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INTEREST: Witch From Mercury Tops 'First Gundam You Watched' Poll in 2025


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fuuma_monou



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 27, 2025 11:08 pm Reply with quote
My first was Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket.
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L'Imperatore



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 27, 2025 11:19 pm Reply with quote
Mine was Gundam Wing. Now I feel old.
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Beltane70



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 27, 2025 11:35 pm Reply with quote
Mine was Char’s Counterattack, though I had read synopses of the original series and Zeta before I saw it.
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Nionel



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 28, 2025 2:19 am Reply with quote
My first was Wing when it aired on Toonami.
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tintor2



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 28, 2025 6:43 am Reply with quote
My first Gundam was also Wing but if I were asked to explain the plot, I would be mostly silent. I think the next ones I watched once internet became accessible were SEED and Zeta. Still, the change of style with Double Zeta almost made me want to quit. With Netflix acquiring 79's movies, I watched it as soon as it came and I was entertained enough to rewatch but as the TV series.
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Green1012



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 28, 2025 8:14 am Reply with quote
My first was G-gundam. No regrets!
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SenpaiDuckie
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 28, 2025 8:34 am Reply with quote
My first Gundam I've watched was Gundam Seed <3

What I didn't expect is to not see Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans in the rankings. It is one of my favorite universe too Sad
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Nom De Plume De Fanboy
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 28, 2025 9:35 am Reply with quote
1979's Mobile Suit Gundam, because it was on Adult Swim around 2002 or so. There was another one on AS then, but I don't remember which one. Just that it took a while for me to figure out that there was more than one continuity. Embarassed Laughing
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MFrontier



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 28, 2025 9:47 am Reply with quote
Count me in the Gundam Wing camp.
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LinkTSwordmaster



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 28, 2025 9:51 am Reply with quote
Interesting to see how many people started with Wing too, because of Toonami.
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db999



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 28, 2025 9:55 am Reply with quote
Mine was the OG series, but I was technically introduced to it through Dynasty Warriors Gundam for the Xbox 360. I beat the game 100% before realizing it was a licensed property, and then watched the OG before making my way through the rest of the series in the UC with the exception of the second half of both ZZ and Victory because I couldn’t find complete English subtitles for the show, then made my way through the rest of the series up until the most recent release at the time Gundam 00, with the exception of Turn A which I've never been able to get into.
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Top Gun



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 28, 2025 10:14 am Reply with quote
00 here, which was a pretty decent way to start.
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BadNewsBlues



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 28, 2025 1:20 pm Reply with quote
Nom De Plume De Fanboy wrote:
There was another one on AS then, but I don't remember which one.


You need the magic.

Likely that was 0083.
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kgw



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 28, 2025 5:21 pm Reply with quote
Mine was, technically, the Gundam movies, in a recorded-from-TV VHS in a summer sale in the Japanese School at my city some 30+ ago. Then,as an official release, the 0083 movie.

In any case, it surprises me how little impact IBO had, bundled with Rencoguista, Turn A, X, V. SD… or even Build Fighters.
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Takkun4343



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 28, 2025 6:15 pm Reply with quote
00 was the first I "watched" watched, but my real first experience with Gundam was fast-forwarding through multiple episodes of the Toonami edit of SEED in order to get to Venture Bros. quicker on my VHS recordings. I saw the Disco Guns firsthand and I didn't even realize it... Surprised
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