Mobile Suit Gundam
Tied for most recommended of 8 anime series
Recommended as the core of the Gundam franchise, with emotionally mature storytelling and a real message. Common caveats are uneven animation, villain-of-the-week filler, and slow pacing.
Recommended as the core of the Gundam franchise, with emotionally mature storytelling and a real message. Common caveats are uneven animation, villain-of-the-week filler, and slow pacing.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Core of the Gundam franchise
“The original 0079 and then on (Zeta, ZZ, CCA) is the strongest and best way to understand Gundam”
Comment from 11 Dec 2025 in “Gundam is just the same as Jane Austen but happens to include giant mech suits” “The "core" of Gundam is the original show, Zeta, ZZ and Char's Counterattack.”
Comment from 10 Dec 2025 in “Gundam is just the same as Jane Austen but happens to include giant mech suits” Emotionally mature with a real message
“it's an extremely emotionally mature show (more so than nearly all YA fiction)”
Comment from 10 Dec 2025 in “Gundam is just the same as Jane Austen but happens to include giant mech suits” “the director wanting to make something with a actual message”
Comment from 10 Dec 2025 in “Gundam is just the same as Jane Austen but happens to include giant mech suits”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Uneven animation and filler episodes
“It's good but has significant lumps, like the haphazard animation and villain of the week fillers”
Comment from 10 Dec 2025 in “Gundam is just the same as Jane Austen but happens to include giant mech suits” Slow pacing
“the older series relatively slow paced”
Comment from 11 Dec 2025 in “Gundam is just the same as Jane Austen but happens to include giant mech suits” Weak population storyline
“Where they really lose the plot, though, is with population”
Comment from 8 Feb 2026 in “Where did all the starships go?”
Other anime series people recommend
The four most recommended other anime series, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile Suit GundamThis page | 10 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
| Neon Genesis Evangelion | 10 | 6 | 63% | 6 | — | — |
| Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans | 9 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
| Steins;Gate anime | 8 | 1 | 89% | 2 | — | — |
| Cyberpunk: Edgerunners | 6 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
All 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Where they really lose the plot, though, is with population”
“If you want to go full on the Universal Century (UC) timeline, go for it.”
“The original 0079 and then on (Zeta, ZZ, CCA) is the strongest and best way to understand Gundam”
“the older series relatively slow paced”
“The "core" of Gundam is the original show, Zeta, ZZ and Char's Counterattack.”
“it's an extremely emotionally mature show (more so than nearly all YA fiction)”
“It's good but has significant lumps, like the haphazard animation and villain of the week fillers”
“MSG remains a masterpiece and a watershed and all of that”
“the director wanting to make something with a actual message”
“It's Gundam 79. That's not hard.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.