
A bit of background: Like the typical U.S. Gundam fan, I first encountered Gundam by way of Wing back when it aired on Toonami, which was when I was in late junior high. I got hugely into the model kits for a while, and not having access to any of the traditional gunpla supplies, they turned out pretty sad

Since I didn't have cable TV I had to experience GW entirely through its VHS release and I never finished it. Through high school and college I had my ons and offs with Gundam, watching most of SD Gundam Force (yes, I am a fan) and all of G Gundam (it's my favorite). I discovered Super Robot Wars and other stuff here and there. Basically, I gained a pretty thorough working knowledge of the various Gundam universes.
But up until this year, I had almost no experience with the primary Gundam material. I knew the names of almost every suit and armor that appeared in MSG, but I had never watched a single episode of the show. So, a month or so ago I decided to end that losing streak and power through all of the major UC shows, and in this thread I'd like to talk about what I thought of each one.
First I'll point out the order in which I'm watching the shows and I'll include my thoughts on each series in later posts.
Order:
1. Mobile Suit Gundam
2. Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team
3. Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
4. Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
5. Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
6. Mobile Suit ZZ Gundam
7. Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
Obviously I'm going in chronological order, and not every UC story is represented - I think I left out F91, Igloo, Victory, and Unicorn. I might come back to those later but this is my plan for now.
As of this post, I'm up to the third episode of Zeta Gundam. (So no spoilers for anything after that, please!)