These include titles such as the aforementioned 1979 original, movies like 1988’s Char’s Counterattack, sequel series like Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, limited series OVAs (original video animations) like War in the Pocket and The 08th MS Team, and the forthcoming Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway. The “Universal Century” universe refers to all anime, movies, manga, and other assorted media set before, during, or after the “One Year War” waged between the Earth Federation and the Principality of Zeon.

While the best recommended entry point for viewers new to the series is a common topic of debate, most longtime fans would recommend that newcomers start with the original 1979 Mobile Suit Gundam anime, set in the “Universal Century” continuity. Spanning over 30 different anime series divided between 10 separate continuities, getting into Gundam as a newcomer can feel like a bewildering and impenetrable experience for newcomers. And for over 40 years, the franchise has represented a cultural phenomenon on par with that of Star Wars in Japan, a ubiquitous touchstone of science fiction seen in everything from movies and TV series to figurines and postage stamps to life-size statues capable of moving and performing on their own. Mobile Suit Gundam is widely credited with the maturation of the giant robot anime genre and for weaving a complicated and unerringly human story about love, war, and the hope for peace among the stars. And on top of the new movie, the streamer has also brought the first three Gundam compilation films from the 1980s - Mobile Suit Gundam I, Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow, Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space - to the service for the first time. Between news about tentpoles like Umbrella Academy and Stranger Things, Netflix took the opportunity of its five-day “Geek Week” to drop an even more vital announcement: the company had acquired the streaming rights to Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway, the latest feature-length anime in the long-running Mobile Suit Gundam franchise, and the first of a planned trilogy of movies by Shūkō Murase ( Witch Hunter Robin, Gangsta).

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