Gundam is just the same as Jane Austen but happens to include giant mech suits

A friend recently asked how to get started watching Gundam, and as I tripped all over myself, equal parts excitement and not wanting to sound like a lunatic, I fumbled around for a good answer. What I landed at was inelegant and I eventually panicked and found a watch list online. BUT ! BUT ! What is a blog for if not do overs!? Also, what follows has literally no information in it about where to…