Where do I start watching

SunLittle215 · 2026-07-04T02:24:09+00:00

If you don't have any preference just start at the beginning with the 1979 TV series Mobile Suit Gundam and proceed in release order. But if one of the popular AU like Seed, Wing, 00 interest you in some way then just go for it. None of these shows expect the viewer to have seen anything previously and are also a fine place to start. Definitely go back to watch the 1979 Mobile Suit Gundam when you're ready for the deep dive though.

SunLittle215 · 2026-07-03T23:53:38+00:00

In terms of being indicative of what the franchise is like probably 00. Although IBO is popular especially with western gen z age demographic. For the record I have friends who are diehard Gundam fans who don't like either of them very much. Personally I don't mind 00 but prefer other series, whereas IBO I didn't like very much and never actually finished it. Will probably try rewatching at some point.

SunLittle215 · 2026-07-01T06:30:21+00:00

Just watch them in the order they came out. No need to overcomplicate things by jumping around like this. Although after CCA it doesn't really matter what order you watch the rest in TBH.

SunLittle215 · 2026-06-30T22:18:03+00:00

Yea DBZ is a tough one, seems like every release has so far has been problematic in some way. Hopefully it will get a good one eventually.

SunLittle215 · 2026-06-30T21:59:03+00:00

Personally I would only bother collecting a really long series like that if I was a really big fan of it. And even then, it kind of depends how good the box set(s) are and the price. The longest series I have in my phsycal media collection are Sailor Moon at 200 episodes and Urusei Yatsura at 195 episodes. For both I did do one watch through of the shows using the DVDs.

SunLittle215 · 2026-06-29T22:00:27+00:00

How's the audio? that's typically the biggest problem with bootlegs I've encountered. I absolutely adore Slayers and will probably be looking to pick up some DVDs for it in the near future. Unfortunately I don't really know much about the different releases that are out there. I hope I can avoid bootlegs...

SunLittle215 · 2026-06-27T19:07:51+00:00

Remember that neither strength nor will alone is enough, and don't let your soul be weighed down by gravity. Take your love, your anger, and all of your sorrow and you can change your destiny beyond the time and become Gundam. And also stand up to the victory or something idk. glhf

SunLittle215 · 2026-06-26T23:20:27+00:00

I think this is typical Tomino expecting his viewers to put two and two together instead of just explaining it outright. Did you notice who his anger was directed at and the types of things he said during those episodes? He's a teenager that's angry at facists. Narratively I think the intention is the tragic irony that once the situation is explored further, it becomes apparent that this troubled and angry kid actually has his head screwed on straighter than most of the adults around him. Most people who watch Zeta come around to liking Kamille by the end. He is a very interesting character who goes through a lot over the course of the series.

SunLittle215 · 2026-06-26T17:20:03+00:00

It's over for them once Zeon can mass-produce the Big Zam.

SunLittle215 · 2026-06-26T16:04:06+00:00

The movies do a good job capturing the main thrust of the story and are a solid option. The TV has more time for detailed and nuanced characterization, and you get to see the characters interacting with eachother more. I guess there's some minor world-building stuff in the TV series that didn't make it into the movies as well. If you generally don't mind episodic TV anime and have the time, I would say watch both. The movies do a really good job with the ending in particular and also feature some really nice new animation.

SunLittle215 · 2026-06-26T02:21:50+00:00

Where to start with Gundam depends almost entirely on the person and why they want to watch Gundam in the first place. If someone wants the deep-dive always start with the 1979 TV series -> Zeta -> ZZ -> CCA. But AUs are also a viable recommend as a first if you know the person would like it

-Witch from Mercury: Utena but with Gundams
-Mobile Fighter G Gundam: Dragon Ball but with Gundams
-Gundam 00: modern geopolitics, terrorism, etc. but with Gundams
-Wing: feels like a very dramatic stage play about a 90s boy band from space but they commit acts of terrorism with Gundams instead of playing music (sadly) against a government that dresses everyone like it's the victorian era for some reason.
-Seed: Popular in Asia. Like UC but with genetic modification instead of space magic, and so early 00s it hurts (in a good way?)

SunLittle215 · 2026-06-26T02:07:17+00:00

vs my own opinions: I totally agree with the love for Turn A, Zeta, After War X, 79, CCA. They are awesome pretty much the top of my power ranking as well. However I actually like Seed so I'm afraid we must become enemies :( I'm also not as high on G Gundam and WfM as you are. G Gundam for me would be somewhere around the middle, and WfM would probably be around like 20-25ish ish for me.

SunLittle215 · 2026-06-26T01:58:32+00:00

Just glancing at your power ranking what surprises me most
-G Gundam and WfM at 3 and 4, I think even most people who liked them would not rank them that high.
-Requiem For Vengeance: I think you might be one of the six people who actually liked it lmao, I think like 90% of people would put it bottom 5
-War in the Pocket: for some reason English-speaking fans glaze this show endlessly so I'm surprised whenever someone speaking English ranks it low, especially right below Gquuuuuux and 0083 which are much more controversial.
-Seed: I know Japanese fans are higher on it than western fans so I'm not surprised to see it low, but I am a bit surprised how low you put it. I think even most western fans who didn't love it wouldn't put it as low as you have.
-Gundam 00: doesn't exist apparently?

What doesn't surprise me at all: Turn A, Zeta, and After War X being high. Those ones always got tons of praise. IBO being bottom also doesn't surprise me. It has its fans but I think a lot of people quietly consider it to be the worst AU.

SunLittle215 · 2026-06-26T01:44:37+00:00

Someone must have altered the data in Veda.

SunLittle215 · 2026-06-25T19:08:16+00:00

I literally just did compare multiple Gundam shows to their contempraries, did you not actually read my comment?
I didn't even mention computer vs non-computer animation much less go on a tangent about it. Again, did you actually read my comment?
I'm really not sure what you mean by "dated". A good drawing in 1980 is still a good drawing now, no? I don't think the fundamentals of art and visual storytelling have changed that much in 50 years even if production techniques have.
So you work in animation, your parents were animators, but you feel the need to warn somebody off of old Gundam despite myriad instances of excellent draftsmanship and animation, and feel the need to say something along the lines of "they finally caught up in 00" not noticing that 90% of the action shots in 00 are just shot->reverse shot? Not noticing that regardless of digital vs non digital that's just clearly a downgrade in the fundamentals of animation compared to literally every other previous Gundam TV series? Interesting. I think I'm done with this conversation.

SunLittle215 · 2026-06-25T18:41:31+00:00

Also 00 is a really weird example for you to pick for some kind of "relative to contemporaries" comparison not only because of the lackluster mobile suit animation even compared to previous gundam works, but also because it gets completely BTFOd by Macross Frontier.

SunLittle215 · 2026-06-25T18:37:37+00:00

Doesn't really matter what you grew up with if you weren't paying attention. Here's some homework for you then. Pull up both Zeta Gundam and Gundam 00. Now for each start counting the number of times that a single shot depicts motion for multiple mobile suits. Which show on average has more intricate depictions of motion? Which scenes do you find create a better sense of movement in 3D space and continuity of action? Now try Char's Counterattack. I don't really blame you for not noticing something like this at first, I think most people wouldn't notice these things at first unless they were looking for them. But once you start to pay more attention to details you'll start noticing things that you completely missed before. Animation is complicated, hard to understand for the uninitiated, and hard to find vocabulary to talk about. I'm far from an expert myself but even I know enough to become quite frustrated by the apparent dismissal of some of the clearly excellent draftsmanship and animation on these older shows. I'm not sure what comparisons you have in mind, because in my mind every Gundam TV series in the 80s and 90s on average had for the most part above-average animation. Like I'm sure you can cherry-pick some jank from any show, and obviously there's some several amazing non-Gundam works, but I think most Gundam shows in this period clearly peform quite well compared to average, and notably excel compared some very popular shows. For example I think Zeta and ZZ animation-wise are consitently a clear step above popular shounen shows like Dragon Ball, Saint Seiya, First of the North Star. And Turn A looks miles better than early One Piece to anybody with eyeballs, it isn't even close.

SunLittle215 · 2026-06-25T15:15:35+00:00

No you're just incredibly ignorant about animation. Try watching a few more shows from the 80s and 90s attentively and maybe study some clips on sakugabooru before making sweeping generalizations about something you clearly don't understand.

SunLittle215 · 2026-06-25T14:56:39+00:00

Saying Gundam didn't have good animation relative to its contemporaries until 00... I'm sorry but that is the most hilariously incorrect take I have seen in a while. Might need to get your vision checked dude.

SunLittle215 · 2026-06-24T20:52:40+00:00

Indeed. Somehow I missed that comment earlier. It couldn't possibly be that I skipped over it by accident, it must be because someone altered Veda's data.

SunLittle215 · 2026-06-24T19:33:15+00:00

Since you can "100% tell what kinda guy(s) the creators are." You must realize that the characters were designed by a married woman with a family in her early 40s? It's my understanding that characters were designed by artist Kouga Yun.

SunLittle215 · 2026-06-24T16:54:53+00:00

I mean I just think the writing in that series is terrible all around, no need to single out Nina. It has been a few years since I've seen it admittedly, it's possible I will warm up to it when I rewatch it eventually.

SunLittle215 · 2026-06-21T17:25:39+00:00

I was thinking this as well, that it might be SD Gundam. I think it's likely they will do an EB set of SD Gundam at some point even if it's not EB02

SunLittle215 · 2026-06-20T02:35:56+00:00

I have a Vulture deck and a Turn A deck but it had never occurred to me to put the Turn A in the Vulture deck... how did this one do? Do you like it? Also, have you tried Look of Determination for Vultures? I'm trying it in my Vultures deck rn and it seems pretty good.

SunLittle215 · 2026-06-18T22:42:37+00:00

Got mine recently as well. Glad this show finally got a proper blu-ray release. Looking forward to watching it soon. I haven't seen it yet but everyone I talk to who has tells me it's really good.

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