
The Mobile Suit Gundam is a televised anime series, created by Sunrise. Created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Nagoya Broadcasting Network on April 7, 1979, and lasted until January 26, 1980, spanning 43 episodes.
After the first Gundam series started to roll in, the sequels, spin offs, and prequels continuously aired until today, expanding the Gundam universe in countless titles; be that in tv series, OAV's or Movies. The most notable continuation for the Gundam Univerce is the "Universal Century" where the stories are closely follows the timeline and chronological order of the original 1979 tv series.
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Despite the recent earthquake in Japan, the wondrous full scale statue of the RX-78-2 Gundam survived intact.
The people of Japan standing in admiration as the Life Size Gundam Statue in Shizuoka has managed to survive the Mar 11 earthquake and tsunami and is standing tall;
The Gundam statue is fast in becoming a symbol of hope and strengh to all the folks of Japan.
However, due to safety hazards, the Gundam will be dismantled and moved to as yet unnamed new venue and it subsequently needs to be carefully disassembled....

As you can tell from the title, it's not a Gundam anime but a Gunpla anime! A gundam story made as a "thank you's" for undivided 30 years Gundam Modelers support...very touching...sniff!
New anime project Mokei Senshi GUNPLA BUILDERS -Beginning G (lit. Model Fighter Gunpla Builders: Beginning G) was unveiled at Shizuoka Hobby Show 2010.
The best part is you got to get all your mobile suits in action plus some weird customs in virtual gundam battles - oh! Did i just saw CHAR?!
The three-episode anime will come out as "Part A", "Part B" and "Part C", starting last summer, though it's still unclear whether it'll come out as...

Gundam Age The next animated series in the venerable Gundam franchise was officially unveiled today, so let's take a look at it, shall we?
...ah yes, seems so "pokemon" and "Digimon" like....
Story
Several hundred years have passed since mankind first began to colonize outer space. The perpetual wars for dominance on the planet's surface are ended, and humanity embraced a new, peaceful era.
...but that peace soon crumbled into despair.
A.G. 101 The 101st year of the Advanced Generation calendar.
An unknown enemy, designated UE, attacks and destroys the space colony Angel, suddenly and without warning. This brutal attack becomes known...