Top 20 Best Gundam Series Of All Time With Good Plot (2023)

When it comes to Mecha anime, one of the most popular series that comes to mind is the Gundam series. It has been a very popular series that has been running for decades too.

But the problem comes from this, as there are too many stories, side stories and alternate universe story tropes in Gundam. It has almost 40+ titles under the trademark Gundam universe.

Worried that you are unable to decide which Gundam series to start with? Fret not as we came up with this Top 20 Best Gundam Series list to help with your worries.

Most of the series in this list will be connected to the Original Gundam Series. Without much said, let us jump into the Top 20 Best Gundam Series of all time.

Top 20 Best Gundam Series Of All Time With Good Plot

20) Mobile Suit Gundam Age

Starting our list with the best Gundam anime, we have Mobile Suit Gundam Age. In AG 101, unknown enemies had destroyed the Angel and this was when Earth’s war for survival began. This year was marked on the calendar for Humanity as the Death of the Angel.

Seven years later, he finds a blueprint for a Gundam. Upon his mother’s death, he starts building the prototype and completes it in AG 115. This will be his entry into the war and save mankind from this war.

19) Mobile Suit Gundam: NT-Narrative

It is the year U.C. 0097, one year after the opening of Laplace’s box. The incident was supposed to have ended with the sealing of both White Unicorn and Black Lion Gundams.

This was done to prevent chaos from breaking out in humanity, due to their ferocious battle. But, the RX-0 Unicorn Gundam 03 which disappeared anonymously, has now resurfaced with a new name Phenex.

18) Mobile Suit Gundam F91

It is the year U.C. 123, and there are a lot of small-sized battles of the Federation with a rebel group Crossbones Vanguard. Just like many other cities, this time it is Seabook Arno’s hometown that gets destroyed and caught up in this all-out war.

Seabook now gets the chance to pilot the F91 Gundam that his mother had left. With this in mind, he must now decide if he wants to wage the war on the side of the Federation of the Rebel Group.

17) Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway

After years of battle and thousands of lives lost, in the year U.C. 105, the Earth Federation finally receives its hard-earned peace, but only for a short time.

Hathaway Noa has both the passion and loyalty within him to lead a group and starts a faction called Mafty. He revolts against the federation whenever they commit acts of tyranny and violence.

But, when his secret identity is known to a few people, he now has to face off against the Federation head-on to save the people he holds dear. With the inner conflicts, messages, and themes it presents, this anime is one of the best Gundam series.

16) Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ

In Year U.C. 0088, the Anti-Earth Union Group won against Earth Federation’s Titans even after suffering huge losses. In between them, there is Neo-Zeon a new faction, that looks to conquer both space and Earth.

When an AEUG Flagship heads to Shangri-La for repairs, they meet Judau Ashta. Soon after this, Judau finds Titan pilots as well as a Neo-Zeon ship heading for this city. He now gets caught in a dangerous web of three-sided conflicts and can he make it back alive?

15) Mobile Suit Victory Gundam

It is the year of U.C. 153 and Zanscare Empire has taken over Side 2, one of the space colonies near Earth’s orbit. Their ideology is a mix of Zeon and Crossbone Vanguard and rules with inflicting fear and cruelty on its citizens.

Uso Ewin, a recruit in League Militaire, is made up of civilians who cannot support the tyrannical rule of the Zanscare Empire.

His abilities as a psychic Newtype awaken, and he soon finds himself in control of Victory Gundam. Only this Gundam can hold off against Zanscare Empire’s forces. He now finds himself on a dangerous mission of reuniting Shakti with her parents.

14) Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny

In the year Cosmic Era 0071, a duel between two suits destroys an entire country. Shinn Asuka’s family were some of the casualties in this battle, and he swears revenge upon Earth’s Natural Forces thinking that they were the ones responsible.

After reaching a high rank, he finally gets permission to use the Prototype Impulse mobile suit. Athrun Zala is a war veteran, who is the mentor of Asuka.

Will Athrun Zala steer the new and upcoming pilot away from his rage or does Shinn complete his revenge is what the story about. Mobile Suit Gundam Seed anime is one of the popular titles, thus earning a place in the list of best Gundam series.

13) After War Gundam X

One Space Colony wanted to be free from Earth Federation and the 7th Space War was the result of the colony declaring its freedom. After suffering heavy losses of life and resources, the Space Federation still could not win against Gundam attacks.

15 years later, New Federation as well as Space Leaders slowly start building their forces. Garrod Ran stumbles on a Gundam X suit, and he must now choose to protect the peace between Space and Earth and make sure that another war does not break out.

12) Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack

It is the Year U.C. 0093 when Char has full control of the Neo Zeon faction. He plans to crash an asteroid Axis on Earth to enact his revenge. This is the moment when he has to settle his 14-year-old rivalry with Amuro Bell as well.

Meanwhile on Earth, only the Londo Bell Unit has the power to stop him. Bright Noa and Amuro Ray must now fight against Char and Neo Zeon with their Nu Gundam suits, which will decide Earth’s fate once and for all.

11) Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt

Earth’s Federation and Neo Zeon rebels are still waging their war, even in U.C. 0079. During this period, there is a ferocious battle between the Federations Io Fleming and the rebel’s ace Daryl Lorenz.

They both fight on equal terms and neither is willing to give up. But, after Fleming finds his hands on a prototype Gundam suit, Daryl should now decide between choosing to protect his men or searching for a deadly weapon.

This series shows the internal conflict of a person and the tough decisions they have to make in these wars. All these amount to Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt being one of the best Gundam series.

10) Turn A Gundam

It has been Two Millennia since Earth was destroyed, and a part of humanity had moved to the Moon. Constantly checking whether Earth is fit to reside or not, Rolan Cehack and a couple of others are sent now.

After some time, the moon people start a full-on frontal assault against Earth. In this desperate situation, Rolan finds a Turn A Gundam suit. Will he be able to restore peace to the galaxy and stop another war from happening?

9) Mobile Fighter G Gundam

Earth is deemed to be uninhabitable, and much of Humanity started living in many space colonies. To determine the leader of all of these colonies, there is an Intergalactic Gundam Fight Tournament.

Domon Kasshu is Neo-Japan’s champion as he keeps searching the galaxy for his criminal brother was has the Devil Gundam. Joining this tournament with his Shining Gundam, he must now face his past once again.

What dangers and revelations from Domon’s past await him in the tournament? This suspense and mystery, undoubtedly make it one of the best Gundam series.

8) Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury

Suletta Mercury is in the prestigious Asticassia School of Technology, where the top-ranking duelist receives Miorine Rembran as their fiancee.

Suletta wins against Guel Jeturk in the duel but is dismissed on the notion that she uses a Gundam. Refusing to accept this result, Miorine increases the stakes of the duel. If Suletta loses again, her beloved Gundam Ariel will be destroyed.

Knowing the seriousness of the situation, will Suletta be able to rise to the top once again? Will she win or lose in this high-stakes game, on which her life depends? These are some of the common questions answered in the anime.

7) Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn

Char Aznable’s attempt had already failed, and the side colonies are leading a peaceful life now. Enter Banagher Links a normal teen, who lives in one such colony Side 4.

Audrey Burne steals the key to Laplace’s Box to prevent chaos and keeps hiding from Sleeves to finally reach Side 4. When Sleeves comes with an assault along with the last members of Neo-Zeon, it is left to Banagher and his Gundam Unicorn to save his friends and his colony.

Little does he know, that if he loses there are way more repercussions than he could imagine. With the fate of humanity on his hands, Banagher must now fight against war veterans.

6) Mobile Suit Gundam Seed

Heliopolis is a neutral space colony, between the War of Coordinators and Naturals. Coordinators are people whose biological traits have been altered and Naturals are people who were from Earth.

Kira Yamato is a coordinator and a university student, who gets caught in ZAFT’s attack to steal Gundams from the planet. Kira manages to get hold of the Strike Gundam, as the ZAFT makes off with the remaining.

Joining the Archangel, an Earth Alliance Ship, Kira, and his friends must now survive the horror that comes from war. The story, narrative, as well as characters, make this anime one of the best Gundam series.

5) Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans

It has been 3 decades since the Calamity War, and now Earth is being ruled by Four Economic Blocs. Gjallarhorn is responsible for maintaining peace and relationships.

Seeing the worse situation on Mars, Kudelia Aina Bernstein tries to free the planet and hires Chryse Guard Security. But, a sudden attack by Gjallarhorn on Chyrse Guard Society makes things worse for Kudelia.

This is the trigger for Kudelia to understand the reality of the situation. With its wonderful story and animation, it takes 5th place in the best Gundam series of all time.

4) Mobile Suit Gundam

The original series and the anime which started the series. It is the year U.C. 0079 and Humanity had already moved to many space colonies, living in clusters like the Principality of Zeon.

With Mobile suits, Zeon has the upper hand in the battle. But, the real battle starts when Earth Federation had also come up with Gundams.

This marks the start of Amuro Ray’s story as he now has to traverse across the galaxy to fight against Char Aznable. Even if he is a civilian, he should figure out the reason and the people he is fighting for.

3) Mobile Suit Gundam Wing

United Earth Sphere Alliance is the Earth’s strongest force that ruled over Earth and several colonies for decades. Now, in the year After Colony 195, a few rebels have launched Operation Meteor.

This involved sending five Gundams to Earth for destruction and revenge. We follow one such pilot Heero Yuy’s journey as he is stranded after a battle with Zechs Marquise.

He also meets Relena Peacecraft who helps him a lot. With this single encounter, all of their lives are changed and the situation may go for the better or worse. This suspense throughout the series makes it the top 3 best Gundam series.

2) Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam

The One Year war between the Earth Federation and the Principality of Zeon is over. Earth Federation is on the hunt for Zeon rebels and has created an elite task force called Titans.

But, they revolt against Earth Federation and give birth to a new rebel group Anti-Earth Union Group. In one of these Titan bases, Kamille Bidan lives in the colony, Green Noa.

After getting into trouble with the Titan officers, he finds himself piloting a Titan’s Gundam, caught up in this universal war. How will Kamille escape this conflict and which side is he going to choose in this war?

This was one of the most memorable Gundam series and the second-best Gundam series of all time.

1) Mobile Suit Gundam 00

After humanity had exhausted fossil fuels, they had now resorted to using solar power. This gave rise to three major nations, the Union of Solar Energy and Free Nations, the Advanced European Union, and the Human Reform League.

This led to wars between the poorer nations and the three united nations over the control of solar energy. In midst of all this, Celestial Being, a new military organization strives to end all wars and conflict with their new inventions, Gundams.

The anime follows the story of four new and upcoming Gundam Pilots, who are entangled in this war to end all conflicts. Mobile Suit Gundam 00 can be called the best Gundam series of all time.

This concludes our list of the best Gundam series of all time with a good plot. Most of the titles in this series are connected to the main storyline in some way or the other. For more content like this make sure to check our other posts here.

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Eswar Keshav

Eswar Keshav is an ardent anime fan for more than a decade. Along with this, he also has been following anime and manga updates for years. He is also enthusiastic and passionate when it comes to writing about his favorite things. Combining his love for writing and his love for anime and manga, his articles speak of his love for the genre.