Andrew McAfee

See, this is WHY the world needs a Dork Forest episode about it--where someone explains the history and minutiae of something they love!

And seriously--there is just SO MUCH to explain. The different universes, the different series, why you can buy some and not others...

See, the only one I really know anything about is the one with Heero, Duo, Trowa, Wufei, and Quatre. I'm guessing I haven't even begun.

Yes! That's Gundam Wing. It's what broke the ice for Gundam in America. That's one universe of Gundam. The main universe is something else.

*Blinks* I thought that WAS the main universe. Oh boy. . . .

Yeah. No, that was kind of an alternate take on it, the After Colony timeline. The main universe is called the Universal Century timeline.

That's what's called 'Mobile Suit Gundam', the original series made in 1977, called 'First Gundam' in the fandom.

That's a good starting point. I'm rewatching it. It's pretty good, especially if you remember what came before it: stuff like Speed Racer.