Why You Should Watch Gundam Unicorn 

Watch the 0079 movie trilogy then Zeta Gundam. If nothing else watch Zeta Gundam.

Avoid Seed Destiny like the plague, Seed was... alright for the first half, kinda dipped in quality at the latter half(though still kinda entertaining to watch). I wanna say watch 00 first season. As for Zeta Gundam, I wanna say use the movie as the medium for the first... maybe 21 episodes or so? Then switch to the TV version. Mostly because I was watching the Zeta Remastered, and getting to the point where Kamille got the Zeta just felt... slow. It didn't exactly feel like much got done either, on either side of the river. While I suppose that it was the intention, having to _watch_ all of it happen can be very, _very_ boring depending on the person. Wing Gundam... Eh, its story is probably pretty flat in comparison to a good chunk of the Gundam Shows, but I still love it anyways, if only because of Endless Waltz. Definitely watch Unicorn like the video tells you to.

@@aliesterus1.023 so sad you don't mention the 08th ms team. >.

​@@HayashiShirou I'm working my way through the regular timeline and CCA first before watching some of the OVA's. EDIT: Although I've been distracted by the super shiny Super Robot shows as of late so I'm stuck midway through episode 30 of Zeta Gundam.

Start with mobile fighter g gundam. That is the greatest gundam series.

In a couple episodes actually. Any time those moon moon freaks show up. Also, I love ZZ.

Yeah, describing those mobile suits as "robots" is rather inaccurate. The term "Robot" is usually defined as an automated machine capable of performing tasks on its own. While the humanoid machinery piloted by humans is usually referred to as "mechs" or "mobile suits" specific to this franchise.

That's because they're not robots, they're mobila suitas.

@@tedhodge4830 what is haro tho?

@@dantespardaposter5315 A robila ballo

well, you're technically correct

@@unrelatedcoma Not Choosing a Side is actually choosing a side in and of itself... There's more than just two sides in any conflict...

@@jasperreyes5174 thats postmodern garbage

@@unrelatedcoma So... Everything is Black and White huh...?

seems legit

00 is a good start though.

Which is why they made the build series... for kids!

@@hukesama8389 or SD Gundam force.

I’m 12 and know the whole series just I will never watch seed

My son enjoys Gundam, but I can't show him all the series because some of them are too adult and I'm sure he doesn't get the same enjoyment out of them I do. I hope he will watch them when he's older and can fully appreciate them as I think I do. I made the mistake of watching 0080 with him and he cried when Bernie died in the end. He was so mad at me for letting him watch it. Haha.

Alexander Smith That's exactly what I thought! :')

+1

the real gundam was the friends we made along the way :)

Giant robot go brrrrr

I just stell watch it 3 years ago and i watched agin and it stell make me cry

Actually, the events of Gundam Unicorn is the reason why Earth Federatiom started to collapse in late UC

Least Zeon never managed to win a war

@@xxEmmankunnArt I thought unicorn wasn't UC

@@thelemon5069 you thought wrong. CCA is 0093 Unicorn is 0096 Narrative is 0097 Hathaway is 0105

I know right

@@sunrisespartan1765 same here man

At least the HGs are fairly cheap...?

Imma buy dat shit boiii

@@danielloh4483 bro the hg kits are so bad

Lol

Sore Demo!

But even so

This!!!

YES.

Buy the RG if you want something that could transform

Agreed get the real grade

Get the PG And Destroy your wallet

@@mechalexz1010 no get mgex to destroy you're wallet in a better way

my mom. said I can get a kit so I sent here three different stlyes two destory mods and one fully armored one that comes with three stand 12 weapons ,3 shield and a green destory mode Unicron sadly they don't have a green mode banshee

The soundtrack is pretty much perfect. Unfortunately, I think some of the tracks "misplaced" or played at the wrong moments, but this is a minor issue IMO.

Except not, his soundtracks is always samey and a lot of unmemorable soundtrack very few that is on the level of other Gundam series composer.

@@MrCreepjo Unless you're talking about Thunderbolt, no other Gundam series can compare it's ost to Unicorn's. I don't know what Gundam shows you've watched but the only osts that stayed in my mind are Unicorn and Thunderbolt.

@@avengedlol6698 Turn A have Yoko Kanno as it ost director with Moon being an ending song, you're telling me that Unicorn is better than that? Or even Zeta iconic theme even Sally of CCA which are more recognised in Japan. Again Unicorn only have two or three unique but they aren't as memorable and iconic as Zeta, CCA and even 0079 ost.

@@MrCreepjo Didn't get to Turn A yet, I still have to finish G no Reco, as for Zeta and CCA, as I said, no other songs from the osts stuck with me, I don't know about how the osts are loved in Japan, didn't really care as I don't like things based on popularity.

That's why I decided to buy a PG Unicron :P

ALL MIGHT But its a robot

@@alfredchen4579 Isn't Unicron from Transformers? joke

@@marcustepase2997 oh the guy who eats planets?

@@Gr33nP3as yep

Yeah I think (it’s been a while since I’ve watched it) they say he’s a cyber new type in the show? I could be misremembering tho

@@KoriTheAnder he is a natural newtype who received cyber newtype training, this kind of stuffs were explained more in the Narrative, but to sum it up, Cardeas suspicions towards his son being a newtype was true; and begun to train him rather strictly. Seeing this, his mother; Anna, disagreed as she doesn't want Banagher to live a life shackled to the burdens of his family (e.g the Laplace box), and took him away

My all timw favorite is zeta i"ve wacthed all of the uc gundam shows nothing beast the grimness of zeta

ahh yes, a gundam 00 thing

Banagher and Hathaway crossover would be epic

@@collinistyping they'd definitely have epic fights

@@collinistyping Would be funny if Banagher still barely have any screen time if that will ever exist.

@@ericj6636 I hope he pilots something else and not the Unicorn or else fight will end before Hathaway even have a idea of what is happening

@MaidenlessScrub yeah no magic newtype handwave "I just disassembled your reactor via time travel" BS at least

So have you seen more Gundam shows yet?

@@chitandaeru7239 I feel you, my friends all love IBO because of its rawness... But Unicorn speak more. Yes, it doesn't feed your children side with extreme actions and battles but the dialogue, interactions between Banagher and everyone, all prove that humans are humans, having same emotions and feel the same things, you can understand that they all do things with reasons of their own that is very human while also acknowledging the suffering, the torment, and desperation of all sides... Then it ends up with conclusion, that the bad guys are those who had no emotions; evil psychopath and megalomaniac such as that Anaheim aunty (forgot the name) and Frontal... IBO is cool, but when compared to Unicorn it's like comparing a Symphony to a Pop music

The people 2who whine about "beta males" fundamentally misunderstand Gundam.

Thank god you wasn't watching gundam zeta at the time. Like that literally woulda only made shit worse. Zeta is when tomino(director) went "FULL TOMINO" Like dead ass serious, kill em all wouldn't have helped at all.

First movie was okay... I don't think it accomplished what Unicorn did

Oh yeah, I definitely agree that Unicorn becomes a lot more significant after watching the UC Gundam shows that have come before it; my only reasoning for why I think it can work as an introduction to the series is because I wasn't very familiar with the Universal Century as a whole when I watched Gundam Unicorn, and that's what mostly got me interested in the franchise. I'm only speaking from personal experience, so it's possible that others may not feel the same way that I do.

I wat he unicorn gundam first then went back and binged all of the the UC Gundam series and then rewatched unicorn

CaptHawkeye I kinda agree but at the same time disagree: Yes, the story is fully watchable and good without prior knowledge of the franchise, but a lot of the impact of the story is lost if you don't experience before how many lives were lost during all these conflicts. If you don't know the character of Char Aznable, you won't realize the truly BIG impact of his supposed return in Full Frontal. If you don't know who Amuro Ray, Kamille Bidan, or Judau Ashta are, then you won't understand the sentiments of Bright Noa towards the new pilot and the same goes with Ple and Ple Two in relation with Marida Cruz. I would say Unicorn as a whole is a love letter to the Universal Century and it (in my opinion) should be watched as that. Knowing the conflict and all these characters is essential to truly grasp the meaning of what the Unicorn Gundam represents.

It's true that a lot of impact would be lost without watching the previous entries, but Unicorn is still in of itself a solid show that has elements that you could understand even without previous knowledge. The gap of knowledge it gives to newcomers does nothing but entice more interest to the franchise as a whole, and it eventually could lead to a rewatch but now with the experience of the previous entries. After all, this is a series that is worth seeing more than once... And well, to see it "blind" does come with its own unique experience that you wont have after knowing it all.

I couldn't agree more, having just recently watched the OG Mobile Suit Gundam, I really want to go back and re watch Unicorn, since I viewed that while it was airing on Toonami (Go ahead and judge).

*Smash Bros Announcer voice* SUCCESS!

Lavapasta it tried watching Zeta, but I lost interest in it, halfway through the first episode.

Yeah, Zeta Gundam is pretty campy, and sometimes the Gundam shows directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino aren't the best places to start. In addition to Gundam Unicorn, I'd also recommend Gundam: The Origin, War in the Pocket, and the 08th MS Team. You could try watching the compilation movies instead of the 1979 and Zeta Gundam tv series, but I still have yet to see the movies for myself.

watched fighter g Gundam

Lavapasta zeta's opening is super catchy, that's the main reason I watched it in the first place.

As a big UC fan, im so triggered with this comparison...

Most leftist writers tend not to write about how Imperialism is cool and good.

Imagine that. Hope in the universal century such a novel idea. Then we get Hathaway a decade later and none of this resonated with anybody which I ain’t mad at cause that’s just how shit goes down in the U.C.

@@chriscueva1866 you must be fun at parties...

@@mekatora_ I don’t go to parties.

@@chriscueva1866 I haven't read the Hathaway novels, so keep that in mind. But until I either read the novels, or they finish the Hathaway Trilogy, I consider Unicorn to be my ending to the UC timeline. The Gundam timeline as a whole has a huge timeline consistency issue, especially the farther out you go. The first example of this is Char's character change between Zeta and CCA. Sure, we can fill in the blanks, but it would be so much better if he made an appearance in ZZ, that way we could understand what actually happened to him. Its a similar issue with Unicorn and Hathaway. Hathaway seems great, and I'm totally willing to believe that Unicorns' messages went no where, but I need a reason.

Wasn't he a cyber newtype who became a true newtype? Likewise, Riddhe wasn't shown to be any sort of newtype, but he definitely was by the end. Hopefully, someone can shed some light on this.

Jeffrey Williams well from what I understood the la plus system was created to indenting true new types and since banagher was shown to definitely be one and riddhe at the end of the series that must mean they where always ‘true new types’ the confusion is that the anime states that banagher underwent tests and training not unlike a cyber new type but doesn’t state that he was one

Yeah, that's what had me confused.

For Banagher, the way I understood it is that as a kid he was trained in a similar way to a cyber newtype to develop his potential as a Newtype. Meanwhile Riddhe awoke his potential as a newtype when he piloted the Banshee.

@@AzureZero in the Banshee with a cheat system, that "ploom" on the backpack is meant to allow an old type to pilot the MS.

No.

@@mechanomics2649 Do explain.

He is also wrong about the "pro" war comment, to be an Imperialist doesn't = Pro War, to be Right Wing also doesn't = Pro War. It's why that part of the video is a tad cringe worthy. It's based off bad assumptions. As I said in an older comment, you have to know the real world politics behind Gundam, and Japan itself to really catch what the story "original" story anyways is getting at. If you're oblivious to it will likely fly over your head. There are a series of videos by the Mad Monarchist about the Japanese Empire during the 2nd Sino Japanese War and WWII. They're good "For Dummies" videos to kind of get in the head of a modern Japanese Imperialist's view of history, and it really shows in Unicorn when you watch it. It has a huge Historical Revisionist Vibe in the Early Episodes at least. Which tickled my funny bones, as I knew a lot of people wouldn't even notice. Also Imperialist in Japan likely means something different than say in the USA or Europe, being even without foreign territory Japan was still an Empire. To be an Imperialist in Japan is to be a supporter of the Emperor, and is more along the lines of a Monarchist in Europe. Closest European example would likely be Germany, and the reinstallment of the Hohenzollern house as Kaiser, ie not the only German Royal Family but the one that "Lead" the German Empire, and unification of all the German... most of the German states, ie German Empire. It like Japan was an Empire with a Pseudo Emperor without really holding foreign land.

Kameraden Oh I see. Interesting.

Kameraden And yes, I do know that UC Gundam shows have made references to both World Wars, and I think a little bit of Cold War too.

+Kevin not just that the last Gundam 0083 for example reference the Satsuma Rebellion with ending basically being the Battle of Shiroyama. Despite most of the story feels more like a Reference to ODESSA which was an operation which smuggled Nazis and former Nazi wealthy into exile in foreign lands with the hope of rising again to reclaim their homeland, which never came. They helped finance Werewolves which was a code name from the time of the war and post war period, pretty much a pro Nazi Germany Resistance Fighter force while under allied occupation. Their operations quickly stopped within about a year with only very small scale attacks since. Reprisals by the allies often outweighed any gains so most werewolves disbanded.

Kameraden Oh interesting.

What he is meant is after that. The federation mobile suits are the one that is being reverse back into the unassembled state. The crystallization has happened because Banagher fused with the psycho frame. (Banagher enter into the psycho frame) Then he reverses Unicorn back from being in crystallization state. Ref: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Rwe4Y14OUuc.html

Zaku II Zaki even though 00 and iron blooded orphans aren't in the UC universe they are still good

I watched unicorn and for the most part found it boring. they were going for the whole "we need to understand one another" but i think Gundam 00 did it better. I love the Universal Century, Gundam 0083 is my top favorite gundam story. Wing is what got me into Gundam so i will alway shave a soft spot for it. when the shows went into the whole "Gunpla" aspect i lost interest, Gundam was always about war with some sort of subtext or atleast subtext i picked up on. 0083 was Nuclear weapons Wing was the use of drones in combat Seed was about Born vs Bred/ Bio engineering

Unicorn is part of UC though.

@@devildavin SEED was a lazy rehash of UC lol Unicorn was carrying on what came before in UC and did it every bit as well.

Ryder Heim I saw both versions. Well, the thing is that you can stick to the 7 episodes version as it flows more naturally. The 22 episodes version has more scenes and some of them are very dramatic, but it seems that something has been lost a bit and the opening, clothing and the previous recaps are sometime take about 7 mins out of a 24 mins episode. The choice is yours...😊

@Dark of the knight It's kinda shit... I loved the way it started but it got more predictable and in the end the struggle didn't even matter.

nah, not really, but I watched it for the opening and especially for that ep 18 re i am opening which is heavenly

@@avengedlol6698 We don't acknowledge narrative

Take out Coordinator as they are kinda lackluster compared to Newtypes and Inovators.

@@barrybend7189 actually coordinatoe can also be newtype...and innovator are exactly this, just better

@@95onimusha Coordinators are too vague compared to new types and Innovators.

@@95onimusha compare to new type and innovators, which evolve for better space environment awareness, coordinators are forced genetically enhanced beings. They are more artificial than new types and innovators which some of them evolve naturally.

@@chrysllerryu4171 but coordinator children will basically be a new humanity because they will inerit the modified genes. At the end of the game they are the same thing. A plot device

You know where I can find translations of the novels?

@@jihaadal-noori8908 the radio drama has subs on the channel Afranchi Char.