Gundam G no Reconguista
The Universal Century, with its history of colonization and wars, passes into posterity, and time flows on. Mankind enters a new age of seemingly endless peace and prosperity called the Regild Century.
The year is R.C. 1014. The Capital Tower, an orbital elevator, connects earth and space. Due to its role in supplying Earth's power by transferring Photon Batteries from space, it is worshiped with a religious fervor. Bellri Zenam, a cadet in the Capital Guard formed to protect Capital Tower, is participating in his first non-simulated exercise when he is attacked by the powerful but unaffiliated G-Self mobile suit. He manages to capture the G-Self while piloting a Recten maintenance mobile suit. However, seeing the G-Self's pilot, a young space pirate named Aida Rayhunton, stirs something within him, as does the G-Self which he was sure he'd never seen before.
Aida's mission to attack Capital Tower. Bellri's destiny as a chosen pilot of the G-Self. The truth which will shake the Regild Century.
It was all the beginning of the Reconguista.
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Notes
Alternative Names: Gundam Reconguista in G, G-Reco
Genre: Mecha, Science Fiction
Demographic: Shounen
To be adapted into a manga.
Reviews
Jason
Oh boy, this one's gonna take some explaining. I'll split up the first part of my review into two viewpoints: the first for those who have seen the older Universal Century Gundams (particularly Mobile Suit Gundam up to and including Victory Gundam) and the second for those who have stuck to Alternate Universe Gundams like Wing, Seed, or 00. I'll occasionally call Reconguista in G by its prototype name G Reco since that's way easier to type.
First off, for us UC fans, this is Tomino way after he's recovered from his depression so if you enjoyed his other "happy" works like Turn A Gundam or Overman King Gainer you'll probably find a lot to like here. His dialog and narrative are still running at breakneck pacing and he still has the penchant to create vast, detailed, interesting worlds so this may be the best main series Gundam we'll have the chance to watch since Turn A. Besides the other obvious notes about Tomino's directing style G Reco also shares some visual influences from Eureka Seven (same character designer) and Xam'd.
For the AU fans, uhoh, this is going to take some getting used to. Toshiyuki Tomino is very much rooted to faster paced directing styles that were used in the 1970's and early 1980's so expect to be completely confused by his characters' exclamatory, almost random non-conversations and quick jump cuts to completely different environments. You'll probably notice that this anime has a bit of an old school feeling (the animation direction is emulating the style of Turn A Gundam from 1998, which was the last hand drawn Gundam) so don't expect to see the tight visuals that Kyoto Animation, Shaft, Production IG, or Madhouse use for their modern television series. If you're able to tolerate the constant narrative whiplash then you might find a series that is VERY different from your typical Gundam with a vastly detailed world and complex characters, even if you have to quickly read between their lines and rewatch episodes to catch their psychology.
Overall, since I fall squarely in the UC fan base, G Reco is probably the series I was looking most forward to for the 2014 Fall season and up to episode 5 (which I had just finished as of this writing) it's probably my favourite show of the season. While Tomino's directing style may prevent G Reco from claiming the top mecha series of 2014's crown from Knights of Sidonia it currently stands as one of the most enjoyable mecha series so far this year (Gundam Build Fighters Try might be third, Aldnoah Zero and Captain Earth rounding out the top 5 almost by default).
Doug
There doesn't seem to be anything unique or interesting about the setting or the characters, and the story is strictly formulaiac high-tech fighting and teen romance. Yawn (opps excuse me)
Carol
Started off OK but it got boring.
Michael Eh
A trip down to how anime shows use to be produced. Nostalgic look at the future ... an age of innocence and adventure. Modern or those new to anime might find this show ... meh. Try true plot devices then but today they seem a little broken by this world standards. Cheerleaders in space and so called high tech mobile suit being taken down by mere maintenance mecha doesn't bode well that Gundam G can stand out in a fight as it's precessors. Feels like if Studio Ghibli made a mecha show.
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