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NEWS: Right Stuf Details G Gundam, Gundam Wing Anime Releases

Chronological order for UC Gundam,
1. Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin [ongoing]
2. Mobile Suit Gundam 0079
3. Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt [ongoing]
4. Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team
5. Mobile Suit Gundam: MS IGLOO - The Hidden One Year War (PART 1) [OPTIONAL]
6. Mobile Suit Gundam: MS IGLOO 2 - The Gravity Front (PART 2) [OPTIONAL]
7. Mobile Suit Gundam: MS IGLOO - Apocalypse 0079 (PART 3) [OPTIONAL]
8. Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War In The Pocket
9. Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
10. Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
11. Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ
12. Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
13. Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn || Alternative Version: Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096[ongoing]
14. Mobile Suit Gundam F91
15. Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
Look here for the release order.

Other Stand-alone Gundam Series:
* After War Gundam X
* Gundam Reconguista in G
* Mobile Fighter-G Gundam
* Mobile Suit Gundam 00
* Mobile Suit Gundam AGE
* Mobile Suit Gundam Build Fighters
* Mobile Suit Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans
* Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
* Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
* Mobile Suit Turn A Gundam (should be watched after all of UC Gundam)

DuchessBianca wrote:

I apologize if this is off topic but if any one can answer I'd be extremely grateful. This past year it's felt like there have been a million different Gundam series getting released on bluray and it's overwhelmingly confusing to me as I haven't a clue about the franchise. Are all the series connected or all their separate stories? Where would someone even start if t hey wanted to try out this series? Dubbed series are preferred as Sci-fi/space/robots isn't a genre/theme I tend to like very often with some exceptions and the lack of dub on top of that would probably make it unwatchable for me but would like to as least try some of this franchise is there are any friendly starting points for someone like me, thank you very much!

The best place to start if you want a feel for the "main" Gundam continuity are the three Mobile Suit Gundam compilation films from the early 80s. A huge number of Gundam shows are set in the same universe as these films (the "Universal Century" timeline), and they are the primary reference point for most of Gundam's most culturally identifiable elements (to Japanese people, at least... the first Gundam show that became popular in the West was actually Gundam Wing, which is set in its own independent timeline).

They are generally considered among the best anime compilation films ever made, and they are more polished than the TV show on which they were based, to the point where when there are discrepancies between the films and the original TV show, the films are usually treated as canon.

The currently available Bluray and DVD versions of the films are subtitle-only, but the VHS version I have on my shelf is dubbed, and it shouldn't be too hard to find those versions if your preferred method of watching anime is less-than-official.

On the other hand, if you're just looking for a good - and more contemporary - stand-alone entry point to Gundam, Iron Blooded Orphans has been getting a lot of positive reviews from newcomers to the franchise. Iron Blooded Orphans is set in its own independent timeline, so you don't need any prior Gundam knowledge.

penguintruth wrote:

Wing I can sort of take or leave. I would watch it if it aired on TV again (hint hint, Toonami), but it's not one of the strong Gundam entries and I'd only be watching for nostalgia. G Gundam I'm quite fond of. I wonder if they're going to redub it or leave the Blue Water dub, which is surprisingly popular (baffles me). It's such a fun show and actually has one of the few decent Gundam romances in Domon and Rain. I'll be tempted to pick this one up.

i for one hope that it doesnt get redubbed. like with SEED & SEED DESTINY , those series DONT need a new english dub. especially for the cases of gundam wing.

it would be better off if they did a redub of build fighters and build fighters try instead. or use the resources to give an english dub version for turn a gundam , reconguista in g or even gundam AGE.

I would also like to see Build Fighters and Build Fighters Try eventually get proper US English dubs. These SEA English dubs are just... I just can't listen to them without cringing. I give the actors props for trying at least. Sadly, AGE also got a SEA dub, so if we do get AGE, I can see that dub being tossed on the disc. And I find it strange that Turn A wasn't dubbed because last I checked, it was close to release before Bandai closed up shop. Like, the dub was done and everything. They have to still have that dub laying around somewhere.

penguintruth wrote:

Honestly, nobody in the dub could compete with the Japanese cast whatsoever (except the narrator guy). But that's fine, I'll just continue watching that version.

Ok. If you say so.

It's really obvious the japanese cast did a great job, dubs can be very good, good, bad or really bad, they'll never compete with the original (as a german dub, for example, of Game of Thrones, will never be better than the original version).

Stopped reading there. His voice cracked all the time.

Some of the dubs are so bad that Seed and Seed Destiny are getting re-dubbed. Something you wouldn't even have to bother with if you just watched it subbed.