So many Mobile Suits... so little time.

One of the questions I get a lot is, "What's the difference... between the MANY different Gundams/Mobile Suits?"

Well, it mostly has to do with the series/movie and story that the Mobile Suit was a part of.  It also has much to do with the different timelines that are involved.  The most common and popular timeline in Mobile Suit Gundam is Universal Century or U.C.  This timeline is the basis for Mobile Suit Gundam and was the first series to come out starting with Mobile Suit Gundam 0079.  (0079 meant the year U.C. 0079 which coincided with when Mobile Suit Gundam was created, in 1979.)

Other timeline involved are:

• A.C. (After Colony from Mobile Suit Gundam Wing)
• A.W. (After War from Mobile Suit Gundam X)
• C.C. (Correct Century from Turn A Gundam)
• C.E. (Cosmic Era from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED)
• A.D. (Anno Domini from Mobile Suit Gundam 00)
• A.G. (Advanced Generation from Mobile Suit Gundam AGE)
• F.C. (Future Century from Mobile Fighter G Gundam)

If you have only watched one or two series, then you're really missing out on all the other great stories that are available.  Of course, not all of them are great (or even good), but that's simply a matter of opinion.

Personally my favorite TV series so far is Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and Unicorn and my favorite storyline is a tie between Mobile Suit Gundam: 0080 and Gundam Sentinel (which is not an animated series; it's only a novel.)

There are also series available that are not even about War - but simply collecting Gunpla (Model Gundams) and using them to fight each other in a video-game-like atmosphere in Mobile Suit Gundam Builders and the show presently on-air, Gundam Build Fighters.  Check out Gundam Build Fighters Episode 1 below!

More Mobile Suit Gundam videos can be seen HERE.