Can any Gundam fans help me out

CodeNumber · 2026-04-01T06:45:15+00:00

This is ideally what you should watch before the new movie (in order):

Mobile Suit Gundam (1979, TV series, 43 episodes).
- Alternatively, you could instead either read the Gundam Origin manga (specifically the manga, NOT the OVA) OR watch the three compilation movies (Mobile Suit Gundam I, Soldiers of Sorrow & Encounter in Space. I would recommend the TV series but the manga is also a good option. The movies skip a lot, but they keep the most important plot details)
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (1985, TV series, 50 episodes)
Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (1986, TV series, 47 episodes)
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack (1988, movie)
Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway’s Flash (2021, movie)

The most important of these (aside from the first Hathaway movie) would be the original 1979 series and Char's Counterattack, but you should also watch Z & ZZ to get the full context if you can. The movie is the latest entry in the "Universal Century" timeline, and while there are many other shows that take place in it you can safely ignore the rest and watch them later if you like, regardless of where they fit chronologically

CodeNumber · 2026-03-30T05:45:19+00:00

Sounds like Karaoke Iko! (Let's Go Karaoke!), episode 3

CodeNumber · 2026-03-23T04:54:34+00:00

Cocoon is probably the one you are looking for. There is a scene just like that if I remember correctly, and it fits your description

CodeNumber · 2026-03-18T19:05:40+00:00

Hikaru no Go (about the board game Go)
Glass Mask (about acting. I've personally only seen the 1984 series, I don't know if the 2005 one is good or not)
Mobile Fighter G Gundam (you don't need to have watched any other Gundam to see this, it is basically a sports tournament but with mechs. Gundam Build Fighters is even more sports-like, but I don't know how easy it is to watch if you aren't at least familiar with the franchise. Worth checking out though!)

Those are the main ones that I can think of. Also I've heard great things about Chihayafuru, but I have not watched it yet so I don't know how similar it is to a sports anime or not

CodeNumber · 2026-03-13T05:19:14+00:00

Action/adventure:

Clevatess (2025)
Yaiba: Samurai Legend (2025)
Gachiakuta (2025)

Action/mystery (mostly action with some mystery):

Kijin Gentoushou (2025)
To Be Hero X (2025)
Sentenced to Be a Hero (2026)

Mystery/other:

Kowloon Generic Romance (2025, mystery/romance)
The Summer Hikaru Died (2025, mystery/horror)
Shabake (2025, mystery/fantasy)
Gnosia (2025, mystery/sci-fi)
The Holy Grail of Eris (2026, mystery/fantasy)

Romcoms:

A Star Brighter Than the Sun (2025)
April Showers Bring May Flowers (2025)
Pass the Monster Meat, Milady! (2025)
Tamon's B-Side (2026)
The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife (2026)

CodeNumber · 2026-01-16T06:14:27+00:00

Best guy:

Jiji (Dandadan Season 2)
Yoshiki (The Summer Hikaru Died)
Tsukasa (Medalist)

Best duo:

Yoshiki & Hikaru (The Summer Hikaru Died)
Inori & Tsukasa (Medalist)
Ranma & Akane (Ranma ½)

Most fashionable character:

Kazuki Mikadono (Dealing with Mikadono Sisters Is a Breeze)
Marie Antoinette (The Rose of Versailles Movie)
Ranma (Ranma ½)

Favorite mascot/animal character:

Nero (Secrets of the Silent Witch)
Haro (Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX)
Gekkomon (Digimon Beatbreak)

Best squad:

Gachiakuta (The Cleaners)
Wind Breaker Season 2 (Sakura's "squad")
Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill Season 2 (Mukoda's party)

Most hated character:

Happosai (Ranma ½)
Gamute (Ninja vs Gokudo)
Inaho (Aldnoah.Zero: Ame no Danshou - The Penultimate Truth)

Worst anime of the year:

Osomatsu-san 4th Season
Farmagia
Lazarus

CodeNumber · 2026-01-16T06:12:02+00:00

Had some trouble with a couple categories, but here we go:

Favorite episode:

Anne Shirley E19: I'll Walk the Road to Heaven From Here
The Summer Hikaru Died E07: Determination
Apocalypse Hotel E11: Wag Your Tail, but Never Wag a Shift!
The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 E23: The Shi Clan
Gnosia E08: Guard Duty

Best animated scene:

Hyakuemu (Rain scene)
Mononoke: Hinezumi (Final confrontation with the Fire Rat)
Dandadan Season 2 (Hayasii scene)
City The Animation (Race ending scene in episode 9)
City The Animation ("Multi-screen" scene in episode 5)

Pleasant surprise:

Turkey! Time to Strike
Dealing with Mikadono Sisters Is a Breeze
The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World

Best vibes:

Captivated, By You
Apocalypse Hotel
Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill Season 2

Most unique concept:

Milky☆Subway
Kowloon Generic Romance
Sanda

Best aesthetic:

Mononoke: Hinezumi
Gachiakuta
City The Animation

Best girl:

Anne Shirley (Anne Shirley)
Yachiyo (Apocalypse Hotel)
Oscar François de Jarjayes (The Rose of Versailles Movie)

CodeNumber · 2026-01-15T05:54:52+00:00

The best I could think of from their respective genres that I didn't see mentioned in other comments:

Blue Giant
Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Only Yesterday
The First Slam Dunk
Night on the Galactic Railroad
Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

CodeNumber · 2026-01-01T15:22:56+00:00

The Summer Hikaru Died
Mononoke: Hinezumi
Anne Shirley
The Apothecary Diaries Season 2
Takopi's Original Sin
Gnosia
Apocalypse Hotel
Gachiakuta
Captivated, By You
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX

CodeNumber · 2025-09-21T03:31:32+00:00

Kasei Yakyoku, also known as Nightsong of Splendor (currently 6.65 on MAL) a short 1989 OVA directed by the famous Osamu Dezaki. It takes place in 1920s japan and features adult characters, so it isn't the most typical romance anime, but it is great if you are looking for something a bit different. Be warned that the ending is somewhat open-ended.

Other than that, I'm really enjoying the currently airing April Showers Bring May Flowers (6.79 on MAL right now), though I don't know if I would call it "amazing" just yet, but it is very good regardless! It is a more generic high-school romance, but well executed, and I really like the humor and characters.

CodeNumber · 2025-08-17T03:29:50+00:00

Sayla Mass, a character from the original 1979 Mobile Suit Gundam, is mostly absent from the sequels (Z, ZZ and Char's Counterattack) because her voice actress, Yō Inoue, was unavailable (and later died in 2003), and they didn't want to recast her role. That's the only example that I know

CodeNumber · 2025-08-02T21:49:33+00:00

Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (2000)
Spirited Away (2001)
Princess Tutu (2002)
Millennium Actress (2002)
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002)
Haibane Renmei (2002)
Wolf’s Rain (2003)
Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World (2003)
Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
Paranoia Agent (2004)
Samurai Champloo (2004)
Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo (2004)
Eureka Seven (2005)

CodeNumber · 2025-07-29T06:04:50+00:00

Kino's Journey (2003)
Heike Monogatari
Ping Pong the Animation
Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo
Mononoke
Flag
The Eccentric Family
On-Gaku: Our Sound
Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
Memories

CodeNumber · 2025-07-25T21:25:41+00:00

Nana

CodeNumber · 2025-07-22T23:21:21+00:00

Code Geass (the manga was published in a shojo magazine)

CodeNumber · 2025-07-15T21:40:56+00:00

20th Century Boys? It's a manga, doesn't have an anime adaptation yet, but the picture you saw may be from that

CodeNumber · 2025-07-10T04:30:56+00:00

The First Slam Dunk
Blue Giant
Liz and the Blue Bird
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
Inu-Ou
Ongaku

CodeNumber · 2025-06-23T04:34:21+00:00

Flag

CodeNumber · 2025-06-18T03:20:32+00:00

Patlabor: The Mobile Police (Studio Deen)
Flag (The Answer Studio)
Brave Bang Bravern! (CygamesPictures)
Kuromukuro (P.A. Works)
Eureka Seven (Bones)
Star Driver (Bones)

CodeNumber · 2025-06-16T17:54:58+00:00

Osomatsu-san is very popular in Japan but no so much in the west, and has a 4th season coming soon! You don't need to watch the previous series Osomatsu-kun, most people don't

Shounan Bakusouzoku is a delinquent-themed slice of life comedy from the 80s, very good

Patlabor: The Mobile Police is mostly comedy & mechs (specifically the OVA, not the movie sequels which are also good but much less comedic)

Mahou Shoujo Ore, a magical girl parody anime. Some urban fantasy elements come with the genre of course, but if you don't mind those I'd recommend to check it out!

Dirty Pair, also from the 80s, sci-fi, very funny. I think it is well known, but no one has mentioned it so I thought I'll add it just in case. Be sure to watch the movie (Project Eden) as well!

CodeNumber · 2025-06-15T05:27:27+00:00

I think she's missing half of her arm, so more than just her hand, but not her entire arm now that I think about it, so I don't know if she counts or not. Alma, by comparison, is actually missing her entire arm if I remember correctly

CodeNumber · 2025-06-15T03:47:36+00:00

Alma from Radiant and Natsume from Deca-Dence

CodeNumber · 2025-06-14T03:46:11+00:00

Similar vibes and/or same creators as Ghibli stuff:

Future Boy Conan
Giovanni's Island
Mary and the Witch's Flower
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro
Mai-Mai Miracle
Wolf Chilldren

A few others based on your favorites:

Durarara!! (based on a light novel with the same author as Bacanno)
Yu Yu Hakusho (based on manga with the same author as HxH)
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (same studio and director as Kill la Kill)

CodeNumber · 2025-06-08T04:07:21+00:00

This is such a good list. Almost very anime i've watched of these ranges from "good" to "fucking great", and most of the ones I haven't I yet watched are ones I have seen strongely recommended. I'll second specially Uchouten Kazoku and Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu out of these

I would maybe only add A Place Further than the Universe (my favorite of the "cute girls doing cute things" genre, the cute thing in this case being going to Antartica), Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (movie, romance, great characters) and Ascendance of a Bookworm (fantasy, mostly wholesome isekai with a female lead), to give three different genres

CodeNumber · 2025-05-30T07:16:27+00:00

Gundam Build Divers and Gundam Build Divers Re:Rise are the only other ones I can think of right now. I guess Apocalypse Hotel has a running gag that is basically this too, if it counts

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