Mobile Suit Gundam

Mobile Suit Gundam (機動戦士ガンダム) is a televised Anime that was created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and is made up of 43 episodes that were aired in 1979.

The original Mobile Suit Gundam takes place during the One Year War in the year Universal Century 0079 (U.C. 0079). During this time period humans live in orbiting space colonies called Sides. The ruler of Side 3 declares war against the earth for the independence of the colonies. It is about a crew of Earth Federation Space Forces on a space ship called White Base that fight against the Pricipality of Zeon using human shaped weapons called Mobile Suits. The crew of White Base fight using an advanced Mobile Suit called Gundam that is more powerful than any weapon that the Earth Federation has produced.

Mobile Suit Gundam is one of the most famous anime series ever and has spawned numerous sequels and videogames in the last 20 years. A new Gundam series called Turn A Gundam was released in 1999 for Mobile Suit Gundam's 20th anniversary.

Mobile Suit Gundam was released in the U.S. in July 2001 on Cartoon Network but it was later cancelled due to poor ratings before the entire series was shown. Ironically, the original series was also cancelled for the same reasons, but its strong cult following grew during reruns in Japan, and eventually sequels were in demand, in a pattern similar to the one followed by Star Trek.

The Gundam series are (in order of release):

• Mobile Suit Gundam*
• Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
• Mobile Suit Double Zeta Gundam
• Mobile Suit Gundam 0080 - A War in the Pocket
• Mobile Suit Gundam - Char's Counter Attack
• Mobile Suit Gundam F-91
• Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 - Stardust Memories
• Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
• Mobile Fighter G Gundam
• After Colony Gundam Wing
• Gundam Wing - Endless Waltz
• After War Gundam X
• Mobile Suit Gundam - The 8th MS Team
• Turn-A Gundam
• Gundam Seed

There is a primary timeline in the Gundam series, taking place in an era called the Universal Century. These series takes place in the following order:

• Mobile Suit Gundam (UC0079)
• Mobile Suit Gundam - The 8th MS Team (UC0079)
• Mobile Suit Gundam 0080 - A War in the Pocket (UC0080)
• Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 - Stardust Memories (UC0083)
• Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (UC0086)
• Mobile Suit Double Zeta Gundam (UC0087)
• Mobile Suit Gundam - Char's Counter Attack (UC0093)
• Mobile Suit Gundam F-91 (UC0122)
• Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (UC0153)

The other series take place in alternate universes: G Gundam takes place in the Fight Century universe, Gundam Wing takes place in the After Colony universe, and Gundam X takes in the After War universe.