cross-posted from: https://ani.social/post/11150034

Ending theme: I don't care by Hoshimachi Suisei

New promotional video (not available in my country 😩)

Source: news on official website

Ending theme by Hoshimachi Suisei

That caught me by surprise. Didn’t know that VTubers were scoring contracts for more established industry productions like this. Is this a first, or am I just out of the loop?

That was my approach - just pick one of the alternate universes.

I might go with this, to be honest.

the original series Mobile Suit Gundam

No disrespect to the OG, but I'm not interested! I want something pretty and modern! I'm superficial like that.

Ending theme by Hoshimachi Suisei

That caught me by surprise. Didn’t know that VTubers were scoring contracts for more established industry productions like this. Is this a first, or am I just out of the loop?

I grew up on Gundam Wing. It's quite the ride now that I'm older and see a lot of the politics at play. And in much the same vein I loved Gundam 00.

But Iron-Blooded Orphans might be the best/most accessible series in the franchise.

Witch from Mercury hits hard at the end of the first season which is a good thing and a staple of the franchise.

Unicorn is bright and shiny. I watched it twice and that's all I can remember.

Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket is probably the most succinct and existential series with 6 episodes and a build up to reveal how fucking horrible war is.

I dunno, you kind of just gotta jump in and get dirty. The themes vary from series to series but the main timeline, called Universal Century (UC.) is almost always focused on the human aspect.

Gundam is about space battles and politics and giant robots... Until it is about the stress and rigors of war. Not sleeping because you see the people you've killed. Overcoming the horror of losing friends, mentors, and loved ones to the fighting.

But again there are a bunch of series, each one is basically it's own self contained narrative that requires little in the way of prior knowledge. If you see something that interests you just jump in and watch it. I'm currently gearing up to watch the second Gundam Thunderbolt movie. The first one was pretty damn intense and I needed a three week cool down period.

On a more general anime note, I highly recommend the Apothecary Diaries.

How does one get into Gundam? I've seen a bunch of Gundam visuals for other series as well and they're all so sick!! But should I just pick a series and watch or what?

I just got into Gundam a few months ago. there is a trilogy of movies on Netflix (US) that recap the orginal series I watched those first. Then started Zeta Gundam which is a direct sequel. I’m really enjoying the franchise so far. There are tons of spin offs as well. This new franchise does not take place in the “main” timeline but I do think the orginal three movies/series will increase enjoyment.

Oh nice, the movies. That's a good idea, I think.

Yeah for me who just likes big robots and am not a huge anime fan a few hours was a lot easier to digest than a whole Classic show. Like I mentioned I moved right on to Zeta which was about 50 episodes and finished it! I absolutely loved it. Definitely a fan now.

The OG movie trilogy is a good compromise to start with. Definitely better theming/pacing than the show, which suffered from a lot of filler and being cut short. And glad to hear you went onto the full run of Zeta, whose movies I do not endorse in any way shape or form lol.

Definitely a fan now.

Welcome! 😁