First Gundam Explained in 16 minutes (Gundam ASAP)

The First Gundam Movie Trilogy explained in 16 minutes
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[@nasoweak445]

Just finished Gundam Requiem for Vengeance and was looking for the first Gundam Recap when I found your channel. This is well put.

[@killerglicher192]

I see I am not the only one lmao

[@ThePatrioticTurtle]

Vengeance also got me into Gundam

[@aldolopez9564]

Once you get use to the old school animation and you understand the context were this serie was developed and release, this is the best Gundam ever.

[@condor-yz6bo]

Tbh so far this story is the best

[@ducksoop.x]

Honestly some of this old school animation looks way better than some modern animation.

[@DD-pp8eh]

Sorry I’m not old enough to remember, but did Gundam happen before Robotech? Or was Robotech first?

[@AkasagiPhan]

Despite that it needs a proper reanimation. The Origin drags too long on the prequel arcs.

[@mudawott]

​@@StevenAnthonyAsher The animation of the movies is really good, even if its mainly just touch ups. I wouldnt agree its better than newer animation, but i wouldnt say its aged particularly badly since it is still easy to understand whats happening and its highlights are gorgeous

[@browhut]

Amuro accidentally killing his soulmate while upbeat electric music plays in the background will never stop being funny to me

[@McHaro0079]

It's not that upbeat in the movie. And I love, love, LOVE that song in the movie.

[@jeffreyveloso2246]

Dude this is actually a great recap of the original trilogy! Thanks for putting this together!

[@KAIJUCORP]

Thanks 🙏

[@PoPo-qp8zq]

I don't expect the plot to be this good, I can see why it expanded into a massive franchise

[@Catbus-Driver]

I love the OG and how the nostalgia kicks in, but I would kill for a shot for shot remake using modern techniques. Both Char and Amuros original voice actors are still alive, as well as Tomino of course. Seems like the perfect time since Gundam has blown up so much overseas

[@nickm5419]

love Toru Furuya but No; leave it be; not everything needs a remake

[@cybersteampunk]

The first time I watched these movies was in the late 90s on cable and without subtitles, it was mind blowing at the time. The movie trilogy were good compilation but there are still parts of the series that I wish were included.

[@DigitalDevil12]

That part with Amuro and his mom always messes me up.

[@gioacchinovinci9668]

Why?

[@DigitalDevil12]

@@gioacchinovinci9668 i just find it sad that his mom has to witness his son be forced into taking lives. The way she begs him not leave and to not fight. It was hard to watch.

[@gioacchinovinci9668]

@@DigitalDevil12 i understand what you think but you have to consider the Age of the show and the rought message of tomino in that years. Sorry for My bad English

[@DigitalDevil12]

@@gioacchinovinci9668 I realize the message. It’s just something I’m pointing out.

[@DigitalDevil12]

@@gioacchinovinci9668 also I was pretty drunk when I wrote that comment so it was a drunk Emotional reflex 😂

[@damiester1]

Char really was such a narrative icon. A villain, rival and deutaragonist all in one.

[@redgravecity4728]

i know a lot of the other gundam shows are supposed to be like a similar take on the original but man, Seed really took a lot more from the original than I realized.

[@plaingreekyogurt996]

I hope they make gundam thunderbolt season 3. I’m caught up with the latest chapters that are translated. I hope we get more UC animes. Not a fan of build divers.

[@DarkMatterZero]

I have a headcanon that Gihren's betrayal of his father had more far reaching consequences just Kacilia killing him. I feel by killing alot of the Federation top brass with the Colony Laser it caused the more corrupt leaders in the Federation like Jamitov to be the ones higher in the ranks allowing him to take control and form the Titans.

[@McHaro0079]

Yep. And the revolt of Delaz gave them the perfect excuse to do whatever they want.

[@schuettjoel]

I always forget Ramba Ral is only 35, He looks like he should be in his 50's at least.

[@jonathonE]

Bruhhh dude looks an easy 50😅 I just looked it up, that’s a rough 30

[@ZOMLUVER]

He's aged fast due to war I'm guessing

[@LegendoftheGalacticHero]

Thirty in the ID, daddy in the sheets

[@perotekku]

The first UC Gundam I watched was the original series, not the movies. Still see why it spawned the whole franchise. The movies are superior for cutting out a lot of the fat, but the plot, characters, and overall themes are just so crisp even 40 years later.

[@abramwalker882]

My 13-year-old son wants to get in a Gundam and I think I'm going to hunt down for the English dubs of the movies. I don't think it's fair to try to sit in through the inferior product even though it's my personal favorite

[@perotekku]

@@abramwalker882 Origin Dub may also be easier to source/more up to date pacing and animation. I know I would have probably preferred that when I was younger.

[@abramwalker882]

@@perotekku yeah but the origin movies don't really encompass the story of Mobile Suit Gundam, so he can't really understand what made it so special(and thus he won't understand Zeta as well which is my FAVORITE FAVORITE lol or CCA). The UC is what interests him most right now so I'm trying to give him a foundation for what everything else was built on so he can watch 0080, 08th MS team or even 0083.

[@perotekku]

@@abramwalker882 I'm 100% with you, man. Zeta is my favourite, and I would say you definitely need to watch the original series to appreciate it. And the Origin is great because of the context from having seen the original series first. Thunderbolt is a great entry to UC, but a little dark.

[@abramwalker882]

@@perotekku Zeta really set the standard for what Gundam should be in my opinion. It doesn't help Gundam vs Zeta Gundam was my proper introduction to the series as Gundam Wing never really caught my interest besides the MS designs. Oh yeah, the Origin is amazing. I haven't watched Thunderbolt yet, but it's on my list.

[@doc8125]

this was so helpful! I wached the movies years ago but never got around to zeta before now, but was completly lost on the plot. This was perfect to fill in the holes!

[@thegeardad]

I refuse to believe Ramba Ral was only 35 lol

[@mitchellbambam5926]

What the hell? I thought he was in his late 40s or early 50s!

[@sfepea777]

It’s the moustache, the grey hair, and the extra weight that makes him look 50.

[@knghtbrd]

I mean, I can summarize the original Mobile Suit Gundam in 16 seconds: Get in the damn robot, Shin-er, Amuro! 😁

[@penguin902]

Great video. I needed this. The first thing I ever saw was the Origin. Which was fitting...and it was great. So I have been watching in order but I skipped the movies because they felt too slow. But I also needed to know certain things. I'm up to Zeta now and even though I'm watching in UC order it's still a unique experience because the multiple animation and music styles that each series takes on does NOT disrupt the consistent flow of the story and their characters. It didn't feel out of place to watch Thunderbolt and then Starsust memory even though they were created 20+ yrs apart.

[@miliart7695]

Good job summarizing!

[@JackDManheim]

Great synopsis. Very well done. You should summarize the various incarnations of shows. I would definitely watch that.

[@KAIJUCORP]

Thanks, glad you liked it 👍👍

[@yabutjovielervinv.4104]

Before, I hated the old animation and it makes me want to stop watching the old series but when i started to Understand the Plot of it and the story, I became a Universal Century fan and watched it all.

[@ravissary79]

Q: if you were tasked with writing the Legendary/Sunrise collaboration live action gundam movie with Netflix... what would you portray? IMHO, I'd come up with a novel universe for the movie that's as close as i can get to an updated UC gundam universe, complete with minovski physics, the sides, overpopulation and newtypes... but condense the plot almost like 0080 meets f91, but with a basic gundam plot: latent newtype angsty kid whose parents work on the gundam project gets thrust into the horrors of war and because of his background in gaming amd robotics at his high school he pilots the new prototype to victory... enter a char character to drive political intrigue. But make the style like Interstellar meets "The Creator". Mayve you could introduce something like a psychoframe, and mind based piloting or the bio-computer, to explain how fast the protagonist learns, meanwhile the enemy has a plan to drop a colony and must be stopped and theyre piloting a powerful mobile armor with funnels, but the hero wins by "feeling" them and or communicating with an Ally to do a coordinated attack... but in the process they "understand" an enemy who then dies and this tears them apart... In a heroic turn of evebts the gundam saves them but is destroyed, meanwhile the villain uses the confusion to get revenge, and leads a coup which results in a cease fire. Mayve do a scene with nukes where newtyoe powwrs get used to destroy the nukes early like in Chars coubterattack.

[@_Forever555]

Very good summary of the 50+ episode show 😊

[@AP-dd3xp]

Now I finally understand the story and the background of the original gundam, thank you!

[@KAIJUCORP]

That's Great. Glad it's helpful!

[@marktyiran2250]

I loved gundam seed. The base plot seems almost exact. Which I think is really cool.

[@orangeviperau9960]

Seed is a reboot without a be a reboot

[@NoPhilters]

such good summarization I didn't event need to speed things up 1.75x xD

[@KAIJUCORP]

thank you! no time to waste!

[@J4yy_]

Watched the compilation films while high. While I enjoyed it, this video really helped me solidify some thing.

[@J4yy_]

Watched this video again. Today I've finished ZZ. Wanted to refresh myself on 0079 before going into Chara Counterattack- not that I needed to, but I wanted to.

[@SaintNick420]

Same

[@Cheers_Mcgee]

I am totally new to Gundam, just getting into it initially because I like the look of the Rouge Strike Gundam haha. Anyways, this is super helpful to me, thanks!

[@KAIJUCORP]

Glad it's helpful!

[@m.032]

You made me fall in love with this beautiful series... Thank you 🙏🥲

[@hamig306]

thanks for the upload. i cant sit still enough to read subtitles. So, this helps me understand the lore that Iron Blooded Orphans and Witch From Mercury are based on. I found both shows so good

[@samwell707]

Excellently done. I need to rewatch the sections I missed as a kid

[@BOSSposes]

I remember randomly YTV started to play Gundam wing at 11PM When i was a kid that was way too late untill i got my first TV in my bedroom and man i would fake sleep just to wake up and Watch gundam also led me to be an animator today!

[@affanmahdhir1793]

Always loved the OG Gundam. The animation is outdated in most of the 50eps, but rewatching it after decades of UC feels refreshing. The one that started it all.

[@orimotoizumi]

Gundam Seed must have been inspired by this early work, some story elements like Newtypes (Coordinators) and opening sequence of the new Gundam prototype (Heliopolis), to the aesthestics, like White Base (Archangel) and uniforms of Earth Federation.

[@gundamthecompleteversion624]

Yes, Gundam SEED was heavily inspired by the original Gundam series/movie and Zeta Gundam but in not necessarily the best of ways.

[@marvelousTUD]

Yep! A lot of AU Gundam series essentially remake the original series in a new time period. Gundam Wing, for example, copies the idea of the main female character being related to the blonde masked villain, but has a whole team of Gundams instead of just one.

[@mightza3781]

SEED was basically a soft reboot. Destiny follows Zeta.

[@SalinaMoonfall]

@@mightza3781 This...Wing, Seed, and 00 are essentially soft reboots that were tailored to be entry points for new fans who were nervous about diving into the One Year War timeline to start. Though 00 itself takes more inspiration from Wing making it a soft reboot of a soft reboot. All of them stand on their own for the most part and are good "first" series to watch. Too bad Seed never got a second season :P. (I'm kidding lol)

[@adrianmendoza6748]

No one talking about Turn A Gundam lol.

[@alexisdelarosa3501]

This was so good. You earned a sub. I watched the movies but I found them so slow that they took me weeks to finish and I had already forgotten so many things. This was a great refresher!

[@SaintNick420]

I watched all 3 in one sitting we are not the same

[@kudicid1234]

im sure it exists but i would love to see a slap compilation from all of the gundam series... they get me every time

[@wesilvio]

Bro this is good well done!!! Really appreciate it! I always have loved the old-school Gundam UC series the most

[@FavoriteCentaurMoe]

Fantastic recap!

[@soki324]

That was a great sumarization! I really enjoyed your editing style

[@sirglenn7463]

This was really well done! Ty for the recap!

[@StrikaAmaru]

0:30 Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Side 3 / Zeon already independent for nearly a decade? (Or maybe I'm using a different continuity, Japan doesn't really put weight on canon timelines like we do). The info I had was that Zeon asked for independence, and Terra gave it to them in a "now choke on it" maneuver -- it fully expected the economic disruption to ruin the fledgling state. It was basically Brexit in space, except externally inflicted.

[@dannykpopgold788]

Now I know the story lol. Not all hero’s wear capes.

[@georgemercer402]

I have a copy of 1 & 3, but not 2 so I must thank you for the summary of said movie; I need to find one to complete the trilogy (format irrelevant)

[@daniel8181]

UC is the best gundam, but oh my is the original series confusing.

[@TheGlobalProfessional]

Great summary! I was half way through the second movie and I just figured a summary would do the trick.

[@rasendori20]

Thanks for this video. I just finished the trilogy.

[@BrewSir]

I feel like I committed a great injustice by watching this and not committing to watching the series or movies. Even from this, I can see the story telling was stand-out incredible. Great video nonetheless

[@EricGarrett-s5s]

I enjoyed watching each of the Gundam movies chars counter attack was very awesome as well Hathaway's movie.😎👍

[@MrVulcanator]

This was a good refresher before I watched Zeta Gundam.

[@mattonyoutube]

nice recap, thanks for posting

[@crissagrim13001]

Great recap. Godlike ! thank you for this. Now i fully understand the story of first gundam. Just finished watching hathaway from netflix tho

[@KAIJUCORP]

thank you

[@joshuawaldorf9559]

This story was ahead of its time.

[@insansiregar6158]

Best Gundam series are: Mobile Suit Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed, Mobile Suit Gundam 00, and Mobile Suit Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans

[@elusivesteel]

Awesome, just watched your other recaps yesterday and was hoping to see the original done too! I’ve watched the movies but I’m trying to get my friends into the newer stuff and 8 hours of 80s anime is a hard sell haha. You rock dude!

[@KAIJUCORP]

Great 🙌🙌🙌!

[@stitchesInmywhoa]

Wow! Well that escalated! Great video!

[@J_Sergio]

The old man in the hospital bed looks like the CEO of Anaheim electronics!!???

[@SigmarMale]

This is an excellent video!

[@gioacchinovinci9668]

Great video for this master piece 😍

[@LBetsy326]

Overall pretty good. The reason Amaro took the Gundam was b/c he was the only one with any knowledge on how to use it. Also, i never got the impression that LaLa and Amaro were sole mates, just bonded through their new type connection. Char hadn't really developed this yet.

[@ZeUberflip]

BIG ZAM BABY 2BIG2FAIL HELL YEAH, GET ZAM'D EDIT: Man I haven't seen this series in a few years and I forgot the sheer ambition and horrors of war the series portrays, man I love Gundam

[@JJtoob]

I appreciated the slap counter.

[@Jordanf777]

Yea old school is where it’s at, just has that feel

[@ejm110]

Thanks for making this. I tried to watch this trilogy but cannot finish the 2nd one. I just finised the origin series.

[@MichealTommy-rm4cr]

The gba game made it kinda dark like I never was paying attention but when I did it was dark

[@gundamthecompleteversion624]

What do you think about the movie version's rearranging of the Texas colony events? I always was thrown off by that because in all 0079 media, except the movie version, the Texas event happens after Solomon.

[@KAIJUCORP]

I thought it was fine, I’m usually okay with this kind of stuff. would be nice if sunrise/Bandai can decide which story is canon

[@exiazemin]

Thanks a lot for the Gundam Recap!!!!

[@KAIJUCORP]

No problem!

[@SchoolOfAlchemy]

The background music is distracting, but your story is excellent.

[@Grass_77]

Great video, but could you make the music even louder? I could still hear what you were saying.

[@KAIJUCORP]

This is a music video, not sure why people are hearing any talking.

[@musafawundu6718]

Today, the 24th of July 2022 is the first time that I have actually watched any Gundam Series or even episode of any type, including even a recap, and I am over 40. I've known of the cool looking piloted robots and the huge cylindrical space habitats for decades, and also for many years I have read and heard that Gundam is military SciFi, delving into strategy, with the politics of intrigue, while also going deep into character development of the major characters, but even watching this video recap, I am amazed that it is actually so compelling.

[@sentakuselect]

I like the Movie Trilogy because it was the first time I saw boobs back in 1990 on Cantonese LaserDiscs and then I watched the comedic SD Gundam OVA on VHS and I didn't understand what was going on besides most of the UC characters being perverts lol...I only remember 3 names in Cantonese, "A Boa", "Ma Sa" and "Ga Mei Yau" haha. I started rewatching all UC stories on Yellow English Subtitles on DVD in the late 90's while my friends lent me G-Generation after I bought a modded PS1 in Hong Kong for $140.

[@korean2159]

Can someone tell me what's next in the gundam timeline I've always played the games but was too young to understand what was going on, I just enjoyed destroying while getting surrounded by the enemy

[@KAIJUCORP]

oh there's a bunch, if you want to see the development of same characters like Amuro and Char check out Zeta. if you want to follow UC chronologically: 08ms, MS IGLOO, 0080 War in the Pocket, Thunderbolt, 0083 Stardust, and then Zeta. Probably more fun to go straight to watching Zeta gundam in my opinion.

[@frankjaeger2565]

@@KAIJUCORP I would say that Thunderbolt is not standard UC, just like Origin.

[@freshness2569]

on a side note, if zeon put their ace pilots in the same corps earlier, they probably would have won the war.

[@49marquito]

great summary!

[@wilnewman5372]

Every one needs to go read the novels too !!! A very similar but alternate story with lots of more details !!!

[@gioacchinovinci9668]

Where sholud i find it?

[@Jotah2000]

What's the song you use in the background? It's great, and a great choice!

[@wjbushjr]

I feel like you're missing some points here and there but yeah that's a pretty good fist of it.

[@harashiSAN]

I feels the death of La La even to this day..

[@enginekun]

would it be recommended to watch the original 1979 43-episode series, or just watch this trilogy compilation to save time? i still can't decide. even though this channel helped me to digest the essence of the trilogy, but i feel like there are so many characters and things going on. if i did not watch the origin, i would not understand a thing. so would watching the longer 43-episode series be better such that i can slowly understand this complex story?

[@anticringepolice]

Greatest gundam series

[@samuelyeoh4329]

Wonder whether the series or the movie is canon, because m'quve is part of CDA,would like an explanation.love this video btw,very nicely put together 👍

[@ed_ELA]

Wish i was abke to watch this when i was a kid. I just cant get throufh make through fhe first movie now. As a kid would have been no problem . Thanks for this video

[@jasoncombs3232]

Nice job!

[@playalot86]

OLD SCHOOL

[@aarush6605]

I thought sayla stole the gundam to find char

[@chrisblees1943]

Good recap!!

[@KAIJUCORP]

Thanks!

[@SwarDkl]

The only complaint I have is the background music.

[@Brandon_Moves_You]

Ramba Ral cannot be 35....

[@DarkMatterZero]

What is the name of the background music?

[@shoethief600]

Love the videos

[@KAIJUCORP]

thanks!

[@ringoooringooo2190]

original gundam need a Reboot with new animation

[@katanarama210]

You should do a video like this for the zeta movies

[@KAIJUCORP]

yup I did 💪

[@sweatyninja9755]

So all shinji needed was sum slaps?

[@Haruki_Aznable]

I said "Le Ding!"

[@guide198]

I'm Gundam fan for a long time just to know from your video that Amuro has a mother?

[@muhammadhafiz2022]

tq and kudos to you boss, great explanation and summary, totally i understand now the story lol hahahaha, can't even watch the old animation, hope bandai remake as like the Origin

[@KAIJUCORP]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@fanman6568]

I didn’t watch your zeta Gundam videos because I didn’t want to get spoiled but I just wanted to know is Zeta Gundam worth watching all 50 episodes. Is there any episode that are bit filler like? I did start to watch like 17 episodes of wing Gundam and I personally didn’t quite like it. I just felt like it was a very slow pace show in my opinion.

[@KAIJUCORP]

yeah, old series are very slow by today's standards. it's tough for me to re-watch the old series too. People think Zeta series is worth watching because it's considered canon, but I don't think it's very exciting by today's standards and will bore most people. The story is mostly the same and you'll probably have more fun watching the trilogy first and then watch the 50 episode at 1.5x speed to see what they cut out from the series.

[@fanman6568]

I’m OK with slow pace storytelling as long as The dialogue serves a purpose to the story and as long as there’s not filler to it. For example in Gundam 0079 the characters had like no more salt in white base. I was like “I never thought We would have to worry about salt in a show”. I didn’t think it was that important to the story. As long as there’s enough drama and music that helps with that I’m OK with it. (Hope that makes sense)

[@KAIJUCORP]

Lol I get it, no more salt is the perfect example

[@Girthon1]

Zeta Gundam is a mixed bag despite its reputation.

[@mattluna09]

Although I wish it was dub on Netflix

[@rudatkatzn9171]

Overall a good recap. But I'd recommend to not put the Music in the background. It's distracting in itself and too loud at that

[@positiveproductions6699]

Is this of the original timeline and do you watch these in order? Thanks

[@dacoup5955]

Ah thank ya man, really did not want to put myself through 40 episodes of outdated animation ... I get that its a staple in the series and i just got done finishing all of origins so really appreciate the break down.