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How long does it take to watch Mobile Suit Gundam?

Watching the Mobile Suit Gundam main story takes 39 h 54 min (99 episodes). At 2 hours a day that is 20 days. Adding every released special, OVA and side story brings it to at least 262 h 22 min.

Main story
39 h 54 min
Episodes
99
1 h a day
40 days
2 h a day
20 days
4 h a day
10 days
Non-stop
1.7 days
Binge calculator

You will finish Mobile Suit Gundam in 20 days (about 3 weeks).

BREAKDOWN

Time per season and film

Watch order
  1. Mobile Suit Gundam · TV series · 1979 · 43 ep.17 h 12 min
  2. Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam · TV series · 1985 · 50 ep.20 h
  3. Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket · OVA · 1989 · 6 ep.2 h 42 min
  4. Mobile Suit Gundam I · Movie · 1981 · extraruntime unknown
  5. Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow · Movie · 1981 · extraruntime unknown
  6. Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space · Movie · 1982 · extra2 h 20 min
  7. Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk I · Special · 1988 · 3 ep. · extraruntime unknown
  8. All That Gundam · Special · 1989 · 1 ep. · extraruntime unknown
  9. SD Gundam Gaiden · OVA · 1990 · 4 ep. · extraruntime unknown
  10. Mobile Fighter G Gundam · TV series · 1994 · 49 ep. · extra19 h 36 min
  11. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing · TV series · 1995 · 49 ep. · extra19 h 36 min
  12. Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team · OVA · 1996 · 12 ep. · extra4 h 48 min
  13. After War Gundam X · TV series · 1996 · 39 ep. · extra15 h 36 min
  14. Mobile Suit Gundam: More Information on the Universal Century · Special · 1996 · 10 ep. · extraruntime unknown
  15. Gundam: Mission To The Rise · Special · 1998 · 1 ep. · extraruntime unknown
  16. The Impression of First Gundam · Special · 1998 · 1 ep. · extraruntime unknown
  17. ∀ Gundam · TV series · 1999 · 50 ep. · extra20 h
  18. Mobile Suit Gundam: Zeonic Front - Indignation of Zeon. · Special · 2001 · 1 ep. · extraruntime unknown
  19. Mobile Suit Gundam Seed · TV series · 2002 · 50 ep. · extra20 h
  20. SD Gundam Force · TV series · 2004 · 52 ep. · extra≈ 20 h 48 min
  21. Kimi ga Nozomu Eien: Gundam Parody · Special · 2004 · 1 ep. · extraruntime unknown
  22. Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO: The Hidden One Year War · OVA · 2004 · 3 ep. · extraruntime unknown
  23. Mobile Suit Gundam 00 · TV series · 2007 · 25 ep. · extra10 h
  24. Mobile Suit Gundam 00: Tenshitachi no Kiseki · Special · 2008 · 1 ep. · extraruntime unknown
  25. Mobile Suit Gundam 00: Second Season · TV series · 2008 · 25 ep. · extra10 h
  26. 30th Gundam Perfect Mission · OVA · 2009 · 1 ep. · extraruntime unknown
  27. Ring of Gundam · Special · 2009 · 1 ep. · extraruntime unknown
  28. Mobile Suit Gundam Battlefield Record: Avant-Title · Web series · 2009 · 1 ep. · extraruntime unknown
  29. Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Special Edition · OVA · 2009 · 3 ep. · extraruntime unknown
  30. SD Gundam Sangokuden Brave Battle Warriors · TV series · 2010 · 51 ep. · extra≈ 20 h 24 min
  31. Portrait of the Red · Special · 2010 · 1 ep. · extraruntime unknown
  32. Mokei Senshi Gunpla Builders Beginning G · Special · 2010 · 3 ep. · extraruntime unknown
  33. Mobile Suit Gundam 00 The Movie: A Wakening of the Trailblazer · Movie · 2010 · extra2 h
  34. Mobile Suit Gundam AGE · TV series · 2011 · 49 ep. · extra≈ 19 h 36 min
  35. Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn: Episode EX - 100 Years of Solitude · Special · 2014 · 1 ep. · extraruntime unknown
  36. Gundam Reconguista in G · TV series · 2014 · 26 ep. · extra≈ 10 h 24 min
  37. Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin · OVA · 2015 · 4 ep. · extra4 h 44 min
  38. Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans · TV series · 2015 · 25 ep. · extra10 h
  39. Mobile Suit Gundam: Thunderbolt · Web series · 2015 · 4 ep. · extra1 h 12 min
  40. Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island · Movie · 2022 · extra1 h 48 min
  41. Mobile Suit Gundam: THE WITCH FROM MERCURY · TV series · 2022 · 12 ep. · extra4 h 48 min
  42. Kidou Senshi Gundam ALC ENCOUNTER · Special · 2024 · 1 ep. · extraruntime unknown
  43. Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- · Movie · 2025 · extraruntime unknown
  44. Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX · TV series · 2025 · 12 ep. · extra≈ 4 h 48 min

≈ marks 5 TV entries with no recorded runtime, estimated at a standard 24-minute episode.

21 entries have no recorded runtime and are not counted, so the real total is a little longer.

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Totals multiply each entry's episode count by its average episode length from anime-offline-database (ODbL). Only released entries are counted; announced seasons are left out until they air. "Skip openings and endings" assumes about 3 minutes saved per 24-minute episode.