I started with the Mobile Suit Gundam Movie Trilogy which I enjoyed a lot.

And I was told to watch these series in order next

  • Zeta Gundam
  • Double Zeta Gundam
  • Char’s Counter Attack
  • Hathaway’s Flash Part 1
  • Varyag@beehaw.orgEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Yeah you’ve already got a good order. Those are basically all of the main UC Timeline Gundam works, in order of release, and they do get continuity of characters and themes.
    There are also side-stories that you can watch at any point now that you already know of the One Year War, such as 08th MS Team, 0080:War In The Pocket and 0083 Stardust Memories. In general, I’d go to the Gundam wiki and just follow their listing there.

    Also a lot of people recommend watching Unicorn Gundam after Char’s Counterattack, but it isn’t necessary for Hathaway’s Flash.

    • NightOwlOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Thank you for the wiki reference, and I’ll watch Unicorn Gundam ahead of Hathaway’ Flash as I make why way through the releases.

  • shrewdtype@possumpat.ioEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Looks like a good start! Honestly, my biggest suggestion for people getting into Gundam is just to watch whatever UC content seems interesting to you and let curiosity take you from there.

    I think my only “hot take” might be that in my opinion, people should watch a good chunk of UC before moving to AU content. My reasoning is that you’ll get a lot more out of AU content when it’s viewed through the metatextual context of UC.

    • Fylkir@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Especially when X and Turn A are basically big meta-commentaries.

      I’d say the only AU to really rely on anything after Char’s Counterattack is Gundam AGE, and the best thing I can say about that series is that it tried to introduce some stuff that resembles Hathaway and Crossbone.

  • Mewtwo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    The best order is: MSG three part movie (instead of the episodes), Zeta, ZZ, Chars counter attack

    Then you can watch anything. I watched unicorn then Hathaway, then Narrative. For the UC timeline, a lot of people advise the timeline which is linked below. I currently finished 00 (amazing) and caught up with WFM and plan on jumping back into UC and go through the below order.

    https://www.mahq.net/gundammain/

  • khalic@beehaw.orgEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I really enjoyed 8th MS Team, the animation is just masterful (disclaimer: I’m a sucker for old school, high quality animation)

  • Fylkir@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Might as well throw in Stardust Memory. It’s of mixed quality but does a lot to bridge Gundam and Zeta.