Board 8 > What Gundam is worth watching?

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BlackMageJawa
10/19/20 3:40:21 PM
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Hah, variant!

I've watched the original series and enjoyed it. I know that there's a couple of more-or-less direct sequels, a few side stories, a few 'next generation' type stories in the same setting but later on and not particularly connected to the original, and then a whole bunch of alternate universes.

Which shows/films are particularly good, and which are worth avoiding?
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redrocket
10/19/20 4:25:29 PM
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Watch G Gundam

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Leonhart4
10/19/20 4:26:45 PM
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I have only watched 00 and it was good

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RyoCaliente
10/19/20 5:16:11 PM
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What do you mean, original series? Mobile Suit Gundam? Gundam Wing?

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Evillordexdeath
10/19/20 5:47:34 PM
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If you've only seen the original Mobile Suit Gundam, the direct sequel to that is Zeta Gundam which is generally considered one of the best ones.

There are two OVAs that serve as side stories to that, War in the Pocket and 08th MS Team, and I would say they're both worth watching, but especially 08th MS Team which I thought was really great and probably the best Gundam series.

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PerfectChaosZ
10/19/20 6:22:42 PM
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G Gundam
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Lucavi000
10/19/20 6:37:11 PM
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Wing

Seed/Seed Destiny

00

Iron Blood Orphans

Unicorn (real good)

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captaincanadian
10/19/20 6:41:25 PM
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I've only seen Iron-Blooded Orphans and it was great tbqh
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RikkuAlmighty
10/19/20 6:45:31 PM
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08th MS Team is a personal favorite.

G Gundam is fun but in a stupid but awesome way.
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greengravy294
10/19/20 7:07:05 PM
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Mobile Suit Gundam
Zeta Gundam
Wing
00
SEED (but not Destiny)
X
Turn A (haven't seen this, but I've been told its great)

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Punnyz
10/19/20 7:09:31 PM
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are the gundams mostly self contained?

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greengravy294
10/19/20 7:15:06 PM
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Universal Century timeline is MSG>Zeta>Double Zeta>Unicorn>Victory

Plus a hell of alot of side stories. Anything past 1995 or so is typically contained to it's own timeline, outside of random UC content

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SovietOmega
10/19/20 7:19:01 PM
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Pretty much all of the universal century stuff is worth watching to some degree. Most of the alternate universe series are good too.

Definitely Zeta gundam, and 08th MS Team in the UC timeline for sure. It's been a long time since I've watched them, but Wing and 00 are some fun watches.

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SythaWarrior
10/19/20 8:04:51 PM
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Oh man... where to start.

I guess I'll answer Pun's question first. Gundam has several universes. The "Main" one is UC (Universal Century.)

The timeline of that goes

The Origin
Mobile Suit Gundam-Igloo
Mobile Suit Gundam (0079)
Mobile Suit Gundam MS08th team
(Thunderbolt technically nonCanon but slots in here)
War in the Pocket
0083 Stardust Memory
Zeta
Double Zeta
Char's Counterattack (Beltorchika's Children)
Unicorn
F91 (This 0123)
Crossbone Manga (Basically the F91 sequel)
Victory Gundam (This is 0153 so like 74 years after the original MSG)

There is some other stuff and side stories that slot in various places that I'm forgetting. The highlights are generally. MSG Recap movies, Zeta Gundam, CCA, Unicorn, Thunderbolt, MS08th, Stardust Memory, The Origin, Victory and War in the Pocket IMO. Most UC stuff tends to be very good. Altho they get very wordy and confusing sometimes if you missed something. Hathaway's Flash is coming pretty soon and that will be 0105 for where it fits in the timeline.

Next Major universe is the CE (Cosmic Era) It's the Gundam Seed universe basically.

Seed
Stargazer
Seed Astray
Seed Destiny

Is basically it. You can skip all but Seed IMO. Seed is really good. The rest is kinda eh.

AD (Anno Domini) is the Gundam 00 timeline.

It's pretty basic
00
00 season 2
00 A Wakening of the Trailblazer

00 is good. Season 2 is the same show basically. The Movie is not great but is very pretty.

The last universal with multiple entries is AC (After Colony) it's the Gundam Wing universe.

Wing (Glory of the losers is a manga retelling)
Endless Waltz
Frozen Teardrop

Wing and Endless Waltz are good. Frozen Teardrop is a trainwreck.

The rest I think are single entrants other than AGE's Universe has a couple different things. But they are honestly just the same story from other perspectives like "Memories of Eden" is just Age part 2 and the end of part 3 from Zeheart's PoV.

As for what's good. Most of it is pretty good if your in the mood for it. I think the biggest general disappointments for me have been G-Reco, Narrative, Seed Destiny, the 3rd part of AGE, the 2nd half of IBO and ZZ in general. But I think a lot of people like those too.

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Punnyz
10/19/20 8:11:40 PM
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SythaWarrior
10/19/20 8:46:16 PM
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No. Origin is pretty new. It ran from like 2014? to like 2018?

it's like 6 OVAs. Each one is like 90+ minutes. Origin part 3 and 4 are amazing. The whole thing is pretty good. It's basically about Char Aznable and what made him the way he was. Starting from his childhood all the way to right before the original Mobile Suit Gundam happens. It's maybe one of my favorite Gundam Medias. It also doesn't really feature a single Gundam.

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greengravy294
10/19/20 9:01:50 PM
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Destiny has to be the actual worst anime I've watched to completion.

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GranzonEx
10/19/20 9:11:14 PM
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Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 can be watched either as the original tv series or through the 3 compilation movies
Zeta is the continuation
ZZ is the continuation of Zeta
Char's Counterattack (movie) is the end of the original timeline in the 80s
Unicorn is the culmination of the above 4, it's probably the single greatest Gundam series ever animated

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greengravy294
10/19/20 9:38:18 PM
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Heroic Bigpun
10/19/20 9:40:38 PM
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SythaWarrior posted...
No. Origin is pretty new. It ran from like 2014? to like 2018?

it's like 6 OVAs. Each one is like 90+ minutes. Origin part 3 and 4 are amazing. The whole thing is pretty good. It's basically about Char Aznable and what made him the way he was. Starting from his childhood all the way to right before the original Mobile Suit Gundam happens. It's maybe one of my favorite Gundam Medias. It also doesn't really feature a single Gundam.
Oh then why isnt the original in that list?

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frankftw
10/19/20 9:53:31 PM
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+1 for 08th MS Team and G. I also liked X well enough.

And Gundam Build Fighters might be the most charming entry but best to watch after going through most of the other series. It's in it's own world but there are tons of references and homages.

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Forceful_Dragon
10/19/20 10:14:40 PM
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The important question is who would win in a fight between Zoids and Gundams

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SythaWarrior
10/19/20 10:35:37 PM
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It is. Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 is the original.

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Heroic Bigpun
10/19/20 10:59:56 PM
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Oh I thought It was just Mobile Suit Gundam, my bad

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Lucavi000
10/19/20 11:02:10 PM
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is there a place to watch all the gundam series/movies in english preferably?

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INCEPTlON
10/19/20 11:22:29 PM
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Which Gundam was the one that was on Toonami around the same time as Dragonball? Was that wing?

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Lucavi000
10/19/20 11:25:08 PM
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INCEPTlON posted...
Which Gundam was the one that was on Toonami around the same time as Dragonball? Was that wing?

yes. They also showed 08th MS team and G gundam as well

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Heroic Bigpun
10/20/20 12:12:30 AM
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Lucavi000 posted...
is there a place to watch all the gundam series/movies in english preferably?
Not funimation, crunchyroll nor hulu

They only have a few

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SythaWarrior
10/20/20 12:36:18 AM
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Gundam.info youtube channel has a lot.

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Kinglicious
10/20/20 8:42:56 AM
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First Thunderbolt movie is probably the best thing in the series.

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Lucavi000
10/23/20 12:52:36 AM
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Been watching MSG: Origin.

Pretty damn good so far. Just started episode 4.

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