Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

Spidersecu Don't Believe the Hype

Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Aidan Nevins Absolutely unbelievable. I cannot begin to even fathom the epic nature of this show, sure you can harp on animation,voice acting and the overall campy nature of the show...But in the end this is a tale of Human nature.The author and creator has developed a passion for telling the tale of humans nature of war and conflict. Whether or not is personal conflict,love and the progression of age they have every single aspect of humans true nature built into the fibers of this show.Amuro is a protagonist who losses everything including himself and does not just chose to fight for his freedom but is chosen to do so by the web of fate. Char the antagonist is a being in himself who represents the same feelings as all of us,he desires pleasure for the ones he loves and the development of humanity over the feelings of himself.The White base and Amuro are constantly put in a position in which they will fail and all hope will be lost although Amuro and his weapon the Gundam are designed to be the last light of humanity and represents the hope and power of the human spirit...I'm biased when I say Gundam is the greatest Anime ever created. One piece has its content, Eva its desire to make you contemplate life,Death note its sheer awesome nature,Inuyasha and its love story.Gundam is the connection of Humans and its struggle with themselves and the technology that evolves and creates and hinders are ability to love and destroy one another.You cannot, Cannot watch Gundam and leave. You have to watch Zeta then ZZ...Then Wing, Seed,Destiny,Unicorn, 00 and then all the minor shows then all the mangas and short stories in between. You cry when the characters you love all die and you cringe when the villains show dominance over the populace. Gundam is Gundam...its not just light shows and love stores it represents every single viewer and makes them think of what it is to be human and what the future may hold...Although I think I might pass on a future where we all pilot mobile suits as the life expectancy is rather short...In the end I'm in love with every single Gundam. They are the perfect representation of humanity and its desires. A MUST WATCH X1000

vampeal7 Macross, Evangellion, and Patlabor. All of these series pale in comparison to the original mecha piloted by a young man with a competitive spirit.Young protagonist Amuro Ray is pulled out of his everyday monotonous life and is thrown headfirst into adventure and war just by pushing a button or two. Amuro must pilot the Gundam to save his friends. Rivals are made, obstacles are presented, and battles are fought, and Amuro through it all becomes a man and a great pilot, but that's only half of this war story. The other half is about the man in red, Char Aznable, the mysterious masked man who is an ace pilot for the fascist Zeon army, who always pilots red mechs, his signature color, hence his nickname "the Red Comet". No one knows where he came from or what his true objectives are, and this is what draws you in to him. His rivalry with Amuro takes center stage in much of the series, and it keeps you on your toes. Just when you think you got it figured out the battle situation changes.If you are thinking this show is the campy "good guy always prevails over bad guy" cliché, you're in for a rude awakening. The plot and character's features are a staple for future Gundam series, such as Gundam Wing and more recently Gundam Seed. The formula is the same, the main character is a young man thrown into war and finds a bitter enemy in an enigmatic blond masked man. The formula is interpreted differently in both these shows, but Amuro and Char set the standard for an enjoyable plot that can be imitated in many different ways. Always imitated but never duplicated.Old men tell me War and Peace is something everyone should read, and I tell them Mobile Suit Gundam is something everyone should see. Sure it has giant robots killing each other but behind the machines there are elements of war that are all around the world today. The pitfalls and the possibilities, the consequences of battle and the reason to fight. I rank Mobile Suit Gundam up there with Platoon and Full Metal Jacket since it shows how violent and horrid war can really be.The definitive anime for 20+ years, Mobile Suit Gundam. Who will survive?

Zeorymer AMURO RAY-A socially awkward teenaged boy that's good with machines. His father designed the Gundam, which Amuro pilots for the Federation once he becomes a member of The White Base. Turns out to be a new kind of human known as a Newtype.CHAR AZNABLE-The masked and enigmatic piloting ace for the Principality/Duchy of Zeon. Known as The Red Comet, his mobile suits are always custom made with a red color. Also a Newtype, he will become Amuro's rival.BRIGHT NOA-The highest ranking survivor of the remaining crew of the White Base after it is attacked. A strict person, he simply cares about the people serving under him. He shows a natural aptitude for command.SODO DEGWIN ZABI-Patriarch of the Zabi family who rules over the Zeon forces.FRAU BOW-Amuro's neighbor and wannabe girlfriend. She takes over as communications officer for the White Base in the later series.KAI SHIDEN-A cynical pilot for the White Base. Often viewed as a coward.HAYATO KOBAYASHI-Amuro's wannabe rival, a short and spunky kid. Pilot for the White Base.MIRAI YASHIMA-Amateur pilot, she serves in this capacity for the White Base.SAYLA MASS-First communications officer, then pilot searching for her long lost brother believed to be an ace pilot.RYU JOSE-A large and gregarious man who serves as piloting instructor for the younger pilots onboard White Base.LALAH SUNE-A Newtype who is used by the Zeon forces for warfare. She begins a relationship with both Char, her commanding officer, and Amuro, whom she meets by chance.

o_lopez I had the fortune to ignore New Mobile Report Gundam Wing when it came out for the first time in America. The next year the original Mobile Suit Gundam aired on television for the first time and I was attracted by its complexity and depth. All the characters are likable Federation And Zeon. Completely detailed so to be considered a universe of its own, MSG, apart from the misadventures of the young White Base crew and the obsession of Char Aznable to follow the White Base (carrier ship), is more in the war genre than science fiction. History repeats itself like in World War II when the Germans ceaselessly looked for the perfect machine to defeat Allied Forces, the Zeon ceaselessly look for the perfect mobile suit to combat the Gundam. The determination of winning the war at any cost makes the Zeons meet their own demise at the end of the One Year War. Amuro Ray pilots the Gundam. He and many other crewmates never had any combat experience before being attacked at their own space colony. As they experience the horrors of war, they have to learn to stay alive when Zeon persecutes White Base through space, the earth and back to space again.Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket, The 08th MS Team, Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory, Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, and Char's Counterattack are the only series and movies directly related to the original Mobile Suit Gundam. The rest of the Gundam series are alternate versions, or alternate universes.Mobile Suit Gundam gave new depth to anime from the end of the 1970's well into the present.