While the animation remains slightly dated, the action and drama in Gundam is second to none, and establishes an entire mythos that’s still being referred to and built upon today. Mobile Suit Gundam kicks off the UC Gundam timeline, and is directly followed up by Mobile Suit Gundam, Zeta Gundam, ZZ Gundam, Char’s Counterattack, Gundam Unicorn, Gundam F91 and a whole host of other spinoffs that take place during the One Year War. With the rest of the Earth Federation Military scarce on resources, we see Amuro and his classmates and cohorts take control of the White Base, a brand-new ship captained by a young Federation officer named Bright Noa. The supporting cast is bright and colourful.
With a whole host of cool robots to look at, a developing rivalry between Amuro and Char as well as twists and turns along the way, Mobile Suit Gundam is a seminal work in Anime, and created many of the archetypes that we often see perpetuated today. With Amuro and Char serving as rivals in the show, we’re greeted to a more gritty take on the typical colourful anime robot, and the show created the entire genre of ‘Real Robot’- Which has since spun off into properties such as Macross, Robotech and Votoms. Vying for revenge, Char looks to rise up the ranks in Zeon’s army to topple the controlling family. Char’s secret identity is the son of Zeon Deikun, who was brutally assassinated when the Zeonic forces become embroiled in war a decade prior to the events of Mobile Suit Gundam.
Char is a young, up-and-coming commander in the Federation of Zeon who pilots Red Mobile Suits that somehow move 3x faster than any others. On the other side of the war is Char Aznable or ‘The Red Comet’. Our protagonist, Amuro stumbles upon the Gundam, a prototype Mobile Suit that has the power to turn the tide of the entire war. However, both sides commit terrible atrocities, with Mobile Suit Gundam kicking off at the end of the ‘One Year War’, which has halved the entire population of humanity. Zeon campaigns for the rights of discrimination against Spacenoids (people born in space). Set in UC 0079, Mobile Suit Gundam follows the story of Amuro Ray as he finds a prototype military mobile suit when his colony comes under attack from the fascist Federation of Zeon, who is vying for independence in space from the EFSF, who controls the entire Earth. Here’s why you should watch Mobile Suit Gundam. Spawning a huge amount of spinoffs and side stories, the Mobile Suit Gundam mythology all started with the original. For comparison’s sake, Gundam is about as popular as Star Wars over in the East. Almost 40 years later, and there are plans for a 1:1 Scale Gundam to be erected. Since it’s debut in 1979, Mobile Suit Gundam became one of the biggest franchises in Anime.
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