Kidou Senshi Gundam: Twilight Axis

Universal Century 0096. Several months have passed since the incident surrounding Laplace's box also known as the Universal Century Charter. The Earth Federation Forces dispatches a group of investigators to the severed Axis which is drifting outside the Earth Sphere. Two civilians participate as members of the research group: Arlette Almage and Danton Hyleg. Both have pasts with government service to the Principality of Zeon and Neo Zeon as an engineer and test pilot. Having infiltrated Axis, the investigators come under attack inside a base where no one should be. Arlette and Dalton are confronted with an incident they never imagined.

(Source: Zeonic Scanlations)

Almage, Arlette Main

Shimizu, Risa Japanese

Merka, Mehmet Main

Ono, Daisuke Japanese

Hyleg, Danton Main

Sakaguchi, Shuuhei Japanese

Quentin, Fermo Main

Masuda, Toshiki Japanese

Kim, Se-jun Director

Tomino, Yoshiyuki Original Creator

Yatate, Hajime Original Creator

Ark Performance Original Creator

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Sep 3, 2021

ASTARISUU

Recommended

Its actually pretty good for what it is, a nice little short story in the UC timeline. What killed it mostly was the amount of hype that surrounded the series when it was announced and people expecting it to be another main entry in the gundam franchise.

That being said, i do feel that this one is pretty much just for fans of the gundam franchise. Still you dont have to know much about the series to enjoy it, if you know who char and lala are and what a newtype is then you are good.

People are just upset because several story elements arent explained like ... the reason for conflict, who the enemy is etc. In my opinion though, this was never what the story was about, so its fine that these elements are never explained.

What the story is about, is the relationship between Arlette and Dalton, mostly Arlette though as she struggles with her inner demons. Without spoiling much, the story become clearer as the show goes on and things wrap up nicely.

In my opinion if you are a gundam fan this series is worth checking out, its only 20 min. of your time and a nice little short story.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jul 9, 2021

Sevendusk

Mixed Feelings

The most unfortunate thing about this particular series is that it is short. Much like most modern Gundam series following Char's Counterattack, a lot of it is about how these characters, in the subsequent years, deal with the void left by Char, Amuro or even Lalah. And much like that void, we as an audience are meant to fill the space between the lines, especially for such a short series.

Anyone who watches this should keep in mind that there are 6 cuts of 3 short minutes, if you watch it with the idea that it's simply one single video, then you're really going to ... have a bad time. Especially if you downloaded it as one single file.

With that said, it is a short story much like the ones we read in school where we wish there was more to it, but that simply means the story is hyperfocused. It is focused between the two leads about how they found each other, filled that void with each other and found closure with each other.

Char is gone. The Captain is gone. However Arlette and Danton are not.

It's not a masterpiece, but I think people give it worse rap than it deserves.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Oct 18, 2023

arekkusu_desu

Not Recommended

Gundam Twilight Axis is the physical manifestation of that slap Bright gave Amuro in the original 0079 series with Bright being Sunrise and Amuro being the UC Gundam fandom.
Not even my father ever hit me as hard as this piece of trash did!

OVERALL: 2/10 (barely at that)

Story: 1

Have you seen one of those ''*anime name* in 10 seconds'' videos? Apparently Sunrise has and decided to actually make their anime 10 seconds long as a joke.

I'm not laughing Sunrise. Neither does anyone that has seen it.
...
From what I was able to comprehend the story was about a girl that apparently is NOT a pilot but a mechanic despite being a newtype or something. It doesn't matter. No one likes Gundam for its interesting storitelling, amirite.
Even as I'm writing this, thinking of what to say about the plot, all I can recall are flashy lights, screaming and a brief shot of Char and Lalah that was repeated in every second episode as if to remind me that I was watching UC Gundam and not Aldnoah:Zero sped up.

Art: 4

I actually enjoyed the art, I thought that it was well-made for the most parts. The MS there too flashy for no reason and the candy coloured Normal Suits were a grit in the eye but it was still watchable, for that aspect at least.

Sound:1

What sound? I honestly don't remember anything.

Character: 1

What character? I honestly don't remember anyone. Seriously, I bet no one was able to remember anyone's name through watching it.

Enjoyment: 1

I felt as if I was watching a commercial for the new season of Gundam SEED.

Overall: 2

The animation saves this series from being 1/10 really.

GUNDAM FANS - Stay away!

AVERAGE ANIME VIEWERS - Stay away!

AUTISTIC PEOPLE THAT WATCH TOO MANY TV COMERCIALS - Be my guests and watch it, you might have a blast with it.

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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