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Gundam

edited 2026-05-21

A complete watch and reading order for Bandai Namco's Gundam franchise — every anime series, OVA, and theatrical film across the Universal Century timeline and nine alternate continuities, from the original 1979 Mobile Suit Gundam through GQuuuuuuX (2025). Sections are organised by continuity so you can follow a single universe or explore the full 45-year franchise.

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01ANIME
1979The original 43-episode TV series that launched the franchise, directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino and broadcast on Nagoya TV from April 1979 to Ja…
02ANIME
1985The 50-episode sequel TV series directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, broadcast March 1985 – February 1986. Set in UC 0087, seven years after the On…
03ANIME
1986The 47-episode TV sequel to Zeta Gundam, directed by Yoshio Hasegawa and broadcast March 1986 – January 1987. Set in UC 0088 directly follow…
04FILM
1988The theatrical film that concludes the Amuro Ray and Char Aznable saga, directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino and released March 12 1988. Set in UC 0…
1h 59m
05SPECIAL
1989A 6-episode OVA released March – August 1989, directed by Fumihiko Takayama — the first Gundam project made without series creator Yoshiyuki…
6 × ~30m
06SPECIAL
1991A 13-episode OVA released May 1991 – September 1992, directed by Mitsuko Kase and Takashi Imanishi. Set in UC 0083, three years after the On…
13 × ~30m
07FILM
1991A theatrical film directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino and released March 16 1991, originally developed as the pilot for a new TV series. Set in UC…
1h 55m
08ANIME
1993A 51-episode TV series directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, broadcast April 1993 – March 1994. Set in UC 0153, sixty years after Char's Counteratta…
09MANGA
1994A manga series written and illustrated by Yuuichi Hasegawa, based on notes by Yoshiyuki Tomino, serialised in Shōnen Ace from October 1994 t…
10SPECIAL
1996A 12-episode OVA released January 1996 – July 1999, directed by Takeyuki Kanda and Umanosuke Iida. Set during the One Year War in UC 0079 in…
12 × ~25m
11SPECIAL
2010A 7-episode OVA released March 2010 – June 2014, directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi and based on Harutoshi Fukui's novel series. Set in UC 0096,…
7 × ~60m
12SPECIAL
2015An 8-episode ONA released December 2015 – July 2017 in two parts (December Sky and Bandit Flower), directed by Kou Matsuo and based on Yasuo…
8 × ~15–20m
13SPECIAL
2015A 6-episode OVA released February 2015 – May 2018, directed by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and based on his manga adaptation of the original series.…
6 × ~60–85m
14SPECIAL
2017A 6-episode ONA released June – September 2017 via the Gundam Fan Club platform, based on Ark Performance's novel. Set in late UC 0096, shor…
~25m total
15FILM
2018A theatrical film released November 30 2018, directed by Shunichi Yoshizawa and set in UC 0097, one year after the events of Gundam Unicorn.…
1h 29m
16FILM
2021The first of three theatrical films directed by Shūkō Murase, released June 11 2021 and based on Yoshiyuki Tomino's novel. Set in UC 0105, t…
1h 35m
17FILM
2022A theatrical film directed by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and released June 3 2022, expanding the original series' fifteenth episode into a feature-l…
1h 48m
18ANIME
2024A 6-episode CGI animated ONA released on Netflix October 17 2024, directed by Ippei Ichii and produced by SAFEHOUSE Inc. Set during the fina…
19FILM
2026The second theatrical film in the Hathaway's Flash trilogy, directed by Shūkō Murase and released January 30 2026. Set in UC 0105, continuin…
1h 48m