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I always suggest watching the OVAs in the reverse order of production:
- New Getter first
- Shin vs Neo second
- Getter Armageddon last
New is pretty much a remake of the original manga, with elements of the Shin Getter manga. It's a great introductory point to the batshit insanity and tech of the Getterverse.
Shin vs Neo is, to me, the spirtiual successor the 70s show. Child-friendly insanity, but it's so amusing and fun that you can't help but smile.
Armageddon is, well... what happens when Imagawa gets dropped from a show partway through. Fucking awesome, but utterly incoherent.
Once you've wathced them, read this spoileriffic summary of the original series and then the Shin Getter Manga, and wait for the rest of the Getter Go scanlations:
The Dinosaur Empire, the bad guys in the original manga, are nearly defeated. Saotome is trying to make a new Getter, the Getter G, but the Dinos are attacking. A new Getter-3 pilot has been recruited, so Musashi, feeling insecure, heads off to fight it alone. He successfully fends them off for some time, but gets severely beaten up. So, he overloads the getter reactor and blows himself up. Then, new bad guys appear, which the Getter G has to fight and eventually beats.