
Amuro Ray
main character



It is the year Universal Century 0079. Over 90 million humans populate the Earth, and many have been forced to live in space. People now live in large cylinder-like colony clusters called Sides, all ruled over by the "Earth Federation Space Force" (E.F.S.F.). Around this time, a group of colonies called Side 3, located near the dark side of the moon, proclaimed themselves independent from the Earth Federation and made themselves known as the "Principality of Zeon". Now the war has gone on for eight months and doesn't seem to be ending any time soon. Both factions are at a stalemate. As a last resort, the Federation attempts to produce a new, stronger force to fight against the Zeonic armies. They create the White Base and a powerful Mobile Suit called the "Gundam". However, these suits are piloted by youths...
Mobile Suit Gundam I has been well received, with an average AniList score of 71/100 — 39% of 9,559 ratings are 8/10 or higher.
Of the 15.2K AniList users who started it, 0.8% dropped it, so it is very rarely abandoned; 14.6K have finished it.
As a 140-minute film, it fits in a single evening.
Best for viewers who enjoy Action, Adventure, Drama — especially war, space, space opera, military.
Availability, audio and subtitles vary by region and service.
Mobile Suit Gundam I runs 140 minutes (2 h 20 min).
Yes. Mobile Suit Gundam I has finished airing — the final episode aired March 14, 1981.
Yes — the story continues in Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow (1981).
Watch Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin and Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin - Advent of the Red Comet first — Mobile Suit Gundam I is a direct sequel.
No. Mobile Suit Gundam I is an original anime story, not adapted from a manga or novel.
Mobile Suit Gundam I was animated by Sunrise and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino.
Mobile Suit Gundam I is listed on Netflix, YouTube. Availability varies by region — check the streaming links on this page.