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Mobile Suit Gundam

★ 7.9 4K votes 1979–1980 1 season · 43 episodes Ended Nagoya TV
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
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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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.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 11979
7.76K4317h 55m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Gundam Rising7.7
23125 min
▶2Destroy Gundam!7.4
19325 min
▶3Vote to Attack7.3
18025 min
▶4Escape from Luna II7.3
16925 min
▶5Re-Entry to Earth7.5
16625 min
▶6Garma Strikes7.3
15825 min
▶7The Core Fighter's Escape7.1
14725 min
▶8Winds of War7.7
14925 min
▶9Fly! Gundam7.4
14225 min
▶10Garma's Fate8.3
15425 min
▶11Icelina- Love's Remains7.6
14725 min
▶12The Threat of Zeon7.7
14125 min
▶13Coming Home8.0
14325 min
▶14Time, Be Still7.4
13325 min
▶15Cucuruz Doan's Island6.9
11925 min
▶16Sayla's Agony6.8
13025 min
▶17Amuro Deserts7.3
12725 min
▶18Zeon's Secret Mine7.4
12525 min
▶19Ramba Ral's Attack7.8
12625 min
▶20Hand-to-Hand Combat8.1
12925 min
▶21Sorrow and Hatred8.0
13125 min
▶22The Trap of M'Quve7.2
12725 min
▶23Matilda's Rescue7.2
12325 min
▶24Black Tri-Star7.8
12725 min
▶25The Battle of Odessa7.3
12025 min
▶26Char Returns7.4
12125 min
▶27A Spy on Board7.8
12325 min
▶28Across the Atlantic Ocean8.1
12425 min
▶29Tragedy in Jaburo7.9
12425 min
▶30A Wish of War Orphans7.1
12025 min
▶31A Decoy in Space7.5
11725 min
▶32Breakthrough7.5
11725 min
▶33Farewell in Side 67.6
12025 min
▶34A Fateful Encounter7.9
11925 min
▶35The Glory of Solomon7.6
11725 min
▶36Big Zam's Last Stand8.0
12325 min
▶37The Duel in Texas8.0
12125 min
▶38Char and Sayla8.5
12825 min
▶39The Newtype: Challia Bull8.0
11825 min
▶40Lalah's Dilemma8.0
12225 min
▶41A Cosmic Glow8.7
13025 min
▶42Space Fortress a Baoa Qu8.4
12525 min
▶43Escape8.9
15025 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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