How to FINALLY Get Into GUNDAM 

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Get in the Gundam, Amuro.

Universal Century Chronology in video: -Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin (prequel) -Mobile Suit Gundam (mandatory) -Mobile Suit: Igloo (skip) -Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team (One Year War side story) -Mobile Suit Gundam: 0080 War in the Pocket (One Year War side story) -Mobile Suit Gundam: Thunderbolt (Questionably Canon) -Mobile Suit Gundam: 0083: Stardust Memories (Post One Year War) -Mobile Suit Z Gundam (Back to OG characters) -Gundam ZZ (sequel to Z but different protagonist) -Char’s Counter Attack (Climax) -Mobile Suit Gundam: Unicorn -Mobile Suit Gundam: Narrative -Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway -Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (way after)

Gundam fandom is probably the sci Fi equivalent of getting into the fates series. Not a comment on it's quality but just the amount of content and different vocabulary they have. Haven't watched either series but have seen fan videos of both series.

This video converted me! It was so well paced, and laid out that I ended up watching it all and went "hmmm I could get into this show" and boom, 50 episodes later and I'm hooked. Watch order is perfect so far

My current favorite is Gundam Wing. I absolutely love the drama, politics, philosophy, mechs and strategic warfare involved in the story. I've seen others including Seed, 00, G Gundam and the original but Wing will always be my fave.

War in the Pocket is absolutely insanely good. I literally can’t overstate how good it is.

Thoroughly THOROUGHLY recommend Turn A Gundam, too. For a vast section of the Universal Century shows, the franchise creator was suffering clinical depression and a mishmash of other issues along with it. Turn A Gundam is the one he made when he was at least mostly recovered, and it's like Studio Ghibli did a mecha show. It's also linked to the UC timeline, as a very distant finale. It's basically Gundam's happy ending.

I personally love Gundam ZZ. I know the immaturity in the first half of the series is frustrating for many fans. However, the shift in tone later hits harder because of the light-hearted nature of the first half of the series.

About to finish 'Witch From Mercury' as my first Gundam experience, and here we are getting completely obsessed from the beginning.

As a 30 + year old who only in the past maybe 18 months really got into Gundam I really appreciate this. I started with mobile, went to 8th ms team (which I loved), currently on zeta.

Dont stop after Char's Counterattack. Watch Gundam Unicorn right after!

As a kid I asked for Gundam models to build for holidays and birthdays. I was obsessed from the get go. It wasn't until years later that a I realized not everyone thought they were as cool and it may be like my love of Dragons as a kid vs adult. But no, I went back and man these shows still slap. G Gundam is still the black sheep oddball but its incredible shoenen & incredible fighting. 0080, Iron Blood orphans, Char's Counterattack, any many others are still incredible and nothing beats 80s hand drawn mech action.

I have always enjoyed 08th MS Team. Short, sweet, but with a lot going on and a much more grounded take on mobile suit combat beyond the uberpowered singular robot prodigy v.s. everything else.

Having been introduced to Mecha through Titanfall and more drastically through Armored Core 6, G:Witch was honestly the perfect way to get someone like me into Gundam as a whole. While G:Witch doesn't go as in depth into the war aspect as the other series do, that play with Corp. Politics and mysterious weapons felt right at home, and the setting itself just felt right with me coming fresh from highschool. I wouldn't recomend it unless you had played something like Armored Core before hand, but it does it's job as being a taste if what's to come if you jump down the rabbit hole.

08th MS team is probably the best UC series that I've seen, and I can't give up on my original series, Gundam Wing, thanks Toomami

Gundam is best watched in production order I believe. It avoids some of the whiplash from different visuals and allows viewers to appreciate the Easter eggs/homages placed into later series.

As a HUGE Gundam fan for over 20 years I was impressed with your video. My favorites are definitely Thunderbolt and 8th MS team. Cheers.

ZZ after 3 episodes: I dunno, this is some Saturday morning cartoon nonsense. ZZ after the last episode: This show has zero flaws and I love everything about it.

I’m still a huge fan of wing

Bonsai Pop, my man, thank you! Thank you for representing Gundam so properly and creating an approachable, fair, honest, and FUN intro to the world that is GUNDAM. I got my start with Gundam Wing on Toonami when it first dropped in the US. I didn't get all the sub plots and all the geo-political maneuvering at the time, but it lit a fire that couldn't be put out. When I dove head long into the UC Timeline, then I was pulled in and I never left. I really appreciate you creating this intro guide and for helping more to appreciate what an amazing Franchise that Gundam is. Can't wait to see your opinions and impressions on the individual series and OVA movies within Gundam too. With that, I'll simply close by saying, "Mission Complete".

I still have a special place in my heart for Mobile Suit 08. The ending gives me chills to this day, and iron blooded orphans is the in that top-tier as well! I would love to see your deep dives into those series

08 MS team and Z Gundam still remain among my top series. Char's Counterattack is also really damn good.

The fight between Char and Amuro in Char's counter attack is, in my opinion the best fight in all of anime. It has action, it has strategy. It shows that fights are more than the physical act, its a battle of ideologies clashing.

Bonsai Pop: "Everyone knows what a Gundam is but very few know a single thing about them." Me thinking of all the Gundam knowledge I've accumulated over the years: "Oh god am I a nerd?"

I watched Gundam on and off over the years. It only took the pandemic for me to dive into building the kits and exploring the entire franchise. It really is something special.

I would love to see more of the AU gundams get covered because a lot of them tend to follow the same themes as the UC but they do it in different ways. IBO is children fighting battles because they never had any real choice while TWFM is a really interesting world of megacorps and political intrigue leading to some insanity once the first season ends.

I didn't realize that none of the Gundam I've seen was in the Universal Century timeline, but I'm now motivated to change that and watch the main line stories! Thank you for the fantastic video!

Gundam the Origin is rad and I’d love a remake of the original series using it as the reference material. The mechs are cool, but the people piloting them is what makes the series great

I think the first Gundam I watched was the original on Toonami back in the day, but the 08 MS Team was the GOAT! Such a great series! The thing that always blew me away with that show was how detailed the mobile suits were. There was a certain amount of "realism" in the way they were designed in the animation that made them seem believable, which subsequently made the story slap harder. PLEASE do a full video on 08 MS Team!

This title is implying I'm not already into Gundam

I don't think you should start with Gundam Origins. Char's identity gets revealed during 0079, and it's part of the plot. If you watch Origin first, you don't get to experience the reveal as the creators intended it. Watching Origin is like watching Star Wars prequels before the original trilogy, because the prequels ruin the framing of a New Hope and then the huge reveal from the end of Empire. When someone makes a prequel, it's usually made for people that watched the original story, and know all of it's twists, reveals and plot points. In my humble opinion you should watch MS:G, Zeta, ZZ, Char's Counterattack, and only after that go into prequel stories set in that part of UC.

For anyone who has been interested in Gundam but didnt have a great first impression, I highly suggest trying another series. As a long time Gundam fan, I admit there are some that just didnt click for me but the ones that did are in my list of top favourite animation of all time. Like a lot of people, I fell in love with War in the Pocket and 8th MS Team. Also a big fan of Stardust Memory and especially the MS designs. So cool you got the HG GPO1. One of my first kits was the HG GPO1 FB. Great hobby.

This is easily the best video I've seen on this channel. I can rarely watch +30 mins of a YT video but the script, the editing and your diction were all high quality. I leave this comment as an offering of engagement to the algorithm

i finished the main UC shows just a couple days ago and i can't tell you enough how worth it it is to stick with this series. i would love to see an in depth video on unicorn or hathaway.

I would love to see you dive deeper into 0080: War in the Pocket. You touched on how sad it is, but I think the bigger angle to explore is how is argues the pointlessness of war. Everything that happens in the series means nothing to the world of Gundam or the One-Year War. Civilians were killed, lives were destroyed, the budding relationship between Christine and Bernie ends in tragedy, and Al is traumatized for life, and it means nothing. The war ends a week later thanks to the events of the original series. The nuclear threat is already averted off-screen before the final battle, so that doesn't matter either. People were thrown to the meat grinder for nothing and that's the real cost of war. For me this short OVA remains my go to method to make people detached from conflict understand the real human costs.

Been a gundum fan since 2000 watching wing. Minus 1 or 2 series I have seen it all. Your video is one of the better fan compilation explanations i have found. The enthusiasm as you explained everything and that you gave just the info you needed to hear to get the point across worked great. Your videos are always enjoyable to watch.

I grew up watching Mazinger Z, Goldar and Ultraman. Gundam was a natural progression for me. But I got into gundam through the kits.

You pretty much nailed it with those side stories like 8th MS Team and Stardust Memories being some of the best the Universal Century has to offer. The non-UC series that I keep coming back to year after year, and my most fervent recommendation for people overwhelmed with the amount of Gundam available, is Iron-Blooded Orphans. You want war is hell? You want children being thrust into conflict? Political intrigue? Some of the best mech action and animation in the series? Gotta check out IBO.

I'm sold brother! You did an excellent job drawing newcomers in. Got halfway through the video and I was so hyped I just went straight into watching origin

As a lifelong gundam fan (since Wing aired on toonami) , 08th MS team is my all-time favorite. It always stood out as the most humanist of the franchise in that, the protagonists aren't depicted as super humans or space jedi. They're just imperfect people with families and dreams, sucked into a conflict. That said, I think the entire stint of OVA's from the late 80s-90s (0080, 0083, and 08th) are phenomenal, and IMO mark the period where Gundam really cemented its identity. I just can't get enough of them. And as a bonus, the outro to 0083 is prime baby making music. SOO smooth. Legit, I'm astonished that the song wasn't playing on every radio station back then (called "Magic" by Jacob Wheeler if you want to give it a listen on youtube)

I started loving the gundam franchise decades ago when i was a little kid. it all started with the model kits because it's easily available in any department stores. Then i was able to watch my first gundam anime, which is a bootleg 0083 stardust memory ova & char's counter attack randomly found in a small cd & cassette store, even long before the first gundam anime (wing series) aired in one of the tv stations. Back then i was so happy, it's like finding a treasure because there's no internet yet. Despite my love for gundam, to this day i haven't watched several series, or even stopped watching entirely. The target demographic of certain series is definitely not for a veteran like me(witch from mercury, build series, AGE, etc) and i can understand that. Gundam franchise is already considered something for older people (at least in japan) and it needs fan regeneration. Even the young fans who started enjoying seed series are now at their late 20s or early 30s. Speaking of young fans, witch from mercury series did bring a lot of new, younger fans. They are probably one of the causes that makes gunplas are harder and more expensive to get these days lmao

Some clarification because Mike only touched on the canonicity thing: Thunderbolt, while fucking awesome, is not actually part of the main Universal Century timeline. Rather it's another sort of alternate timeline that branches off from the main UC timeline at some point, but we don't know for sure when or how. At least most of the events shown in ORIGIN and the original series are assumed to have actually happened in similar, but probably not identical ways and the results of all the major conflicts and such are generally the same, but none of the series that are mentioned after Thunderbolt in this video technically share a continuity with it. I know that this seems really confusing, but it honestly doesn't matter at all because the story is so self-contained. It being a separate timeline is mostly because the creator of the manga wanted an excuse to redesign all the MS in the show to be just generally cooler and to handwave how things like the Full Armor Gundam, Zaku II High Mobility Type and later Atlas Gundam can exist, even though in the main UC timeline the kind of MS tech in these machines would canonically not be available until at least several years later. So although we never actually see the Thunderbolt version of the good old RX-79-2 anywhere on that show, based on everything about this series, we can pretty much infer that it's not the same as the main timeline RX-79-2 and is probably significantly more technologically advanced, as are all the MS in this timeline in general and that's why the Full Armor is like that. I'm pretty sure that the only reason they even said that it was an alternate timeline at all was to quell the nerd rage from the most obnoxious of fans, who genuinely loose their mind over this sort of trivial shit. It's not even that Gundam is very concerned with maintaining continuity like this either, like usually Bandai and Sunrise generally just don't give a shit most of the time. Which leads to some serious head scratchers for the main timeline later down the line, but whatever… I personally think it not being directly canon is a positive for both Thunderbolt itself, because it kind of unshackles it from a lot of the bullshit that defines the modern UC, and for the UC as a whole, because quite frankly there is already way too much crap in this continuity that does not make a lick of sense and actively takes away from the greater narrative of this franchise (looking at you, Unicorn and Narrative). Us not having to also worry about the insane anachronistic tech from Thunderbolt ever a being a factor in all that is a blessing.

Thunderbolt is a personal favorite. Edit: Thunderbolt is questionably canon to the main UC timeline because of a lot of reasons, one of which is that the FA-78 Gundam (Full Armor Gundam) looks different in the main canon and is used by a different pilot (Gundam Battlefield Record UC 0081). Another reason is the level of technology is absurdly advanced in Thunderbolt for it to be canon in the UC timeline, mainly because it took place during the 1 Year War and after the 1 Year War. But Side 4 being named as "Moore" is canon. Still, it's my personal favorite.

My wife and I recently both got into Gundam and we were just talking about how underrated the UC is and how we were longing for a channel like this to cover it and spread the word of how freaking cool it is! Gotta love the timing of this 😂 as for favorites, I ADORE the first season of Thunderbolt/December Sky. Absolutely gorgeous with a compelling story Second highest is probably 08th MS Team. Shiro is just such a good protag and the rest of the cast is delightful.

My entry point was actually Iron Blooded Orphans (which I loved) but I never knew where to go next so I appreciate you for making this video 🙌🏽 I definitely plan on checking out Gundam Origin soon

Gundam Origin is not standard UC, it is an adaptation of (part of) Yoshikazu Yasuhiko's manga (I don't get why you mention Okawara in this video but not YAS). The ova features major inconsistencies with the original series, and is followed up by the recent Cucuruz Doan's Island movie, wich differs significantly from the episode it is based on. The same goes for Thunderbolt, it's not considered canon by Bandai

Thank you boys ❤ Im still yet to learn the language but im taking amateur lessons by building gundams! Ive built 5 now with my RG EVA 1 ready to be opened and assembled in the near future. I appreciate this video and feel like this is the final push to pursue fluency in the ancient language of sweaty virgin. I'll also do my due diligence in actualising the final steps of rounding out my nerdhood by watching gundam finally Love and respect ❤️

As a vet in the Gundam space this was a fantastic video and a wonderful entry point imo. Great work as always and I look forward to pointing people this way when trying to get them into it

I watched Witch from Mercury on a whim. Loved it. Decided to learn more about Gundam proper and decided I should watch something from the Universal Century, but not one of those old shows with lousy animation, hell no. So I watched Unicorn. I was blown away. Loved it so much that I said, "idgaf about bad animation. I gotta find out the backstory of all these characters. I love this!" So I started from OG Gundam, did Z, ZZ, all the side stories. I finally wrapped it up with Char's Counter Attack last night. I love Gundam. Def give the series a watch, especially if you're going to Japan, you'll appreciate the giant Gundam statues and 7-11 Gunpla all the more if you know about it, even if just a little. On that note, pregame and Gunpla is super fun. Slap together a 7-11 exclusive entry-grade while downing a Strong Zero with friends. Great start to a night out in Shinjuku. One thing I will say is that this is a great list. Watching chronologically is definitely a great way to go. But I would recommend that all of you watching this video: if you see something in this video that catches your eye and you think it's cool, just watch it. I don't think there's a proper watch order for Gundam. You can definitely star at the beginning, middle, or end of the UC and come back and rewatch later once you have better context. Gundam is one of those series that's short enough to watch the parts you enjoy repeatedly. Just don't start with Char's Counter Attack. That was definitely meant to be viewed along side the others.

Having seen almost all the shows and movies, an avid builder of gunpla, and having played a decent amount of the games over the past 15 years or so, I can say this was a great primer. I think going into depth with each mainline UC entry at least would be a wonderful project and a delight to watch through.

This introduction video really brings justice to how good Gundam as a franchise is. Throughout this video I am constantly smiling, not just due to nostalgia of what defined my childhood, but also because of how far you've gone into presenting all of the shows introduced in the best way possible. PS Bonsai Pop is right, 0080 is that good. It completely changed my life.

I got into the UC with the movie versions of Gundam '79 (which are on Netflix but I bought the blu-ray set) and watched everything up to F91 (minus Stardust Memory and ZZ). But man, Zeta made me fan but Char's Counterattack made me a true believer, those two are so freaking good

I was so surprised by the original series. I started with the intention of watching the whole thing at 1.5x speed just to get done with it. To my surprise at some point I forgot it at normal speed and I didn't even notice. The story was engaging and the show is surprisingly down to earth. They set their rules up and adapt warfare and life around it.

for modern first watch I think OO is the best . but my personal favourite is Unicorn , it wrap up the theme of series , ask and answer question beyond that is wild . the piece of this series will always stay with me.

I just finished the With from Mercury and personally I liked it a lot, this was my first exposure to the franchise and I want to watch more from Gundam, I have a clear understanding about the Fate franchise and was a bit lost with Gundam and this video is a good help.

Phenomenal stuff! As a long time Gundam Wing fan, this video is exactly what I needed to take the leap and start Gundam proper! Appreciate it boys!

Personally as a long time fan of the series I think this a great way to get newbies into Gundam. As far as videos, Char has the most complex character arc I've seen in anime in my opinion and deserves a video celebrating it. I don't think lumping him in as good or evil is even possible given the man he becomes. A true tale of redemption, revenge and red cometry

Well.... shit. mission accomplished. this video has single-handedly threw me headfirst into Gundam obsession. Char Aznable has quickly become one of my favorite characters of all time. thank you so much for making this video and kickstarting my hours-long binge fest / fall into madness.

I initially was drawn into Gundam by Gunpla a while back, and a year and a half later I've watched a majority of the Universals Century and have my shelves full of kits and a backlog taking up a decent chunk of my room

Longtime Gundam fan. Stardust Memory was what truly got me in. My favorite entries: 0083, Zeta, CCA, and now Hathaway (pt 1). Fantastic summary of the UC shows.

Great video! Thunderbolt is definitely not cannon (alternate universe) partly because of how different and more powerful the technology is, it's kinda similar with stardust memory. The Origin is also an alternate universe thing, in the original anime Amuro has never seen a Gundam before and had to read the manual right before piloting. Also I love MS Igloo, it shows the dark side and desperation of war pretty well with using children to fighting and making propaganda to scare the opposite faction. And having all those test units fail makes a good contrast to the "villain of the week" of the main series

The opening dub narration of the original series is iconic and I hope they honestly keep it in the Netflix live action adaptation

Man 45 minutes seemed short lol. Always wondered if they had the same universe when i was younger. Makes me want to watch all your suggestions. Also that 90s animation does hit different. Thanks , Mike.

My favorite Gundam show is After War: Gundam X. I feel like it properly shows the after effects of war better than others before it, and even later entries Am I considered weird for liking it? Yeah, maybe. Hopefully we get a Director's Cut version of the show

I’m 47 and just bought my first gunpla this evening. I watched a quick video on which Gundam were the original Gundam and I went old school and bought an RX79-2 (at least I think that is what it’s called). This video had me at “Vulcan cannon” and I knew exactly what you were talking about. Thanks for making this video for us Gundam noobs!

My first Gundam series was actually iron-blooded orphans, and I thought it was pretty freaking cool so I decided to watch the universal century timeline too. I’m about halfway through zeta Gundam now and my takeaway is this: the original series is very rough around the edges, and with absolutely abysmal writing, but it keeps getting better and better as it goes on. Can’t wait for the grittier themes and high quality animation of the later 80s and 90s additions

trash taste needs to see this video

Skip to 9:04.

I started with Iron Blooded Orphans and Gundam 00 but I kept wanting to get into the original series so I'd understand the origins. I bounced of MSG a couple of times trying to find avenues in but it didn't really hold my interested until I watched The Origin. Char is one of the most interesting characters from the Universal Century and understanding his place in the UC cannon (and also who all the Zabi's were and why they were important) made me want to go back and watch MSG so I can understand how these characters became their origins stories.

Why are there so many RU-vidrs who can't pronounce simple things in Gundam, like Char?

Dude, seeing Simon Whistler in a Bonsi Pop vid is trippy as all get out. He really has spread his hands throughout all of youtube

The best thing about Gundams anti war themes is that its never rammed down your throat, they just show the carnage and let you come to your own conclusions.

Longtime Japanimation/anime fan ready to dip a toe into Gundam. It's intimidating! But you primed me well and I have a half page of notes and a checklist of what to watch and in order. I'm very familiar with the Macross saga, which I'm surprised wasn't mentioned since they strike me as rival sprawling space operas with many similarities (canon debates, side stories, iconic characters). I'm looking forward to taking my first step, but scared it's a slippery slope. I'm coming in at 57 so you were just a lad when you took that fateful step. Thank you for this thoroughly researched and fun video. Your enthusiasm for Gundam was contagious!

I've been a gundam fan for more than half my life. Tried to keep up with everything and your video is spot on my guy. Keep them up. Glad I stumbled upon your page last week and found you

I'm 34 and outside of wing I wasn't that into it until about 2 years ago either, and I dove right in with the OG(which I hated as a kid when it hit toonami) fell in love with the UC and never looked back. So you doing it at 30 made this so relatable lol I try snd push gundam on everyone now 🤣

I remember watching this show in the 80’s in Japan. I must’ve been 6 or 7, but I told my dad I wanted a Gundam and he flipped out and was like, “what did you say?!”. He grabbed me by my arms, took me downstairs and started to yell at my mom. He was like where did he learn to say, “god damn!?” 😂

says he doesnt wanna spoil much, proceeds to spoil every major plot point

War in the Pocket and 08th MS Team were some of my favorite segments.

The main reason I never went full into gundam is because the characters regularly get whiny or preachy about war and half the time they are just self righteous egotistic children that think their feelings matter more than the reality around them

UC Gundam will always be my favorite. My personal recommendation for people just trying to get into Gundam: - Watch the original Gundam trilogy movie. It's a well paced, trimmed down version of the original series in a digestible trilogy movie form that gets people up to speed on the very first chapter of Universal Century. - Next, watch 08th MS Team. - Next, watch 0083: Stardust Memory. - Next, watch the Zeta Gundam TV show (don't watch the movies!) - Next, watch Char's Counterattack. After that, you'll be so into Gundam that you won't be able to help yourself, and you'll watch the rest of what Universal Century has to offer. And when you've consumed all of it, load up Gundam Unicorn, and enjoy some awesome payoff to the entire Universal Century.

0080ms will always have a special place in my heart. The intro slaps, Character slaps, Romance slaps, Fighting slaps. In summary, shit slaps harder than my mom's sandal.

You got me into Gundam last year with your Gundam watch order video. Now I am completely obsessed. Thank you. PS my favorite series is Stardust Memories

I watched Gundam wing in high school 20 years ago and loved it. Now wanting to get back into the universe and no idea where to go. Thank you for this resource

@Bonsai Pop as a long time Gundam fan who also recently deep-dived it, in his 30s, this is incredibly well done. I appreciate the hard work you did and so will new fans haha. 🎉🎉

Have an uncle who got into Mecha through Robotech then got into Gundam and Gunpla through bootleg VHS tapes. He was the coolest person I knew when I was a kid. Now he watches anime and goes to cons with his kids. I remember you can walk into a K-Mart and just buy Gunpla off the shelf.

The moment Heero Yuy said, 'Mission Accepted' I knew I was hooked.

Long time Gundam fan. I have seen just about every OVA, anime series, and film that as been released except Turn A Gundam. That being said my personal recommendation is for a brand new watcher to not watch the original anime series. Instead watch the 1980s film versions. It is more concise and gets the main points across better I think for a new fan. Mobile Suit Gundam I, Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow, and Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space. After that I'd say watch in order of 08th MS Team, War in the Pocket, Stardust Memory, Gundam Zeta, Gundam ZZ, and finish with Char's Counterattack. After that watch any other UC story or any other timeline you want.

my only tip is to not skip ZZ

22:25 Kids going to war is major part of any gundam tbh

Loved the part when Freddy Fazbear got into the Eva and said "together, we are Mobile Suit Gundam."

Gundam was one of the most influential anime in my life, gundam wing at 9 years old It was my anime series for years because I didn't know how good general anime can be , gundam was my introduction to anime

really surprised it took to the 38 minute mark to hear the word _”whiny”_ in relation to a gundam protag… that’s like one of the first things i mention.

Actually, Marvels Ultimate universe is now still a thing. Previously it's Earth 1610, now it's Earth 6160. Just a side note, 'War in the Pocket' was so well regard. Because it's the first Gundam OVA made as a 10th anniversary special. It's made as an entry point to Gundam Franchise for new comers, so it's simple and without too much plot threads to other series.

Stardust Memory is badass, it’s like Topgun with mechs

Remember this quote while experiencing this legendary real robot franchise called Gundam: "Peace cannot be kept by force, it can only be achieved through understanding one another"

The ova's, war in the pocket, 08th ms team and stardust memory, all made me cry tbh

One thing that's quite interesting is how the New Types are these psudoscience precogs. Precognition and ESP etc were a huge deal in the 70s. People thought it was actually possible. A lot of research went into it. So, it's no wonder it became a big part of the series. But, later series sort of gloss over it a bit more. In Gundam Seed which is a more modern show, New Types are replaced with "Coordinators." Now the conflict is between natural born humans and designer baby humans. Coordinators being genetically modified to be better than humans in many ways. A similar idea to the original series, but now with a rather sinister look. But, genetical modification of humans has been something which people have been talking about and fearing in modern times.

19:49 me thinking of gundams all day

Just in case someone needed it after watching the video, or just want a TL;DR it's basically Watch everything "Universal Century" related, then pick your poison. If you want the series as suggested in the video, in chronological order, it would be:: 1. Mobile Suit Gundam the Origin: Advent of the Red Comet - Crunchyroll 2. Mobile Suit Gundam - Crunchyroll (Next 4 are optional, but highly recommended) 2.1. Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team - Hulu 2.2. Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the pocket - "download" only 2.3. Mobile Suit Gundam: Thunderbolt - "download" only 2.4. Mobile Suit gundam 0083: Stardust Memory - "download" only 3. Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - Crunchyroll 4. Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ - Crunchyroll There's also movies released alongside each of the series and you can watch them if you want before switching to the next series. Disclaimer: You will have some whiplash from the different animation styles, but is worth it. Disclaimer #2: There could be other series in the future that fit inside the timeline.