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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Oct 9, 2024

ReginSix

Recommended

Twilight axis is a good short story.

It has a very nice soundtrack and two good songs in it. The runtime is arround 27 minutes so the plot isn't that complicated as with all gundam shows I have seen. The story isn't hard to follow and it it is well made. Some parts that you would expect to see are skipped but it is easy to understand what should have been there. Since they probably cut it for the run time I don't fault them for that.

The designs and art style are what you would expect from a gundam show.

Twilight axis is very enjoyable ... and one of the best Gundam shows in my opinion. Don't go in with the expectations of this being a full 24 episode gundam series entry because it isn't. Twilight Axis isn't perfect but if you like short stories, slow but thought out music and mechs you will probably like Twilight Axis.

8/10 would go to Axis again.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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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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Apr 27, 2022

Spirit_Chaser

Not Recommended

Sadly, Sunrise vomited this out as one of the most shameful and worst series to ever come out. This isn't just for the Gundam franchise, but for anime in general. Even if this is just an ad, it's still a terrible one that deserves to be criticized. There's no easy pass out of it. This is an Original Net Animation with 6 episodes to it. Each one is 3 minutes long except the last which goes on for 9 minutes. Consequently, every episode makes little to no sense. I thought NT was terrible, and yet this one comes to make that look decent. This was ... supposed to be a direct sequel to Gundam Unicorn, and yet feels nothing like it. In fact, is leeches off of the original Gundam more with random screenshots of Char. There is some sort of story here about Newtypes and Char, a dry cleaner, a girl, her father figure, and their love for each other. It comes full circle though nothing really happens to build it up or to make it meaningful.

The first episode is the worst offender. From the usual tellings of lazy slideshow and still shot presentations, to some of the most awkwardly timed scene transitions I have ever seen. At one point there is dramatic music playing during a mobile suit battle, and then it suddenly cuts the music off to the character working at a dry cleaner it feels terribly executed. Sometimes I just laughed.

And yet, what puzzles me about this is that there are people out there trying to defend this. It's one thing to be subjective. It's another when something starts failing everywhere on a technical level. It's fine to not like a series; one doesn't have to see the best in trash. Outright say it. It isn't being "nice," but cowardice to not want to point out something is terrible just because one doesn't want to be "negative." Criticizing something doesn't make someone negative.

The battles are laughable. Instead of properly animating them, it looks like the usual poorly made gacha animation. They take a drawing of the Gundam, and move it's lifeless frame around the screen. To make matters worse, there's previews at the end of the episode. Why bother with a preview when the next episode is 3 minutes long? It doesn't feel necessary and takes time away from putting more content in the episode. There are also comical cliffhangers. Viewers had to wait weeks for each episode; that's just laughable and irritating. The antagonist, who's name I don't care to remember, is essentially the atrocity that was Zoltan from Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative all over again.

Of course, at the end it's green glitter and rainbows all over again as something happens that leads to the characters opening up a dry cleaner business. What a strange entry.

Reviewer’s Rating: 1

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