Turn A Gundam

I honestly do not know how to start this review. I will say that the action scenes especially the artillery scenes to be very good! They are quite fun and exciting! The aesthetics were also quite good as well. The mix of sci fic and Victorian era technology makes it feel like a 1920s pulp novel or something. Besides that, I will focus on three main things on this review.

1. The Story
2. The characters
3. The music

Let’s begin, shall we?
The story starts off pretty simple it’s a Earth vs Moon war that at first kind of reminded me of the Israel and Palestine situation though the metaphor does break apart by the end ha-ha. It does get more complicated by the end, and I still have a lot of questions that I am still not sure if it was answered in the anime. Like what was Guinfords plan at the end? The question about whether the moon race goes to the earth or not is still not really answered. The aspect about it being the conclusion of all Gundam shows makes little sense and it is not really expanded upon on any detail. It does make me wonder what exactly was going on in Tomino’s head during this. I guess he just wanted to wrap Gundam up and you know that’s fine and all but it’s not like it’s just him anymore. But that begs the question how well does it work as an ending to Gundam? I would say it is average it is certainly sad that war continues for this long but that is just human nature. I will say that it is certainly is a beautiful ending and that is one thing the show does is it’s focus on beauty and peace. It makes for a very peaceful ending especially as a lot of tomino’s endings go. So overall I guess I did enjoy the story of this anime.
Now on to the characters. The main character is Loran Rola. Personally, I find him quite boring I mean he has some cool elements. Namely his femininity and how they play with it during the show. I do find his motivations to be boring though his only motivation really is to protect Queen Diana and Lady Kireal. It does get annoying after a while and his ending pissed me off to be honest. Speaking of Queen Diana and Lady Kireal I am not sure what is the point of their characters besides serving as the motivation for loran. I actually enjoyed the side characters especially Sochie (boy does she get a bad ending). They are pretty likeable and they have pretty interesting motivations that make sense. I like the main villain as well his motivation made a lot of sense to me (though that is true of me for most shows ahaha.) And I was actually sad but not surprised that he lost.
The music is probably the best part about the show though especially the first opening it is so stupid but it is very catchy and epic. The second opening is pretty good as well. The endings are a bit too slow for me and they can put me to sleep sometimes. The background music does fit with the show though at least. Which is always a good thing. So overall I would classify the music as a success.
So to end this review the show did leave me feeling something I am not really sure what exactly but it is an emotion I think of peace. Overall I would say this show is above average I did like it but I wouldn’t say I loved it not really. I give this show a score of 6.5 out of ten.