I'd like to give Gundam a try. Which series should I try first?

Old- Mobile Suit Gundam
New- 00

Somewhere in the middle- 0083

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>>15493743
The original series
War in the Pocket
Thunderbolt
8th MS Team
00
Are ok places to start imo anon

>>15493743
UC gundam timeline is
0079 -> Zeta -> ZZ -> Char's counterattack -> F91 -> Victory

Everything else is in it's own timeline, so pretty much anything. Thunderbolt is pretty decent, and you'll appreciate some references a lot more once you watch some UC gundam.

>>15493766
I'm having difficulty finding torrents of the '79 series in english after the first 43 episodes.

>>15493783
Because the '79 series is 43 eps long

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>>15493787
Yeah, but there are movies and other things.

>>15493791
Those are compilation movies
They generally fix some of the very rushed and bad animation and cut some filler, but they also cut or rush some story moments too

>>15493798
Oh, ok.

>>15493743
Cosmic Era

>>15493791
Gib AB invite pls hue hue hue

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>>15493743

>>15493743
Reverse production order. That way, when you reach the good series you can appreciate them more when you reach them later on. :^)

>>15493816
Or in other words: the new stuff is shit.
Gotcha.

>>15493754
You forgot the most important category of them all: Tomino

>>15493743
0079 first, then either 08th MS Team and 0080, or just move on to Zeta.

>>15493817
Ehh, shit is a bit hyperbole, but yeah. The original timeline still produces good shows even if they aren't as good as the earlier production ones, and the AUs would probably be above average to good if they didn't have the tendency to shit the bed really hard towards the end. The only AUs from this century that I would consider good are 00 and G-Reco, though obviously not every fan would agree with me on that. I haven't seen BF yet, but everyone says that its good and the sequel Try is trash, but you shouldn't worry too much about that since the BF series is mostly for long-time fans and people who build Gunpla. SEED is mediocre for the same reason TFA is mediocre, its a less well-done version of the original. And all of the other AUs this century are trash. They usually have interesting premises, but the show doesn't really know what to do with them and it ends up being a huge waste of time, especially with the latest one, IBO, coming to mind.

>>15493743
Macross

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>>15493852
Thank you. That was the sort of thing I think I needed.

>>15493861
No problem, just giving a rough outline of my perspective of the last 15 years of non-UC Gundam. Kinda unrelated, but who else here lightly disappointed there actually wasn't a SEED Gundam mobile suit?