Anime Watch Time
How Long Does It Take to Watch Mobile Suit Gundam?
Romaji: Kidou Senshi Gundam · Native: 機動戦士ガンダム
Mobile Suit Gundam takes about 17.9 hours (17 hours 55 minutes) to watch in full, across 43 episodes. Use the watch time calculator for an estimate based on your own pace and playback speed.
About Mobile Suit Gundam
What would you do if you suddenly found yourself in the middle of a war? Teenager Amuro Ray sees his life shattered when war comes to his home. During the chaos, Amuro finds himself inside the mobile suit Gundam, the Earth Federation's new secret weapon, and he somehow gets it to work. Amuro and the other refugees flee their homeland on the warship White Base. This group of children and inexperienced soldiers will change the outcome of the war.
Series Context
Score
7.70
Year
1979
Format
TV
Source
Original
Status
Finished Airing
Prequels, Sequels & Related Entries
Mobile Suit Gundam connects to 41 other entries — useful to know if you want the full watch time for the whole story, not just this one.
Prequel · OVA
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin
2015 · Finished Airing
Prequel · TV
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin - Advent of the Red Comet
2019 · Finished Airing
Side Story · OVA
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
1989 · Finished Airing
Side Story · OVA
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team
1996 · Finished Airing
Side Story · Special
Gundam: Mission To The Rise
1998 · Finished Airing
Side Story · OVA
Gundam Evolve
2001 · Finished Airing
Side Story · OVA
Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO: The Hidden One Year War
2004 · Finished Airing
Side Story · ONA
Kidou Senshi Gundam Battlefield Record: Avant-Title
2009 · Finished Airing
Side Story · ONA
Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt
2015 · Finished Airing
Side Story · Movie
Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky
2016 · Finished Airing
Side Story · Movie
Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island
2022 · Finished Airing
Side Story · ONA
GUNDAM: Requiem for Vengeance
2024 · Finished Airing
Side Story · Special
Kidou Senshi Gundam ALC ENCOUNTER
2024 · Finished Airing
Alternative Version · ONA
Kidou Senshi Gundam G40
2020 · Finished Airing
Sequel · TV
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
1985 · Finished Airing
Sequel · OVA
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
1991 · Finished Airing
Sequel · Movie
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation I - Heir to the Stars
2005 · Finished Airing
Recap / Summary · Movie
Mobile Suit Gundam I
1981 · Finished Airing
Recap / Summary · Movie
Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow
1981 · Finished Airing
Recap / Summary · Movie
Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space
1982 · Finished Airing
Recap / Summary · Special
Mobile Suit Gundam: Zeonic Front - Indignation of Zeon.
2001 · Finished Airing
Recap / Summary · Special
Portrait of the Red
2010 · Finished Airing
Recap / Summary · Special
Kidou Senshi Gundam UC: episode EX - Hyakunen no Kodoku
2014 · Finished Airing
Spin-off · Special
Kidou Senshi SD Gundam
1988 · Finished Airing
Spin-off · TV
Mobile Fighter G Gundam
1994 · Finished Airing
Spin-off · TV
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
1995 · Finished Airing
Spin-off · TV
After War Gundam X
1996 · Finished Airing
Spin-off · TV
Turn A Gundam
1999 · Finished Airing
Spin-off · TV
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed
2002 · Finished Airing
Spin-off · TV
SD Gundam Force
2004 · Finished Airing
Spin-off · TV
Mobile Suit Gundam 00
2007 · Finished Airing
Spin-off · Special
Mokei Senshi Gunpla Builders Beginning G
2010 · Finished Airing
Spin-off · TV
SD Gundam Sangokuden Brave Battle Warriors
2010 · Finished Airing
Spin-off · TV
Mobile Suit Gundam AGE
2011 · Finished Airing
Spin-off · TV
Gundam Build Fighters
2013 · Finished Airing
Spin-off · TV
Gundam: Reconguista in G
2014 · Finished Airing
Spin-off · TV
Mobile Suit GUNDAM Iron Blooded Orphans
2015 · Finished Airing
Spin-off · ONA
SD Gundam World Sangoku Soketsuden
2019 · Finished Airing
Spin-off · ONA
Gundam Breaker Battlogue
2021 · Finished Airing
Spin-off · TV
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
2022 · Finished Airing
Spin-off · TV
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
2025 · Finished Airing
Franchise Guide
Watching the full Mobile Suit Gundam franchise?
The franchise page groups the connected seasons, movies, and specials into one watch-order guide, with a combined total watch time.
Episode Count and Watch Time
Mobile Suit Gundam Episode Count and Total Watch Time
Episodes
43
Episode length
25 min
Total watch time
17 hours 55 minutes
Status
Finished Airing
A solid multi-week watch at a normal pace, or a few dedicated binge sessions if you want to move faster.
Binge Watching Schedule
Simple Watch Schedule for Mobile Suit Gundam
Based on average episode length and normal playback speed.
| Episodes per day | Days to finish |
|---|---|
| 2 | 21.5 days |
| 5 | 8.6 days |
| 10 | 4.3 days |
Quick Answers About Mobile Suit Gundam
Does Mobile Suit Gundam have filler episodes?+
No — Mobile Suit Gundam has no filler episodes, so the full watch time already reflects the main story only.
What changes if you skip intros and outros?+
Skipping roughly 3 minutes per episode lowers the total watch time to about 15.8 hours, versus 17.9 hours with intros and outros included.
Is Mobile Suit Gundam worth binge-watching?+
A solid multi-week watch at a normal pace, or a few dedicated binge sessions if you want to move faster.
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