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Originally Posted by goseigold

Hey guys im following the IBO anime and I'm about to finish both seasons of biild fighters. What should i watch next?

Hi! Have you watched any other Gundam anime before? Because from your post, I'm assuming you've only watched Build Fighters and IBO.

I highly recommend 00, personally. It's my favorite Gundam show. If you liked sort of the ragtag group aspect of IBO, then you'll like 00. It's a very dense story, with a ton of great characters fights, e.t.c. It's about this group called Celestial Being intervening in the world's affairs to create War through peace. Specifically the 4 Gundam meisters and their mission are the focus. Throughout the series, you'll learn a lot of stuff about how the world became the way it is, what Celestial being wants it to be, who's manipulating who, e.t.c. Every episode is fast paced, and the status quo gets shifted once every once in awhile.Season 1 is very morally grey, which a lot of people enjoyed. Season 2 has much more explicit villains but also has more personal character development going on. And the designs of the Gundams in this one are the best. Then there's the movie Awakening of the Trailblazer. I won't spoil it for you, but it's very different plot for Gundam. People hate the movie but I really liked it. And the way it ends is the perfect ending to a Gundam Universe (to me).

Another series I recommend is the MSG 0079 movie trilogy. It essentially takes the entire 43 episode TV series and condenses/retools the plot the plot to create a good viewing experience. This is where it all starts, and it's an interesting watch, just to see all of the space politics and the responsibility of these young people to get the RX-78 to Federation headquarters and their participation and what it does to them. It's got dated animation since it came out in the early 80's but at least it looks better then the original TV series' crappy animation. The conflict in this series is what fuels the conflicts for many of the other Universal Century timeline Gundam shows, it's kind of required viewing to see why this group acts such and such a way due to past events. Theses movies are also the canon version of the story, so you're not gonna miss out.

Or if you prefer to read a ton of manga, there's always the Origin instead. Which is another retelling of 0079. Instead of condensing the story and changing it, the Origin expands on the story of the TV series, with changes from the movies and it's own to better suit the story. It's not canon but any means, but you're not gonna be super lost since it doesn't change the overall outcome. The art is really really good in it,when there's color, it looks especially pretty. And those weirdly looking people on the covers do not look that weird in the manga. The origin really doesn't include a ton of original content in it except for the Flashback arc, where it details the origins of many of the characters and how the One-year war broke out in the first place. The flashback stuff was so good, that the anime studio behind Gundam is working on adapting it to an OVA series, with the 3rd episode coming out next spring (which has been pretty faithful to the Origin counterpart so far.) This manga was the thing that made me care about 0079 and the One Year war, despite having watched the movies, it's that good.