CATDOLL: The most exciting Gundam animation voted by Japanese media, the original Gundam only ranked second

The Japanese Mobile Suit Gundam series has been around for 36 years this year. During this period, many works with different styles have been launched, from the early orthodox Gundam works to the later Butouden, Gundam W, Reverse A, and later SEED and 00. These works with completely different styles can attract all kinds of fans. So which of these Gundam animation works do the audience like more? Which Gundam animations can make people feel excited? I'm afraid everyone has a different answer in their hearts. Recently, the Japanese anime website Anime!Anime! conducted a vote for the "most exciting Gundam animation". Let's take a look at the results of the selection.

A total of 772 questionnaires were collected in this survey, with a male-to-female ratio of 7:3 among readers who participated in the voting. The ages of the respondents ranged from teenagers to people in their fifties, with a very wide age distribution, which also illustrates the popularity of Gundam works in Japan from one aspect.

10. Mobile Suit Gundam 08: MS Team

This work is a side story about the same period as the first generation of Gundam, and compared with other Gundam series works, this work pursues the description of real life on the battlefield. With the young officer Shiro Amada who is full of passion and ideals as the protagonist, it shows the conflict between the reality and ideals of war. The ending of "Mobile Suit Gundam 08 MS Team" is semi-open, which also caused a lot of discussion at the time.

9. Mobile Suit W

The animation "Mobile Suit W" is not a traditional Gundam work, but it did make Gundam works officially accepted by female audiences. The five handsome guys in the center, each with their own style, have charmed many girls. However, the plot still seems a bit weak.

8. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY is the sequel to Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, depicting the world two years after Gundam SEED. Gundam SEED is mainly based on the theme of "non-war". The settings of the singing girl and other characters in the series were criticized by many orthodox Gundam fans as just idol dramas, but many non-Gundam fans got into the circle after watching these two works.

7. Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack

"Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack" is a theatrical version of the GUNDAM series, which was released in theaters in March 1988. This is the first theatrical animation in the GUNDAM series that is a completely new work rather than an edited TV version. The original author is Tomino Yoshiyuki and the producer is Ito Masanori. It mainly tells the story of the Second Neo Zeon War (Char's Rebellion), focusing on Char's Axis Drop Operation.

6. Mobile Suit Gundam UC (Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn)

Mobile Suit Gundam UC is an OVA animation written by Fukui Harutoshi, with character design by Yasuhiko Yoshikazu and machine design by Kadoki Hajime. This work is adapted from the novel of the same name set in the UC era (Universal Century). This work is based on the top-secret plan of the Earth Federation Army and describes the story of the war in the universe for the "Laplace Box". Many Gundam fans believe that this is the orthodox Gundam work.

5. Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans

Sunrise's latest Gundam work, launched this year, caused a lot of discussion before it was aired because it hired Ryuyuki Nagai and Mari Okada as the director and scriptwriter. However, after the airing, as the plot unfolded, everyone still felt that this work was really quite good.

4. Mobile Fighter G Gundam

"Mobile Fighter G Gundam" is definitely the work in the Gundam series that is closest to a super-series animation. It is really speechless to see people driving a Gundam and practicing Chinese Kung Fu, but this work is absolutely passionate and very enjoyable to watch.

3. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED is an animation series that aired from 2002 to 2003. It is loved by anime fans for its charming characters, star-studded voice actors, and exciting battle scenes. The series uses a lot of plots to describe the emotional entanglements between the protagonists, thus attracting a group of fans who have never watched Gundam, triggering a drastic change in the Gundam series.

2. Mobile Suit Gundam

Mobile Suit Gundam is the original work of Japanese realistic robot cartoons. It was broadcast in 1979 and the animation was produced by Sunrise. This work is set on the earth and the universe and created the Gundam series. Most of the subsequent works use this as the starting point to unfold the story. Among them, the protagonists Amuro and Char are the two main lines implied in the subsequent works.

1. Mobile Suit Gundam 00

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 is the twelfth TV animation in the Mobile Suit Gundam series, which is about a war in the future century. The main storyline of this work is the growth of four Gundam pilots (Gundam Meister), and the theme is mutual understanding between people. Mobile Suit Gundam 00 won the top spot mainly because of the votes of female audiences. As a relatively new Gundam work, this work also attracted a group of young audiences to enter the Gundam series.

The above are the "most exciting Gundam animations" voted by Japanese websites. It can be said that the works on this list can really make people feel excited. In fact, there are many well-known works in the Gundam series, and each one has its own unique insights into war. If you like any of these works, why not share them and discuss them together?