Gundam Wing spark my interest in Gundam. I really like Endless waltz ^^. Worst gundam was Turn A. It just look...weird, I guess.
mmm...my first gunpla was a first grade launcher strike gundam..i came across it at a shopping mall here & thought that it would pe possable...got home & frustrated..didnt know that got different grades for different amount of articulation point..did some research on the net & went to buy master grade zeta plus..liked it so much.. my first gundam anime was SEED,then Wing,then 0083,then SEED Destiny which i torrented from the net..currently got 3 perfect grades,a dozen of master grades & a few 1/100 HG...but some of them are still in the boxes,looking for free time to assemble them.. i learned a lot about gundam modelling from ur page..and like u said,i came across ur site while googling for gundam modelling..thanx bro!..
That's interesting, I started watching Gundam and actually lovin' the series when I started watching Gundam Wing. After that series, and the movie "Endless Waltz"(Which I have a Gundam Wing figure on top of my TV) I've never watched any other Gundam series. Well, there was this one time I watched Gundam G in english, but never got into it...
grew up watching gundam wing, and because i liked it so much, i decided to watch all the other gundam series. i liked them all except for turn A, which had the worst gundam design in the history of gundam. its hard to pick just one out of them all. i think its a threeway tie between stardust memory, gyakushu no char and gundam wing for me. as for the gundams, its another tie between the wing zero custom from endless waltz and strike freedom from seed destiny.
To me Gundam Wing, Seed and Seed Destiny were by far the worst. Seed reused and reused it's animation and tried to modernize the first Gundam series but failed to do so.
I choose War in the Pocket as it was the only Gundam series that made me very sad at the end. The other ones I liked are Wing, Stardust, and 08MS
i've known gundam since kindergarten lol, that was a long long time ago. couldn't aford one plus they were pretty fragile back then. Never had a chance to build one, and now i have a couple of them but don't have time to build them.. animation homework just kills it >
my name saids it all mahahhaha~
I only have a few ones right now. MG Qubeley, MG Harrison Madyn F91, HG 1/100 Red Frame and Cluster Gundam.
I loved Gundam Wing, it was the first Gundam I ever watched and still rewatching today. 08th MS Team I like along with Zeta, and Turn A. I don't get why people don't like Turn A, it has a great unique design among its mobile suits. The storyline is great better than all the Gundam series where it's just plainly race vs race, etcc...
I like the original Gundam timeline. That includes the 08th MS and the Stardust Memory. I ready don’t like the Zeta Gundam. It has too much transformable mobile suits. The Double Zeta Gundam never shows in the U.S. A lot of Gundam fans in the U.S. like the Gundam Wing, because it is the first Gundam shown in the U.S. For me, the series is okay.
My fave is zeta or 08th ms team... my least fave is V gundam and ZZ gundam...V was the only series i literally fell asleep watching it, ZZ just did injustice to the Zeta series.
i think that the best gundam series is MS 08TH Team because it has a human story with it, great character development and it was realistic. the worst is Turn A because the gundam did not look like a gundam, SEED and SEED destiny are boring and 00 just sucks A**
I signed up for Danny Choo just to post this comment. So... this is my first comment. To everybody who has never watched Turn A and everybody who watched Turn A and didn't vote for it, SHAME ON YOU!! Seriously, Turn A is like the best gundam series ever! Yes, I do realize that they also have the ugliest mobile suit designs ever, but the series is individualistic, was the last series that was animated by hand drawn cels, and was the last one directed by the original director. If you didn't like it, you deserve to go to hell, and if you didn't watch it, you deserve to the next thing from hell unless you watch it before you die. Seriously, Turn A is godlike among Gundam! The plot is so good!~
It's hard to decide since I haven't watched many Gundam series and still watching Zeta. Anyway...my first of Gundam was with Gundam Wing (only a couple episodes) and then I got the Endless Waltz movie which got me completely hooked into Gundam. The series that I watched from the beginning was Gundam Seed which I loved it, but then after watching Stardust Memory and 08th MS Team I turned down Gundam Seed mostly because the characters cried so much and Stardust Memory rocks especially with the second intro ^^ Men of Destiny and I love all of those Gundam, I hope they remake their master grades into better versions
Loved Wing and S Destiny the most because all the other series had wimpy gundam pilots. Kira and Athrun matured in the 2nd series, so I gave them that. I watched 0083 a short while ago, and it was okay, but Uraki just plain sucks. Best designs lie with Endless Waltz and Destiny for the fast pace and overpowered designs.
So far I have covered all the series except Turn A. Couldn't get my hands on it. But for my opinion for now, I agree that 0083 stardust memory is one of the important series in the timeline of UC. But for the best gundam series ever, I will opt for MS Igloo althought it has nothing to do with gundams, more on the Zeon side. The story is depicts the other side of the 1 year war. I will say it is written very well and very tragic as well.
I just had to vote for X. It'll be tops if it had more eps. Other favourites are Zeta, G, 08th, 0080 and Turn A.
Gundam Wing was the series that got me into the Gundam Universe and is my all time fav Gundam series. I had a slight problem with EW but I still loved it. I also really like The 08th MS Team, short series but I liked it. I haven't seen X (want to), or Turn A(just curious) but I would like to just to see what's up with them. I hate G Gundam with a passion, can't stand it.
My number 1 is gundam 08MS, simply because it the most true to life gundam series. there no undead ultimate gundam that could take unlimited hit from enemy, and their one hit kill crap. I like 08 MS story line too. Number 2 could be Stardust memory. Best gundam design will go for gundam seed destiny, love Zaku warrior design. By the way don't ask me about gundam 00 since I don't want to hurt the feeling of the staff who work hard on it.
I started gundam with G gundam so it was my favourite. Gotta love Domon Kasshu and his super GAR God gundam. Nobel Gundam was also a nice plus. I mean, who wouldnt like to see a girl gundam.(dont bring up Nadleeh, for it is heresy for a guy to pilot girl gundams, now if 2LT Soma were to get her hands on it, i wouldnt mind at all.)
hmm my website still stays the same even though i edited my profile, can you look into this please danny. thx
@Setsuna-san who said Tiera Erde was a guy? ^^
So much hate for Turn A just because of his looks... *sigh* Doesn't people go for the contents anymore? That dude got freakin nuclear butterfly wings!
My fave Gundam is Wing Gundam Zero Custom But The best Storyline is Z-Gundam Is G Gundam the First SuperRobot???
MS08th team hands down.. probably one of the best settings and storyline in UC ever. Where raw power is not important but tactics and teamwork are used
Danny, Thanks for the tutorial, I read it a while back and it introduced me to your site. Since then I have moved on to building many models, kit bashing, and scratch building. Im turning a Red Frame Astray into a Raysta. Its a little known mobile suit, but I wanted to go with something different. I was introduced into Gundam with Gundam Wing, and have loved it even before that. Although I had never seen an OVA. My favorite is 08th MS Team, just very realistic. I dont like the Gundams being god-like. I like them having faults, just like the pilots. @qingy, yes.. he is a guy. Sigh. I mean.. at least a pre-op guy. Dont watch Turn A gundam people.. please dont. Its just.... ..... .... ... Im back, I just threw up on my shoe.
@Guarayakha, I think that is the exact reason people hate it.
I think you'll find that most American fans are going to be going with Wing or 08th MS, simply because Wing was the first major exposure the US had to Gundam, and I'm fairly certain 08th MS was the second. (Both were airing on cable television while I was in middle school). I never really got into Wing, but I loved every second of 08th MS, probably because it's pretty much Wing's exact opposite in terms of just what Gundam is.
@ Feylin, Welcome to the Site! .. and I guess Im going to hell, because I didnt like Turn A gundam at all. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, even if its wrong. Lol. I would tell you guys what models I have collected so far, but I have over 56, so it would take too much space. Mostly MG, and 1/100 Gundams. Damn.. I have to stop typing.
0083 started my interest in Gundam. Had the anime in VHS. I can't believe you actually started Gunpla with a Perfect Grade. Too high of an investment to screw up on first try :D
I find it strange that people actually voted 08th MS team! (I did, its my absolute favorite Gundam series ever.) The reason I find it weird is because all "Gundam Fans" around here (My town) only talk about Seed and all the other series with ultimate ace pilots etc. I guess I'm more into down to earth mecha animes than hyper-super-untouchable-uber pilot ones. Don't get me wrong, I loved Gundam Wing and Endless Waltz, but Seed I could not get into. Gundam 00 on the other hand is more rational when it comes to skill levels etc of the Meisters.
And across europe, but it was the only gundam on cable/sky (I think) at the time. But ditto on gundam wing, was one of the first animes I ever watched so its definitely my personal favourite.
08th MS Team was my favorite by far. Every time I watch a new Gundam, I watch that after to 'cleanse the pallet'.
I have only watched SEED and SEED DESTINY so far, so have no choice but to vote for SEED. Oh well, this article's got a good list of gundam series anyway, so I can finally search for them!
original gundam ftw ftw back when the prototype mobile suits, a space colony, and bad guys in the first episode were original.
Gundam Wing is what I was exposed to first and is still one of my favorites. After I saw Gundam Wing I started making gunpla. I don't see SD Gundam's on the list, which I liked the least-the American version, is it because it's not considered "gundam" "gundam?"
08th MS team for the win... i thought it was the best one, and most realistic of the gundams...
hmm thats a good question indeed.. guess up till now zeta gundam has had the prize.. thuogh 00 is doing a good job at taking it.. if it keeps up the good work.. enjoying it emensly worst.. ZZ..actually first half of ZZ, second half was prety good.. turn A.. good sci fi robot series, excelent story.. bad gundam..just didn't have the "gundamness" to it.. was a good series though behind zeta.. X, underated series, 0083 and 08th ms.. very good.. thanks danny!
I think the problem with rating things like Gundam shows is that, you really don't have a choice. Think about it, the best would always be teh original since without it, you wouldn't have any other shows to even start comparing with. If we don't take that into account with however, then my choice would probably still be the first Gundam since it set the tone for many more Gundam series and other mecha anime's to come.
@V1lt R, I saw the first intro of Chars Zaku, and the sound quality was fantastic! I have to say, that is a good benchmark to have to stand up to. Maybe the concept is why I liked 08th MS Team so much.
My problem with giving an accurate decision as to my fav Gundam series is that I haven't watched them all 0_0 Over here unless you've got a fast internet connection to download torrents, or buy "casual copy" DVD's you'll never be able to see 1/8 of the Gundam series out there. Which is funny because we're right next door to Japan so to speak, and we have a 24 hour Anime Channel, Animax. I've only ever seen Seed, Seed Destiny, Wing, Endless Waltz and 08th MS. And Wing and Waltz I saw when I was in Vancouver, and 08th MS when I was visiting my uncle in New York! But overall, 08th MS was what made the best impression on me. It was more down to earth, and the characters were likable. I didn't see all of the series but from what I remember the characters weren't as convoluted as Seed or Destiny.
ファーストは小学生の頃かな。 近くの模型屋さんは子ども達で一杯だった。 おいらはシャー専用ザクが好きで誕生日に買ってもらった。 あの頃感じたのは、すごく大人なアニメだなってこと。 ストーリーが難しすぎて、モビルスーツばかりに目がいっていたんだと思うね。 ガンダムWあたりはよく知らない。 でもSEEDとかOOは見たよ。 賛否両論だけどおいらは面白いと思うな。 比べるからいけないんだよ。 みんな別物だと思えばいいのさ。
Yeah!!!! Gundam 08MS for the win!!!! So happy that a lot of member with me. In my region since most gundam fan get expose to gundam seed and seed destiny in cartoon network so not much people understand what I mean TT_TT . I build some gunpla too, not much just 15 so far most of them is Zeon mech Zaku, Ginn, Cgue... and their variation. Have Strike and Destiny though but not put them together yet LOL
08th MS Team is on the top of my list followed by Stardust Memories. I'd give Turn A a chance for the story and it's different take on the Gundam design. Yes it has a mustache, but I give much respect to it's designer Sydney Mead of Blade Runner (and his influence to anime). ...and I am starting to like 00 (so sue me!) I'm loving the non-traditional take on the mobile suits.
hahaha, i thought seed or wing would wing cuz, I am so glad to see 08MS on the top!! it is my favorite too, story line, graphics, charcters... everything is perfect
08th MS is my fav and seed comes in 2nd.
Man, Gundam V never gets any love, I don't understand why people don't like it. Has the best Gundam design too IMO, the V2 Gundam. 2nd and 3rd would probably be the original and then CCA.
I'm really not too sure about which one, I'd say 08MS and then wing. although I have to say that wing had the best singles Two-Mix
With the exception of G Saviour (Which I refuse to watch), I've seen every Gundam so far, well 00 is airing right now. I first started out with Gundam Wing, and in retrospect, the story sucked pretty hard, though it had some awesome suit designs and was fun watching when I was 12 for the explosions. To everyone ragging on Turn A, give it another chance. Ignore the mecha design's if you have to, but its great in all aspects (Suit designs grew on me a lot, and Turn A is one of my favorite suits now). Animation quality is extremely good for a 50+ episode series, with little to no reused battle scenes (seed anyone? not ragging on it but using as example), a wide range of well developed characters (well, maybe not the space hippies, but they served a purpose too), and one of the BEST stories I've seen in Gundam. And the music! God the music is so fitting in the series, from dainty everyday life to intense DOOM scenes. Yoko Kanno did a great job, and the entire series is worth watching for the epilogue scenes and music ALONE. In its heart it is a true Gundam series where: War is bad and affects lots of people, but instead of killing everyone, it tries to show hope for humanity. There is also no distinct BAD side, just people fighting for their own reasons, and people can change the reasons why they do things. Also, politics. G Gundam was great for what it was. Don't take it seriously when watching it, as its more of a Super Robot show than Real Robot. Keep that in mind, and you'll have fun. I watched it again in college and loved it, did a Domon cosplay as a result. If someone doesn't watch the original Gundam because of dated animation, I can understand that seeing as we nowadays are spoiled with good quality animation. But if you decide you "Hate" a show because you don't like the way it looks, especially a more recent show with good quality, then I say don't judge a book by its cover. Watch more than the first episode before coming to judgment, like 10 episodes. I'd write my opinion for every Gundam show I've seen so far, but I've got an essay. Maybe next time. PS 08MS team was great too, 0080 fantastic, Zeta was a good UC show as was Original movies, as is Char's Counterattack. ZZ is skippable, V is good but depressing, X is average. Seed is not bad by itself, but combined with Destiny it went VERY downhill.
Gundam Wing was what got me started into Gundam. I just absolutely loved the Wing Gundam, and Deathsythe. Anywho, I haven't really watched all the series so I don't think my opinion counts for much, but from the ones I have watched I like them best in this order: -Gundam Wing -Gundam Seed -08Th -00 -Destiny I absolutely loved Gundam Seed, which was actually done quite well, but I hated Gundam Seed Destiny. They just made all the returning characters look like retards and the new characters were all retards to begin with. For anyone who doesn't already have it, get Rengou Vs Zaft II Plus. It's probably one of the best Gundam fight games ever created. It actually makes sense to play and you're not wandering around in space!
@Dragun: I used to hate Turn A myself, you know? Then my curiosity got the better of me and lo & behold, it turns out to be a masterpiece. No stock footages, interesting characters and great references to the previous Gundams. Oh and with the uber awesomeness of Yohko Kanno's music too. People hated it just because of its moustache and too little Gundam action. I love it because of the same reason. Wing is overrated, Seed is crap :p However, 00 is taking my #1 spot right now.
My gundam knowledge is really at my wits end. I only picked up gundam a few years back, which started from Gundam Seed. I think I saw an advertisement or trailer of it on the TV which caught my interest. I really missed out all the previous and older series, hope one day I'll be able to see them. So from now on, I'm following all the upcoming series. I don't dislike any gundam series considering that I've only watched a few. Guess my fave would be Gundam Seed, Freedom is the one which captivated me X3
i didnt mind seed or destiny....but the gundams were just brutal copies of old generations of gundam. my fave's were 08th ms team, wing, i gueess gundam 00, G was ok, even though it was pretty unrealistic...
not much into gundam anime. only watch seed and seed D now, seed is ok, except the load of reused battle scene seed D is too noisy (cagalli crying) and the story are... whut?
My favorite Gundam anime is Seed/Destiny and 1st (I include in "1st" Zeta, ZZ, 0083, 0080, etc etc). My first gundam series was sadly enough Wing, and I HATE Wing and G with a passion. Am currently working my way through X and Turn A, and need to watch ZZ soonish too. I may be in the minority for having the Seed universe as my favorite, and it probably is for one reason: the music. My favorite scenes that I can watch over and over again are when Freedom makes it's debut (that song is AWESOME), and when Akatsuki is revealed (in the Japanese release anyway; the US DVDs didn't have that song sadly enough). Those are the 2 I remember right off-hand; I know there's a ton others I like.
Seed is pretty good for newage Gundam fans. Mobile Suit Gundam still is the overall best, but personally, Wing is right up there because of its great characters (especially the villains) and the boy heroes and great action. 0083 was nice, but too short and its endgame didn't make much sense. MS08 was nice too, but another short series.
Zircor, I definitely agree with the music in Seed. From OP to ED to the epic background music, I'd say only Gundam Wing , MSG and Turn A was any competition in terms of having some of the most memorable music. But Seed shows definitely had the most comprehensive and appropriate OST of all Gundam canon IMO.
I think 00 accurately represents the newage Gundam, imo... hated SEED series... But yea, I like Zeta..
Original Gundam movies and Zeta Gundam are the best. 00 is horrible. Most Gundam now-a-days is just fodder for horrible yaoi doujinshi. At least SEED was funny.
Danny u should let us have multiple choice! My favourite was Turn A, 0083 Stardust memory, Gundam X, and 08th MS Team! The most hated one was Gundam Seed Destiny, Gundam W and upcoming OO (if the story still goes on in the current pace i think i will drop the animation)!
the poll was hard in me...I almost can't decide....but end up clicking 08th MS team, remembered about the romance.... Z was cool, Char's counterattack was awesome, wing was just like that, SEED was not bad but the D gives a D mark for it in the end.... the one year war good, but can't stand the cheesy ending...?maybe because I was watching the trilogy gundam 00 is airing but there's these things about gundam NADIA?(CMIIW)
Hmmmm I got hooked into Gundam with the American debut of Wing. I hold Wing, 0083, and Zeta as the Best series. The Bad were G and ZZ. And for a horrible mention that should not be mentioned, G-Savior. Looked Very Pretty, but very very bad. As for my Fav Gundam I gotta go with Zeta.
Oh, I'll probably get flamed for this, but I have never watched a Gundam series. Not even an episode. Have no knowledge about characters, storylines, or background. I did however build alot of gundam models when I was younger. While I liked the design, complexity and articulation of model kits it never prompted me to watch. I still have a few MG kits intact with parts still in their polybags collecting dust.
Where's the G Gundam OP? ;o; No love for the King of Hearts.
Well, everyone has a series that got them started on Gundam. Mine is Zeta Gundam, and the funny thing is that I played the PlayStation Game back when I was a kid before I knew anything about Gundams, lol. I was like "Wow... 0.0" and I pretty much drooled at the Gundams inside. And thus, another Gundam fan is born into this world =x
my favorite series is the original series, I also love Char's Counter Attack, and F-91, I also find their 20th anniversary project G-Saviour quite likeable
I just recently (6 months ago) started watching anime, and so far I'm watching Gundam 00. IMO it's bloody brilliant so far. I hated Seed though. I downloaded all 52 eps, recommended by friends, and gave up after the 12th episode. The main MSs were frickin' overpowered too much, and the art looked crap.
Well, I don't watch Gundam, never will. I'm not a mech fan, and I don't really like Sci-fi. Wish there was an option to vote "Don't watch." or something like that. Ah well.
wildarm: I refuse to believe that 00 is bad. I mean, first off, it's only been 10 episode. Second, I think the story is original enough to warrant it interesting. If you make fun of SEED, go ahead... I like the unit design (especially the strike pack...), but story and character sucks... so I got into gundam, I don't know... I saw my friend have a Gunpla of the V Gundam series, so I started gunpla first. I frequently go to Japan, but not long enough to finish a series. So I get a glimpse of what I watch, but don't know what's going on. So that makes my first Gundam Series to complete as SEED, which is really sad in my opinion...
Ah, G-Gundam for me. Grew up with Super Robot sensibilities (childhood heroes were Daimos, Voltes V, and Mazinger Z), and G is as fun to watch as any of them. After sitting through Wing and its ridiculously convoluted plots and being forcefed hackneyed morals (War of the pacifists? Please.), G was a refreshing change of pace. And fun to watch too. Worst for me has to be Destiny and Wing. The former because it was totally unoriginal in its plot twists (granted every other Gundam show has its masked men and pscycho girls, this was a pain to watch because you could they were coming 5 episodes ahead). The latter I've already more or less outlined, along with the fact that it's so bloody over-rated by fanboys around the world (much in the same way FF7 is, which could have been left unsaid). I apologize for the rant, but I spent 4 years of high school hanging out with a guy who thought blowing up your mech and yourself was bravest thing you could ever do. But, in the end, opinions don't matter on the net.
