Mobile Suit Gundam (1979)

Action · Adventure · Animation

What would you do if you suddenly found yourself in the middle of a war? Teenager Amuro Ray sees his life shattered when war comes to his home. During the chaos, Amuro finds himself inside the mobile suit Gundam, the Earth Federation's new secret weapon, and he somehow gets it to work. Amuro and the other refugees flee their homeland on the warship White Base. This group of children and inexperienced soldiers will change the outcome of the war.

IMDb rating

7.9 (3,543 votes)

Episode average

7.7 -0.2 vs IMDb

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Crunchyroll

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TV series

Rating trend: this show's seasons do not settle into one shape. Rising Shows ranks whole shows by the shape of their rating trend rather than one average score, which is how you find a show that got better rather than a show that started well.

Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Seasons

Season 1 (1979)

7.68 avg 43 episodes 7.7 → 8.9 25 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Gundam Rising	7.7	231
2	Destroy Gundam!	7.4	193
3	Vote to Attack	7.3	180
4	Escape from Luna II	7.3	169
5	Re-Entry to Earth	7.5	166
6	Garma Strikes	7.3	158
7	The Core Fighter's Escape	7.1	147
8	Winds of War	7.7	149
9	Fly! Gundam	7.4	142
10	Garma's Fate	8.2	154
11	Icelina- Love's Remains	7.6	147
12	The Threat of Zeon	7.7	141
13	Coming Home	8.0	142
14	Time, Be Still	7.4	132
15	Cucuruz Doan's Island	6.9	118
16	Sayla's Agony	6.9	129
17	Amuro Deserts	7.3	126
18	Zeon's Secret Mine	7.4	124
19	Ramba Ral's Attack	7.8	125
20	Hand-to-Hand Combat	8.1	129
21	Sorrow and Hatred	8.0	131
22	The Trap of M'Quve	7.2	127
23	Matilda's Rescue	7.2	123
24	Black Tri-Star	7.8	127
25	The Battle of Odessa	7.3	120
26	Char Returns	7.4	121
27	A Spy on Board	7.8	123
28	Across the Atlantic Ocean	8.1	124
29	Tragedy in Jaburo	7.9	124
30	A Wish of War Orphans	7.1	120
31	A Decoy in Space	7.5	117
32	Breakthrough	7.5	117
33	Farewell in Side 6	7.6	120
34	A Fateful Encounter	7.9	119
35	The Glory of Solomon	7.6	117
36	Big Zam's Last Stand	8.0	123
37	The Duel in Texas	8.0	121
38	Char and Sayla	8.5	128
39	The Newtype: Challia Bull	8.0	117
40	Lalah's Dilemma	8.0	121
41	A Cosmic Glow	8.7	129
42	Space Fortress a Baoa Qu	8.4	124
43	Escape	8.9	149

Mobile Suit Gundam (1979)

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