How to watch Mobile Suit Gundam in order

Main story (release order)

1. 1
   Mobile Suit GundamTV series · 1979 · 43 ep.
2. 2
   Mobile Suit Zeta GundamTV series · 1985 · 50 ep.
3. 3
   Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the PocketOVA · 1989 · 6 ep.

Specials, films & side stories (optional)

These aren't needed to follow the main plot. Watch them after the series they come from (by date).

• Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk ISpecial · 1988 · 3 ep.
• All That GundamSpecial · 1989 · 1 ep.
• SD Gundam GaidenOVA · 1990 · 4 ep.
• Mobile Fighter G GundamTV series · 1994 · 49 ep. · Spin-off
• Mobile Suit Gundam WingTV series · 1995 · 49 ep. · Spin-off
• Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS TeamOVA · 1996 · 12 ep. · Side story
• After War Gundam X (Kidou Shinseiki Gundam X)TV series · 1996 · 39 ep. · Spin-off
• Mobile Suit Gundam: More Information on the Universal CenturySpecial · 1996 · 10 ep.
• Gundam: Mission To The Rise (Gundam: Mission to the Rise)Special · 1998 · 1 ep. · Side story
• The Impression of First GundamSpecial · 1998 · 1 ep.
• ∀ Gundam (Turn A Gundam)TV series · 1999 · 50 ep. · Spin-off
• Mobile Suit Gundam Seed (Mobile Suit Gundam SEED)TV series · 2002 · 50 ep. · Spin-off
• SD Gundam ForceTV series · 2004 · 52 ep. · Spin-off
• Kimi ga Nozomu Eien: Gundam ParodySpecial · 2004 · 1 ep.
• Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO: The Hidden One Year WarOVA · 2004 · 3 ep. · Side story
• Mobile Suit Gundam 00TV series · 2007 · 25 ep. · Spin-off
• Mobile Suit Gundam 00: Tenshitachi no Kiseki (Kidou Senshi Gundam 00: Tenshitachi no Kiseki)Special · 2008 · 1 ep.
• Mobile Suit Gundam 00: Second Season (Kidou Senshi Gundam 00 Second Season)TV series · 2008 · 25 ep.
• 30th Gundam Perfect MissionOVA · 2009 · 1 ep.
• Ring of GundamSpecial · 2009 · 1 ep. · Side story
• Mobile Suit Gundam Battlefield Record: Avant-TitleWeb series · 2009 · 1 ep.
• Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Special Edition (Kidou Senshi Gundam 00 Special Edition)OVA · 2009 · 3 ep.
• SD Gundam Sangokuden Brave Battle WarriorsTV series · 2010 · 51 ep. · Spin-off
• Mokei Senshi Gunpla Builders Beginning GSpecial · 2010 · 3 ep.
• Mobile Suit Gundam 00 The Movie: A Wakening of the TrailblazerMovie · 2010
• Mobile Suit Gundam AGETV series · 2011 · 49 ep. · Spin-off
• Gundam Reconguista in G (Gundam: G no Reconguista)TV series · 2014 · 26 ep.
• Mobile Suit Gundam: The OriginOVA · 2015 · 4 ep. · Alternative version
• Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded OrphansTV series · 2015 · 25 ep. · Spin-off
• Mobile Suit Gundam: ThunderboltWeb series · 2015 · 4 ep. · Side story
• Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island (Kidou Senshi Gundam: Cucuruz Doan no Shima)Movie · 2022 · Side story
• Mobile Suit Gundam: THE WITCH FROM MERCURY (Kidou Senshi Gundam: Suisei no Majo)TV series · 2022 · 12 ep.
• Kidou Senshi Gundam ALC ENCOUNTERSpecial · 2024 · 1 ep.
• Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- (Kidou Senshi Gundam: GQuuuuuuX - Beginning)Movie · 2025 · Alternative version
• Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX (Kidou Senshi Gundam GQuuuuuuX)TV series · 2025 · 12 ep. · Spin-off
• Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZEROTV series · 2027 · Spin-off · Announced

Recaps (skippable)

• Mobile Suit Gundam IMovie · 1981 · Recap
• Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of SorrowMovie · 1981 · Recap
• Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in SpaceMovie · 1982 · Recap
• Mobile Suit Gundam: Zeonic Front - Indignation of Zeon.Special · 2001 · 1 ep. · Recap
• Portrait of the Red (Akai Shouzou: Char, Soshite Frontal e)Special · 2010 · 1 ep. · Recap
• Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn: Episode EX - 100 Years of SolitudeSpecial · 2014 · 1 ep. · Recap

Order and relationships from Kitsu's media-relationship data (sequel / prequel / side story), dates and episode counts as listed there; checked 2026-11-15. Release order is the safest first-watch order.