#Gundam Reconguista in G Movie

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Gundam Reconguista in G IV&V: Ending The Cycle of Hate

Why I Like The Reconguista in G Films Before I move deeper in this post for these two movies, I find it really hard to describe the plot of what has been going on in the earlier films of Reconguista in G so far. You can read my posts on movie 1, movie 2, and movie 3 on each of their particular links here. I really mean that, because the entire story of Reconguista in G is kind of over bloated…

[burgers-in-anime]

The lack of burgers in Witch from Mercury is giving credence to my theory that burgers are not so much a calling card for Gundam as they are a calling card for Yoshiyuki Tomino. Stay with me here.

Burgers most prominently feature in the original Mobile Suit Gundam, in Zeta Gundam and in Gundam ZZ. Each of them have multiple episodes with burgers, and in many cases, those burgers are explicitly addressed — not incidental details. Zeta Gundam, famously, has Bright chowing down on a burger while Emma drops some psychoanalysis of Kamille on him, but it also has Bright being told off for eating a burger on the bridge. Burgers are all over ZZ, including a scene where Judau hands them out to the crew from a basket. And MSG has a burger as Sleggar Law's death flag, but also an entire episode dedicated to Bright trying to procure salt to make the ship's burgers taste better — both of which were iconic enough to become meals in the Gundam cafe.

And one thing these three shows have in common is that they were all written and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino.

Four examples of burgers in early Gundam works. The top two are from MSG; the bottom two are (L-R) Zeta and ZZ

Tomino doesn't feature them as prominently in other works, but they do still appear. For example, Victory Gundam still includes a scene of characters eating burgers, and Gundam F91 has a burger on a sign in the background. That second example doesn't seem like much until you remember that F91 was originally planned as a full TV series before being compressed into a movie, and has little opportunity for characters to have downtime — so that one appears at all feels very intentional.

You can also see burgers on display in another Tomino work from the period, Space Runaway Ideon.

L-R: Victory Gundam, Gundam F91, Space Runaway Ideon

Meanwhile, when Tomino was kicked off the franchise, the burgers went with him. In G Gundam, Domon is offered a pizza, and there is no sign of burgers. In Unicorn, Banagher takes Mineva to get some fast food, but they visit a hot dog stand. In Gundam Hathaway, Hathaway and friends get fried chicken. And in Witch from Mercury, the only food on display — aside from the tomatoes — is cafeteria grub and, uh, slabs of ham.

Really, the only instances I know of burgers appearing in a non-Tomino Gundam are in Wing, and all that has is a burger on a billboard and a Wacdonald's sign — both blink-and-you'll-miss-it background details. While on the surface, this may seem comparable to F91, it really isn't: when you have forty-nine episodes and a movie to work with, you can do a lot more than a sign.

Gundam characters pointedly eating something other than a burger

And what happened when Tomino returned to the franchise with Reconguista in G?

The burgers came back too!

Reconguista in G

There is a single exception here: War in the Pocket, not directed by Tomino, does prominently feature burgers (and I don't mean the meme). But that, itself, may be telling. War in the Pocket was the first Gundam series to be made without Tomino's involvement; were the creative leads perhaps inspired to add a gratuitous burger scene to evoke the spirit of Tomino?

All that said, the reason this is still only a theory, and not a master's thesis, is that I don't have all the data yet. I haven't seen every post-Tomino Gundam series (though, frankly, I have no real drive to see what I've missed), and the only one of Tomino's non-Gundam works I've seen is the aforementioned Ideon. If burgers show up in Xabungle, L-Gaim or King Gainer… then I'll really know I've cracked the code.

[gremoria411]

How to get into Gundam

Because fuck it, I was gonna do one of these sooner or later anyway.

So you want to know what this Gundam thing’s about, maybe you like the mecha design, maybe you caught part of an episode one time and want to catch up, or maybe you saw a nice piece of Chamuro fanart and want to go to the source.

But there’s so many shows and timelines that it can be quite daunting on first look, so this guide is intended to give a rough overview.

I would however like to stress two four things beforehand however:

This guide is not intended as “The One True Way” or anything. There’s no harm it coming into it a different way, and these are only my own opinions.

There’s nothing stopping you from just watching one show and leaving it there. You don’t have to watch every single show going, even I’ve only seen most of these, not all. Gundam typically has variations on similar themes - it’s very nice watching multiple shows because they complement one another, but it’s not necessarily required.

I am very much an insider looking out here, so let me know if there’s any details I’ve missed.

I’m not gonna recommend these on a “if you like X, then watch Y basis”, mostly because I don’t personally find genre recommendations helpful, so I’d recommend picking based on promotional material (vibes, if you will).

I’ll be using this chart, supplied by the excellent@l-crimson-l, to illustrate everything.

Gundam as a whole can principally be divided into three sections: Universal Century (or UC), the Alternate Universes (AU’s) and the Build Series.

The AU’s are below the light blue line, near the bottom of the Chart, the Build Series is within the bright green line at the top-right corner of the chart and UC is the big line in the middle. We’ll talk about each of them individually.

The AU’s

The Alternate Universes were conceived as a way to get away from the continuity-heavy nature of Universal Century and provide an easy jumping-on point for new fans. The AU’s are standalone and require no prior knowledge, and are thus an excellent place to start. Honestly, I’d recommend quickly searching some promotional materials (like posters) and just going with the one you find most appealing based on that. They are (in production order):

Mobile Fighter G Gundam (1994)

New Mobile Report Gundam Wing (1995)

After War Gundam X (1996)

Turn A Gundam (1999)

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (2002)

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (2007)

Mobile Suit Gundam AGE (2011)

Gundam: Reconguista in G (2014)

Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans (2015)

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury (2022)

There’s side series and movies and other things besides, but these are the mainline shows, if you will. I have specific notes on a few of them:

Witch From Mercury - It’s of a shorter length than is usual for mainline shows, so consequently it’s a much smaller time investment than the others.

Mobile Fighter G Gundam - While undeniably rad as hell, I would recommend watching another AU first. G Gundam differs from its stablemates in a few key areas, and I find it helps to have a contrast to fully appreciate those differences.

Gundam AGE - is probably the only one I wouldn’t recommend. I didn’t like the art style and the technical explanations just got on my nerves, so I stopped watching.

Turn A and G-Reconguista are technically part of UC as well, but it’s not really crucial information so don’t feel like you have to watch UC first (I’m only including this detail for completionism).

I’ve found all the AU’s I’ve seen to be pretty good, so I’d say that which one you start with really just comes down to personal taste.

The Build Series

Is just kind of doing its own thing. The Build series is basically Buy Our Toys: the series. It’s got a far lighter tone, and I’ve had cause to compare it to pokemon prior. It’s also chock full of references and in-jokes to the other series.

Build Fighters and Build Fighters Try are the ones I’d recommend - they’ve got actual stakes and the fight scenes are really good.

Build Divers and Build Divers Re:rise I can’t recommend - I just find Build Divers aggressively boring. Build Divers Re:Rise is just okay - neither standout good or particularly bad. Its main flaw is that it’s a sequel to Build Divers.

The OVA’s are pretty much bad across the board - I’d particularly recommend avoiding Gundam Build Metaverse.

Universal Century

Universal Century is the big main timeline of Gundam, and is the timeline the original Mobile Suit Gundam from 1979 takes place in. There’s a tendency among certain fans to place UC as the one-above-all of Gundam, but I wouldn’t really go that far. It’s all pretty good, but I wouldnt really say one timeline is better than another (save personal preference, anyway).

Because UC is so big, it can be subdivided a couple times. The primary division is “Mainline” UC versus everything else. Basically there’s four-five shows in Universal Century from which everything else flows. As long as you know roughly what happens in these shows, then you can watch basically anything else in UC and have a good idea of what’s going on. These are (in order):

Mobile Suit Gundam (1979) - sometimes called Mobile Suit Gundam 0079.

Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (1985)

Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (1986)

Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack (1988)

With Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (2010) as a nominal fifth (honestly I feel like you could argue either way).

The rest of the shows are:

Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket (1989 Three-Episode OVA)

Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (1991 Movie)

Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (1991 Thirteen-episode OVA)

Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (1993)

Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team (1999 Twelve-episode OVA)

G-Saviour (2000 Live Action Movie) - nobody ever talks about or acknowledges this one, it’s just here for completionism.

Mobile Suit Gundam MS Igloo (2004-2009 Three OVA’s with three Episodes each)

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin (2015 Six-Episode OVA, adapted from the Manga of the same name)

Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt (2015 Eight-Episode Series, adapted from the Manga of the same name)

Mobile Suit Gundam: Twilight Axis (2017 episode, adapted from a light novel of the same name. Later rereleased as Gundam Twilight Axis Red Trace, with additional footage)

Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative (2018 sequel movie to Gundam Unicorn)

Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway (2021 ongoing movie series, very much adapted from the novel Hathaway’s Flash)

Most of the other series relate to events in the aforementioned “mainline” shows in some way, but a lot of the sidestories set during the One Year War require very little introduction (Thunderbolt, 0080 and 08th MS Team). Similarly, works set in “Late UC” (F91 and Victory Gundam) carry on from the other series thematically but don’t have any plot connections, so they can all be watched without any background knowledge of the rest of the Universal Century.

Compilation Movies

Just a quick note here - many of the Gundam series have compilation movies, where either a whole series or part of one are compressed down into a movie. While each movie compares differently, they usually boil down to this: Compilation Movies usually have worse pacing, but really nice animation.

One of the great things about Gundam is that different shows offer variations on themes, so seeing how different characters react to similar situations, or how different settings change their approaches can make it incredibly rewarding.

I haven’t seen enough of SD Gundam to make any sort of recommendations there, and Manga is something I might touch on another day.

EDIT: Oh hey also: You can watch a good chunk of these on YouTube, for free, officially. The Official Gundam.Info YouTube channel rotates the series shown on its channel periodically. I think it’s got F91 and SEED on there currently? But it’s had Wing, 00 and Witch From Mercury before. Also all of the Build Fighters series are there.

So yeah, that’s a thing.

[theballmighty]

Want something to be thankful for this thanksgiving? Gundaminfo has added all of Turn-A Gundam, the Reconguista in G compilation films, and the entire English dub for the Witch from Mercury for FREE for a limited time:

[kdinjenzen]

Okay, as someone who's only interaction with Gundam has been SD world and Great Battle, is there a good point to start with the "main" series? (Is there even a main series?)

Yes there is a main series… multiple technically.

The main core series is the “Universal Century” stuff, and here’s the chronological order for that (but legit you can KINDA start anywhere):

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin

Mobile Suit Gundam

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Movie Trilogy

Advent Of The Red Comet

The 08th MS Team

MS IGLOO

0080: War In The Pocket

Thunderbolt

0083: Stardust Memory

Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam

Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation

Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ

Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack

Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn

Mobile Suit Gundam Twilight Axis

Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative

Gundam Hathaway

Mobile Suit Gundam: F91

Victory Gundam

Then there’s “Mars Century”:

Gundam Wing

Operation Meteor

Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz

Cosmic Era:

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73: STARGAZER

Anno Domini:

Mobile Suit Gundam 00

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 The Movie -A wakening of the Trailblazer

And Advanced Generation:

Mobile Suit Gundam AGE

Mobile Suit Gundam AGE: Memory of Eden

All of these are more “main series”, and are put into chronological order under their banner names.

For funsies, here’s the release order of the more “mainline” style titles… and also G Gundam because I love it.

Mobile Suit Gundam (1979 – 1980)

Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (1985 – 1986)

Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (1986 – 1987)

Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack (1988)

Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (1991)

Victory Gundam (1993)

Mobile Suit V Gundam (1993 – 1994)

Mobile Fighter G Gundam (1994 – 1995)

Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (1995 – 1996)

After War Gundam X (1996)

Turn A Gundam (1999)

Gundam SEED (2002 – 2003)

Gundam SEED Destiny (2004 – 2005)

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (2007 – 2009)

Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (2010)

Gundam Reconguista in G (2014 – 2015)

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin (2015 – 2018)

Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (2015 – 2017)

Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt (2015 – 2017)

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury (2022 – Ongoing)

Annnnnd the SD Gundam series:

Mobile Suit SD Gundam

Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk II

Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk III

Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk IV

Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk V

Superior Defender Gundam Force

Annnnnnd the Build series:

Gundam Build Fighters

Gundam Build Fighters Try

Gundam Build Divers

Gundam Build Divers Re:RISE

That should get you started! :D

[doctor-orbagels]

ONE SENTENCE REVIEW FOR EVERY GUNDAM PROPERTY I HAVE EXPERIENCED

Like i said in a previous post, it’s basically everything that you can watch on a screen from 0079 up to IBO. A few manga here and there and one light novel.

NOTE: Don’t take this too seriously, most of these are meme answers. Most of my strong negativity is said in jest. (My positivity is genuine tho)

Starting with UC:

•0079

Absolute classic but i prefer The Origin manga

•Zeta

Well done dark tone but kinda boring at times

•ZZ

Fuck you, the goofball stuff was great and a welcome change of pace

•08th MS Team

Probably the best down-to-earth mecha war story ever

•0080: War in the Pocket

*weeps profusely*

•Sentinel

Really compelling with a great cast, plus the idea of “other ways to emulate being a newtype” is still kinda unexplored both at the time this was written and to this day

•0083: Stardust Memory

Pretty damn good all things considered

•IgLoo

Zudah was a cool idea, too bad the tallgeese did it first and everything else about the show is boring af

•IgLoo Apocalypse

The best of the IgLoo trilogy but still around a 6.5/10

•IgLoo 2

Shinigami are canon to the universal century, 0/10

•Thunderbolt

Amazing in almost every way, plus the most effective usage of a sociopathic fed vs a well meaning zeon

•Twilight Axis

Meh

•Char’s Counterattack

The Resurrection F of UC

•Unicorn

Best anime i’ve ever watched

•Narrative

I just like that Unicorn got a direct sequel goddamn it

•F91

I so badly wish this was a series and not a movie

•Crossbone

Completely validates my opinion on F91

•Victory

Phenomenal use of character death, and I remember nothing else

•Reconguista in G

My favorite anime that i cannot recommend to anyone else on earth

Now for pre-2000’s au timelines:

•G Fighter

You cannot get more funny-bad in the entire Gundam franchise, it’s awesome

•Wing

I didn’t get the hype, but i still had a great time at points

•Endless Waltz

Much better mecha, slightly cooler plot

•X

I’m so sad this was rushed bc it’s by far my fave 90’s Gundam

Post 2000’s au timelines:

•SEED

Very cool pseudo-shounen remake of 0079

•SEED Destiny

Something good almost could have happened here, but no

•SEED Astray/R

Love all these goobers, really good

•Astray X

Worst official localization for any manga i’ve ever read, but there was still some cool stuff

•SEED Stargazer

*weeps profusely, but in the Cosmic Era this time*

•00

Behind the fujoshi bait is one of the smartest and well done mecha stories this side of Code Geass

•00 Awakening of the Trailblazer

… why aliens?

•AGE

I know that it’s my fault but I couldn’t even bring myself to get past the first generation

•Iron Blooded Orphans

I have never cried this many times or this hard over anime characters dying

•Build Fighters

Legit a 5Ds tier Toy Battle anime

•Build Fighters Try

A bit generic but still palatable

•Build Divers

Didn’t go far enough

•Build Divers: Re;Rise

Went way too far in the best way possible

And if it wasn’t clear already, Unicorn is by far my favorite Gundam and favorite anime overall, while IgLoo 2 is both my least favorite Gundam and my least favorite anime i’ve ever seen.

[wordsandrobots]

Come to think of it, how many Gundam shows *do* climax with a battle to defeat a World Ending Doohickey (WED)?

Mobile Suit Gundam (1979, series) - Yes.

Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (1985, series) - Sort of. Mostly a battle to control a WED.

Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (1986, series) - No. Glemy does try to chuck a big rock at his problems though.

Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988, movie) - Yes, as Char follows Glemy’s example (mistakes were made).

Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket (1989, miniseries) - No.

Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (1991, movie) - No;  I don’t think the Rafflesia counts and the stakes are more one-on-one.

Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (1991, miniseries) - Yes; a rare WED vs WED situation with a very poor outcome.

Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (1993, series) - Yes.

Mobile Fighter G Gundam (1994, series) - Yes - VIA THE POWER OF LOVE.

New Mobile Report Gundam Wing (1995, series) - Yes, as Zechs also tries to chuck a(n artificial) rock at his problems, then has regrets.

After War Gundam X (1996, series) - Yes, kinda? It would be unfair to say the Satellite Cannon isn’t a WED, but nobody actually goes into that final fight aiming to destroy it, that’s mostly just a lucky consequence.

Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team (1996, miniseries) - Yes, but only on technicalities. It doesn’t actually end with one and the Apsaras III isn’t really in the WED weight-class. Narratively, however, the plot does climax with our heroes blowing up a terrifying weapon.

New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz (1998, miniseries/movie) - Doesn’t climax on one, though a WED is definitely involved. Thematically, no.

Turn A Gundam (1999, series) - Yes.

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (2002, series) - Yes.

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny (2004, series) - Yes, again, with knobs on.

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73: STARGAZER (2006, miniseries) - No.

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (2007, series) - Technically no, though it’s not like Ribbons could be trusted with that thing.

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 The Movie - A Wakening of the Trailblazer- (2010, movie) - Yes, with ‘doohickey’ in this case meaning ‘out of context alien swarm from Jupiter’.

Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (2010, miniseries) - More ‘defending against a WED’ than defeating it, since actually taking it out is off the table.

Mobile Suit Gundam AGE (2011, series) - Oddly enough, no. The WED of the week proves to be self-destructive and everyone pitches in to dismantle it.

Gundam Reconguista in G (2014, series) - No. Reconguista is blessedly WED-free.

Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt (2015, miniseries) - No.

Mobile Suit Gundam IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS (2016, series) - No.

Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative (2018, movie) - Yes, remarkably. At least one gets the impression Turn A’s Moonlight Butterfly was supposed to do that.

Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway (2021, movie) - No.

Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch from Mercury (2022, series) - It would appear so, yes. World-transforming, at any rate.

So, discounting a few bits and pieces I decided were too short to count, of the 27 pieces of media listed above, that’s 12 solid ‘yes’s, 11 solid ‘no’s, 2 qualified ‘yes's, and 2 slightly more complex situations (numbers subject to change if G-Witch swerves wildly at the last minute).

That’s honestly a more even balance than I expected. I have no real conclusion to draw here beyond ‘this is definitely a thing that generally does happen in anime, yes’. But I was curious about how it broke down. Seems there’s a trend towards the miniseries generally avoiding WEDs and the main series embracing them far more often as an endgame-climax, which does make sense. Oddly the movies are a more even mix, which I find vaguely interesting.

[shin-meddlesome-hero]

My Gundam Journey Recap:

(Just recounting how is this fall down the rabbit hole going. Take the ratings with a grain of salt)

Gundam 0079: Completed. Nice, it's a bit slow, not enough Char. 4/5

Gundam the Origin Movies: Completed. Interesting, some stuff rubbed me the wrong way, tho. Too much Char. 3/5

Gundam the Witch from Mercury: Completed. Excellent set up, not so good pay off, needed more eps and more Char Mom. 4/5

Gunpla-kun: Completed. I thought it was a dorama, but it's actually a series of ads for selling Gunpla, so no rating here. It has some funny moments, CharZakuPla-Kun is there and might have a thing for AerPla-kun.

Zeta Gundam: 44/50 episodes. I'm so close! But I'm not finishing it this year. Right amount of Char. 4/5

Turn A Gundam: 11/50 episodes. Pretty nice. People who complained about Suletta wouldn't be able to handle Loran.

Mobile Fighter G Gundam: 6/49. Seems like a fun ride. I would've been sooo obsessed with this if I had watched it during the 90's.

G no Reconguista: 1/5 movies. Looks fun. The robots are super cute. Gundam love interests should be more chill when the Gundam protags kill someone to protect them. /j.

Gundam Golf (Birdie Wing :p): 3/24, it's gay and ridiculous. Char may be there.

Char's Daily Life: 1 volume so far. Cute, but most of the jokes are based on Japanese puns so it's a bit difficult to read. Char, I mean Nishi is there.

Gundam SD Battle Alliance: 3 hours played, I think? The robots look great. Everyone talks too much during the battles, I can't focus. I'm BAD at videogames.

Gunpla Builds: 6. Good hobby, very overpriced. Don't be like me.

[beta-lactam-allergic]

So time to explain my vote.

I have never watched Supernatural. I don't know who Castiel even is. I am completely neutral on the Destiel ship. If the vote was between Destiel & a ship from another show I didn't watch, I wouldn't vote. I wouldn't know enough to vote.

Note that this isn't me dissing Supernatural as a show. I have never seen it. For all I know, it could be the best show ever. I wouldn't know one way or the other because I HAVEN'T SEEN SUPERNATURAL.

If the vote was between Destiel & a ship I don't like or a show I don't like, I wouldn't vote because I don't indulge in hate voting. These are meant to be fun distractions, people taking shipping wars seriously are stupid. You can like a ship without harassing people about it & you can personally dislike a ship & just leave people alone. Same with shows.

I only vote if I've seen at least one of the shows in question & actually think it's a cute ship. I don't participate in votes between ships within the same series as I don't like diving into toxic ship wars. It has to be like this poll, ships from two unrelated works. Even then, it requires me to be a big fan of the show, as in actually rewatched it rather than just watched it once. Otherwise, I just don't care enough to vote.

So how is this relevant?

I AM A WITCH FROM MERCURY FAN

I am one of the aforementioned Gundam fans that the @the-eeveekins warned about, though more a casual fan than a mega-fan as I haven't watched or read everything. I started with watching Gundam Seed when I was 12 or 13. Since than, I have seen or read the rest of the Cosmic Era timeline, & moved into some of the other timelines. I watched all of Gundam 00 including "Awakening of the Trailblazer", as well as all of "Iron-Blood Orphans".

I gave up on "Reconguista in G" after Episode 4 because I personally disliked it as a series (note opinions on Gundam series are really subjective & I don't have the energy for fan wars. If a fan of Reconguista in G reads this, then let's agree that you do you, I do me). I wish I could erase "Turn A Gundam" from my memory, just never mention "Dark History" or "Moonlight Butterfly" to me ever (I know some people really love Dark History, cool you do you, I do me). I haven't started on the Universal Century timeline yet because it's so big that it's daunting to try starting & I don't have unlimited time to binge it.

Still, "Witch from Mercury" dethroned "Gundam Seed" as my favourite part of the Gundam franchise. That's saying something because I really liked "00" & "IBO" (just not enough to dethrone Seed) & would recommend them to anyone interested in checking mecha anime out, but something about the characters in WfM made it my overall favourite in the franchise.

So yeah, a vote between a show I really like vs a show I haven't watched. Yes, I am voting for Suletta & Miorine because I really like those two, their character arcs & "WfM" as a whole. No, I am not voting against Dean & Castiel because I have no idea who Castiel is & only have vague ideas who the Winchester brothers are from interacting with Supernatural fans.

I found it insulting the way that some imply that people wouldn't vote for one of my favourite shows & instead assume are voting against their own favourite show. Gundam isn't a small franchise to begin with. It's bigger than The Simpsons, Guitar Hero, Sailor Moon or the Ice Age movies. Our fandom is bigger than whatever hatedom Supernatural may have (I don't know if Supernatural has a hatedom or not, because I know next to nothing about it.)

Sure, Gundam was never as big as Hello Kitty or Pokemon (those are the true juggernauts of Japanese pop culture) & earned $20 billion less than it's contemporary & closest comparison in the West, Star Wars. But it's not small potatoes. And Witch from Mercury pulled in a lot of new people who weren't already Gundam fans (once again, for the franchise that already occupied the same position in Japanese culture that Star Wars does in the Core Anglosphere). There are a lot of WfM fans who can vote in this poll.

Tumblr Top Ships Bracket - FINALS

This poll is a celebration of fandom and fandom history; we're aware that there are certain issues with many of the listed pairings and sources, but they are a part of that history. Please do not take this as an endorsement, and refrain from harassment.

[ogiuemaniax]

The Psychological Price of Distance—Gundam Reconguista in G Part IV: The Love That Cries Out in Battle

It’s been over two years since my last review of a Gundam Reconguista in G movie. In Part IV: The Love That Cries Out in Battle, the series continues to gain new life as a more cohesive work compared to the original TV series. G-Reco is about a world centuries after the Universal Century era of the original Gundam. Humanity has crawled back from the brink of extinction, leading to a ban on the…

[divinespanking]

Just finished watching the Gundam Reconguista in G movies.

I like G Reco now.

[emiliosandozsequence]

for myself to edit as i finish them

this was originally organized and compiled by my best friend lacie <3

UNIVERSAL CENTURY/UC SERIES: MAIN TIMELINE

UC 68, 71, 78: Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin -> COMPLETED

Episodes: 13, 6 OVAs

Released: 2019, 2015-2018 (OVAs)

Prequel to original series 

UC 0079: Mobile Suit Gundam -> WATCHING

Episodes: 43

Released: 1979-1980

UC 079: Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO: The Hidden One Year War

Episodes: 3 OVAs

Released: 2004

UC 079: Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO: Apocalypse 0079

Episodes: 3 OVAs

Released: 2006  

UC 079: Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO 2: Gravity Front

Episodes: 3 OVAs

Released: 2009

UC 0079: Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team

Episodes: 12 OVAs

Released: 1996-1999

UC 0079: Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt

Episodes: 8 OVAs

Released: 2015-2017

UC 0080: Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket

Episodes: 6 OVAs

Released: 1989

UC 0083: Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory

Episodes: 13 OVAs

Released: 1991-1992

UC 0087: Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam

Episodes: 50

Released: 1985-1986

UC 0088: Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ

Episodes: 47

Released 1986-1987

Sequel to Zeta

UC 0093: Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack -> COMPLETED

Episodes: 1 Movie

Released: 1988

UC 0096: Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn -> COMPLETED

Episodes: 22, 7 OVAs 

Released: 2016, 2010-2014 (OVAs)

UC 0096: Mobile Suit Gundam: Twilight AXIS

Episodes: 6 ONAs 

Released: 2017

UC 0097: Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative -> COMPLETED

Episodes: 1 Movie

Released: 2018

Sequel to Unicorn

UC 0105: Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway -> COMPLETED

Episodes: 1 Movie

Released: 2021

UC 0123: Mobile Suit Gundam F91

Episodes: 1 Movie

Released: 1991

UC 0153: Mobile Suit Victory Gundam

Episodes: 51 

Released: 1993-1994

UC 0223: G-Saviour

Episodes: 1 Movie (Live Action)

Released: 2000

FUTURE CENTURY: ALTERNATE UNIVERSE

FC 60: Mobile Fighter G Gundam

Episodes: 49

Released: 1994-1995

AFTER COLONY: ALTERNATE TIMELINE

AC 195: Mobile Suit Gundam Wing

Episodes: 49

Released: 1995-1996

AC 196: Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz

Episodes: 3 OVAs

Released: 1997

Sequel to Wing

AFTER WAR: ALTERNATE TIMELINE

AW 15: After War Gundam X

Episodes: 39 

Released: 1996

COSMIC ERA: ALTERNATE UNIVERSE

CE 71: Mobile Suit Gundam Seed

Episodes: 50 (original), 48 (remaster)

Released: 2002-2003

CE 73-74: Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny

Episodes: 50

Released: 2004-2005

Sequel to Seed

CE 73: Mobile Suit Gundam Seed CE 73: Stargazer

Episodes: 3 ONA

Released: 2006

Sequel/Side Story to Destiny

ANNO DOMINI: ALTERNATE UNIVERSE

AD 2307-2308, 2312: Mobile Suit Gundam 00

Episodes: 50 Episodes, 3 OVAs 

Released: 2007-2008, 2009 (OVAs)

AD 2314: Mobile Suit Gundam 00 The Movie: A Wakening of the Trailblazer

Episodes: 1 Movie

Released: 2010

Sequel to 00

ADVANCED GENERATION: ALTERNATE TIMELINE

AG 115-164: Mobile Suit Gundam AGE

Episodes: 49

Released: 2011-2012

Ag 141-164: Mobile Suit Gundam Age Memory of Eden

Episodes: 2 OVAS

Released: 2013

CORRECT CENTURY: ALTERNATE TIMELINE

CC 2343-2345: Turn A Gundam

Episodes: 50

Released: 1999-2000

REGILD CENTURY: ALTERNATE TIMELINE

RC 1014: Mobile Suit Gundam Reconguista in G

Episodes: 26

Released: 2014-2015

POST DISASTER: ALTERNATE UNIVERSE

PD 323, 325: Mobile Suit Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans

Episodes: 50

Released: 2015-2017

OUR CENTURY: BUILD ALTERNATE UNIVERSE

OC 2013: Gundam Build Fighters

Episodes: 25 Episodes 

Released: 2013-2014

OC 2014: Gundam Build Fighters Try

Episodes: 25

Released: 2014-2015

Sequel to Fighters

OC 2018: Gundam Build Divers

Episodes: 25

Released: 2018

OC 2019: Gundam Build Divers Rerise

Episodes: 26 

Released: 2019

Sequel to Build Divers

AD STELLA: ALTERNATE UNIVERSE

AS 122: Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury -> COMPLETED

Episodes: 24

Released: 2022-2023

[aroacegundamalex]

Every main character from every mainline Gundam show from, the original Mobile Suit Gundam to the Witch from Mercury, and whether they survived to the closing credits:

- Amuro Ray from Mobile Suit Gundam, who survived his series.

- Kamille Bidan from Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, who survived his series, albeit with severe brain damage.

- Judau Ashta from Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, who survived his series.

- Mobile Suit Victory Gundam’s Uso Ewin, who survived his series.

- Mobile Fighter G Gundam’s Domon Kasshu, who survived his series.

- Mobile Suit Gundam Wing’s Heero Yuy, who survived his series.

- After War Gundam X’s Garrod Ran, who survived his series.

- Turn A Gundam’s Loran Cehack, who survived his series.

- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED’s Kira Yamato, who survived his series.

- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny’s Shinn Asuka, who survived his series.

- Gundam 00’s Setsuna F. Seiei, who survived his series.

- Flit, Asemu and Kio Asuno from Mobile Suit Gundam AGE, who all survive their series.

- Bellri Zenam from Mobile Suit Gundam: Reconguista in G, who survives his series.

- Mikazuki from Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-blooded Orphans, who dies in the finale.

- Suletta Mercury from Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, who survives her series, and is in physical therapy by the epilogue.

Here are the fates of the heroes of Gundam’s films and OVAs:

- Amuro Ray from Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack, whose fate is left ambiguous, but decades later was revealed to have died.

- Seabook Arno from Mobile Suit Gundam F91, who survives his movie.

- Al Izuruha and Bernie Wiseman from Mobile Suit Gundam Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket, the former of which survives, while the latter does not.

- Kou Uraki from Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory, who survives his series.

- Shiro Amada from Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team, who survives his series.

- Heero Yuy from Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz, who survives the series.

- Mark Curran from G-Savior, who survived his film.

- Oliver May, from the first part of Mobile Suit Gundam: MS IGLOO, who survived his series.

- Selene McGriffith from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Stargazer, who survives the film.

- Banagher Links from Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, who survives his series.

- Setsuna F. Seiei from Mobile Suit Gundam 00: The Movie, who survives the film and may or may not be immortal.

- Jona Basta from Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative, who survives his movie.

- Char Aznable and Sayla Mass from Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin, who survive their OVA.

- Amuro Ray from Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan’s Island, who survives the film.

- Kira Yamato from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom, who survives the film.

Spin-offs like the SD and Build series, yet-to-be-aired works like Requiem, and incomplete works like Thunderbolt are not included for obvious reasons. Series where every episode follows a different cast like Evolve or parts of IGLOO are not counted as well. Novels, manga and other non-canon media will not be counted either.

So, and do correct me if I’m wrong here, we have had two main characters die in the entire forty-five year history of the franchise.

I truly do not understand where the idea that most Gundam protagonists die came from. I’ve even seen self-proclaimed fans warn newcomers that almost every Gundam protagonist dies, when that is patently not true!

[ydotome]

Raraiya Monday (ラライヤ・マンディ) - Gundam: G no Reconguista Movie I - Ike! Core Fighter

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