Shin Kidou Senki Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz Tokubetsu-hen

Now, let's be real - as a franchise, Gundam is being perceived as this mess of close looking, but slightly different shows, and when you actually that they don't have direct continuity, being in separate timelines and all this, there's a high chance for the person to "NOPE" out of the topic.

But still, from person who has seen alot of what the Gundam franchise has to offer, it's safe to say not all timelines of this monster of a franchise are worth it, in fact, some of them are so thematically different, they're whole separate genres. So I'll try my best here to explain which show may be to whom's liking, since unlike the "main timeline" of the Universal Century, the alternative ones can be totally enjoyed as a separate things of their own. I do also believe that enjoying these timelines might pique your interest towards the main one as well, since more or less the themes of the Gundam shows does feel pretty close, despite the different timelines.

Just the phenomenal Gundam series arranged according to release order.

Anime that are based on or around Christmas with the holiday as a main theme.
I'm not including anime with just one or two Christmas episodes.

These are the anime that appeared in Super Robot Wars Compact, for the WonderSwan.

These are the anime that appear in Super Robot Wars A for Game Boy Advance, and its remake, Super Robot Wars A Portable for PSP.

These are the anime that appear in Super Robot Wars R for the Game Boy Advance.

These are the anime that appear in Super Robot Wars Alpha 2 for PlayStation 2.

These are the anime that appear in Super Robot Wars Compact 3 for WonderSwan Colour.

These are the anime that appear in Super Robot Wars Alpha 3 for PlayStation 2.

These are the anime that appear in Super Robot Wars W for DS.
This is often considered one of, if not the best written Super Robot Wars game, and is a personal favourite of mine.

These are the anime that appear in Supa Robo Gakuen for DS. Yes, it's supposed to be spelled that way.
None of these anime feature any story whatsoever in this game, which saves me a lot of effort.

These are the anime that appear in Super Robot Wars L for DS.
My bias for the original manga version of Linebarrel of Iron may or may not pop up during this stack.

Getting started with Gundam can be tough because of the multiple timelines and the varying amount of time a viewer must invest to watch the show(s) depending on which timeline they choose to go with. Things are not as simple as picking which one is best; some fans will argue that a certain series is the greatest Gundam show, while other fans will argue for that same show being the worst of the franchise. Knowing how the shows interact with each other is the first step to figuring out what you want to watch, and this stack will help to guide you through that process.

1979 - 2005

Full list of all Gundam anime in order of release date. List will include EVERY entry including summaries

The final installment of Ocean Productions dubbed anime featuring the dubbed movies!

⦿ Alternate Versions (Universal Century)

> Mobile Suit Gundam: 0079 (TV):
Mobile Suit Gundam I (Movie)
Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow (Movie)
Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space (Movie)

> Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (TV):
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation - Heir to the Stars (Movie)
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation II - Lovers (Movie)
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation III - Love Is the Pulse of the Stars (Movie)

> Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (OVA):
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096 (TV)

> Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin (OVA):
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin - Advent of the Red Comet (TV)

> Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt (ONA):
Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky (Movie)
Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: Bandit Flower (Movie)



⦿ Mobile Suit Gundam Franchise Total Episodes: 964 episodes (TV Series + ONA)

> Main Series (726 Episodes):
Mobile Suit Gundam: 0079 (43)
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (50)
Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (47)
Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (51)
Gundam Reconguista in G (26)
Turn A Gundam (50)
Mobile Fighter G Gundam (49)
After War Gundam X (39)
Mobile Suit Gundam: Wing (49)
Mobile Suit Gundam: SEED (50)
Mobile Suit Gundam: SEED Destiny (50)
Mobile Suit Gundam: 00 (50)
Mobile Suit Gundam: AGE (49)
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (50)
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury (24)

> Series Connected to the Universal Century (49 Episodes):
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096 (22)
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin - Advent of the Red Comet (13)
Mobile Suit Gundam: Thunderbolt (8)
Mobile Suit Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance (6)

> Gundam Build Series (101 Episodes):
Gundam Build Fighters (25)
Gundam Build Fighters Try (25)
Gundam Build Divers (25)
Gundam Build Divers Re:Rise (26)

> SD Gundam Series (137 Episodes):
SD Gundam Force (52)
SD Gundam Sangokuden Brave Battle Warriors (51)
SD Gundam World: Sangoku Soketsuden (10)
SD Gundam World Heroes (24)



⦿ Not Included in Interest Stack (Not Watching)

> Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (Universal Century)
> Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (Universal Century)
> Mobile Suit Gundam: Twilight Axis (Universal Century)
> Mobile Suit Gundam: MS IGLOO (Universal Century)
> Gundam Evolve (Universal Century)
> Mobile Suit Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance (Universal Century)
> Gundam Reconguista in G (Regild Century)
> Turn A Gundam (Correct Century)
> Mobile Fighter G Gundam (Future Century)
> After War Gundam X (After War)
> Mobile Suit Gundam: AGE (Advanced Generation)
> Model Suit Gunpla Builders Beginning G (Anno Domini)
> Gundam Build Fighters
> Gundam Build Fighters Try
> Gundam Build Divers
> Gundam Build Divers Re:Rise
> SD Gundam Force
> SD Gundam Sangokuden Brave Battle Warriors
> SD Gundam World: Sangoku Soketsuden
> SD Gundam World Heroes

the essentials classics of the 80's and 90's

The intent of this stack is to provide a complete history of Sunrise animation in a single course, meant to fit inside the framework of a 3 credit class with an expectation of 90 hours of out-of-class material over the period of a 15 week semester.

Adaptions of manga, or novels will be mostly excluded unless the creators themselves worked at Sunrise like in the case of Dunbine, or Arion. This means extremely notable, and historically important series, such as Cyborg 009, Ultraman, City Hunter, Inuyasha, Planetes, Sgt. Frog, and Gintama will all be excluded, despite the critical artistic contribution of this works on Sunrise's style. A truly dedicated academic would, at the minimum, watch some of the City Hunter, Inuyasha, Sgt Frog and Gintama side content since they were incredibly important on influencing Sunrise studio direction.

This course would ideally be taken alongside a thrice per week hour long lecture, breaking down the lineage of Sunrise's works, and how they influenced one another to build what we have today. As a result, there may be a series you feel is critical, or exceptionally great, but it will be excluded in favor of discussing the series role and relationship to the studio due to the limitations watching long form weekly series made for weekly broadcast. Sunrise is unique in that many of their major series have movies, or OVAs that summarize or recap the main franchise to give viewers a soft entry to understanding the work. However, there are of course serious works like Giant Gorg, Vifam, Pazer World Galient, Ronin Warriors, Jushin Liger, the entirety of the critically influencial Brave Series, most alternative Gundam series (which would be left to their own "Gundam" course), Garasaki, Infinite Ryvius, s-CRY-ed, Big O, Tiger & Bunny or even Love, Live! that would be discussed in class even if they aren't going to be watched.

This is a developing experiment, so please contact me if you have any suggestions, or questions.