aka Mobile Suit Gundam (Japanese: 機動戦士ガンダム). 0079 was a nickname derived from spinoff games and manga and primarily used by English-speaking fans. (Wikipedia)

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (or "Gundam SEED") is an anime television series from Japan. It is a part of the Gundam franchise that started in 1979, but takes place in an alternate universe called the Cosmic Era. The series has 50 episodes, aired in Japan from October 5, 2002 to September 27, 2003 (Wikipedia)

In the fall of 1987 the Japanese modeling magazine Model Graphix began to serialize an original monthly Gundam novel named Gundam Sentinel. The series ran from 1987 until its conclusion in the month of August in 1988. Gundam Sentinel became a cult hit due to the super-detailed mechanical designs of the series and the intricate story by veteran writer and Gundam fan Masaya Takahashi. Gundam Sentinel took a much more realistic look at the Gundam world, where mobile suits were seen more as fighter jets or military weapons, rather than as cartoonish robots. It was also the debut of Hajime Katoki, who has come to be one of Gundam's most prolific mechanical designers. (Wikipedia)

Gundam Wing was the first Gundam series in the US to really make an impression on american popular culture.

Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, known in Japan as New Mobile Report Gundam W (also known as 新機動戦記ガンダムW shin kidō senki gandamu uingu in Japanese), is a televised Anime series, which ran for forty-nine episodes beginning in 1995. Initially directed by Masashi Ikeda and written by Katsuyuki Sumizawa (Ronin Warriors), the series was loosely based on the original 1979 Gundam series, Mobile Suit Gundam, created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Hajime Yatate.

Gundam Wing is one of the alternate universe Gundam series, taking place in the After Colony timeline. Man has colonized space (with major colonies at each of the five Sun-Earth Lagrange points), and, down on the earth, the nations have united as the Unified Earth Sphere Alliance. Unfortunately, the Alliance rules the colonies with an iron fist. The colonies wanted peaceful resolution to the situation, and this movement was headed by Heero Yuy, but when he is assassinated in the year After Colony 175, the colonies turned to other means. (Wikipedia)

After War Gundam X (or "Gundam X") is an anime television series from Japan. It is a part of the Gundam franchise that started in 1979, but takes place in an alternate universe called After War Era. The series has 39 episodes, aired in Japan from April 5, 1996 to December 28, 1996. It was directed by Sunrise veteran Shinji Takamatsu (SD Gundam, Golden Brave Goldran, School Rumble), and the screenplay was written by Hiroyuki Kawasaki.

Following the phenomenal success of Gundam Wing (and the end of its run), After War Gundam X (released in Japan as 機動新世紀ガンダムX, or Mobile New Century Gundam X) premiered in early 1996. This series was the third of Bandai's alternate universes, and the last Gundam series to air for several years. This series is, in a way, a "what if" on the Universal Century's One-Year War. What if the colonists had dropped dozens of colonies instead of one, and destroyed Earth's surface? What if most of the world's population died, leaving the survivors in a ruined Mad Max-like world? (Wikipedia)

Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (機動戦士ガンダム 逆襲のシャア/Kidō Senshi Gandamu: Gyakushū no Shā; Mobile Suit Gundam: The Counterattacking Char) is an anime movie set in the primary Universal Century timeline of Gundam, taking place in UC 0093.

Making its theatrical debut on March 12, 1988, Char's Counterattack is the final culmination of the original saga begun in Mobile Suit Gundam and continued through Zeta Gundam and Double Zeta Gundam, marking the final conflict of the fourteen year rivalry between Char Aznable and Amuro Ray, and the end of the EF/Zeon conflicts. The movie is based on the novel by Yoshiyuki Tomino. (Wikipedia)

Mobile Fighter G Gundam (機動武闘伝Ｇガンダム) , or G Gundam for short, is an anime series set in the Future Century timeline of the Gundam metaseries.

After Mobile Suit Victory Gundam finished airing in Japan in early 1994, Bandai commemorated Gundam's 15th anniversary by trying something new: developing the franchise outside the continuity of the Universal Century. Thus, the non-Universal Century worlds were born that are the settings for every TV series following Victory Gundam.

Premiering in 1994, Mobile Fighter G Gundam was the first non-Universal Century animated Gundam series, and one of the most controversial. Directed by Giant Robo's Yasuhiro Imagawa, this series takes a vastly different approach to the Gundam saga. Instead of having wars between the colonies and the Earth, a fighting tournament is held to determine the ruler of the colonies. Called the Gundam Fight, it is held once every four years by the United Colonies Federation. Each country has its own representative Gundam, and the Gundams fight on Earth until only one is left. Set in Future Century (FC) 60, this series chronicles the 13th Gundam Fight and stars Neo Japanese Gundam Fighter Domon Kasshu, who is in the fight as much to win as to fulfil a personal quest.

The anime series, Mobile Suit Gundam 0080 - A War in the Pocket (機動戦士ガンダム0080 ポケットの中の戦争) , was the first Gundam OVA series. It was also the first time anyone other than creator Tomino Yoshiyuki was given a chance to direct a Gundam story. Released in 1989, it served to commemorate Gundam's ten-year anniversary. As suggested by its subtitle, "War in the Pocket," it is a small, personal story; a side story focusing on the experiences of a ten-year-old boy during the One-Year War.

Gundam 0080 also began an enduring tradition of retroactive redesigns. Yutaka Izubuchi updated the original Mobile Suit Gundam's dated mechanical designs and costumes, and since then every new creative team has offered its own take on the classic Gundam props.

Not being penned by Tomino, Gundam 0080 also marked a significant departure from the constant background theme of Newtypes featured in the Universal Century Gundam universe, since the original Mobile Suit Gundam up until Char's Counterattack. The absence of this theme would continue in many following Gundam stories allowing more stories to be told about ordinary soldiers and people in these conflicts.

Gundam 0083 (機動戦士ガンダム００８３) is a 13-episode anime OVA series set in the Gundam universe. The first volume containing two 30-minute episodes was released in Japan on May 23, 1991. Subsequent volumes, containing one 30-minute episode each, followed every one or two months; the final volume went on sale on September 1992. The series was directed by Mitsuko Kase (Episodes 1–7) and Takashi Imanishi (Eps 2–13). The fact that the director was switched in between the show left open several plot holes, for which the series is criticized by many Gundam fans to this day. The characters were designed by Toshihiro Kawamoto. The anime is licensed in North America by Bandai Entertainment and is available on VHS and DVD. The series is set in Universal Century 0083, three years after the end of the One Year War chronicled in Mobile Suit Gundam. (

The anime series, Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team (機動戦士ガンダム 第08MS小隊), is an eleven-episode Gundam OVA series that takes place during the One-Year War, and depicts the point of view of the common soldier rather than that of the Newtype aces. Its release began in 1996 and ended in 1999. A twelveth epilogue episode, called Last Resort, was released a few months after the series ended, and featured a more surreal plotline than the rest of the series.

The series taking such a long time to be released (Last Resort was released a full three and a half years after the series began) was largely due to the sudden tragic death of director Takeyuki Kanda in a car accident in July of 1996. The series was later completed by a new director, GONZO's Umanosuke Iida.

The first eleven episodes of 08th MS Team were shown on Cartoon Network in 2001. Last Resort was never shown on television because Cartoon Network allegedly did not want to show an episode that revolved around children being drafted into the military. However, all twelve episodes are on the DVD release.

Mobile Suit Victory Gundam 機動戦士Vガンダム (also known as V Gundam) is an anime television program set in the fictional universe of Gundam. It consists of 51 episodes, and was directed by Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino.

The series is set in UC 0153, and succeeds the Federation and Crossbone Vanguard conflict of Gundam F-91. Therefore, it takes place well after the events of the Earth Federation versus Principality of Zeon conflict (which could be said to have ended with Char's Counterattack).

The greatly weakened Earth Federation comes under attack by the BESPA forces of the spaceborn Zanscare Empire; only the AEUG-like League Militaire stands in their way. The mass-produced Victory Gundam is the League Militaire's secret weapon against the invading BESPA. (Wikipedia)

Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (aired 1985–1986) was a televised anime, one of Gundam series and a sequel to the original Mobile Suit Gundam.

The show was written and directed by Tomino Yoshiyuki, with character designs by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, while the series' mechanical designs were split amongst Kunio Okawara, Mamoru Nagano, and Kazumi Fujita.

At its first airing, the show was poorly received by many casual TV watchers, Tomino's wife being one of them. These viewers found it depressing and confusing, and as a result, the series never was nearly as popular as the original. Out of all the Gundam shows that he has worked on, Tomino has stated that Zeta along with Victory Gundam were the series that he really hated to work on. Amidst such concerns, Tomino later made the sequel Gundam ZZ into a much lighter affair, to the point that it alienated many of Zeta's fans.

Today Zeta Gundam is being considered by many fans as one of the better Gundam installments to date, if not the most representative, as it depicts Tomino's ideas in a harsh and realistic way. (Wikipedia)

Super Deformed Gundam or SD Gundam originated from a contributed illustration of a junior high school student from Nagoya by the name of Koji Yokoi to the "Model News" magazine that Bandai was issuing in the 1980's. The illustration is of a Gundam but with the weird proportion where the overall height of the Gundam is equal to 2 of its head. This illustration interested the chief editor and so leading to Koji Yokoi serializing SD Gundam in 4 frame comics in "Model News".

The super deformed design was suitable for capsule toys and so SD Gundam started merchandising with the Gashapon series "SD Gundam World" in 1985. By the 90s SD Gundam spawned many spin-off series, SD Sengokuden (SD Warring States, Musha Style), SD Gundam Gaiden (Knight Style) and SD Commando Chronicles (Military Style) to name a few.

With its popularity, SD Gundam merchandise expanded to include manga, trading cards, anime and video games.

While some SD Gundam series are purely a parody of Gundam, SD Gundam Force is set in its own self-contained universe and has a somewhat serious storyline, though it remains far more comedic than other Gundam series and is targeted at a younger audience. (Wikipedia)

A Japan/America co-production, SD Gundam Force initially broadcasted on Cartoon Network in US for 26 episodes, and later on TV Tokyo for 52 episodes, making it the longest Gundam series to date. Currently there has been no official word on the fate of the show within the US other than odd mentions, though fans continue to campaign for the release of the final 26 episodes on DVD. Unlike previous SD Gundam series, SD stands for Superior Defender. It is a crossover series based on the three SD settings that were used in earlier SD Gundam anime and manga: SD Commando, a science-fiction-styled militaristic setting; SD Sengokuden, a setting with samurai-themed robots; SD Gundam Gaiden, a medieval European fantasy-themed setting. It also contains many references and homages to the standard Gundam shows, especially those of the Universal Century, Future Century, and After Colony timelines.

The TV series has 2 spinoff comic series known as SD Gundam Force and SD Gundam Force Gaiden.

∀ Gundam (called Turn 'A' Gundam) is a 50 episode series that aired between 1999 and 2000 on Japan's FNN networks, created for the Gundam Big Bang 20th Anniversary celebration. It was also compiled into two feature-length movies titled ∀ Gundam I: Earth Light and ∀ Gundam II: Moonlight Butterfly.

It was directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, who had written and directed a number of previous Gundam works as the main creator of the franchise. This series was made after Tomino had recovered from his depression that influenced Victory Gundam, and the general tone and mood of Turn A is much more hopeful and less dark than his other Gundam series. Still, with the fact that Tomino has not lost his touch, it is considered by many who have seen the show fully to be the last grand Gundam show and the only one that he ever enjoyed working on out of all of his Gundam endeavors. (Wikipedia)