Kidou Senshi Gundam: Senkou no Hathaway 3

This is a canonical watch order that is geared towards a first time viewer of Gundam. I myself experienced the series in this order, which preserves the canonical order, but mends it slightly to preserve watching experience and prevent burnout. Included will be double-ups of series, which means the TV and Compilation movie versions and/or OVAs. Most of those "rewatches" will come after a period of time, slid into the timeline in a way that prevents serious burn-out. Realistically you can swap around any of them for their relative compilation, but first will always come the "preferred" version.

There is nothing in this list I would call spoilers, but I do give some slight generalized opinions which may lead, or alter your own experiences. If you want to go in blind, just look at the show. The blurbs are there to decide if you aren't sure when you want to watch something, not to give you anything before you watch.

I will also be forced to keep a side list since the max number of items in a single list is 50. Until more Gundam content is released, it mostly has small 5-10 minute things that don't really add to the canon in anyway. However, Gundam is approaching a point where if 2-3 more series release this list will get tight. Here is a link to that list: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/12271

I want to clarify that I am not some super Gundam fan, and I began making this list from the beginning of my watching experience. It thus offers a glimpse into what watching Gundam in 2022 should be like for the open-minded, anime history inclined weeb. If you know nothing (or very little) about Gundam this is the perfect place to start in order to grind out the main Universal Century timeline.

If you have any questions (or suggestions to improve since I'm not a hardcore Gundam fan) please feel free to message me.

2016 - present

Have you ever asked yourself the question, will there be anime that have been canceled or that may never come to light? Well, here are 26 possible answers (I may be missing one)

A list of anime Haruhiko Mikimoto provided character designs for. Ordered by franchise and release date.

⦿ 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)
Mobile Suit Gundam: GQuuuuuuX (TBA)

> 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

Only CM, Movie, Music, OVA, PV, Special, TV, TV Special & Unknown are listed here....

ONA is covered in separate stack.... https://myanimelist.net/stacks/41824

Anime which were announced more than 24 months ago....
& Nothing is heard about it till....

Note: List will be re-updapted on last week of March, 2025.

If something is not mentioned here, then please help me to improve it..

☆ = Mandatory Viewing

My preferred timeline order:
☆ Gundam: The Origin
☆ Gundam I
- Gundam: Cucuruz Doan no Shima
☆ Gundam II: Ai Senshi-hen
- Gundam Thunderbolt: Bandit Flower
- Gundam: Dai 08 MS Shoutai
- Gundam 0080: Pocket no Naka no Sensou
☆ Gundam III: Meguriai Sora-hen
- Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky
- Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
☆ Zeta Gundam
☆ Gundam ZZ
☆ Gundam: Gyakushuu no Char
☆ Gundam Unicorn
- Gundam NT
☆ Gundam: Senkou no Hathaway
- Gundam: Senkou no Hathaway 2
- Gundam: Senkou no Hathaway 3

Gundam anime I've watched that is worth your time. Arranged mostly in production order.

The Universal Century (UC) is the original continuity in the Gundam multiverse (yes, it's a multiverse). This is for all those people that doesn't know how to start because of the BIG amount of titles.
Sorry if there is a grammar mistake, my writing in english is not the best.

UC MS Gundam watch order by Conflict Order in the canonical timeline. I will be updating the battles covered in each listing eventually as I get caught up.

2/4/24 Update: Still working on a lot of the timeline dates for this, so please check back later for revisions and added information and material.

The best music ever produced by mankind (to be updated in the future)

Hi, I'm Oedon And This Is My Secondary Account (Watch-Guide) For Watch Guides!
You Can Spot Me When You See The [W] Mark.
In My Watch Guides I Usually Don't Count Shorts, Recaps, Music Videos etc... Only The Main Show/Films And The Worthy Side Content.
And This Is A Watch Guide For...

----------------------------------- 《 Mobile Suit Gundam 》 ------------------------------------


(About Timelines)

The whole Timelines thing may make the watch guide more complicated than it should be, but it's really simple.
Mobile Suit Gundam started like any other anime, a season then a sequel and some side content here and there, but the fans wanted more and they did get more, more season that is set in Different Timelines!
All what you need to know is the original Mobile Suit Gundam and it's sequel and side content (and later a Prequel) is set in the "Universal Century Timeline" (UC) for short.
and everything else is set in it's own Timeline that is not worth remembering the name of.
So the question is not "what Timeline is this?" It's "is this in the Universal Century Timeline?"

(About Anime)

The Mobile Suit Gundam Franchise Contains 25 different anime

1.(Mobile Suit Gundam) The Original Gundam (UC)

2.(War in the Pocket) Standalone OVA (UC)

3.(Gundam F91) Standalone Film (UC)

4.(Stardust Memory) Standalone OVA (UC)

5.(Victury Gundam) Spin-off Season (UC)

6.(G Gundam) Standalone Anime

7.(Gundam Wing) Standalone Anime

8.(The 08th MS Team) Side Story OVA (UC)

9.(Gundam X) Standalone Anime

10.(Turn A Gundam) Standalone Anime

11.(Gundam SEED) Standalone Anime

12.(MS IGLOO) CG Side Story Shorts (UC)

13.(Gundam 00) Standalone Anime

14.(Gundam Unicorn) Side Story Season (UC)

15.(Gundam AGE) Standalone Anime

16.(Gundam Reconguista in G) Standalone Anime

17.(Gundam The Origin) Prequel Season (UC)

18.(Iron-Blooded Orphans) Standalone Anime

19.(Gundam Thunderbolt) Side Story ONA (UC)

20.(Twilight Axis) Side Story Shorts (UC)

21.(Gundam Narrative) Standalone Film (UC)

22.(Hathaway) Standalone Films (UC)

23.(The Witch from Mercury) Standalone Anime

24.(Requiem For Vengeance) Standalone CG Film (UC)

25.(GQuuuuuuX) Standalone Anime (Alternate UC)

Each of which tell a self contained story, so you start from or skip any.

I gave myself the authority to Not include the Builder (Pokémon but Gundam) And SD (Chibi Gundam) Entries for obvious reasons.

This is how it works 👇🏼


"Name of the Anime" (number of the anime)

"Name of the Timeline" - the Year it takes place in

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