Mobile Suit Gundam
AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 10/10War & militaryArmed conflict and the soldier's experience.This show: 9/10Space & sci-fiSpace, aliens and grand-scale science fiction.This show: 8/10Deep worldbuildingDense lore that rewards immersion.This show: 7/10Coming of ageGrowing up as the central arc.This show: 7/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Hirotaka SuzuokiToru FuruyaToshio FurukawaKiyonobu SuzukiFuyumi ShiraishiRumiko Ukai
Written by
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Starring
Hirotaka SuzuokiToru FuruyaToshio FurukawaKiyonobu SuzukiFuyumi ShiraishiRumiko Ukai
Written by
Yoshiyuki Tomino
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Mobile Suit Gundam Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | E16 | E17 | E18 | E19 | E20 | E21 | E22 | E23 | E24 | E25 | E26 | E27 | E28 | E29 | E30 | E31 | E32 | E33 | E34 | E35 | E36 | E37 | E38 | E39 | E40 | E41 | E42 | E43 | ||
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| S1 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 8.9 |
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About
"The war drama that reinvented giant robots"
A teenage civilian is thrust into piloting an experimental giant robot when war erupts between Earth's government and a breakaway space colony. Mobile Suit Gundam swapped invincible robot heroics for grounded, almost military-drama tension: fuel runs out, allies die, and the enemy gets sympathetic screen time too. The animation is dated and pacing can be slow and talky, but the show's insistence that war has costs on both sides reshaped an entire genre. It's less spectacle than flashy action, carried instead by moral ambiguity and character-driven conflict.
Watch it for
the grounded war drama and morally complex conflict that redefined mecha anime.
Maybe skip if
you dislike dated 1970s animation, slow pacing, or exposition-heavy military dialogue.
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Season 11979
7.76K4317h 55m
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
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| ▶ | 1 | Gundam Rising | 7.7 | 228 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Destroy Gundam! | 7.4 | 191 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Vote to Attack | 7.3 | 178 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Escape from Luna II | 7.3 | 167 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | Re-Entry to Earth | 7.5 | 164 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | Garma Strikes | 7.3 | 156 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | The Core Fighter's Escape | 7.1 | 144 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | Winds of War | 7.7 | 147 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 9 | Fly! Gundam | 7.4 | 140 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 10 | Garma's Fate | 8.2 | 152 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 11 | Icelina- Love's Remains | 7.6 | 145 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 12 | The Threat of Zeon | 7.7 | 138 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 13 | Coming Home | 8.0 | 140 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 14 | Time, Be Still | 7.4 | 130 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 15 | Cucuruz Doan's Island | 6.9 | 117 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 16 | Sayla's Agony | 6.8 | 127 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 17 | Amuro Deserts | 7.2 | 124 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 18 | Zeon's Secret Mine | 7.4 | 122 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 19 | Ramba Ral's Attack | 7.8 | 123 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 20 | Hand-to-Hand Combat | 8.1 | 127 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 21 | Sorrow and Hatred | 8.0 | 129 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 22 | The Trap of M'Quve | 7.2 | 125 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 23 | Matilda's Rescue | 7.2 | 121 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 24 | Black Tri-Star | 7.8 | 125 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 25 | The Battle of Odessa | 7.3 | 118 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 26 | Char Returns | 7.3 | 117 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 27 | A Spy on Board | 7.8 | 120 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 28 | Across the Atlantic Ocean | 8.1 | 121 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 29 | Tragedy in Jaburo | 7.9 | 121 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 30 | A Wish of War Orphans | 7.1 | 117 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 31 | A Decoy in Space | 7.5 | 114 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 32 | Breakthrough | 7.5 | 114 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 33 | Farewell in Side 6 | 7.6 | 117 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 34 | A Fateful Encounter | 7.9 | 116 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 35 | The Glory of Solomon | 7.6 | 114 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 36 | Big Zam's Last Stand | 8.0 | 120 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 37 | The Duel in Texas | 8.0 | 118 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 38 | Char and Sayla | 8.5 | 124 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 39 | The Newtype: Challia Bull | 8.0 | 114 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 40 | Lalah's Dilemma | 8.0 | 118 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 41 | A Cosmic Glow | 8.7 | 126 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 42 | Space Fortress a Baoa Qu | 8.4 | 121 | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 43 | Escape | 8.9 | 146 | 25 min |
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Hirotaka Suzuoki Bright Noa, Bright Noah
Toru Furuya Amuro Ray
Toshio Furukawa Kai Shiden, Darota
Kiyonobu Suzuki Hayato Kobayashi
Fuyumi Shiraishi Mirai Yashima
Rumiko Ukai Fraw Bow, Frau Bow
Yô Inoue Sayla Mass
Shûichi Ikeda Char Aznable
Sachio Kumagai Omur Fang
Kaneto Shiozawa M'Quve, Mulligan, Omur Fang
Crew
Yoshiyuki Tomino
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