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Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by ModernRisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/anime@lemmy.ml

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So my brother loves the Gundam Wing series and he really wants me to watch with him the movie “Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway”.

However, I have never really watched the Gundam series as - I was never really into Mecha besides a few animes.

Thus my question is: Can I watch the Hathaway movie without knowing anything about the anime series?

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[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A lot of the stuff in the Universal Century (UC) timeline of Gundam will make a lot more sense if you've seen the first three shows and movie:

Mobile Suit Gundam (some people will recommend the compilation movies - the show is much better imo)

Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam

Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (some people recommend skipping this one - they're wrong)

Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack

The Hathaway movies serve as a direct sequel to Char's Counterattack (they're based on a novel written by the series original creator), and CCA builds on events in the three TV anime preceding it. I know it's hard to recommend ~150 episodes of a cartoon and a different movie, but you'll probably enjoy the Hathaway movie more.

If you do the homework or not, it's a pretty cool movie with some good visual set pieces. Enjoy!