From November 23 to December 10, Gundam Info, the official international YouTube channel, will be streaming the Turn A Gundam series and the Gundam Reconguista in G movies for “GUNDAM Fan e-Festival 2023”. The two Gundam series were voted by fans amongst a slew of other Gundam titles to stream during the event. Both the Turn A series and Gundam Reconguista in G movie series are streaming with Japanese audio and English subtitles for viewers in the United States.
The Turn A Gundam series aired from 1999 to 2000, directed by Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino with character designs by Street Fighter designer Akira Yasuda and music by Yoko Kanno. The series celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Gundam franchise and marked the return of the director following his departure from the series after Mobile Suit Victory Gundam in 1994.
Turn A is unique for being the first Gundam anime series to feature mechanical designs by a foreign designer. Visual futurist Syd Mead, of Blade Runner, Aliens and Tron fame, provided the principal designs for the series iconic mobile suits such as System-∀99 ∀ Gundam, Concept-X 6-1-2 Turn X, JMA0530 Wodom, MRC-F20 SUMO, and G-M1F Bandit.
The series would receive two compilation films covering the fifty episode series, titled Turn A Gundam I: Earth Light and Turn A Gundam II: Moonlight Butterfly, which released February 2002.
Story
For 2000 years, a separate race of humanity has lived on the moon. Known as “the Moonrace,” their technology is leaps and bounds beyond those that stayed behind on the Earth’s surface. Now seeking to return to their original home, the Moonrace send three teenagers, Loran, Keith, and Fran, down to Earth on a reconnaissance mission to test the viability of its environment.
After spending a year on Earth, Loran has become good friends with Sochie and Kihel, daughters of the prestigious Heim family, and he looks forward to fully integrating into Earth society. But before Loran gets the chance to make his report, the Moonrace launch a surprise attack. Earth’s primitive airplanes are no match for the superior power of the Moonrace’s mobile suits. However, in the midst of the initial attack, Loran and Sochie uncover a long-forgotten relic: a white mobile suit. As a Moonrace, Loran is quickly able to grasp the basics of piloting it, but by doing so, he inadvertently places himself in the middle of a war.
Released in 2014, Gundam Reconguista in G celebrated the 35th anniversary of the Gundam franchise and saw the return of Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino helming a Gundam new TV series for the first time in fifteen years since 1999’s Turn A Gundam. The series was directed and scripted by Tomino, with character designs by Kenichi Yoshida, a mechanical design team consisting of Akira Yasuda, Ippei Gyoubu, and Kimitoshi Yamane, and the music was composed by Yugo Kanno.
A five-part compilation film series was announced in November 2018 as a part of the Mobile Suit Gundam 40th Anniversary Project. The compilations were to include new scenes and newly recorded dialogue. The first installment Gundam Reconguista in G I: Go! Fighter, released November 2019, following with II: Bellri’s Fierce Charge releasing February 2020, III: Legacy from Space releasing July 2021, IV: Love That Cries Out in Battle in July 22, and finally V: Beyond the Peril of Death released August 5, 2022.
Story
The new era begins!
The turbulent era known as the Universal Century has ended. Now, mankind looks towards prosperity and peace in the new era known as the Regild Century (R.C.). One of the most important resources in this era is the Capital Tower – a space elevator which towers over the land connecting Earth to space. Its purpose, to transport the Photon Batteries the Earth relies on for power. It is worshiped as a holy place.
Tasked with protecting the tower, one day on a practice mission, young Capital Guard cadet, Bellri Zenam is attacked by a high-performance G-Self Mobile Suit. Despite having never before encountered the G-Self, he feels a strange connection to it and its pilot, a space pirate called Aida Surugan.
Little does Bellri know that he is about to uncover truths which will shake the entire Regild Century.
Source: Official Website
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