Just finished my rewatch of 00 season 1. I cried a little. Still great.
It's interesting how many things you notice the second time around that were lost on you the first time.
Speaking of which;
00 also makes a ton of references to 0079, I think because it was an anniversary show.
For instance, I just noticed the big bad bad guy suit in the season 1 finale is a gold plated GM with various fancy bits stuck to it.
The final bad guy of the show also happens to be voiced by the same guy who voices Amuro Ray, is a 00 version of newtype, and his suit is the fucking Guncannon. When he loses it he of course switches to the very first Gundam made in 00 as his backup.
Which is the fucking RX-78-2.