Kidou Senshi Gundam II: Ai Senshi-hen

Both are the second films in their respective film series that summarize and retell the events from the TV series. Both are mecha anime, featuring a young protagonist who has to pilot a mecha and experience war at a very young age.  

Will someone PLEASE think of the children?? if u put away the extraterrestial storyline of Layzner, it pretty much comes down as kids in warfare that survive by the skin of their teeth, both refer that! with mecha and all!