Second Impressions – Gundam Reconguista in G

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Yup, still 1977.

I’m still extremely pressed for time and the interesting premieres are starting to come hot and heavy now, so I can’t spare a lot of time on Reconguista in G for the moment.  I did want to mention that I watched the second ep and found it better than the first, though I’m a long way for saying I’m sold on anything except the character designs.  This is very, very old school, which is fine – but here it seems to being a whiff of old-school sexual politics that I find rather unappealing.  That said I do like Bellri as a lead, and the plot seems to have some potential.  We’ll see.

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4 comments

  1. A

    Well, Tomino did say that he wants this to be a feminist work, so he might be dipping into that sort of stuff so the show can refute it later on. I will say that there were some pretty good female characters in Turn-A Gundam, so I'm hopeful.

  2. f

    isn't loran from turn-A gundam female if i'm not wrong ?

  3. R

    Nope. Loran is male. He just looked like a girl, so they had him disguising as one several times in the series.

  4. R

    @Maverick
    Wait, that made me realize something. Raraiya looks like an actual female version of Loran. The only difference really is that she has a slight greenish tint on her hair.

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