I want to watch a Gundam series. I've never watched Gundam

0079 just because it's the foundation of the "main" gundam universe and everything else in the franchise takes something from it.

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>>14528283
I just got into Gundam a few months ago, and I started with 0079. I watched the movies though. After 0079 you can pretty much go anywhere in the franchise like >>14528290 said.

Be sure to watch Turn-A too, its pretty comfy.

>>14528283
0079 then Zeta. You can do whatever you want after that.

Also, jesus i never noticed how the victory's legs make it's head look small.

You could read The Origin. 0079 can be very off putting due to just being old and having some so so animation. You could also technically watch the compilation movies too, but a lot of people don't like how much character development it cuts out for time. But definitely start with 0079, you have 3 ways to digest it.

>>14528370
Origin fucks with the characters too much.

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Or you can create your own continuity if you so wish.

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>>14528390
>Glemmy being a saturday morning cartoon villain
>Haman as part of the crew

It's a shit timeline.

>>14528283
Start with SEED Destiny.

Then be happy because of the fact that it only goes up from here.

>>14528283
It would be best to start with the 0079 movies and then Zeta, but i dont think you would have the patience to do it. Start with whatever new Gundam that your eyes like more, really. Most Gundam series are friendly to people who are new to it and have its own characters and story.
If i had to suggest one i would say Gundam Build Fighters, yeah its not as fun if you dont know all the things they show you how there is so many unique mobile suits designs and why the series is fun. Its also a good shounen show even if you remove all the gundam references

>>14528506
>Yeah its not as fun if you dont know all the things they show you beforehand but it gives you an idea about how there is so many unique
dont know what happened with my typing there

Watch 0079 zeta ZZ CCA and unicorn
from there just pick what u want senpai

>>14528283
If you want something quick to hold your interest, I like to recommend 08th MS Team. It's a shorter series that takes place during the events of the 1979 series.

This is a great place to start, provided that you then watch the original(movie trilogy or series.) 08th will not spoil anything and basically amounts to a side story, however the animation is much less jarring than the original and it is considerably shorter(12 episodes) as compared to 43

War in the pocket as well

>>14528283

Just want to watch a single Gundam series? Gundam 0080. It's the best single series you can watch with no prior knowledge and is also the shortest. Its the first thing I recommend to people that just want a taste of Gundam

If you want to get in deep and want a good starting point then you can't go wrong with 0079. Either the movies or the TV series. Both are fine, but the TV series goes a lot more in depth. Once you've finished that you can go by production order to knock out Universal Century.

Regardless, don't watch Zeta first. Once of the coolest parts of that show is that you see how the characters from 0079 grew up and where they are now. That'll just be lost to you and ultimately ruined if you watch Zeta before 0079. Plus you won't know what the fuck is going on lol. If you really want to watch specifically Zeta that bad, then at least watch the 0079 movies first. You can knock them out in a night or two and get started on Zeta.

>>14528390
>Haman making advances on Kamille now that he's lucid
I can see it

>>14528729
who in their right mind would watch zeta first
i can picking unicorn because its new but zeta?

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>>14528729
I tend to disagree with recommending 0080 for beginners. Sure it's a great series that takes place during the OYW, but none of the conflict is very meaningful without context. It might be enjoyable on its own, but it is WAY more enjoyable after having seen 0079

>>14528742
I've seen it happen. People are told Zeta is the best entry and just start on it.

>>14528383
Is Origin just a re-telling of 0079 or something? I just started watching the series and was going to watch Origin afterward, because I was under the impression from the name that it would be about the rise of Zeon and the details of the One Week Battle that took place before 0079 started.

>>14528778
Half of origin is AUC
other half is fucking the canon in the ass

>>14528761
I agree. Its just is such a short and tightly written series that it tends to perk an interest in Gundam for most people that wouldn't otherwise watch an anime from 1979.

>>14528675
I'd also recommend 08th MS Team to someone new to the franchise, since its realistic tone and short run makes it easy to digest, but it's best to at least have SOME idea about the lore of UC Gundam before going in, since it doesn't really spend a lot of time establishing the greater conflict. Also, Shiro's back story will be completely lost on someone who doesn't know about the One Week Battle.

>>14528778
It's a prequel to 0079

>>14528778
>>14528804
Origins, at least the animated stuff, is all pre-OYW material. It, however, is alternative UC that ret-cons material and fucks the canon a bit. All the ages are shifted, the Zaku I isn't the first real MS (the Waff is), and some character backgrounds are altered. That being said, holy shit does it characterize Char really well.

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>>14528804
>>14528792
Ah, okay. Guess I'll still give it a shot, but I'll adjust my expectations.

>>14528825
I still think 08th MS Team is a better starting point. But I don't think you can go wrong

>>14528825
I wouldn't start with Origins. It's not bad as a followup to 0079 (ie. before Zeta and CCA) but they expect you to know a lot of the actors. They don't get zero exposition, just minimal. Lots of cameo-style appearances.

>>14528877
That IS what I said I was planning. I'm on episode 12 of 0079 right now, just waiting for them to get out of the "Who's attacking White Base this week while Amuro whines about how tired he is?" rut.

I've been re-watching shows I saw years ago on Toonami like Wing and 08th MS Team, but I never finished 0079, and from here on I'm in virgin territory. I was thinking of doing Origins and Zeta next. Not sure if I should skip ZZ and go straight to 0080 and Stardust Memory after that. Is there anything else in that time-frame I should watch before rounding it all out with Turn A?

>>14528929
ZZ deserves a watch,even if the first half is bad

>all this talk of 0079 movies instead of TV
>all this talk of outright skipping series
What an awful mindset.

>Trying to skip around to get to the "good" stuff
Why the hell would you want to watch multiple Gundam series if you want to do this? Just watch everything in production order.

>>14528952
>watching g gundam

>>14528971

It's a great idea.

>>14528929
I'm a fan of in-series continuity order, even if most people here aren't.

Two years ago I did a semi-marathon where I did 0079>0080>Igloo>08th MS Team> 0083> Zeta> ZZ> CCA > Unicorn. It was an interesting ride. Now, thing is, I'd seen all of those shows before, so it wouldn't be the same for you.

>>14529013
how is that in series continuity? the majority of 08th MS team takes place before 0080, and parts of igloo predate MSG

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>>14528283
Ideally in production order, but honestly just watch whatever looks the most interesting to you.

>>14529032
Thanks for the infographic. For me personally, it looks like I'll be watching about everything up until Turn A. I think I'll probably burn out after that, and there isn't much afterward that really interests me, especially not fucking SEED. Might give Unicorn a shot, but we'll see.

I haven't heard a lot of good things about Victory. Would anyone mind giving a few details? Considering it's the longest one on there, I'm a bit apprehensive.

>>14528971
>not watching G Gundam

>>14529062
It is surprisingly grim but your taste will determine how much you actually enjoy it. Some people like it, some people don't, I'm in the former category.

>>14529071
I'll give it the old six-episode shot, then.

>>14529062
Watch victory before turn A so you can feel tomino going from bitter heavy depression to happiness and love.

I think the best way to experience SEED and its follow-ups is to skip it, and then play a Gundam video game or something and wonder how they managed to come up with all these awesome-looking mech designs specifically for the game.

>>14529062
First SEED isn't that bad to be honest, besides being a poor man's 0079 in the first half. Most of the hate comes retroactively from Destiny and how royally it screwed everything up.

As for Victory, I haven't finished it yet but so far the characters seem likeable and the fights are well animated (maybe the lack of shading helps).

>>14528283
>Should I just watch 0079
Yeah.
>and Zeta?
If you're planning to follow it up directly with ZZ, sure. Zeta is only half a show.

>>14529030
The OYW stuff is slightly out of order, but I had my reasons. 0080 is the most natural extension of MS:G, meanwhile 08th is focused on the ground war and Igloo is all over the place. All I want to do was address each period in UC in relative order, not literal show to show. I may also have done Igloo before 08th, I'm not entirely sure anymore.

>>14529076
Victory's first episodes air out of order... the toy-bosses demanded the suit show up in episode one so they're not chronological.

Enjoying Victory, not unlike enjoying Turn-A or G-Reco, is mostly about enjoying Tomino or not.

>>14529142
you can enjoy turn a while not enjoying greco

>>14528729
>Its the first thing I recommend to people that just want a taste of Gundam

0080 is my favorite in the franchise but that's a really awful recommendation for something representative of the franchise.

>>14529151
True, but Tomino's works are.... Tomino. If one can't handle Tominoisms, you'll never be able to make it through anything post-Zeta.

>>14529076
I feel like six episodes isn't quite enough, but I will just say that there's motorcycles.

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>>14529071
>It is surprisingly grim

That would be the case if the high body count wasn't the only thing people ever bring up when talking about Victory. The surprising thing is how fucking funny it can get at times in between all the death and despair.

>>14529218
Yeah that too, the actual jokes and absurdity, be they intended or not, are top notch.

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>>14529218
>not posting the image w/ subs

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>>14529262
I'll continue w/ a few others

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>>14529266
Full version

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>>14529284
I feel that .gif kills the actual humor and absurdity of the scene.

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>>14529284
And last image for now. Based Tomino loves to display his sensitivity towards the unfortunate.

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>>14529287
You know what, one more. But yeah, I agree, you have to experience it in the moment. It's funny out of context, but it's absolute gold in context.

>>14529288
i almost had a stroke on that scene

>>14529284
that scene was pretty nice

>>14528729
>Regardless, don't watch Zeta first. Once of the coolest parts of that show is that you see how the characters from 0079 grew up and where they are now

Not for me, I hated Amuro and I couldn't care less about Hayato.

That is to say if Amuro actually "grew" at all, he has the same problems he had at the beginning of 0079

>>14528283
Watch the first two movies of 0079, and then from episode 28 of the TV series to the end (there's a bit of overlap). Zeta TV was soap opera shit, watch the movies.

Just started 0079 and I cannot believe how many things there are, even in the 1st episode that 00 makes nods to. I actually don't mind the animation either

>>14531935
Most of the AU shows have that, seed being the worst offender

>>14528390
go away, B_K

>>14528390
To be fair, had the events of ZZ not transpired, I doubt Glemy would have the political prestige and the power exertion that he was given access to during the second half of ZZ. Also logically the Argama would have no reason to take Judau and his friends on as crew members if Kamille was still mentally stable.

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>>14529032
>mfw I realize the last time we saw Late UC stuff was in 2000 with G-Saviour

>>14528283
00 is a good starting point.

>>14534161
build fighters animated some late UC suits

Where could i watch zeta gundam for free preferred with subs

>>14534161
G-Reco is late UC

>>14534671
torrent nigga

>>14534687
UC is not a timeline. It is a dating system. UC ends before G-Reco starts. After UC in the RC, not late UC

>>14534687
mate g reco is regalia something, then CC happens

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>>14534161
Late UC seems like the most interesting era to me but they rarely ever do anything with it.

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>>14534687
I meant UC as in Universal Century. Sure, it's fun to have something that treats everything from UC as legend or even as mythos (the recreation of the OYW in Gundam X is particularly good), but Late UC had something fresh while retaining the original spirit of the Early UC stuff. It feels less manichaean, more nuanced, and more realistic than having a bunch of teenage space wizards fighting in a neverending spacenoid/earthnoid war, while still having the realism of the UC mobile suits and world.

>>14534829
I agree. Even G-Saviour was interesting. Not well made, that's for sure, but the plot was solid.

>pic related, you motherfucking liar

>>14534705
Not according to the writer/director of Turn A and G-Reco, no.
G-Reco is 500 years after Turn A by word of Tomino himself.

And basically by the time Turn A happens (around 10,000 UC) they just refer to everything that happened before the Moonlight Butterfly event (8000UC) as "The Universal Century" even though there were long periods in there where people at that time used different calendars like RC, AW, FC, CE, etc. Kind of like how we only talk about BC and AD when AD wasn't even a thing until 500 AD. Everyone in 400AD used the Diocletian Era calendar but its simpler for us to ignore that (and all the other calendars in the last two millenia) in favor of the calendar that's the current standard.

>>14528283
Flip a con

>>14528283
Start with what you want. You can watch any AU or 0079. I'd recommend to steer clear of SEED.