My Life In Fandom: "Char's Counterattack" Back Up On GundamInfo

It's back up on GundamInfo, and it came up a few days ago. The reason is due to Hathaway's Flash being the direct sequel to this film.

This is the offician Gundam YouTube channel. No one can nail you for watching it free here; turn on CC for subtitles.

As Gundam media goes, this is still the best movie to date--the new movie is the first of a trilogy, so we'll hold off on a judgement for at time--and across all Gundam media it's always in a Top Five list (along with Zeta Gundam and other persistent favorites).

If you like it enough, cough up for a physical copy; I did and thus I am certain of having access to it should a future where Bandai tells the Death Cult to get bent like the weirdos they are results in offical Western access being choked off and unofficial access being difficult or impossible.

So much of the Universal Century pivots around this movie's events that you simply won't get Gundam without being familiar with it, and Char Aznable's iconic status is cemented by this film. Every film and series set after this film in the UC is directly influenced by its events, and everything leading up to it feels like and even alt-universes show its influence (mostly through Char clones).

If you need a core Gundam watchlist, it's this: Mobile Suit Gundam (compliation trilogy films, specifically), Zeta Gundam, Char's Counterattack. You should add 0083 as it gives context to Zeta and thus to Counterattack, and I would suggest Unicorn to see its effects as early as three years after the fact before going on to Hathaway's Flash. If it's not on GundamInfo, it's online somewhere; ask around.