The Anime Society 5: Tentacles For All!

Ang Gundam fans here? I want to get into watching the series, but I'm not sure where to start and which viewing order is best. Which ones are worth watching and which ones aren't? I've been told SEED isn't that good but I'll probably end up watching it anyway for completion's sake.

Here's a few of my favourites:

Tokyo Godfathers

Giovanni's Island

They Were Eleven

Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind

Sword of the Stranger

If you're looking to get into the main timeline of Gundam (Universal Century) I'd probably recommend starting with the 3 compilation films of the original 0079 TV series or the 0080 War in the Pocket OVA or the 08th MS Team OVA before moving onto the Zeta TV series.

If you're looking to sample one of the AU Gundam shows that's pretty self contained and easy to watch I'd probably recommend Gundam Wing (it's my favourite) or G Gundam (which is hilarious). SEED is okay (the characters are a bit obnoxious), but SEED Destiny is an absolute trainwreck of a show that I really couldn't recommend to anyone. Gundam 00 is also pretty fun for the most part, but again the second season was a bit of a disaster.

Of the more recent Gundam series I have to say that Gundam Build Fighters is fecking amazing, but having a few Gundam shows under your belt first massively ups the enjoyment factor. It is a show that is made by fans for fans of the franchise and is full of homages and Easter eggs. Gundam AGE was very decent, until it took a nosedive in the 3rd act and ended on a bad note.

Avoid Gundam G no Reconguista like the plague - worst show I have seen in a while, it made absolutely no sense at all! May also want to skip Turn A Gundam until you've seen some Universal Century shows - ditto for Gundam Unicorn - both are excellent and mostly stand alone, but do make more sense if you have some understanding of Universal Century events.

Hope that helps a bit! I do enjoy Gundam

Wow! Thank you for the help! You do know your Gundam.

I was thinking of starting with Universal Century, so I'll check out the movies. I was just thinking of starting with the first series but I wasn't sure. It seems a little confusing but I think I'll try to follow the Universal Century for now. Mecha is a genre I want to watch more of and Gundam seems to be the Holy Grail of mecha anime.

I was struggling to get through the TV series for the original series, so just watched the compilation movies - they're pretty good actually. Getting into UC is a bit daunting, my gateway series was actually Gundam Wing way back in the 90s, I didn't actually bother with UC stuff until about 4-5 years ago.

The chronological order for UC is:

0079 - Original series
0080 - War in the Pocket & 08th MS Team OVA's (take place during original series, but focus on events happening elsewhere - can be skipped, but they are well worth watching)
0083 - Stardust Memory OVA (bridges gap between end of original show & Zeta)
Zeta TV series
ZZ TV series (can safely be skipped - it is not good. At all.)
Char's Counterattack movie
F91 movie
Gundam Unicorn

I'll keep that in mind. I might just start with an unrelated one to UC just to get a feel for the series. Gurren Lagann is another mecha I want to start once I finish Evangelion, but I've been told to watch a 6 part OVA called Gunbuster before that (I think they relate in some way?).

The AU Gundams all have their own vibe - but you get the general Sunrise Gundam feel from the majority of them.

Gurren Lagann is brilliant - definitely one of my all time favs. Gunbuster is completely unrelated, but it is from the same Studio so shares a lot of similar themes. Gunbuster 2 (more commonly known as Diebuster) is probably more similar though as it has a similar animation style to TTGL.

I'm a bit of a mecha fan so if you want any other recs just ask!

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The thing about Tokyo Ghoul for me is that the first season was very enjoyable with a thrilling end, I expected a lot more in season 2. I was confused and even the ending I didn't particularly enjoy. I'll probably still watch season 3 when it's out simply to see how Kaneki ends up, as well as Touka.

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