Anime Series Z

[Ben Holiday]

I have just finished watching this series and I am completely blown away it was much better then X which didn't surprise me to much but it even knocked W out of it's spot as my favorite msg series. I never expected episode 50 to be like that watching X and W I got to used to the happy endings. The plot and characters seemed more in depth here the music was good and so was the ending. I am quite pleased with this can anyone tell me where I should go after this I plan on getting the first series but do any of the others tie into Z also I mean characterwise?

[Emma]

Zeta Gundam is the direct sequel of Mobile Suit Gundam. It is set 7 years after MSG, in UC 0087 where MSG is set in UC 0079. Many of the characters of Zeta are first appeared in MSG. Amuro Ray is in fact the main character of MSG. Char, Bright, Kai, Sayla, Mirai, Frau Bow, Hayato, Ketsu (pretty much everyone on Whitebase) and Meraba Zabi.

UC 0079 Mobile Suit Gundam
- the story of One Year War, made in 1979
- a 43 eps. series and made into 3 movies (I would suggest watching the series, it gives more detail. However, the movies are great, too.)
UC 0087 Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
- 7 years after the event of MSG, shares many characters and events with MSG
UC 0088 Mobile Suit Gundam Double Zeta
- story follows the event of Zeta with a new set of characters working for AEUG. Some characters from Zeta appears.
UC 0093 Mobile Suit Gundam Char's Counterattack
- the end of the Amuro-Char saga
UC 0123 Mobile Suit Gundam F91
- individual story with no character from previous series
UC 0153 Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
- individual story no character from previous series

One Year War side stories
UC 0079 Mobile Suit Gundam 08th MS Team
- shares some of the events of MSG
UC 0079 Mobile Suit Gundam 0080 War in a pocket
- shares some of the events of MSG
UC 0083 Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 Stardust Memory
* Note: alternative series do not use the term "Mobile Suit Gundam"
* Note: there are a few unlisted side stories from UC timeline. I am only listing the animated ones.

Many Gundam fans, including myself, do not enjoy GW simply because we have seen something much much better. The characters in UC are shown as human, not some super human freaks. They can be killed as easy as the others. Gundams are stories about growing up. They are about people, not someone who can destory as many mechas as they wanted. How many happy ending can we expect from a war drama? UC Gundams bring the reality to the audience. Zeta and 0080 may have the saddest ending of all UC Gundams but the other are as powerful as them. I would suggest you to watch MSG and the 3 side stories of the time. After that, watch Zeta again. It will give you a much better understanding as well as different feeling towards some of the characters. Then, watch as many UC series as you can before going back to GX and Turn A Gundam. You will see than GX is far better than GW after watching some more UC stories.

[Ben Holiday]

I already think X is better then W in most ways. W left to much of the true gundam series out of it to much in fact to not be considered a alternate universe series.