drowns and dies, then is revived by his mother (mirai) who was the main pilot of the whitebase spaceship in the ORIGINAL gundam series of 1979.
Also hathaway plays a big role in the gundam movie char's counter attack, he actually MURDERS amuro ray's girlfriend, stricken with grief for losing a dear friend, hatahway is actually a " bad guy:" .
Alot of the events that are happenning in hathaway's flash are connected to the plot in gundam unicorn (laplaces box) ,
I think netflix made a huge mistake releasing this movie, without first releasing the movies you need towatch to understand it.
At least here in Brazil, we have the trilogy compilation of Gundam 0079 and unicorn. But yeah, if you have any intention to watch Hathway's Flash, you need to watch almost the entire UC timeline. Starting with Gundam 0079, Z, ZZ and CCA. Origins and Unicorn can be skiped if you want to just understand HF.
Also, although Origins is a prequel to Gundam 0079, a lot of stuff only makes sense if you know what happens next, so I wouldn't recomend origins before 0079, or at least, recomend origins without recomending 0079.
@@TheMaxinR I saw origins BEFORE watching the compilation movies, and Immediattely recognized a lot of the charcaters... Like Garma Zabi, who is killed in 0079, but in origins he is one of the major characters...
Also Commander Ramba Ral, is one of the gundam 0079's main rivals on earth, while in Origin he plays a crucial part in helping casval (char) and his sister escape the zabi's.
After watching origin, suddenly 0079 compilation movies made a lot of sense, and you were more emotionally attached to these otherwise forgettable characters. Their deaths made alot more impact.
Not to mention Origin is an official OVA, so higher budget, higher animation and art quality less episodes, it is TOTALLY worth the watch, and is one of the BEST gundam-related animations made.
@@Thewickedjon I don’t know how you can watch the original and think Ramba Ral is a forgettable character.
Fighter G Gundam English dub reminds me of the DBZ (and oddly enough, Sailor Moon) English dubs. Absolute Gold 😂.
I started with Gundam SEED and IBO can't wait to see the rest and get more into this universe while I keep collecting dem awsome model kits
I'm in early 2023 and there's a new gundam that came out, the witch from Mercury. I watched the 1st episode out of curiosity and couldn't stop watching until I finished the first season in 2 days. The animation looks like it's the best it's been in any gundam (from what I see from your list at least), all of the mobile suits designs are absolutely sick, I love the intreegue and all the political machinations of the megacorp that the show follows in stead of having a full blown war, I love the characters,... I can't wait for the second part of the season to drop and in the meanwhile, I guess I'm finally going to get into the other gundam shows. I thought I'd start with the OG but, even though I loved the 1st episode, it's really an old anime and I want to get a little more invested in the franchise before going through that animation (Although I still really liked it, which goes to show how good it is because I put animation very high on my personal list of what makes a good anime). So I might check Irone blood orphans first cause it still looks really good, but it seems much newer in it's animation and direction.
Hathaway is the best looking piece of Gundam media by far, but 0083 and 08th MS Team are also very good if you prefer the 90s style.
I watched IBO, and it was great, so I figured I'd do UC in chronological order.
Hoo boy, The Origin really feels like they want you to have a handle on the world already; they throw _so_ many names of people and factions at you with zero explanation, and I just gave up.
Start with the original series. It slowly introduces everything in an easily understandable way
This helped so much cause after watching the Netflix movie I wanted to know more about the Gundam series! I watched the first movie and loved it but quickly realized that theres 10 thousand shows and movies and I honestly didnt know which one to watch first anymore 💀
Thank you so much for making this. Ya boi is relatively new to anime in general and the only mecha anime I have seen is Full Metal Panic. I have a friend at work who is a huge Gundam fan and he said I should start with Thunderbolt and your video has further helped me on how to approach this franchise. Thanks.
Thunderbolt is definitely a good starting place
started with 00 then went to the Origin.
Didn't watch any other Gundam show for a year.
returned to UC after rewatching 00 this year.
Watched Unicorn and that got me interested in 0079
so i watched 0079 then Zeta and then Char's Counterattack and then Unicorn.
So amuro is only the main character in the 1979 series? So we can’t see char and amuro in anything besides the 1979 series. Just watched origin & im already invested in them. What do i do. This list kinda didn’t help I’m brand new to gundam
Thanks Bro. You make me want to watch Gundam again. After long time doesn't watch it. I already save this video. Will follow from your advice if I want watch again those Gundam series, also done subscribe your channel
I used to watch the original series before school back in 1979 along with Star Blazers (Space Battleship Yamato). 42 years later I'm still building Gunpla and just finished rewatching IBO for the hundredth time. I have a half-built HG Vidar sitting 3 feet away and still need to panel line the Barbatos Lupus Rex I finished a few nights ago.
Anyway great video man, I'm sure it was a huge help to people new to the phenomenon that is Gundam.
I'm taking forever to watch UC, but I will eventually. I gotta watch some AU shows before. Gotta rewatch Cosmic Era, After Colony and finally watch Gundam X, maybe even AGE and THEN I'll move into UC because I desperately want to watch Unicorn in action omg. Of course I'll have to take Amuro, Kamille and Judau's jorneys before for that
Hiros Roger that will forever in my mind be the coldest response to anything while at the same time saying you won't move then I'll go through you and Everytime I say it I still hear him in my head...yeah you're totally right about wing bro
I LOVE gundam IBO. Just re watched it. That show hits soo good. Looking for my next binge. I’m thinking Hathaway next time around.
One of those, "If I could like it twice, I would" videos.
So I made the right decision starting with IBO. I'm only 10 episodes in but I love it.
That unicorn soundtrack was epic! Among the very best in anime!!
Best gundam video right along side crunchyrolls videoooo
Hathaway had me at the children of men-esque battle
Actually my question was, what should I watch BEFORE Hathaway? I've only seen Origin, Orphans, and a bit of SEED.
if you want to fully understand and appreciate Hathaway i would watch mobile suit gundam, zeta, and char's counterattack. if you just want to understand the bare necessities, just watch Char's Counterattack
@@Yiman Thanks!
@@wtfronsson Watch the trilogy movie of the Original UC79 Gundam. It's the entire series compiled into three movies.
Jesus I felt like I got Isekaid back to my calculus classes with all these timelines and number LOL
I remember watching the original Gundam series when I was 10 in Italy..so I must be your dad's age more or less ;-) I now have the DVDs and been following it ever since...
my first gundam was wing and im planning to rewatch it soon. my favorite has got to be unicorn tho simply cus theres so much drama and meaningful deaths that affect banaghers decisions. hathaway is the next best thing for gundam since unicorn and i cant wait for the next episodes. also, i can never get into gundam seed simply because i hate the character designs and pink gas bombs in space
i struggled to find a gundam i liked, wing was the one i first seen on toonami, then i tried g gundam, liked that, but never really put it up there with my top anime till i watched the original series condensed into film adaptations on netflix. then i watched origin, 8th ms team and chars counter attack, which i really buzzed off, now i'm on zeta and i think that may be my fave gundam series so far!
The 2 ultimate gundam series in my eyes Gundam Wing/EW Movie and Gundam X.
Hey man! I wanna watch some of the old UC ones like Gundam UC 0080: War in Pocket and 0083.... but they're impossible to find online, do you have a source?????
Last year? I actually watched the entire UC. I just haven't watched Hathaway's Flash. My favorite is Unicorn, 0080: War in the Pocket, Zeta, and 0079 in that order. I should watch the Non-UC Gundams. I already watched Gundam Wing. That was pretty cool.
yesss UC will always reign supreme but i would check out series like IBO or 00. those series are great as well❤
@@Yiman To be fair? I feel like the UC is flawed and the alternate series look a bit more interesting. Especially stuff like 00 and Turn A Gundam. I should also check out IBO as well.
However, I am actually more of a Macross Fan. LOL Have you seen any Macross series?
Don't sleep on SEED, it gives off some Wing vibes and hits a lot of similar themes with more action. Destiny should have just followed Kira, though not as good as SEED it's still pretty good. G Gundam should be placed on a high priority to watch as well. Is it campy? Yes. Can you tell its main point was to sell toys? Yes. Are some of the MS designs a bit over the top? Definitely. Is it absolute mindless fun with amazing MS fights? Fuck yeah.
@@zakkmylde1712 Oh! Don't worry. I plan on watching those very soon. People always have very nasty things to say about SEED, but I don't give a fuck about what armchair critics think. They are nerds who probably don't touch grass.
I'll keep everything you said in mind. G Gundam though I have seen snippets of and I really like it. It's badass asf.
@@Bacchus8699 I don't understand why people talk so much shit on SEED. I intentionally put off watching it for a long time because everyone talked so shitty about it and I wish I had watched it sooner. The beginning of G Gundam is awesome but when you get towards the end smoke a little extra and itll make it even better. Some of the most badass fight scenes in all of anime.
thunderbolt music and animation is gold
the story is great too they show the suffering of soldiers in this series, the cruelty of war, and the most epic one is when they are singing together and the fed attack them that was epic, yeah i know ibo show them too like unbalance power and more, but man its different one just watch thunderbolt series if you havent watch that, just watch and amaze but the story music and badass action
Wings are like the de facto of many 90s kids introduction to Gundam series, which i think its global.
But man I think the chad title may go to Kou Uraki. Stardust memory is my Hail mary of 90s Gundam shows.
I even screamed "GATOOOOO!!" to my cat sometimes lmao
Don't worry I'll make sure to watch these anime
IBO just hits way different. I put watching it off for ages. And now that I’ve seen it fmd
Idk dude, I'm stuck with OO loop hole. I've been watching that series like 6 time already. The english dub on that series is the best anime dub IMO.
I've rewatched OO once a year practically for 5-6 years. I feel ya
If you wanna watch the Trailblazer movie, its available on Gundaminfo channel (subbed, no dub) : th-cam.com/video/ShXB8qJktZk/w-d-xo.html
My first gundam series experience was gundam X it was wholesome
9 years old I would set the VHS to record gundam seed playing on adult swim while I slept and would watch them the next day , 26 now . probably my first 'real' anime
I love gundam but I never got into the UC universe. Thanks for the list man
I knew about gundam when I was little but never watched it that much till 4 years ago and now I watch it so much and build gunpla can collecting I’m glad I started it off with watching gundam 00 by far my favorite only thing I’m missing is gunpla model from that show especially lock on stratus’ mobile suits
IBO is a classic love it
I just started straight up with Gundam, and it's cash so far. IBO is damn cool too
When You Said Asian Brothers got introduced to Gundam Through SEED can't be more right cuz' Here I am .
War in the pocket is a masterpiece
yup you have great taste👌 easily on my top 3 forsure. that Bernie scene at the end always gets me😭😭😭
Great work my dude 👌 I would said Gundam origin 1st my self but also haven't watched 3/4 of what u mentioned and will be doing so asap
My boy, I also took a photo of real life Unicorn Gundam in Tokyo
I never even knew about this netflix gundam seeries till now. lol
God I love Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team; I have every single gundam from 00, so damn nice!
Ah chad the red comet omg, my fav of all time
Im gonna start my journey watching Gundam wish me luck
So I’ve watched the gundam movies 1-3 and chars rebellion and Hathaway on Netflix what should I watch next?
8th MS Team is awesome. 0080 is ok. 0083 is awesome. I haven't watched z or ZZ yet though. :/
@@DexVZero yeah I’m mainly starting with the Universal Century timeline by order of production is
Apparently
Mobile Suit Gundam (or the 3 movies)
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (50 episode series, 1985-86)
Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (47 episode series, 1986-87)
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack (movie, 1988)
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket (6 episode OVA, 1989)
Mobile Suit F91 (movie, 1991)
Etc etc
Just starting Zeta right now, idk what it is but something about the 80s animation is so charming, I love it :) just blobs of colour moving around the screen and the beeps and boops that is the sound effects, it’s all great lol
@@shanekenny9082 do you know where I can watch the z and ZZ series online?
@@DexVZero Zeta and zz are both fully on youtube
War in the pocket and thunderbolt season 1 are good war stories. And like the others said,check out 8th ms team.
didn't know Gundam have a interesting story line I thought it was only about giant robot fight robot fights with flashy animations, ptw it goes
yeah thats one the biggest misconceptions ppl have before they get into gundam! there are definitely so many genres that different series covers like drama, tragedy, adventure, and even comedy. Theres a series for everyone!
robot anime is more than giant robot fight like gundam/getter robo/guren lagaan/macross/fafner....... seriously why people from west underestimate robot anime so much. this genre is nothing to you ?
It's the exact opposite of shounen anime. Most Gundam shows have a really heavy storyline. It's not always good, but it's usually very deep.
Mecha genre has three sub categories. real robot, super robot, and hybrid robot. most of Gundam is real robot series aside from Mobile Fighter G.
Mazinger Z and Guren Langan is an example of super robot.
Evangelion is hybrid robot series.
I've only seen two mecha anime Cross ange and fafner
So are they all connected or standalone
Besides the main timeline (anything in universal century), the rest are standalone
*Gundam Thunderbolt* is the best for newcomer. not too many episode just one movie. pretty much captivate all the essence of what gundam series is about and on more on serious tone. westernize abit on the character animation too. honestly imo all star war movie combine cant beat this piece of art of a movie. the scene where Daryl test pilot the Psycho Zaku with that song was just amazing cinematic photography
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gundam zz is my favorite gundam show entirely (tho im watching turn a rn and thats pretty up there too!)
zz gundam is worth giving it the time despite its shitty handful of first episodes. i think its important to understand what the world looks like when amuro and char arent fucking things up. judau is my favorite protag ever because he wears his heart on his sleeves, he cares deeply about those around him and believes in a truly better world. it picks up and the story is the most effecting gundam story ive seen yet
"I don't have time to watch gundam"
You could always play the games, lol. I remember that ps1 gundam char's counter attack game that pulled me into UC.
Im gonna watch gundam now I'll come back when i finish
you skipped Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative which was a sequel movie to Unicorn. Amazing movie, as a gundam fan, you cannot miss
You won a new subscribe nice video
I got into Gundam because of Gundam Wing, it kind of holds a place in my heart, but I also wouldn't tell anyone to watch it when Gundam 00 is basically an updated version of Gundam Wing with and is 100% less cringe.
It's like Star Wars Ep 1-3, Gundam Wing is the starting point for a generation, but it's SOOO cringe and like Star Wars, my favorite series ended up being the oldest series which also looks like crap but I think it's still great, if you can get past the animation.
08th MS Team is probably the best start for people that want to get into the UC era Gundam and 0080 is such a good, sweet, short but meaningful story.
The UC era is just so good about showing the senselessness of war and how no one gets out of war without scars (external or internal).
G Gundam, Gundam Wing and The original Gundam for me
Iron blooded orphans fuck yea by far one of the darkest stories!!!
I just watched Hathaway on Netflix because I’ve been craving Mecha for some reason and I saw that movie.
I watched it and don’t know what was happening. Who is Mafty? Who is Gigi?? What series do I watch next to know these people? Also is this connected to 00
The last Gundam I watched Is Gundam 00 because it looked the story is dark-ish and that that’s like years ago
I’m planning to watch Unicorn and Orphans but I’m afraid I won’t understand what’s happening
You should I’m understand IBO, but not Unicorn
Genuinely would like to know, do I really need to watch Gundam 1, 2, 3, Char's Counterattack, to fully understand Hathaway? All on Netflix btw.
Pretty much yeah. The character motivations and political background don't make sense if you haven't seen those 4 installments.
I watched and the main series, and I’m on zeta gundam next
All I can say about victory gundam is don't trust the opening song
08 ms team, turn A, and iron blooded orphans are the best
I'm new to the Gundam series and started off with IBO, then OO and now on Seed Destiny... So for me I running back wards so far tho from this vid i can go from the start and make more sense of it all 😅
A+ video sir.
Also, NT Gundam should be in there, not the best one by any means but it's tied into Unicorn directly, so it needs to be in there lol
I've watched gundam origin and mobile suit gundam and can't seem to find were to watch anything else like z and double zeta
TH-cam channel Gundaminfo will regularly rotate Gundam series to watch. In the past they've had Victory, ZZ, and Zeta in the rotation.
but hathaway was on the some gundam battles of amuro and char.. i dont remember what he piloted i think it was a mobile jet..
wing, EW, and seed are the best for me.
Im confused trying to figure out what to watch and what order
Gundam Narrative comes in between Unicorn and Hathaway?
started with Gundam Wing, fell in love with the music and the action scenes obviously, same with 00 Gundam (season 1 anyway) which had equally legendary music and more impactful and memorable scenes (Lockon... Lockon...), though Wing definitely has better villains (innovators and "Ribbons" were terrible)... all in all tho, I still prefer Macross as the superior mech anime (real Macross, not Robotech)...
i imagine most of us did lol XD wing was like the 3rd anime i ever watched