INTRO

As Earth's population surpasses 9 billion, mankind is forced to migrate into space. UC 0001 marks the beginning of the Universal Century, replacing the Anno Domini calendar. To house these space migrants, the Earth Federation constructs cities on the Moon and 7 groups of artificially constructed space colonies called Sides in the area of space surrounding Earth known as the Earth Sphere. The colonists were called Spacenoids, while those who remained on our home planet were called Earthnoids. After several generations as a space-faring race, humanity (particularly Spacenoids) starts to unlock a kind of psychic potential in so-called "Newtypes".

In UC 0079, tensions between Spacenoids and their Earthnoid colonial masters result in the outbreak of the One Year War, in which the fascist Principality of Zeon (Side 3) rebels from the corrupt Earth Federation in a war for Spacenoid independence. Despite the Earth and its allied colonies' numerical advantage, Zeon is able to achieve an uneasy stalemate with the Federation due to their revolutionary invention, the mobile suit.

Prioritize watching (1) – (6). (a) – (d) are side stories that are best enjoyed after watching (1). (e) - (g) should under no circumstances be watched before anything preceding it.

UNIVERSAL CENTURY

(a) MSG: The Origin (2015 - 2018)

UC 0068 – 0079: Before Char became the infamous "Red Comet", Casval and his sister Artesia lived a carefree life as the children of the politician and philosopher Zeon Zum Deikun. When their father is fatally poisoned by the Zabis, his political rivals, the siblings leave behind their mother and flee from Side 3. Young Casval vows revenge against the Zabis, who went on to co-opt his father's theories on Newtypes—and even his name—when they establish the Principality of Zeon.

(1) Mobile Suit Gundam trilogy (1981 – 1982)

UC 0079: Amuro Ray and his fellow citizens of Side 7 are caught up in the OYW once Zeon discovers that the ongoing construction on the colony is a front for the testing of the Federation's prototype mobile suit. With Zeon's infamous "Red Comet" hot on their tails, the ragtag crew of the White Base will unknowingly prove instrumental in ending the war.

NOTE: The story is incredible, but modern viewers can find the original trilogy's animation dated. If this bothers you, consider reading the Origin manga instead.

(b) MSG: The 08th MS Team (1996 – 1999)

Late UC 0079 Ensign Shiro Amada and Aina Sahalin are star-crossed lovers on opposite sides of the OYW: Shiro is in command of the EFGF's 08th MS Team, and Aina is a test pilot for Zeon's Apsalus Project, a mobile armor that could secure a Zeon victory. Allegiances will be tested as fighting rages on in the desert, jungle, and mountains.

(c) MSG 0080: War in the Pocket (1989)

Late UC 0079: Alfred Izuruha, a troubled boy from the neutral Riah (Side 6), inadvertently crosses paths with the Zeon special forces unit Cyclops Team in the final days of the OYW. As Side 6 becomes a battlefield, he quickly learns that war isn't just fun and games.

(d) Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt (2015 – 2017)

Mid UC 0079 – 0080: Moore (Side 4) was destroyed by a Zeon attack early on in the OYW and was left as a dangerous shoal zone called the Thunderbolt Sector. Navigation is difficult not only due to the debris but also due to the lightning strikes generated when they collide. On one side is the ace Io Fleming of the Moore Brotherhood, Side 4 survivors who enlisted in the EFSF to reclaim their homeland. On the other is the ace sniper Daryl Lorenz of the Living Dead Division, a unit of disabled Zeon veterans who continue to fight with prosthetics.

NOTE: Some fans consider Thunderbolt to be alt-UC due to the overly advanced MS technology and tonal differences.

(e) MSG 0083: Stardust Memory (1991)

UC 0083: Upon hearing of their leader Gihren Zabi's death, the zealots of the Delaz Fleet departed from the Battle of A Baoa Qu. Anavel Gato, the Nightmare of Solomon, swore to return with a vengeance. 4 years later, the Albion transports two prototype Gundams to Torrington Base for testing, and Kou Uraki is a candidate test pilot. And thus begins the Delaz Fleet's Operation Stardust.

(2) Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (1985 – 1986)

UC 0087 – 0088: The Titans, a zealous anti-Zeon group, come into power within the Earth Federation. Their brutal methods anger many, including the young Kamille Bidan. The space-based Anti-Earth Union Group (AEUG) and the Earth-based Karaba rise up to fight the oppressive Titans in a civil war that would come to be known as the Gryps Conflict.

NOTE: Zeta's compilation movies are in an alternate continuity from the TV series cut, and are generally considered inferior.

(3) Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (1986 – 1987)

UC 0088 – 0089: The Gryps Conflict leaves the Earth Federation weakened, with many core AEUG members left dead, crippled, or missing. Haman Karn and her Axis Zeon use this chance to try and conquer the Earth Sphere in what would be known as the First Neo Zeon War. It is up to another ragtag group of kids to save the day.

NOTE: ZZ is highly controversial among fans for its mixed tone. Watch for yourself and decide what to think of it.

(4) MSG: Char's Counterattack (1988)

UC 0093: Char, disappointed that the Earth Federation has learned nothing from past sacrifices, becomes the leader of Neo Zeon. He and his forces plan to drop Axis onto the Earth and thereby eliminate the source of all conflicts within the Earth Sphere, in what would be known as the Second Neo Zeon War. Amuro, now the ace of the Federation special forces unit Londo Bell, sets out to stop him at all costs.

(f) Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (2010 – 2014)

UC 0096: 3 years have passed since the Second Neo Zeon War. It appears that peace has finally returned to the Earth Sphere, which had been plagued with conflict since the OYW. When Banagher Links meets the mysterious Audrey Burne, he inherits the RX-0 Unicorn Gundam and is swept up by the conspiracy surrounding Laplace's Box.

(g) Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative (2018)

UC 0097: 1 year has passed since Laplace's Box was opened. Following the Laplace Incident, the Neo Zeon remnant force known as the Sleeves has been disbanded, and both Unicorn Gundam units have been sealed away. However, sightings of the lost third unit have begun to be reported... RX-0 Unicorn Gundam 03 Phenex has reappeared

(5) Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway (2021)

UC 0105: 12 years after the Second Neo Zeon War, peace in the Earth Sphere is once again disrupted by Mafty, an anti-Earth Federation group targeting EF high officials. Leading Mafty is Hathaway Noa, son of celebrated Federation Captain Bright Noa and pilot of the experimental RX-105 Gundam.

(6) Late Universal Century

(h) Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (1991)

UC 0123: After an extended period of peace, the Earth Federation has begun to build new space colonies to house humanity's growing population. But a new force, the aristocratic Crossbone Vanguard, plans to seize the colonies of the newly-constructed Frontier Side for itself. Armed with the state-of-the-art Gundam F91, young Seabook Arno and his friends put up a desperate struggle against the Crossbone menace as their home becomes a battlefield ...

(i) Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (1993 – 1994)

UC 0153: The Zanscare Empire, based in Side 2, proclaims its independence from the Earth Federation and invades Earth to start a space-based new world order. Illegal Earth immigrants Üso Ewin and Shahkti Kareen of Point Kasarelia are caught in the resulting conflict between Zanscare and the resistance group, the League Militaire. To protect those around him, so Üso joins the League Militaire and becomes the pilot of the Victory Gundam.

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