uninitiated gundam world good place start burned star wars star trek compelling realistic scifi series become immersed in simplistic boysavesworldingiant robot story might expected rather complex emotionally compelling space war drama line good bad guys decidedly less distinctbr br gundam  focuses story al izuruha young naive boy living neutral space colony spends days daydreaming mobile suits playing war friends course series al befriends enemy soldier bernie wiseman end little al learns hard lessons reality war requisite suffering sacrificebr br i loved oav series cool mecha designs involving story likeable characters recommend series anyone likes realistic sf anime think anime silly sexy entertainment