I started with some series from the alternate universes and I fully recommend them:

- Gundam 00: Gundam as a terrorist - Iron Blooded Orphans: Gundam as a (child) mercenary

After this I you want to watch the original universe (Universal Century) you can start with the 3 movies that summarize the OG series. They are legally on YouTube (search for gundaminfo)

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0x457 a day ago | parent | next [-]

> Iron Blooded Orphans: Gundam as a (child) mercenary

I know what you're saying, but except for Hathaway, child mercenaries are in every Gundam installment?

I love those alternate universes, but those are so different to other gundams (UC and Seed?) both are very "what ever is cool now, but with gundams"

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vl 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Does it make sense to start with the movies?

	▲	yomismoaqui a day ago \| parent [-]
		If you want to go full on the Universal Century (UC) timeline, go for it. But they are from the 70s, so don't expect top notch animation and scripts (it's a product of its time). After that you can go Char's Counterattack and Gundam The Origin (this is a recent series, so more polished animation). Later maybe try watching Zeta. As another comment mentioned you also some shorter UC side-stories like War in the Pocket, The 08th MS Team and Stardust Memory.