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gremoria411 · 2 months

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How to get into Gundam

Because fuck it, I was gonna do one of these sooner or later anyway.

So you want to know what this Gundam thing’s about, maybe you like the mecha design, maybe you caught part of an episode one time and want to catch up, or maybe you saw a nice piece of Chamuro fanart and want to go to the source.

But there’s so many shows and timelines that it can be quite daunting on first look, so this guide is intended to give a rough overview.

I would however like to stress two four things beforehand however:

This guide is not intended as “The One True Way” or anything. There’s no harm it coming into it a different way, and these are only my own opinions.

There’s nothing stopping you from just watching one show and leaving it there. You don’t have to watch every single show going, even I’ve only seen most of these, not all. Gundam typically has variations on similar themes - it’s very nice watching multiple shows because they complement one another, but it’s not necessarily required.

I am very much an insider looking out here, so let me know if there’s any details I’ve missed.

I’m not gonna recommend these on a “if you like X, then watch Y basis”, mostly because I don’t personally find genre recommendations helpful, so I’d recommend picking based on promotional material (vibes, if you will).

I’ll be using this chart, supplied by the excellent@l-crimson-l, to illustrate everything.

Gundam as a whole can principally be divided into three sections: Universal Century (or UC), the Alternate Universes (AU’s) and the Build Series.

The AU’s are below the light blue line, near the bottom of the Chart, the Build Series is within the bright green line at the top-right corner of the chart and UC is the big line in the middle. We’ll talk about each of them individually.

The AU’s

The Alternate Universes were conceived as a way to get away from the continuity-heavy nature of Universal Century and provide an easy jumping-on point for new fans. The AU’s are standalone and require no prior knowledge, and are thus an excellent place to start. Honestly, I’d recommend quickly searching some promotional materials (like posters) and just going with the one you find most appealing based on that. They are (in production order):

Mobile Fighter G Gundam (1994)

New Mobile Report Gundam Wing (1995)

After War Gundam X (1996)

Turn A Gundam (1999)

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (2002)

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (2007)

Mobile Suit Gundam AGE (2011)

Gundam: Reconguista in G (2014)

Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans (2015)

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury (2022)

There’s side series and movies and other things besides, but these are the mainline shows, if you will. I have specific notes on a few of them:

Witch From Mercury - It’s of a shorter length than is usual for mainline shows, so consequently it’s a much smaller time investment than the others.

Mobile Fighter G Gundam - While undeniably rad as hell, I would recommend watching another AU first. G Gundam differs from its stablemates in a few key areas, and I find it helps to have a contrast to fully appreciate those differences.

Gundam AGE - is probably the only one I wouldn’t recommend. I didn’t like the art style and the technical explanations just got on my nerves, so I stopped watching.

Turn A and G-Reconguista are technically part of UC as well, but it’s not really crucial information so don’t feel like you have to watch UC first (I’m only including this detail for completionism).

I’ve found all the AU’s I’ve seen to be pretty good, so I’d say that which one you start with really just comes down to personal taste.

The Build Series

Is just kind of doing its own thing. The Build series is basically Buy Our Toys: the series. It’s got a far lighter tone, and I’ve had cause to compare it to pokemon prior. It’s also chock full of references and in-jokes to the other series.

Build Fighters and Build Fighters Try are the ones I’d recommend - they’ve got actual stakes and the fight scenes are really good.

Build Divers and Build Divers Re:rise I can’t recommend - I just find Build Divers aggressively boring. Build Divers Re:Rise is just okay - neither standout good or particularly bad. Its main flaw is that it’s a sequel to Build Divers.

The OVA’s are pretty much bad across the board - I’d particularly recommend avoiding Gundam Build Metaverse.

Universal Century

Universal Century is the big main timeline of Gundam, and is the timeline the original Mobile Suit Gundam from 1979 takes place in. There’s a tendency among certain fans to place UC as the one-above-all of Gundam, but I wouldn’t really go that far. It’s all pretty good, but I wouldnt really say one timeline is better than another (save personal preference, anyway).

Because UC is so big, it can be subdivided a couple times. The primary division is “Mainline” UC versus everything else. Basically there’s four-five shows in Universal Century from which everything else flows. As long as you know roughly what happens in these shows, then you can watch basically anything else in UC and have a good idea of what’s going on. These are (in order):

Mobile Suit Gundam (1979) - sometimes called Mobile Suit Gundam 0079.

Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (1985)

Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (1986)

Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack (1988)

With Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (2010) as a nominal fifth (honestly I feel like you could argue either way).

The rest of the shows are:

Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket (1989 Three-Episode OVA)

Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (1991 Movie)

Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (1991 Thirteen-episode OVA)

Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (1993)

Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team (1999 Twelve-episode OVA)

G-Saviour (2000 Live Action Movie) - nobody ever talks about or acknowledges this one, it’s just here for completionism.

Mobile Suit Gundam MS Igloo (2004-2009 Three OVA’s with three Episodes each)

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin (2015 Six-Episode OVA, adapted from the Manga of the same name)

Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt (2015 Eight-Episode Series, adapted from the Manga of the same name)

Mobile Suit Gundam: Twilight Axis (2017 episode, adapted from a light novel of the same name. Later rereleased as Gundam Twilight Axis Red Trace, with additional footage)

Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative (2018 sequel movie to Gundam Unicorn)

Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway (2021 ongoing movie series, very much adapted from the novel Hathaway’s Flash)

Most of the other series relate to events in the aforementioned “mainline” shows in some way, but a lot of the sidestories set during the One Year War require very little introduction (Thunderbolt, 0080 and 08th MS Team). Similarly, works set in “Late UC” (F91 and Victory Gundam) carry on from the other series thematically but don’t have any plot connections, so they can all be watched without any background knowledge of the rest of the Universal Century.

Compilation Movies

Just a quick note here - many of the Gundam series have compilation movies, where either a whole series or part of one are compressed down into a movie. While each movie compares differently, they usually boil down to this: Compilation Movies usually have worse pacing, but really nice animation.

One of the great things about Gundam is that different shows offer variations on themes, so seeing how different characters react to similar situations, or how different settings change their approaches can make it incredibly rewarding.

I haven’t seen enough of SD Gundam to make any sort of recommendations there, and Manga is something I might touch on another day.

EDIT: Oh hey also: You can watch a good chunk of these on YouTube, for free, officially. The Official Gundam.Info YouTube channel rotates the series shown on its channel periodically. I think it’s got F91 and SEED on there currently? But it’s had Wing, 00 and Witch From Mercury before. Also all of the Build Fighters series are there.

So yeah, that’s a thing.

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bagea · 7 months

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Zudah doodle

tags from on last post, by @miltonlibassistantn1fan

also, the zudah happens to be one of the mobile suits with the most banging theme to it

#gundam #art #digtal art #bages art tag #zudah #gundam igloo #“draw the barbatos” sorry your not getting that #i fucking HAAAATE the barbatos #i didnt really try much it was just a little doodle of an ms #also on the background theres one of the zudahs reactors exploding and the shine of an ms flying through space #both references to ms igloo

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rayoftruth · 2 years

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MY GUNDAM VIDEO FREE FROM COPYRIGHT PURGATORY! Since G-Witch was announced, I saw debates if Suletta was the first female Gundam protagonist. I did lots of researched and made a video on my findings on Gundam anime and Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury.

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chekhovs-atf-agent · 11 months

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It appears my Zudah sets have gone missing in the mail :(

#gunpla #gundam #ems-10 zudah #gundam igloo

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die-nasty-warriors · 11 months

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when u ask a man what kind of underwear he wears

#ms igloo #gundam #gundam igloo #apocalypse 0079

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yeeticusdeleticus · 1 year

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EMS-10G-4 Ground Zudah Test Type (unit 4)

A Zimmad attempt at reviving the Zudah project near the end of the OYW, based on the data gathered from the brief deployment of the Zudah F. While it kept the large thruster on the back, it was now mostly used in short bursts to counteract the newly attached anti-air cannon. It now had Zaku style pipes in the legs where two of the thrusters once were, an extension of the improved coolant system.

#gundam #bandai #bandai hobby #model kit #gunpla #mecha #mobile suit gundam #mech #mecha anime #principality of zeon #custom kit #zudah #gundam igloo #does this count as an OC?

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doggirlcrown · 8 months

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test

#gundam #gundam igloo #zudah

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gundamfight · 1 year

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temmye-temmye · 9 months

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HGUC MS-14 GELGOOG for Herbert Von Kuspen

#gundam #gunpla #mecha #anime #plamo #zeon #ms igloo

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kazsartcorner · 1 year

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EMS-10 ZUDAH

I managed to get my hands on a HG Zudah kit, a delight to build with complex and robust arms and legs, I did decide to omit the front bar on the face because I prefer the more open look.

#mobile suit gundam #mecha #mobile suit #gundam #hg 144 #gunpla #zudah #zeon #principality of zeon #gundam one year war #MS Igloo

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dangus-doo · 1 year

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I draw a pen doodle every day until I forget

Day 289: GM Camouf (MS Igloo 603)

I was telling my friends about GMs today, and we got to talking about the GMs that Zeon used. The GM camouf is my favorite! A Zeon machine (that reminds me a little too much of the Zudah) that is designed to look like a Federation GM. It worked so well that it got blown up by Zaku’s upon returning from it’s mission. And it got to keep it’s sick monoeye! Good GM, this one!

#pen and paper #drawing every day #drawing exercise #penandink #mobile suit gundam #ballpen #ballpenart #ballpoint doodle #ballpointpen #universal century #zeon #principality of zeon #Zeon mobile suit #gundam gm #rgm 79 gm #GM camouf #Ms igloo #gundam #gundam fanart

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canuckianhawkbi · 3 months

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Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin – chapter 83

The Solomon Offensive was already in full swing.

#I’ll never get tired of seeing GMs carried into battle this way #ms igloo was so right to do it that way #gundam the origin #gundam origin #rgm-79 #mobile suit gundam

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youreaclownnow · 11 months

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just a quick doodle of one of my fave zeon creations, BIG RANG

#gundam #mobile suit gundam #ms igloo #big rang #mobile suit #zeon #my art

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kerbrobro · 1 year

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#hot dog patrol #ms igloo #gundam

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holmslice69art · 11 months

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#my art #holm's art #gundam #mobile suit gundam #ms igloo #zeon #demeziere sonnen #hildolfr #gundam ms igloo

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laurarolla · 1 year

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Sure, why not. Some of my general thoughts on some Gundam works I like (part 1 of Ɐ basically)

Something I often find annoying in some modern Gundam stories is the concerted effort to either absolve one side or another of their various atrocities, or to pile on with war crime after war crime to make it clear either who the real bad guys are, or to balance the scales for the audience. Anyone with some pretty basic media literacy can figure out that the Federation and Zeon are both pretty awful, but perhaps the idea that even the elderly man who wanted his society to be better choosing to exploit children as weapons didn’t make it clear how deep the rot really was. You don’t need to add really overt uses of child soldiers in Thunderbolt to accentuate how garbage the Federation is, especially not if it comes at the cost of trying to humanize the ruthless sociopath that is Io Fleming.

Anyway, this post is about something of an exception to my general attitude in the case of MS Igloo, a 6 episode OVA using poorly aged CGI that was made specifically for IMAX screens. As a small note, the 3 episode sequel will not be showing up in future posts about things I like.

MS Igloo tells the story of the 603rd Technical Division through the eyes of Oliver May, an engineer who believes his work holds the key to Zeon’s victory of the oppressive Federation forces. The story, framed entirely from Oliver’s perspective and attitudes, shows Zeon struggling to find something that could have the chance of turning the tide. The first episode features the 603rd getting an already abandoned weapon dumped on them, and that will end up being the case for the entire first half of the series. From the big useless space gun to the horrifically flawed Zudah mobile suit, the team is used by their superiors for propaganda at best and as a dumping ground for wasted resources at worst, leading up to the eventual introduction of Zeon’s ultimate desperation weapon: the Oggo, an armed space construction machine intended to be piloted by children. In spite of seeing his superiors send him doomed projects and war crimes for him to legitimize through his “research,” Oliver ends the series still completely enthralled by the illusion of Zeon that he was fed from before the day he even joined the military. This results in MS Igloo having a vibe not unlike “Triumph of the Will,” where while watching it, you can feel the mechanisms that would convince those of the era to support the atrocities of the Third Reich while the knowledge of history creates a sickening twist inside you. We watch someone so completely indoctrinated that even his superiors telling him TO HIS FACE that the Zabi Regime is full of shit does nothing to change his attitude. The exploitation of children and the death of his comrade’s younger brother under his command do nothing to make him step back. When it’s all said and done, Oliver is too far gone. MS Igloo is a tragedy wrapped in the coat of a triumph.

The most unfortunate thing about MS Igloo to me, however, is that I can’t tell if that was on purpose. MS Igloo has an aesthetic that feels reminiscent of 0083, a series that felt at times a bit too... reverential of its WWII inspirations. Most of the 603rd’s projects have Germanic names, and the outfits go pretty Hugo Boss if you catch my meaning. This makes sense due to them having the same director, Takashi Imanishi. I’m left conflicted on the works he’s created in the Universal Century due to the aesthetic choices that keep showing up, but I am drawn to a few of the projects he has worked on over the years. I am therefore left wondering if my internal conflicted feelings are perhaps the point after all.

#gundam #ms igloo #gundam 0083 #takashi imanishi #some thoughts

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