Where To Start Watching Gundam: A Guide For New Fans
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Mobile Suit Gundam is now streaming on Netflix.
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Crunchyroll has added Mobile Suit Gundam to its anime library of more than 1,000 titles and 30,000 episodes. All 42 episodes of the series are now available in both English dub and subtitles. The new addition complements the more than 10 Gundam titles currently streaming on the popular anime platform.
The Correct Order In Which To Watch The Gundam FranchiseStart with Gundam Origin (2015) and Mobile Suit Gundam (1979) Sunrise/YouTube. ... Hathaway (2021) continues the UC timeline while Turn A (1999) kind of concludes it. Sunrise/YouTube. ... There's no incorrect way to watch UC side stories or explore the multiverse.
Mobile Suit Gundam Movies 1-3 (Sub) and Char's Counterattack (Dub/Sub) are all now on Netflix!
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7 Best Gundam Movies & TV On Netflix, Ranked By IMDb1 Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans - 7.9.2 Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn - 7.8. ... 3 Mobile Suit Gundam III - 7.8. ... 4 Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway - 7.5. ... 5 Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack - 7.4. ... 6 Mobile Suit Gundam I - 7.4. ... 7 Mobile Suit Gundam II - 7.3. ...
The original 42 episode series is available on Crunchyroll and Funimation.
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What Order To Watch The Mobile Suit Gundam Series In4 Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ.5 Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory. ... 6 Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam. ... 7 Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War In The Pocket. ... 8 Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt. ... 9 Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team. ... 10 Mobile Suit Gundam. ... More items...•
You do absolutely have to go in chronological order with these four, but we strongly recommend for the original Mobile Suit Gundam series to go the compilation movie route over the original TV cut, as it'll save you time and is considered canon. We can't say the same for the Zeta Movies.
Also known as Gundam 0079 in some circles, just to distinguish it from later series, the original Gundam series rarely shows its age. In fact, we argue it’s one of the strongest classic anime offerings you’ll find. The story is centered on the young Amuro being swept up in the war between Earth and the seemingly evil Zeon.
Taking place during the war in the original Gundam series, The 08th MS Team focuses less on the spectacular space battles and super powered troops and more on the ground forces of Earth. With a rough and dirty look, the series is reminiscent of a ‘80s war film and the action is truly something to behold featuring some stunning animation.
A direct sequel to the original series, Zeta Gundam wisely keeps a few of the classic characters around while building up its own cast. Still, as the show goes on you learn the fates of nearly all the original cast and that’s where the primary draw of the show comes from.
While taking place before the original series, The Origin assumes your familiarity with many of its characters and thus works best at this point in your watch. The origin of Char and several others were hinted at in previous shows but this one finally takes all those clues and tells a compelling story that neatly flows into where 0079 began.
Taking place after the events of Char’s Counter Attack, the series of OVA’s pushes the Gundam universe forward while still including many nods to the past.
A film that never slows down, this sequel to Unicorn sets up another cast of characters all racing to get control of a powerful mobile suit. Anchoring this story is the tale of several friends and we get insights into how their lives were tied into the previous conflicts in the Gundam universe.
A good chunk of Char’s Counter Attack was devoted to Hathaway, son of one of the main characters from the original series. This film picks up Hathaway’s story and starts off with a powerful sequence that feels right of out an action thriller.
April 4, 2019. Gundam has to be one of the most iconic anime shows of all time. With dozens of shows across several timelines, great stories, fantastic animation and storytelling, it is the series to try if you want to understand at least a little of what anime is about.
KissAnime works very well and plays the shows in good quality. The downside is that you have to disable your adblocker for the shows to play. If you use a hardcore adblocker like I do, that means you cannot use this site at all. If you use a browser extension, you should be fine.
GoGoAnime isn’ t much easier on the eyes but it has a huge selection of Gundam on the site. It works much the same as KissAnime. There is little categorization but the production date is underneath each entry. You can use the Reddit list or watch them in any order you like.
You can use the Reddit list or watch them in any order you like. Select a series and all the shows are available from within the page. There is even a download option if you want to keep a signature show. Playback is smooth and audio is of a good quality so you’re well served here I think.
But it is also one of the best sources so has to be suffered in order for you to enjoy your art. There are dozens of Gundam episodes on KissAnime from early ones right up to later shows.
Before you pick a show to stream, there are some things you need to know. Gundam can be taken as a standalone episode to enjoy but it is much more engaging if you follow the series from its inception, across its many timelines and universes. There is a science to Gundam and if you buy into it, you will reap the rewards.
Gundam 00 centers on the paramilitary organization Celestial Being. They are the only people in the world who have Gundams. They seek to use their powers to eradicate war on a global level. The series sports extremely high animation quality. It was also the first Gundam series to be animated in high definition. Despite its positive critical reception for its visuals and narrative momentum, Gundam 00 had lower than average ratings. Luckily it did well on commercial DVD sales. It's been called "everything Gundam should be" and is a great place for new fans to join the series.
Turn A Gundam takes place on an Earth that once traveled the spaceways but gave it up. Now, centuries later, its population is a society at peace with a World War I/Steampunk level of technology.
It takes place in the near future were the Gunpla model craze has escalated into the ability to build and pilot your own mobile suits. These Gunpla Battles culminate in an annual global tournament.
How it all came to pass was revealed 20 years later in the manga Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin. It was another decade or so until the anime version of the story came out. Origin recounts the death of Zeon Zun Diekun, the escape of his children to Earth, and the rise of military might by the Principality of Zeon.
The plot mostly focuses on the rivalry between Federation pilot Amuro and Zeon pilot Char. Both are the best pilots for their people and they have an iconic relationship that several Gundam series have since tried to replicate. While some parts of it may not have aged perfectly, it really is the quintessential Gundam experience.
Originally a novel written by Harutoshi Fukui, Gundam Unicorn was adapted into a 7-episode series in 2010 and wrapped up in 2014. It served as the final entry into the original "Universal Century" timeline that the original '79 series took place in.
Gundam is also responsible for the modern understanding of "giant robot" mecha anime. It was an inspiration for many other series to come out of both the East and West. Gundam has so many beloved anime series in its canon, we're just counting down a few of the best.
If our numbers are correct, as of November 2021, there is a total of 1,052 Gundam episodes. This includes the actual anime series, specials, shorts, OVA episodes and series, ONA episodes and series, and some OVA compilations. The number of episodes for the upcoming 2022 anime series is still unknown, so we haven’t included it in our calculation.
As of 2021, and including the scheduled 2022 releases, there are a total of 35 Gundam movies (excluding the one live-action one from 2000), most of which are compilation movies, though, that simply sums up some of the series in a shorter format.
Gundam ‘s chronology is one of the most expansive and complex in the world of anime. It is very difficult to follow the complete narrative with a guide, which is why we have decided to bring you, firstly, a list of the material, and then that same list in chronological order.
Well, Gundam is a pretty large franchise and the release dates of specific episodes and movies don’t necessarily follow the chronology of the universe.
There is absolutely no doubt that there will be further Gundam episodes and/or movies. We already had a short series in 2021, and we have two upcoming projects planned for a 2022 release. Seeing how Gundam has survived for – now – almost half a century, we’re certain that more material is on the way.
There was set to be released in July of 2020, but was postponed to May 2021 due to the covid pandemic.
This OVA series is based on a successful novel by Harutoshi Fukui. Set during the beginning days of human space colonization, the story focuses on a colonist boy who finds himself caught in the midst of a new conflict and, of course, piloting a Gundam.
41 Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (1993-1994) Victory Gundam takes place in 1053 and serves as a successor to F91. The series ran for 51 episodes and focused on the conflict between an armed group known as BESPA and a band of rebels known as the League Militaire.
Considered the fifth official Gundam installment, the story centers on an intergalactic tournament that space colonies use as a stand-in for engaging in war. This shift in the story initially created some dissension among fans, especially because the series felt less serious and decidedly more shonen.
46 Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988) The first Gundam movie that wasn't a compilation film, Char's Counterattack incorporated CGI and served as a culmination of the stories of Amuro Ray and Char Aznable.
Produced by a Canadian Studio, G-Saviour was Gundam's first live-action made-for-tv adaptation. Understandably loathed by many fans due to its poor writing and failure to capitalize on the best elements of the Gundam suits, the film boasts a sad 3.9 on IMDb.
As the single most prolific mecha franchise, Gundam is responsible not only for cementing giant robots in the collective human subconscious but also for establishing anime as an excellent vessel for science fiction storytelling. Thanks in no small part to relentless merchandising, Gundam has successfully made space opera mainstream in Japan in ...
The main idea to keep in mind with the "Gundam" franchise is that its main canon timeline is called the Universal Century (UC). Started by series creator Yoshiyuki Tomino, the early part of the timeline mostly deals with the conflict between the Principality of Zeon and the Earth Federation.
With Amuro and Char's story wrapped up by now, the UC continues to blast through. The characters change, but space mecha war, well, that never changes.
We might have reached the finish line when it comes to UC-centric content, but we've still got some victory laps to take in the form of supplementary series. What's great is that most of these side series offer a glimpse of what was going on during the One Year War without having Amuro and Char in the spotlight.