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Mobile Suit Gundam watch order

The Mobile Suit Gundam franchise has 40 anime entries: 5 TV seasons, 3 main-story movies, 24 optional extras and 8 recaps you can skip. The main story takes about 75 h 44 min (177 h 25 min with extras).

Release order

  1. 1
    Mobile Suit Gundam
    Main storyTV · 197943 eps17 h 55 min
  2. ·
    Mobile Suit Gundam I
    Recap · skipMovie · 19812 h 20 min
  3. ·
    Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow
    Recap · skipMovie · 19812 h 15 min
  4. ·
    Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space
    Recap · skipMovie · 19822 h 20 min
  5. 2
    Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
    Main storyTV · 198550 eps20 hours
  6. 3
    Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ
    Main storyTV · 198647 eps18 h 48 min
  7. 4
    Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
    Movie · main storyMovie · 19881 h 59 min
  8. ·
    Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
    Optional extraOVA · 19896 eps2 h 42 min
  9. ·
    Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
    Optional extraOVA · 199113 eps6 h 30 min
  10. ·
    Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory - Mayfly of Space
    Optional extraSpecial · 19921 eps4 minutes
  11. ·
    Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: The Afterglow Of Zeon
    Recap · skipMovie · 19921 h 59 min
  12. ·
    Mobile Fighter G Gundam
    Optional extraTV · 199449 eps19 h 36 min
  13. ·
    Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
    Optional extraTV · 199549 eps19 h 36 min
  14. ·
    Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team
    Optional extraOVA · 199612 eps4 h 48 min
  15. ·
    Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team - Miller's Report
    Recap · skipMovie · 199851 minutes
  16. ·
    Gundam: Mission To The Rise
    Optional extraSpecial · 19981 eps3 minutes
  17. ·
    Gundam Evolve
    Optional extraOVA · 200115 eps1 h 45 min
  18. ·
    Gundam Neo Experience 0087: Green Divers
    Optional extraMovie · 200123 minutes
  19. ·
    Mobile Suit Gundam: Zeonic Front - Indignation of Zeon.
    Recap · skipSpecial · 20011 eps10 minutes
  20. ·
    Mobile Suit Gundam Seed
    Optional extraTV · 200250 eps20 hours
  21. ·
    Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO: The Hidden One Year War
    Optional extraOVA · 20043 eps1 h 21 min
  22. 5
    Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation I - Heir to the Stars
    Movie · main storyMovie · 20051 h 34 min
  23. 6
    Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation II - Lovers
    Movie · main storyMovie · 20051 h 37 min
  24. ·
    Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO: Apocalypse 0079
    Optional extraOVA · 20063 eps1 h 30 min
  25. ·
    Kidou Senshi Gundam Battlefield Record: Avant-Title
    Optional extraONA · 20091 eps7 minutes
  26. ·
    Mobile Suit Gundam UC
    Optional extraOVA · 20107 eps6 h 53 min
  27. ·
    Portrait of the Red
    Recap · skipSpecial · 20101 eps1 h 45 min
  28. ·
    Mokei Senshi Gunpla Builders Beginning G
    Optional extraSpecial · 20103 eps39 minutes
  29. ·
    Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team - Battle in Three Dimensions
    Optional extraSpecial · 20131 eps9 minutes
  30. ·
    Kidou Senshi Gundam UC: episode EX - Hyakunen no Kodoku
    Recap · skipSpecial · 20141 eps25 minutes
  31. ·
    Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin
    Optional extraOVA · 20156 eps7 h 6 min
  32. ·
    Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt
    Optional extraONA · 20164 eps1 h 12 min
  33. ·
    Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory - Mayfly of Space 2
    Optional extraSpecial · 20161 eps12 minutes
  34. 7
    MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM UNICORN RE:0096
    Main storyTV · 201622 eps8 h 26 min
  35. ·
    Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky
    Optional extraMovie · 20161 h 9 min
  36. ·
    Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt 2
    Optional extraONA · 20174 eps1 h 32 min
  37. 8
    Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin - Advent of the Red Comet
    Main storyTV · 201913 eps5 h 25 min
  38. ·
    Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island
    Optional extraMovie · 20221 h 49 min
  39. ·
    GUNDAM: Requiem for Vengeance
    Optional extraONA · 20246 eps2 h 30 min
  40. ·
    Kidou Senshi Gundam ALC ENCOUNTER
    Optional extraSpecial · 20241 eps5 minutes

This franchise is very large; only the entries closest to the main story are listed.

Built from AniList relation data: entries linked as direct prequels/sequels are the main story; side stories and specials are optional.

Mobile Suit Gundam watch order FAQ

What order should I watch Mobile Suit Gundam in?
Watch the main story in release order: Mobile Suit Gundam (1979), then Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (1985), then Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (1986), then Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988), then Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation I - Heir to the Stars (2005), then Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation II - Lovers (2005), then MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM UNICORN RE:0096 (2016), then Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin - Advent of the Red Comet (2019). 24 optional extras are listed separately.
How many seasons does Mobile Suit Gundam have?
5 TV seasons and 3 movies that continue the main story, plus 24 optional extras.
Do I need to watch the Mobile Suit Gundam movies?
Yes — Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack and Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation I - Heir to the Stars and Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation II - Lovers are part of the main story, linked by AniList as a direct sequel or prequel.
How long does it take to watch all of Mobile Suit Gundam?
About 75 h 44 min for the main story, or 177 h 25 min including optional extras.
Can I skip the Mobile Suit Gundam recap episodes?
Yes — Mobile Suit Gundam I, Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow, Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space, Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: The Afterglow Of Zeon, Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team - Miller's Report, Mobile Suit Gundam: Zeonic Front - Indignation of Zeon., Portrait of the Red, Kidou Senshi Gundam UC: episode EX - Hyakunen no Kodoku recap earlier episodes and can be skipped if you have watched everything in order.
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