At the dawn of April of 2026, I found myself craving to revisit Mobile Suit Gundam, as I often do. What made this instance different was that, having just left behind an especially debilitating depressive episode, I felt imbued with a sort of second wind, which gave me the motivation needed to go through not only a specific, preferred show, but the entirety of what I considered my personal canon of favorites within the Universal Century timeline.
I decided to get to it as quickly as I could, and – while watching the first episode of the original Mobile Suit Gundam (1979), I picked up on a few details I found worth noting down, which in turn spawned the desire to consolidate my thoughts into a essay to be published over the course of my journey, the first to be published to this blog. I thought it would make for a fun project, and after wrapping up my first session, I began working on this essay.
Let it be known that the purpose of my writing this is not to make an all-encompassing review of the show and its “quality” but rather a compilation of how I interpret what is being presented. This means the actual contents of this essay will be very selective and I may miss or outright skip certain aspects of the art I describe.
Spoilers ahead, duh.
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Mobile Suit Gundam (1979) – Last updated 04/05/26