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   ( @Varyag@beehaw.org ) English
    5•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.

  •  shrewdtype   ( @shrewdtype@possumpat.io ) English
    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   ( @Fylkir@lemmy.sdf.org ) English
      2•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.