Like Demifriend said the original 1979 series is the best start; the YouTube channel GundamInfo has the 3 movies which are a good condensation of the story. Next in the list is the direct sequel, Zeta Gundam, but the New Translation movies leave out some important stuff so the 50 episode series is best for Zeta.
I’d suggest watching Char’s Counterattack after that to finish out the whole Char & Amuro saga, but that’s moreso because the chronologic sequel ZZ Gundam didn’t do it for me & it doesn’t add much to the Char/Amuro arc. You can stick with ZZ and/or get into the One Year War side stories like The 08th MS Team (how I got into Gundam), 0080 War In The Pocket, or 0083 Stardust Memory.
That’s a lotta content for now but from there you can go on to Victory Gundam (doomer Yoshiyuki Tomino trying to get fired) and an amazing payoff to the whole IP in Turn A Gundam (bloomer Tomino believing in multiverses or some shit)
Like Demifriend said the original 1979 series is the best start; the YouTube channel GundamInfo has the 3 movies which are a good condensation of the story. Next in the list is the direct sequel, Zeta Gundam, but the New Translation movies leave out some important stuff so the 50 episode series is best for Zeta.
I’d suggest watching Char’s Counterattack after that to finish out the whole Char & Amuro saga, but that’s moreso because the chronologic sequel ZZ Gundam didn’t do it for me & it doesn’t add much to the Char/Amuro arc. You can stick with ZZ and/or get into the One Year War side stories like The 08th MS Team (how I got into Gundam), 0080 War In The Pocket, or 0083 Stardust Memory.
That’s a lotta content for now but from there you can go on to Victory Gundam (doomer Yoshiyuki Tomino trying to get fired) and an amazing payoff to the whole IP in Turn A Gundam (bloomer Tomino believing in multiverses or some shit)