Mobile Suit Gundam (1979)
It makes sense to go back to the beginning, right? The original Gundam is iconic for a reason, and many of the elements that made Witch From Mercury so compelling are echoes of what came before it in the original series. It’s a tale of young people thrust into traumatic conflict, and though the original show is much more of a war story than Witch From Mercury, there’s enough emotional parallels to make it very much worth going back and revisiting.
If you’re put off by both the length (the series is 43 episodes long) and the age of the show, the 1980s movie trilogy re-release of the series is both a shorter experience and includes updated animation.
Where to Watch: Mobile Suit Gundam is streaming on Crunchyroll. The three-movie theatrical anthology—Mobile Suit Gundam, Soldiers of Sorrow, and Encounters in Space—is streaming on Netflix.
