Mobile SuitGundam has been entertaining and delighting fans of anime enthusiasts and plastic models for over forty-five years, but not all Gundam the shows had the same level of accessibility as their biggest hits. Thanks to GundamInfos YouTube channel, however, curious newcomers and franchise aficionados can check out the 1994 G Gundam Mobile Fighter and 1996 Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team once again. While the release is currently only announced in the US, with viewers in Canada also able to access it, it’s still a great opportunity to check out sixty excellent Gundam paid in installments for free.
G Gundam Mobile Fighter and Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team are considered among the best Gundam animes of all time. Each features idiosyncratic twists on the usual space combat found in the rest of the meta series. With each widely available to stream starting November 1, 2024, on YouTubenow is a great opportunity to see a different, yet highly acclaimed, vision for the franchise. To Gundam For fans who want to take advantage of this, however, there will be a limited time commitment until the end of November.
Mobile Fighter G Gundam and The 08th MS Team on YouTube from November 1 to 30, 2024
Orphans of Iron Blood ends today
Thanks to the latest update of gundam.info, the availability of YouTube for G Gundam Mobile Fighter and Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team will take place from November 1st to 30th2024. Given that the anime has already had limited streaming periods, such as in 2022, this is nothing new, but it increases the series’ availability for fans not subscribed to Crunchyroll to Gundam or Hulu for The 08th MS Team. Additionally, the website confirms that today, November 5, 2024, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans the second season will end its limited broadcast period on its channel.
G Gundam and the 08th MS team present unique perspectives on the Gundam franchise
Tournaments, jungles and romance
With the series display order for Gundam is already a reasonable topic for debate, Gundam and Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team break the franchise mold. Gundam features a different timeline of the Universal Century than most pre-1994 fans were familiar with. The Federation of United Colonies resolves Earth’s disputes with quadrennial “Gundam Fights”, deciding who effectively rules over all others in each term. About that, The 08th MS Team presents the perspective of an Earth Federation ground unit during the One Year War.
These programs, therefore, introduce nuances to what is expected from Gundam beyond the typical trappings of mecha and space opera. Gundam inspired many of the future stories in the UC timeline. At the same time, 08th MS Fighter is a fascinating mix of jungle warfare and melodrama as Shiro Amada of the Earth Federation falls in love with Aina Sahalin of the Principality of Zeon. While the 08th MS Team doesn’t have its twelfth episode on YouTube’s playlist, yet it remains one of the best-animated OVA entries, and along with Gundam, make it brief Gundam anime availability an unmissable event.
Sources: GundamInfo on YouTube, gundam.info